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The WebFORCE line of workstations and servers allows businesses and individuals to build a compelling presence on the World Wide Web in a WYSIWYG environment, improving information access within a company's enterprise. WebFORCE workstations are currently bundled with a robust set of tools for creating Web content incorporating text, audio, imaging, illustration, MPEG-I and QuickTime(tm)/CinePak compression and support for numerous file formats at no additional cost. With the newly bundled Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop products, users receive an additional $2,890 of software to complement the existing suite of digital media tools which come standard with all WebFORCE products.
"The combination of Adobe's professional tools with Silicon Graphics' WebMagic(tm) authoring environment and workstations are as revolutionary to on-line publishing in the '90s as the Macintosh(tm) was to desktop publishing in the '80s," said Tom Furlong, vice president and general manager for Silicon Graphics' Digital Sight and Sound Division. "Silicon Graphics is committed to providing superior solutions to this community of on-line publishers as an extension of its expertise in providing solutions to creative professionals such as print publishers, film, video, broadcast and game development professionals."
Adobe Photoshop software is the leading photo design and production package used to design artwork with a wide selection of powerful painting and selection tools, or retouch and correct scanned images. Adobe Illustrator software is an illustration and page design tool used to create, manipulate and refine artwork with advanced features for editing, text handling and color support. Acrobat Reader allows users to view, navigate and print electronic documents in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF), an open file format that preserves the fidelity of visually rich documents across virtually any printer or computer.
"More professionals choose Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator software for page design and image-editing than any other package," said David Harris, director of Adobe's Display Products Group. "Therefore, when you combine Adobe's software with Silicon Graphics WebFORCE workstations, the user has a superior Web authoring solution."
The bundled Adobe software is retroactive for all WebFORCE workstations that have been purchased previously and will be available on new systems within the next 30 days. WebFORCE workstations are entry priced from $10,995 for an 8-bit, 133Mhz R4600(tm) WebFORCE Indy system with 1GB system disk, 32Mb of memory and a 16-inch high-resolution color monitor.
Adobe Systems Incorporated, founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Adobe develops, markets and supports computer software products and technologies that enable users to create, display, print and communicate electronic documents. The company licenses its technology to major computer, printing, and publishing suppliers, and markets a line of applications software and type products for authoring visually rich documents. Additionally, the company markets a line of powerful, but easy to use, products for home and small business users. Adobe has subsidiaries in Europe and the Pacific Rim serving a worldwide network of dealers and distributors. Adobe's 1994 revenue was approximately $598 million.
Silicon Graphics Inc. is the leading manufacturer of high-performance visual computing systems. The company delivers interactive three-dimensional graphics, digital media and microprocessing supercomputing technologies to technical, scientific and creative professionals. Its subsidiary, MIPS Technologies, Inc. designs and licenses the industry's leading RISC processor technology for the computer systems and embedded control markets. Silicon Graphics had offices worldwide and headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Silicon Graphics is a registered trademark, and WebFORCE, Indy, Indigo2 and WebMagic are trademarks, of Silicon Graphics, Inc. MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc. R4600 is a trademark of Integrated Devises Technology, Inc. Adobe, Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Macintosh is a registered trademark, and QuickTime is a trademark, of Apple Computer, Inc.
