From: john@tgivan.wimsey.bc.ca (John Hilderley)
Subject: SCINET 3000: Sun Distributed Fax Server Announced
Followup-To: comp.dcom.fax
Keywords: Sun Fax distributed broadcasting server openlook
Reply-To: tgi-info-request@tgivan.wimsey.bc.ca
Organization: TGI Technologies Ltd., B.C. Canada
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:42:48 GMT


                        TGI TECHNOLOGIES
                          NEWS RELEASE
                      For Immediate Release

TGI TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTED FAX SYSTEM FOR SUN WORKSTATIONS

Vancouver, B.C. -- Sept. 1, 1992 -- Today, TGI Technologies Ltd.
introduces SCINET(TM) 3000, a distributed, high capacity and reliable fax
messaging server. SCINET 3000 is available immediately on Sun
Microsystems' SPARCstations(TM) and Sun 386i.

A SCINET 3000 for Solaris(R) 2.0 will be available by December, 1992.

Expandability and Flexibility are two major advantages for SCINET 3000.
It's scalable from a single fax/data trunk to enterprise wide
communications, simply by distributing more modems, device managers and
user licenses. Pricing begins at US$1,795.00 for a single server and a two
client, floating license.

SCINET 3000 PRODUCT: OPEN ARCHITECTURED AND DISTRIBUTED

	SCINET 3000 is an open architecture, distributed fax messaging
	system on Sun Workstations. SCINET 3000 users can view, compose,
	edit, broadcast, send, receive, and manage fax messages and phone
	trunks.

	SCINET 3000 is a powerful tool for high capacity, high throughput
	faxing. Users can send to thousands of individual targets just as
	easily as one target; the same, single popup menu or single
	command can do it all.

	For each target, SCINET 3000 automatically generates
	individualized cover pages, using the same fax composition tools
	and source formats as the fax itself.

	SCINET 3000 handles an arbitrary number of commercial,
	off-the-shelf, external fax modems. System Administrators can move
	modems around the network without changing any user's view of the
	network or its modems.

	SCINET 3000 has a command language superset of its graphics
	interfaces, so users can fax from Word Processing or UNIX(R)
	applications, such as FrameMaker(TM), WordPerfect(TM), or
	electronic mail. Plus, SCINET 3000 users can browse messaging logs
	to confirm delivery or to generate cost accounting reports.

MAJOR SCINET 3000 FEATURES include:

	o No single workstation failure need cripple an enterprise's
	fax services. The Client/Server architecture distributes user
	interfaces and fax/data modems, residing on any Sun Workstation
	in your network.

	o Hands off, fully automated faxing from your desk, with no
	waiting at fax machines and no image degradation due to scanning.

	o Broadcast fax documents to thousands of destinations, each
	with automatically individualized cover pages.

	o Each destination's autocoverpaging offers a wide variety
	of aliasing features to identify the user or organization
	receiving or sending SCINET 3000 faxes.

	o Sharable User interfaces, modems, phone books, and
	distribution lists of fax and e-mail recipients.

	o Both Open Windows(TM) 3.0 and Sunview(TM) 2.0 User
	Interfaces, over 4.1.2 and 4.0.2 Sun O/S, as appropriate. The Open
	Windows interface runs on X11R4 servers with suitable font
	support.

	o Windowless SCINET 3000 installations, such as Disk
	Servers, can fax via SCINET 3000's ASCII tty interface, an e-mail
	server interface, or the SCINET 3000 command grammar directly.

	o Incoming faxes can be workstation rendered, or printed
	automatically, with digital imaging quality to full G3 resolution.
	SCINET 3000 uses Class 2 ANSI SP2388B compliant modems.

	o Image Conversion from PostScript(R), HP PCL, Sun Raster,
	Troff/CAT, PCX and TIFF source files.

	o Messaging and trunk management logs and browsing via user
	interfaces or a report generation language suitable for billing
	and cost analysis.

	o uucp(1) communications and SCINET 3000 share
	Class 2 fax/data modems, robustly switching between each
	application automatically.

	o Security Features including three levels of SCINET user
	and administrative access, and encryption of faxes for secure
	transmission by fax or E-mail.

	o Customers can drive SCINET 3000 transparently from MS-DOS
	applications over PC/NFS.

TGI Technologies Ltd. manufactures and markets communications products.
TGI Technologies is a Sun Catalyst(TM) member, a Solaris Migration Program
Participant, and Sun Hardware value added reseller. Products include Fax
O'Matic fax/voice switch, and SCINET(TM) 2000, a Novell LAN based fax
gateway. The company is headquartered at 107 East 3rd Avenue, Vancouver,
British Columbia, CANADA V5T 1C7.

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For more information contact:

	John Hilderley                  TGI Technologies Ltd.
					Voice: (604) 872-6676 
					Fax: (604) 872-6604
					Email: john@tgivan.wimsey.bc.ca

	INFO: tgi-info-request@tgivan.wimsey.bc.ca

	NOTE: I've set "Reply-To" to above e-mail INFO request address.

SCINET is a trademark of TGI Technologies Ltd.; Sun, Sun MicroSystems, Sun
Workstations, SPARCstation, OpenWindows, Sunview, Solaris, Sun Catalyst,
and PC/NFS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,
Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX Software Laboratories.
Framemaker is a trademark of Frame Technologies. WordPerfect is a
trademark of Aldus. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax,comp.dcom.modems