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- Apple Intros New Servers & Svcs
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- Contact:
- Emilio Robles
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- 408-862-5671
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- John McCreadie
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- 408-974-4398
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- Apple Introduces New High Performance, Easy-To-Use Servers and
- Services
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- CUPERTINO, California--March 22, 1993--The Enterprise Systems
- Division of Apple Computer, Inc. today introduced three new Apple
- Workgroup Servers offering significantly lower lifecycle costs due to
- their superior ease-of-use and administration. It also announced
- enhanced versions of AppleShare file and print services with enhanced
- performance and AppleSearch, a powerful new information access and
- retrieval service for Apple Macintosh personal computer workgroups.
- The servers -- Apple Workgroup Server 60, the Apple Workgroup Server
- 80 and Apple Workgroup Server 95 -- are scheduled to be unveiled at a
- worldwide launch at the CeBIT Computer Fair, Hannover, Germany on
- March 25, 1993. They provide competitive price/performance for
- workgroups ranging from five to hundreds. The Apple Workgroup Server
- 95 can be tuned either for optimal file and print performance or high
- performance relational database use.
- Apple has been working with leading database developers such as
- Oracle and ACI to ensure that their relational database software and
- tools are available at launch for the Apple Workgroup Server 95.
- "The new Workgroup Server models are designed to provide extremely
- attractive price/performance and significantly better return on
- investment for a range of enterprises from K-12 school districts all
- the way through major industrial corporations," said Apple Computer,
- Inc. Enterprise Systems Division vice president and general manager
- Morris Taradalsky.
- Major Performance Boosts Make AppleShare 4.0 and AppleShare Pro
- Attractive Upgrades for Macintosh-mainly Workgroups
- Apple simultaneously introduced two new versions of the company's
- easy-to-use AppleShare software for scalable, high-performance file
- and print services for Apple Macintosh-mainly workgroups.
- The two new versions, AppleShare 4.0 and AppleShare Pro, are also
- scheduled to be officially unveiled at a worldwide product launch at
- CeBIT. According to Taradalsky, "These two new versions of AppleShare
- now give customers a wider range of file and print solutions. Now
- there are AppleShare products that can meet the performance and
- capacity needs of any size Macintosh-mainly workgroup."
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- Support for DOS and Windows Systems
- Apple also announced today that it intends to make available a new
- product, AppleTalk Connection for DOS and Windows, based on the
- PhoneNET PC product from Farallon Computing. This product will
- provide a cross platform file and print solution for mixed Macintosh
- and PC workgroups.
- AppleTalk Connection for DOS and Windows allows PC users to access
- files stored on the new Apple Workgroup Servers, as well as other
- AppleShare Servers. The software provides an AppleTalk network
- connection for Windows or DOS computers and allows them to access
- file servers and printers on the network. AppleTalk Connection for
- DOS and Windows supports Ethernet, LocalTalk and Token Ring networks.
- AppleTalk Connection for DOS and Windows will be available worldwide
- from Apple. Farallon will continue to provide PhoneNET PC software as
- a part of its Timbuktu for Windows product. Timbuktu for Windows and
- Timbuktu for Macintosh provide peer-to-peer networking services,
- including file exchange and remote control.
- AppleSearch Provides Sophisticated 'Natural Language' Queries on
- Text-based Information, Providing Users with Personalized, Relevant
- Access AppleSearch, announced today, is a major new workgroup technology
- aimed at giving Macintosh users personalized, easy access to large
- libraries of documents on file servers without having to learn
- complicated search commands. It combines features found on high-end
- bibliographic information retrieval software with Apple's traditional
- ease of use and administration. It uses a relevance ranking algorithm
- to ensure the information retrieved is of most value for the user.
- "AppleSearch is designed to deliver both easy access to unstructured
- information and a way to present that information that is personalized
- for individuals," said Taradalsky.
- "The vast majority of information in any organization is not in
- structured databases but rather in memos, letters, reports and faxes
- stored on file servers. Prior to AppleSearch, users have had to choose
- between relatively unsophisticated single-user search tools and
- expensive, complex dedicated search and retrieval systems
- to find information. AppleSearch brings powerful information access
- to the mainstream of computing without the high-end price tag."
- AppleSearch's powerful search engine uses natural-language requests
- to create "reporters" which search libraries of text-based server
- files on an AppleSearch server. The search results can be presented
- to the user in a variety of easy-to-understand and access formats.
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- Apple, the Apple logo, AppleShare, and Macintosh are registered
- trademarks and AppleSearch is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
- PhoneNET PC and Timbuktu are trademarks of Farallon Computing.
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