HELIOS PCShare Now Supports Windows XP Clients.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GARBSEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2002 HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading provider of network and prepress server software, announced that its PCShare server software now supports Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. XP clients, in addition to: Windows 2000, NT, ME, 98, 95, 3.1, and DOS clients. PCShare 3 is compatible with all Windows applications and supports mounting of drives and printers via the Windows network A local area network (LAN) made up of Windows clients and servers. Starting with Windows for Workgroups 3.1 in 1992, all versions of Windows have built-in networking. See Windows and NetBEUI network. browser. PCShare 3 is powerful and scalable -- from one to hundreds of nodes on simple LANs to complex Internets. Server features include SMB/CIFS, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Software that automatically assigns temporary IP addresses to client stations logging into an IP network. It eliminates having to manually assign permanent "static" IP addresses. DHCP software runs in servers and routers. , WINS, WINS proxy, name service routing between network cards, and printing to local PC printers as well as printing to EtherShare queues. PCShare's built-in DHCP/BOOTP server allows administrators to automatically distribute TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. configuration to any Windows and Macintosh(R) client, and can dynamically update the DNS server with the workstation names of the Mac or Windows clients. Simple to install and use, PCShare's menu driven administration supports easy setup of users, groups, volumes, printers and DHCP from any PC or UNIX system on the network. PCShare 3 is available for a wide variety of UNIX-based systems including Apple's Mac OS X and Linux Pentium based servers. Macintosh clients are integrated on the same server via HELIOS EtherShare 2.6. Smart Ideas for Better Networking HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers from Apple Computer, Compaq, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , and Sun, providing reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows and UNIX-based clients. Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS software products are also available as part of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and solutions by many major vendors in the prepress industry. For U.S. Sales European Mikrograf Corp.: 916/923-3520; Internet: sales@ugraf.com; or Web access at http://www.ugraf.com For further editor information please contact: HELIOS Software GmbH attn: marketing, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Fax +49 5131-709325; Internet: marketing@HELIOS.de; or Web access at http://www.HELIOS.com. |
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