HELIOS News 22 March, 2001

HELIOS announces server and client support for Apple's Mac OS X

March 22, 2001 -- HELIOS Software GmbH (CeBIT 2001 Hall 9, Booth #C54), a leading provider of network and prepress software, announced both its server products and client support for Mac OS X. HELIOS expects to ship the updated server software and client support by the time Apple pre-loads Mac OS X onto new Macintosh CPUs. HELIOS' leading server products now in beta and being demonstrated during CeBIT include EtherShare 2.6, PCShare 3.0, EtherShare OPI 2.1, PDF Handshake including PDF Internet Printing and Print Preview.

The HELIOS Macintosh software programs EtherShare Admin, LAN Test, Tagger, and Touch will also be available soon for Mac OS X. HELIOS client software enables users to configure users, groups, volumes, printers, fonts, OPI settings, spot colors, and other server settings remotely using a networked CPU running Mac OS X. The HELIOS remote server administration programs fully utilize Mac OS X features including the Aqua GUI, “Drag and Drop” support to manage printer queues, move/copy users, ColorSync support for spot colors and other server administration tasks.

"With five server products and four client-side applications for Mac OS X, HELIOS is once again proving its leadership in providing innovative, high-performance networking servers and prepress workflow tools, as well unsurpassed support for Apple's new operating platform", noted Helmut Tschemernjak, president of HELIOS Software GmbH.

A screen shot of EtherShare Admin for Mac OS X can be found here:

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HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Computer Mac OS X, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX and Tru64 UNIX, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris, and Linux on Pentium based systems. HELIOS products provide reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows and UNIX-based clients.

Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS also works with many strategic partners that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third party archive, asset management and workflow solutions. HELIOS software products are also available as part of OEM solutions by many major vendors in the prepress industry.

For U.S. Sales:
European MikroGraf Corp.: 916-923-3520; E-mail: sales (at) ugraf.com; www.ugraf.com

Editorial contact:

Germany
Helmut Tschemernjak, HELIOS Software GmbH, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Tel +49-5131-709320 Fax +49 5131-709325;
E-mail: mktg (at) helios.de; Internet: www.helios.com

U.S.A.
Thomas Hallinan, HELIOS Software GmbH, 209-827-2760, mktg (at) helios.de
Bill Gram-Reefer, WORLDVIEW, 925-215-8463, reefer (at) worldviewpr.com