MGS Inc. to Provide High Volume Fax Servers to Unisys Customers.BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1997--Unisys Corp. Monday announced that it has signed an 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 Manufacturing Rights agreement with MGS MGS Mars Global Surveyor MGS Metal Gear Solid MGS Microsoft Game Studios MGS Ministry of Government Services (Ontario, Canada) MGS Maryland Geological Survey MGS Malaysian Government Securities MGS Minnesota Geological Survey Inc. of Richmond, Va., a hardware and software engineering and marketing firm specializing in client/server software and hardware solutions for Unisys systems. Under this agreement, MGS has the right to modify, manufacture, and market Unisys Facsimile Processing Unit (FPU (Floating Point Unit) A computer circuit that handles floating point operations. FPU - floating-point unit ) hardware and software in conjunction with the MGS High Volume Fax (HVFAX) delivery software which runs on Unisys ClearPath NX or A Series systems. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. MGS, the HVFAX solution allows server applications to drive high volume facsimile transmissions for applications such as order acknowledgments, invoices, purchase orders, cost quotations, reports, and other printed materials, without manual intervention. MGS' HVFAX facility can serve a single mainframe or a network of mainframe 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). host systems connected via TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. and SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. technologies. MGS indicates that the HVFAX solution is scaleable, supporting up to 250 FPUs with 2 to 24 fax communication lines each. This level of flexibility yields delivery capacities from 100 to over 250,000 faxes per hour. Large configurations would use dedicated A Series or ClearPath NX systems as an HVFAX Server and could be scaled for even higher volumes. "MGS provides a focused solution for those customers who have High Volume Fax requirements," said William Maclean, marketing vice president, Telephony Products Program Unisys Computer Systems Group. "Using the Unisys Fax Processing technology permits MGS to provide a robust, high quality production grade facsimile transmission system offering reliable delivery services to mission critical applications," commented Guy Bonney, president of MGS Inc. For further information about MGS Inc. and this announcement, contact Guy Bonney at 804/379-0230, via fax at 804/379-1299, or via email: guy@mgsinc.com. The Unisys Computer Systems Group The Computer Systems Group (CSG CSG - constructive solid geometry ) is the Unisys technology business. Unisys CSG has extensive experience in designing and developing technology for high-volume transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. and in integrating diverse technologies into heterogeneous enterprise environments. CSG works with its customers, Unisys services groups, and independent marketing and sales channels to help them better serve their clients. Access the CSG home page on the World Wide Web -- http://www.unisys.com/marketplace -- for further information. Unisys -- The Information Management Company Unisys is one of a select group of companies with the portfolio of services, technologies and third party alliances needed to deliver the benefits of information management -- helping clients use their information asset to enhance their competitiveness and responsiveness to customers. Our expertise in information management is founded on the strengths of our three global businesses: consulting, solutions and systems integration; industry-leading technologies; and comprehensive services and products supporting distributed computing environments See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks . Access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web -- http://www.unisys.com -- for further information. -0- Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corp. All other brands and products reference herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Unisys Corp., Blue Bell Martin Krempasky, 215/986-4788 Internet: MartinRKrempasky@unn.unisys.com or MGS Inc. Guy Bonney, 804/379-0230 |
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