NCD Software Corporation Announces PC-Xware Classic for Users Requiring High-Performance Stand-Alone PC X Server; Company Responds to Needs of Customers with Currently Installed TCP/IP Suites for Affordable PC Access to X Applications.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 1996--NCD Software Corporation, a world leader in X Windows See X Window. technology, today announced PC-Xware Classic, a streamline version of NCD's PC-Xware, allowing users with installed TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. suites to become fully integrated into the Enterprise network with fast, easy access to multiple X applications without unnecessary costs. PC-Xware Classic offers the powerful, high-speed X server found in other versions of PC-Xware and meets the growing demand for unbundled, affordable open X Windows solutions. Many systems administrators responding recently to an NCD NCD - Network Computing Devices Software survey of 300 sites indicated that while they had a continuing and strong need to access X applications, they already had TCP/IP suite capabilities such as TCP/IP, NFS (Network File System) The file sharing protocol in a Unix network. This de facto Unix standard, which is widely known as a "distributed file system," was developed by Sun. See file sharing protocol and WebNFS. NFS - Network File System , FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to and terminal emulation. The survey, conducted in December 1995, revealed that 52 percent of PC X server users surveyed would purchase an X server-only product, such as PC-Xware Classic, if it were available from their preferred vendor. PC-Xware Classic is the highest performance, most X11R6-compliant 32-bit server available today, and includes central configuration tools to make networked PC desktops easy for systems administrators to manage. As the only PC X servers on the market to be branded by X/Open, the vendor-independent organization charged with the establishment and promotion of UNIX-based open systems standards, PC-Xware and PC-Xware Classic have been independently tested and shown to conform to X/Open's stringent open systems interoperability standards. PC-Xware Classic's X/Open branding guarantees the highest level of compatibility with X Windows applications. "NCD Software has developed PC-Xware Classic in response to the strong demand by our customers who already have installed TCP/IP suites," said Michael Harrigan, vice president of marketing at NCD Software Corporation. "Now that many Enterprises already have extensive TCP/IP suite products installed, PC-Xware Classic offers systems administrators the most advanced X server software technology at an even more affordable price." PC-Xware Classic will be available March 15, 1996, for $395 single quantity price. It will be available in increments of 5-, 10- and 20-user packs at a cost of $1,725, $3,050 and $4,740 respectively. NCD offers volume discounts for all PC-Xware products. NCD Software Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Network Computing Devices (company) Network Computing Devices - (NCD) Producer of X terminals, PC-Xware and Z-Mail. http://ncd.com/. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NCDI NCDI Northern Centre for Digital Imaging (West Yorkshire, UK) ). The company provides desktop information access solutions for network computing environments. NCD Software Corporation is a major supplier of network software products, including PC-Xware software integrating Microsoft Windows and DOS-based PCs into X/UNIX networks, Marathon a TCP/IP network foundation, and Z-Mail, a cross-platform electronic-mail and messaging system for open systems environments. -0- Note to Editors: PC-Xware and Z-Mail are trademarks of Network Computing Devices, Inc. All other registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: NCD Software Corporation Mike Harrigan, 415/919-2886 mikeh@ncd.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Richard Burger, 415/962-9550 rburger@millerwest.com |
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