HELIOS announces EtherShare 2.5.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1997--Helios Software GmbH, (Apple Masters of Media, Booth No. 220), a leading supplier of UNIX-based high-performance servers supporting Macintosh(r), DOS/Windows(r) and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). clients, announced EtherShare 2.5 expected to ship this Spring with prices starting at $3,900 for 20 users. EtherShare supports more AppleShare servers worldwide than any other UNIX-based server software. And, with its built-in NetDoubler acceleration, Helios' EtherShare 2.5 continues to be one of the fastest and most scalable servers. Providing full Ethernet speed to the Macintosh server and over 6 MByte/sec over Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. and FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. , the aggregate server throughput over two Fast Ethernet adapters is up to 17 MBytes/sec. At the same time, due to its improved packet handling, server load is reduced, as well. In addition to its improved file server performance, EtherShare 2.5 adds a host of print spooler improvements including support of PPD Files, Hold and Error as well as Print-to-Disk Queues, Load Balancing, and improved status messaging. Enhancements to its support of AppleTalk include the ability to automatically configure all available network interfaces for AppleTalk, and an improved menu-drive "netconf" program that enables easy AppleTalk router setup under UNIX. New Mail functions include user interface enhancements and more flexibility, as well as support for "Vacation Messages." A new Time Server provides easy synchronization of clocks from the central server clock, while the EtherShare Admin front-end server administration program has been improved. "By far, Unix/RISC is still the industry leading platform for performance, stability and scalability, outperforming any other server platform," noted Helmut Tschemernjak, president of Helios Software GmbH. "As a UNIX-based cross-platform network server, EtherShare compares more than favorably to NT and Netware solutions and is a terrific alternative." Helios products run on powerful and scalable Unix/RISC-based servers from Apple Computer, Data General, Digital, 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) , Motorola, 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(r), DOS/Windows and UNIX-based clients. Helios products are sold worldwide by distributors and value added resellers to 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 major vendors in the prepress industry. For further editor information please contact: HELIOS Software GmbH, attn: marketing, Lavesstr. 80, D-30159 Hannover, fax +49 511 3648269; Internet: marketing@helios.de; or by World-Wide-Web access at http://www.helios.com . For U.S.-based sales information, contact: European Mikrograf Corporation, HELIOS Software GmbH.'s U.S. distributor, located at 269 Mt. Hermon Road, Suite 100 Scotts Valley, CA 95066; 408/461-6061 (voice); 408/461-6056 (fax); Internet: info@ugraf.com. -0- Keywords: AppleShare, NOS, network operating system An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. , server, server software, UNIX, RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. , Unix-RISC, cross-platform, client-server, Apple, Data General, Digital, HP, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Motorola, SGI, Silicon Graphics, Sun, Macintosh, DOS, Windows CONTACT: HELIOS Software GmbH Peter Mayr, 011-49-511-36482-40 or WORLDVIEW world·view n. In both senses also called Weltanschauung. 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. Bill Gram-Reefer, 510/676-4733 |
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