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Optio Software Delivers Enterprise Information Customization and Delivery Solution to Red Hat Linux Customers
Business Wire - January 10, 2000 09:45
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2000--Optio(R) Software Inc., (Nasdaq NM:OPTO) a leading provider of software that enables organizations to extend their operations from paper-intensive commerce to e-business, today announced the availability of OptioDCS(TM) for Red Hat(R) Linux.
Business to business focused organizations seeking to customize and deliver enterprise information to their employees and trading partners can now host OptioDCS on Linux as well as Windows NT, most popular varieties of Unix and OS/400.
"Optio wants to ensure that our customers will be able run our software on the most popular computing platforms. The rapid growth and acceptance of Linux clearly dictates that we provide support for Linux users," said C. Wayne Cape, Optio's Chairman and CEO. "Also, as more of our enterprise software partners like SAP, Oracle and Baan port their applications to Red Hat Linux we can deliver, integrate and support OptioDCS in their environment."
Linux is also gaining a strong foothold in the European marketplace. "We are very pleased to see Optio provide support for OptioDCS under Linux," said Michael Marxmeier founder and CEO of Marxmeier Software AG. "Demand for Linux support is growing in Europe, and Optio's delivery of OptioDCS for Linux compliments their strong line of business to business product offerings."
International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates Linux commercial shipments will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25% from 1999 through 2003, compared with a 10% CAGR for all other major client operating environments combined and a 12% CAGR for all other major server operating environments combined.
OptioDCS for Linux will begin shipping early in Optio's fiscal first quarter, which begins February 1, 2000.
About Optio Software, Inc.
Optio Software, Inc. provides software that enables organizations to customize and deliver information to a global network of digital destinations, including the Internet, e-mail, printers, faxes and wireless devices. Optio's software takes real-time information from enterprise applications, external databases and files, customizes it to suit business needs and delivers it to an organization's customers, suppliers and partners when, where and how they need it, without modifying the software or the business processes that created the original information. For more information contact Optio Software -- Phone: 770/576-3500, Fax: 770/576-3699, E-Mail: info@optiosoftware.com, Corporate Headquarters: 3015 Windward Plaza, Windward Fairways II, Alpharetta, GA 30005, Web Site: optiosoftware.com.
This press release contains statements which may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Optio Software, Inc. and members of its management as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors currently known to management that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include fluctuation of our operating results, delays in product development, undetected software errors, competitive pressures, technical difficulties, market acceptance, availability of technical personnel, changes in customer requirements and general economic conditions. Additional factors are set forth in the Optio's Form S-1 Registration Statement dated December 13, 1999. Optio undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results.
Optio is a registered trademark of Optio Software, Inc. All other company and product names referenced herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Optio Software, Inc.
Steve Kaye, 770/283-8500
skaye@optiosoftware.com
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