BOCA RATON, FL (February 25, 1999) - Solution Technology, developer of TWAIN for OS/2, is now offering a high performance EPSON color scanner and software bundle for OS/2 users. The STi package contains an EPSON SCSI ES-1000C color scanner AND STi's TWAIN enabled Applause Image Utility for OS/2. This bundle allows the OS/2 user to scan black and white, gray scale or 24 bit color images with photographic quality. Applause for OS/2 allows the scans to be prepared for printing, inserting into documents or for use on the web.
"EPSON is excited about Solutin Technology's software support of our scanners and peripherals within the OS/2 environment. We look forward to extending our product offering into the OS/2 community," said Dwight Nichols, VAR Territory Manager of EPSON America.
"We are pleased that we were able to work with EPSON to bring this special scanner bundle to the OS/2 user community. The high quality of EPSON scanners gives the OS/2 user very high flexibility at a very attractive price," said Leon Zetekoff, Product Manager of Solution Technology.
STi is supplying EPSON ES-1000C scanners from EPSONs "B" stock inventory. EPSON "B" stock scanners are the result of newer scanners coming to market. These scanners are either new or are EPSON refurbished units. All scanners have undergone complete EPSON quality assurance and come with a one year limited warranty from EPSON America. An Adaptec SCSI card and SCSI cable are included.
This Applause/ES-1000C OS/2 bundle is being offered for the astoundingly low price of $169 (USD) prepaid plus shipping and sales tax where required. Due to the limited quantities, orders are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Returns only for DOA. Shipping costs are additional and depend on the shipping method the purchaser desires. Florida purchasers will be charged 6% sales tax. At this time, deliveries can only be shipped to addresses in North America. Please call for additional information.
STi is a major manufacturer of production level OS/2 and NT based image, barcode, and forms processing products including BarCode Anywhere , Genie Forms Express , and Image Edition for OS/2. In addition, the company is a principal supplier of accessory imaging support subsystems for IBM's ImagePlus and VisualInfo product line.
Symantec Delivers on Commitment to Protect OS/2 Customers with Automatic, Comprehensive Anti-Virus Solution
CUPERTINO, CA (February 9, 1999) - Symantec Corporation (Nasdaq: SYMC), the world leader in utility software for business and personal computing, today announced the release of Norton AntiVirus for OS/2, the only anti-virus solution for OS/2 recommended and marketed by IBM. Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 is currently available on the Norton AntiVirus Solution CD 3.03.
"With the release of Norton AntiVirus for OS/2, Symantec is delivering on its commitment to provide OS/2 customers, many of whom are in the banking and insurance industries, with the best anti-virus solution to protect their mission-critical data," said Enrique Salem, vice president of Symantec's Security and Assistance Business Unit.
While there are very few viruses written specifically for OS/2, customers need to be aware of the potential threat of passing files from an OS/2 environment to Windows or across other environments without scanning first for viruses. It is possible that these files could contain a virus which might cause harm on another platform. However, with Norton AntiVirus, this threat can be eliminated.
Automatic Protection for OS/2 Users
Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 includes Symantec's revolutionary heuristic technology called Bloodhound, which provides the best protection available against new and unknown viruses. Bloodhound stops viral files before they can enter a system and cause harm. Symantec's AutoProtect feature, included in Norton AntiVirus for OS/2, monitors a system in the background using real-time scanning in DOS and Win-OS/2 sessions from OS/2, thereby minimizing interruptions and increasing user productivity.
Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 also features LiveUpdate, which looks for virus definition updates at system boot from a central location on the server and automatically downloads and installs the latest definitions onto the user's system.
Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 also includes NAVEX, Symantec's exclusive modular engine technology. It allows the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center to provide the most advanced, up-to-date anti-virus solutions to all customers across all platforms.
Using NAVEX, Norton AntiVirus customers have received instant protection for Office 97 viruses, Java viruses, Trojan Horses, 32-bit viruses and more without a single product re-installation, lowering the overall cost of ownership. LiveUpdate delivers these engine updates, but NAVEX is what keeps these changes small enough to download over the Internet. With LiveUpdate and NAVEX, users are assured that they are always protected against the latest virus threats.
Easy to Use and Administer
Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 v5.0 detects and removes IBM AntiVirus for OS/2 during installation, streamlining the migration process for IBM customers. In addition, because Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 utilizes the familiar OS/2 interface, customers will find Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 easy to use. Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 allows corporate administrators to silently deploy Norton AntiVirus over the network via login scripts. Administrators can use a command-line scanner to scan end-user systems on demand without end-user intervention, thereby giving administrators greater control of their OS/2 installation. In addition, administrators can create an internal LiveUpdate site on a server for central updating of end-user virus definitions.
Pricing and Availability
Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 is available now via site license on Symantec's Norton AntiVirus Solutions CD 3.03. The product also is available through IBM's Passport Advantage program. Updates for the OS/2 platform will continue to be provided by Symantec.
System Requirements
Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 v5.0 requires an IBM PC or 100 percent compatible; Intel 80386 DX or higher (Intel 486 recommended); OS/2 2.11, Warp, Warp Connect, Warp 4, or OS/2 Warp Server; 16MB of RAM (32MB recommended); 24MB disk space; and a CD-ROM drive.
About Symantec
Symantec is the world leader in utility software for business and personal computing. Symantec products and solutions help make users productive and keep their computers safe and reliable anywhere and anytime. Symantec offers a broad range of solutions and is acclaimed as a leader in both customer satisfaction and product brand recognition. Symantec is traded on Nasdaq under the symbol SYMC. More information on the company and its products can be obtained at http://www.symantec.com/.
Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All prices noted are in US dollars and are valid only in the United States.
Perfect Niche Software, Inc., would like to announce the update of their SMACK! for OS/2 home page. The new layout is easily navigated and information is readily available.
SMACK! is the world's first native labeling program exclusively for OS/2 Warp 3 or OS/2 Warp 4.
SMACK! lets you print labels on any printer supported by OS/2, and supports almost every predefined label format. It lets you use varying fonts, color, and graphics on your labels, and control of the object placement with precision. It even supports an infinite "Undo, for those that want to experiment until you get the labels exactly the way YOU want them.
SMACK! is a powerful graphical program to help you design and create mailing labels, videotape labels, envelopes and much more. It is fully Workplace Shell aware and takes advantage of OS/2's many benefits, from drag-and-drop to multithreading. The application uses templates, and REXX is its native macro language.
One of SMACK!'s many strengths is its extensibility, the degree to which you can extend and customize its features. You'll be incorporating your existing applications to improve connectivity for your office or home in no time.
SMACK! is currently at version 1.02. According to master programmer, Bill Schindler, SMACK! v. 2.0 is due to be released in the second quarter of 1999.
You'll be amazed at the number of new features and more are being added daily!
Here's just a few:
Oh no, I'm not going to list them all here. We want you to come and see our "new look" and browse the SMACK! pages for full details at http://www.perfectniche.com/. Just select SMACK! from the menu and you're on your way!!!
BOCA RATON, FL (February 9, 1999) - Solution Technology, Inc. (STi) has been awarded a contract by the Upstate Medicare Division of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (UMD) to replace a non Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant DOS/Windows/NetWare imaging system with a fully Year 2000 compliant OS/2 based imaging system.
Solution Technology will be delivering the award winning Image Edition for OS/2 to be hosted on a quad processor OS/2 Warp Server. OS/2 Warp clients will be on user workstations. STi's solution will preserve UMD's existing investment in scanners and optical jukebox through enhancements to be installed in Q1 1999. Image Edition supports high speed scanning with their existing Fujitsu scanners through STi's TWAIN for OS/2 drivers. Additionally, Image Edition is being enhanced to permit hosting Image Edition's optical indexing databases on IBM's DB2 Universal Database (UDB). This will permit UMD to directly access imaging information from other applications. Finally STi is crafting a migration/reuse strategy to be able to use already imaged data from the existing non-Y2K system without requiring rescanning. The new system is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of the first quarter of 1999.
"STi was sensitive to our implementation time table and met all of of requirements for our solution," said Roger Perkins, Team Leader, Systems Programming for UMD.
"We worked closely with the Upstate Medicare Division to preserve their existing hardware investments and to provide a complete OS/2 and Y2K compliant solution within the time frame they requested," said Kent Swan, President of Solution Technology.
Solution Technology, Inc. is a leading supplier of components for image analysis, data-entry and document management applications. Other barcode, forms reading, image data-entry, and departmental document management products for OS/2 and NT are available for use in the transportation, banking, distribution, and insurance industries among others. Product and pricing information can be requested by calling (561) 241-3210 or by visiting STi's web site at http://www.stiscan.com/.
TWAIN for OS/2 is a servicemark of Solution Technology, Inc.
Image Edition is a trademark of Ovation Data Services.
OS/2, Warp, and DB2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
Other marks are owned by their respective companies.
PITTSBURGH, PA (February 4, 1999) - Aviar, parent company of Ounce of Prevention Software, announced today that, it has released Ver. 1.01 of its Oz. of Prevention System for the OS/2 platforms. Oz was fully tested and runs well under IBM's new Warp Server for e-business (Aurora) with DB2 Universal 5.2.
Included in the new version are Barcoding capabilities. Using this feature in Oz., the printed Work Order containing the Bar Code symbol for the WO Number can be taken by the Maintenance workers to the Parts Room when requesting the needed parts. There, the Parts Clerk can swipe the Bar Code symbol on the Work Order and the Bar Code symbol on the Part label. The Parts Clerk can manually enter the quantity of each part. The Bar Code device then can download a text file to the \Oz\BCFiles folder at the end of the day.
When you run "Process Bar Code Files" program, the Parts Inventory will be reduced by the quantity of each Part used. The Parts are automatically attached to the Work Order, so the task of WO Completion becomes almost painless. The format of the Bar Code files is customizable in the Oz "Preferences" section. The new version also adds the Work Order Number to the Storeroom Request Screen. When a WO Number is specified, all the information concerning the Equipment is filled in automatically. Parts requested this way are reduced from Inventory instantly, and the Parts are automatically added to the "Parts" section of the completed WO. This makes the WO Completion process significantly easier.
Version 1.01 also provides an almost mind-boggling selection of Cost Reporting options - 629,300 different reports. John Urbaniak, Aviar's President, was quoted as saying: "No other CMMS on the market has such reporting power!"
Mr. Urbaniak further stated that he was pleased, after testing, to find that Oz runs extremely well under Warp Server for e-business (Aurora). He said, "Aurora is easy to install, fast and reliable. We believe our customers will benefit greatly from the speed and power of Oz running on Aurora. One of the purposes of a CMMS is to save companies money in their maintenance management operations. With Oz and Aurora, they will also save time."
Oz. is featured on Aviar's webpage: ( http://www.oops-web.com/) and is being sold both as a turnkey system and software-only directly through Aviar's Sales Department.
Aviar, Inc. was founded in 1983 by Dr. Urbaniak to provide top-quality PC software for commercial and industrial users. Aviar's OOPS! was first released more than 10 years ago and is still in use by companies around the world. In recent years, the company has placed most of its focus on development of speech-activated systems.