Netreon, Inc. to Integrate New Networking Capabilities into Minolta Printers.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2000 Internet Printing and Active Directory Integration Increases Flexibility and Control for Administrators Netreon(TM), Inc., a provider of enterprise integration software for networked devices, announced today that Netreon and Minolta Co., Ltd. will extend their joint development activities by including two new components of Netreon's DirectoryPlus(TM) Print product line into Minolta's printers and multifunction imaging devices. The two companies will add support for the latest version of Active Directory(TM), the integrated directory service for 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. 2000(TM), and IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) A protocol for printing and managing print jobs over the Internet using HTTP. Initially conceived by Novell, Xerox and others, the IETF made it a standard in 2000 that includes authentication and encryption. See printing protocol and LPD. Fax, an emerging industry standard that allows devices to print across the Internet. "Netreon and Minolta agree on the need to leverage the network in order to provide more value to printer and multifunction imaging devices," said Yoshisuke Takekida, Director of Minolta Co., Ltd. "With the benefit of these new technologies, our customers will be able to enjoy more services and have more control than ever before." By including access to Microsoft's Active Directory, Minolta's printers and multifunction devices can register themselves in the popular network directory service. This registration helps the administrator manage the device by capturing status and downloading policies and configuration data from the same interface they use to manage other devices on the network. Users will be able to find the device and learn its capabilities more easily through browsing the directory. Without this capability, end users generally have to involve their system administrator in order to discover and use a new printer on the network. By using IPP Fax, a user at an IPP Fax sending device -- a workstation, a networked scanner or an MFP (MultiFunction Printer, MultiFunction Peripheral) See all-in-one and MFD. type scanner/printer -- can send a print job to any IPP Fax-capable device over the Internet, thereby eliminating the expense of a phone call. In addition, the IPP Fax receiving device will be able to produce hardcopy at any supported quality, such as a full-color, high-resolution document. IPP Fax support, integrated with Directory Services, secures printers and other IPP enabled devices from network interlopers INTERLOPERS. Persons who interrupt the trade of a company of merchants, by pursuing the same business with them in the same place, without lawful authority. . "Netreon is proud to have Minolta as our first customer to integrate Active Directory and IPP Fax support in their printers and multifunction imaging devices," said Adam Au, general manager of Netreon, Inc. "Their customers will be able to simplify the installation and management of Minolta's printers and multifunction imaging devices by allowing them to quickly integrate the devices on their network and into their directory services." About DirectoryPlus Imaging DirectoryPlus Imaging is a suite of protocols and application software that is embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in a printer and provides all of the functions required for an imaging device to connect to a network and integrate itself into the prevailing network management environment. By providing print server support in software, DirectoryPlus Imaging saves the cost of including a specific networking device for a printer, at the same time that it increases the throughput performance. The inclusion of Active Directory and IPP Fax support are the latest standards made available by Netreon for networked imaging devices. About Minolta Co., Ltd. Of Osaka, Japan Minolta Co., Ltd. of Osaka, Japan, is a leading manufacturer of photocopiers, printers, and other image information products; conventional cameras, digital cameras, and other optical products; radiometric instruments; and planetariums. Minolta has an impressive record of technological innovations in several fields. The company's products range from binoculars binoculars Optical instrument for providing a magnified view of distant objects, consisting of two similar telescopes, one for each eye, mounted on a single frame. In most binoculars, each telescope has two prisms, which reinvert the inverted image provided by the eyepiece to the world's most advanced planetariums, from photographic exposure meters to radiometric instruments used for a variety of light and measurement purposes, and from office copiers to sophisticated computer-based digital information and imaging systems. About Netreon Netreon, Inc., headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , provides directory and management software for networked devices to integrate them into enterprise networks. Netreon's software makes the devices more broadly available to end users and more easily controllable for system administrators. Netreon, Inc. 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 Peerless Systems Corporation of El Segundo, California
El Segundo is a city in Los Angeles County, California on the Santa Monica Bay, incorporated on January 18, 1917. The population was 16,033 at the 2000 census. (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 :PRLS PRLS Puerto Rican and Latino Studies (program of study) ). For more information, please call the company at 650/569-4400 or visit the Web site at www.netreon.com. Netreon and DirectoryPlus are trademarks of Netreon, Inc. Peerless is a trademark of Peerless Systems Corp. Peerless Systems is a registered trademark of Peerless Systems Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risk and uncertainties. These statements include the development of Active Directory and IPP Fax. The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the following: the fact that the company's markets are characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements, and the company's ability to respond to such changes; fluctuations in 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 shipments which generate the company's license fee revenue; difficulties which the company may experience in completing the development of turnkey See turnkey system. designs for OEM customers, its digital photography technology, its integrated multifunction semiconductor solutions or other products; the fact that the multifunction and color markets targeted by the company are at an early stage of development; the highly competitive nature of the markets for the company's products; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on third party suppliers for components used in the company's products; the quarterly variability in the company's bookings and design wins; and the company's reliance on a relatively small number of OEM customers for a large percentage of its revenue. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms S-4, 10-K and 10-Q. The company disclaims any obligation to update these statements for subsequent events. This news release refers to various products and companies by their trade names. In most, if not all, cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies. |
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