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Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 1999 03:03:09 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
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Subject:	SCOUG-General: Business Money Favors OS/2, Heads For Warp Expo West

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Note from Peter Skye: This is a copy of the press release we
distributed today to the news media.

Contact: Rollin White (Rollin@scoug.com)
1-562-596-5121 office

Thursday, September 16, 1999

Press Release - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Business Money Favors OS/2, Heads For Warp Expo West

A large number of businessmen, entrepreneurs and members of the
financial community will attend Warp Expo West on Saturday.

"They like the return on investment that OS/2 gives them," says Carla
Hanzlik, Editor of the monthly publication OS/2 For You. "They like the
low cost of ownership, the low maintenance, the ability to run on older
hardware, the robust networking, the Y2K readiness. They look at other
solutions, they compare them point-by-point, and they choose OS/2."

The most popular sessions among the business community are the
following, according to Hanzlik.

"IBM: The New Strategy To Control The Worldwide Desktop" discussion
roundtable with Peter Coffee of PC Week, Esther Schindler of Sm@rt
Reseller, and Alan Zeichick of Camden Associates. "This open debate
will give insight to the direction that IBM will take in the future,"
says Hanzlik, "and will show how IBM is becoming extremely aggressive
once again."

"Warp Server for e-Business and WorkSpace On-Demand" by Steven King,
Senior Manager of IBM's Network Computing Software Division. "The
various servers required by business are covered in this session," says
Hanzlik, "as well as the considerations for decision planning."

"Web Server Performance and Scalability" by Robert Chapman of the
Institute Of Advanced Development Strategies. Hanzlik has noticed much
interest in this seminar, "because managers and business owners need to
know up front what the problems are that their technical staff will
face."

"Warpicity: An Overview and Update" by Lynn Maxson. "The expense of
developing software is huge," points out Hanzlik, "and this proposal
could greatly change the model of creating unique applications."

"Services Offerings for the OS/2 Platforms" by Steven King of IBM.
"This is a fundamental checklist of the areas that must be included in a
business plan," notes Hanzlik, "and covers both the range of projects
and the reasons they are important to a business decision-maker."

"WorkSpace On-Demand, Remote Client Connection" by Dennis Sposato of
IBM's Network Computing Software Division. "A very powerful technology
which incorporates both legacy and new hardware into a fully-functioning
business network," Hanzlik states.

"Warped Jeopardy!" hosted by Sundial Systems. "We've found this to be
an extremely popular selection with business people, which matches the
interest we've seen in all other groups," says Hanzlik.

Hanzlik has been in the computer industry for 15 years, and Editor of
OS/2 For You for six. She notes that there is prime interest in seeing
specific exhibitors as well.

"IBM will be showing OS/2 Warp Server For e-Business and WorkSpace
On-Demand, and Serenity Systems will show their WiseManager product,"
says Hanzlik. "These are very cost-effective solutions for any business
environment."

"Phoenix Software and Sundial Systems have a number of applications
for business users," continues Hanzlik, "including very sophisticated
database and spreadsheet software which is customizable for specific
business projects."

"We've also had many inquiries about OS/2 preinstallers, and Demand
Systems is one of our exhibitors who will build pre-loaded OS/2 machines
that can simply be set on a desktop and turned on. In a business
environment this is certainly less expensive than spending valuable time
fiddling with the install software, the drivers and the configuration."

"Business telephone needs are covered by Active Voice and Auto
VoiceSystems," notes Hanzlik. "Auto-attendant, voice mail, fax, all
these services are represented here."

"And we also have the Institute Of Advanced Development Strategies,
who will cover project scheduling technology and mainframe utilization."

Cost-effective business solutions are covered at Warp Expo West!

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Warp Expo West is free, free, free. The show will be held on
September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern California. All the info
is at

http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

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