NEWS:Augment Names Juama As Primary Mexican Distributor; New Distributor to Purchase
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 1997--Augment
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUGS) today named Juama Group (Juama) as it's
first distributor in Mexico. Juama, which has been providing
products to the printing and publishing market in Mexico for 42
years, will also serve as Augment's marketing and customer support
channel to Mexico. To promote the relationship, as well as
familiarize the market with the Augment AFX 410, Juama has placed an
order for an Augment AFX 410 system. The AFX 410 system will be
utilized for marketing and demonstration purposes.
"We believe that the performance advantage that the AFX 410
offers to a digital prepress workflow is so significant that the
product will pay for itself in months and enable users in Mexico's
rapidly expanding printing and publishing markets to achieve
unmatched levels of throughput," stated Colin Murphy, Vice President
Sales and Marketing, Augment. "We're truly excited to be working
with Juama to provide our products to the printing and publishing
market in Mexico."
Juama has over 40 years of expertise in developing, marketing and
servicing the graphic arts industry in Mexico. In 1955, Juama was
founded to provide the graphic arts industry with graphic arts
supplies. Since then, Juama has grown to include seven divisions,
including High End Technology Systems for PrePress and Printing,
Graphic Production Systems, and Teleradiology and PACS for Medical
Digital Archiving and Communications Systems.
"We believe the Latin American market, particularly Mexico,
represents a significant opportunity for Augment, as shown by the
strong showing by printing and publishing companies at this past
September's Print 97 trade show in Chicago," noted Lorrin Gale,
President and CEO of Augment. "Because of the increasing demand for
mass storage due to data-intensive applications for prepress
production, digital printing, electronic publishing, multimedia
production and Internet communications specifically throughout
Mexico, we saw the need to find a responsible, experienced partner to
address the needs of potential customers in that country. Juama fits
the bill, and we are delighted to be working with them."
Augment AFX 410
Augment manufacturers and distributes what it believes to be the
fastest available heterogeneous file server system. Independent
tests run by Augment user, The Arthur Morgan Company, in Boston, MA,
demonstrate that the AFX 410 delivers files to client workstations at
rates up to 30 times faster than standard local area network (LAN)
systems.
In addition to unique file management software, RAID storage and
fast processors, Augment's approach incorporates Fibre Channel
Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) technology, an industry standard developed to
provide faster file transfer rates between client computers. FC-AL
technology offers a bi-directional one- gigabit/second bandwidth that
works independently of the user's LAN. The result is a faster,
"augmented" channel for large files, similar to a freeway's fast or
carpool lane where the main throughway benefits from reduced
congestion.
Augment Systems, Inc., headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts,
designs, develops and markets high-end Fibre Channel file server
systems for moving large image and data files rapidly and efficiently
over computer networks. The Company's initial target markets are the
electronic publishing industry, medical imaging and the
Internet/Intranet markets.
Augment is a trademark of Augment Systems, Inc. All other brand
names, trademarks, and registered trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
CONTACT:
Colin Murphy/Augment Systems Inc.
978-392-8626 |
