PACER SOFTWARE RELEASES VERSION 3.0 OF ITS MACINTOSH FILE, PRINT SERVING SOFTWARE; PacerShare, PacerPrint Offers Unlimited Sessions, NIS Integration.WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1995--Pacer Software, Inc. announced today Version 3.0 of its PacerShare and PacerPrint file and print serving products, featuring unlimited simultaneous user sessions A count of how many times all users access a Web site regardless whether the same person came back several times during the measurement period. If a user leaves and returns within a short time, some systems count those sessions as one. Contrast with unique visitors. See also user session. and increased NIS Niš or Nish (both: nēsh), city (1991 pop. 175,391), SE Serbia, on the Nišava River. An important railway and industrial center, it has industries that manufacture textiles, electronics, spirits, and locomotives. integration. PacerShare and PacerPrint enable Macintosh networks to be successfully integrated with high-performance UNIX servers using industry standards. The unlimited user sessions feature eliminates restrictions placed on high concurrent usage sites, while NIS integration dramatically reduces password and user administration by centralizing these functions in a single name server. 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. David Hudson David Hudson is an Australian Aboriginal musician. He is a member of the Tjapukai tribe of Kuranda, Queensland. His primary musical instrument is didgeridoo, and he also plays guitar. , Pacer Software vice president of sales and marketing, "PacerShare and PacerPrint Version 3.0 is an important enhancement because it will reduce the overall administration of the product while broadening its potential use." PacerShare and PacerPrint Version 3.0, includes the following enhancements: PacerShare Customers will be able to make an unlimited number of simultaneous connections. PacerShare users whose 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). account is managed by NIS, will be able to manage their NIS passwords from their desktop. PacerShare users who log on and remain idle are taking up system resources. Inactive users will be warned, then automatically logged out. This feature is configurable. HP/UX HP/UX Hewlett-Packard UNIX operating system HP/UX Unexploded Human Particulate Operating System systems will be configurable to run with file names of either 14 or 255 characters. PacerPrint PPD file integration will improve the speed and font-handling of PostScript printing. IP printer support will allow customers to set up spoolers to printers that communicate 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. . PacerShare is an AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. 2.1-compliant implementation of AppleTalk Filing Protocol See AFP. (networking) AppleTalk Filing Protocol - (AFP) A client/server protocol used in AppleTalk communications networks. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. (AFP) that lets Macintosh users mount directories as if they were Macintosh volumes. Clients access the PacerShare file server via Apple's standard AppleShare client software. PacerPrint integrates Macintosh and UNIX printing resources by allowing Macintosh users to print directly to UNIX server print queues as if they were Apple LaserWriter or HP LaserJet families. Sites can design a network topology that makes printers simultaneously accessible to host and Macintosh print jobs. PacerShare provides complete interoperability with PC-NFS, PATHWORKS for UNIX, NetWare for UNIX and LAN Manager for UNIX. This high level of compatibility lets system managers integrate file sharing services for Macintosh, DOS, Windows and UNIX users on a single high-performance server. PacerShare and PacerPrint 3.0 will be available in April starting at $3,000 for a 20-user license. The product will be sent free of charge to all corporate and educational customers under maintenance contract. Pacer Share and PacerPrint are available by calling Pacer Software at 508/898-3300. Founded in 1981, Pacer Software specializes in networking products that provide pathways to and from the Macintosh for large corporate and university sites. Headquartered in La Jolla, CA, with development and marketing facilities in Westborough, MA, the privately held company's full range of products gives users access to other computers, networks, information and people. Pacer Software's product line includes PacerTerm, multi-session, multi-protocol Macintosh terminal emulation; Pacer AppleTalk Protocol Family, AppleTalk protocols for non-Macintosh platforms; PacerShare, AppleShare file services for UNIX and VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. systems; PacerPrint, PostScript spooling (Simultaneous Peripheral Operations OnLine) The overlapping of low-speed operations with normal processing. Spooling originated with mainframes in order to optimize slow operations such as reading cards and printing. for UNIX and VMS systems; and DAL Server, desktop-to-UNIX database connectivity. Among its more than 10,000 customers are Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corp.(3M); BellSouth Information Systems; BP America, Inc.; Motorola, Inc.; NBC News; Northern Telecom, Inc.; Federal Express Corporation; and Walt Disney Pictures. -0- Power Mac, Macintosh, Apple and AppleTalk are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.; UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories. PacerTerm, PacerShare and PacerPrint are registered trademarks of Pacer Software, Inc. All other trademarks are subject to trademark claims. CONTACT: David Hudson Pacer Software 508/898-3300 OR George Cohen George Cohen Communications 617/325-0011 |
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