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To: Douglas Nordgren who wrote (380)	2/23/1998 11:09:00 PM
From: Douglas Nordgren	Respond to of 4808

NEWS: Augment Systems Installs AFX 410 File Servers at Two Companies biz.yahoo.com WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1998--Augment Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ Small Cap: AUGS - news) recently installed its AFX 410 file servers with gigabit-per-second Fibre Channel data transfer technology at two graphic arts companies in the eastern U.S. Wentworth Printing, a 165-employee commercial printer located in West Columbia, SC, reports saving nearly 14 person-hours every day that were previously lost to file transfer delays, since installing the Augment system in January. According to Wentworth President Jim Doar, ''We looked at general-purpose servers, but none were as fast as Augment's dedicated file server. The AFX 410 has helped speed up prepress production, which in this business is the process that's always taken the longest time. It's a screamer.'' IPP Lithocolor, a large prepress trade shop serving Chicago-area printers since 1956, notes that its Augment AFX 410 has eliminated redundant hardware, allows any of 15 Macintoshes to access 200M-byte files as fast as from their local hard drive, and has freed up the shop's ordinary computer network for other tasks. Says IPP President Paul Sickinger, ''The Augment AFX 410 cost more than other file servers, but we've gotten a lot more bang for the buck throughout our operation.'' Augment Systems Inc. is a leader in the development of Storage Area Networking solutions for the management of large image and data files. Founded in 1990, the company pioneered the development and integration of cross platform, high performance file serving with Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop technology, resulting in a new paradigm for the storage and transfer of large files. The company's initial target markets are the electronic publishing, digital photographic editing and geographic information systems (GIS) markets. Additional information about Augment is available from their Web site (http://www.augment-systems.com). Augment is a trademark of Augment Systems, Inc. All other brand names, trademarks, and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.