15 June 1995
For a monthly subscription of 10 pounds, I-Way subscribers can look up information on train and bus timetables, what's playing at local cinemas and details of restaurants, hotels, charities, welfare services and special events in the Thames Valley area. The service includes full Internet dial-up access for electronic mail, file transfers and World Wide Web browsing with the company's I-Way Patrol software.
For subscribers who already have cable TV with a telephone option, there is no charge for Internet connection time.
"I-Way is the first British Internet access provider to install products from the Silicon Graphics WebFORCE range," said Howard Rippiner, marketing communications manager for Silicon Graphics in the UK. "It is exploiting their multimedia capabilities to set up a truly local information service, combining the best of What's On and Yellow Pages, rolled in with an innovative business marketing scheme."
Using the WebFORCE Author application, I-Way is able to combine colour 3D graphics, sound and video to help Thames Valley companies design their own Web pages to advertise their services and sell products over the Internet.
The Thames Valley probably has more IT companies and PC users than anywhere else in Europe," said I-Way founder Glenn Rothwell. "For this reason we founded a local Internet service to specialise in serving IT companies. We have also had a positive response from local travel, entertainment and service organisations keen to add their information to our database. A number of Thames Valley companies are switching to I-Way, both for the local information and to take advantage of the Web page design capabilities of our WebFORCE system."
Silicon Graphics is the leading manufacturer of high-performance visual computing and data server systems. The company delivers interactive three dimensional graphics, digital media, and multiprocessing supercomputing technologies for use in technical, commercial and entertainment environments. With WebFORCE, Silicon Graphics offers a range of solutions for creating and serving digital material via the World Wide Web. 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 has offices worldwide and headquarters in Mountain View, California, and posted revenues of $1.5 billion for the 1994 financial year.
Further information can be retrieved from the URL: http://www-europe.sgi.com. Further product information is available from Silicon Graphics UK headquarters on 0800 440440. Further media information is available from Hunt Thompson Public Relations on 0171 872 5636.=20 Press releases and other information are available from Silicon Graphics via the Internet from huntthompson@cix.compulink.co.uk.
Contact:
Howard Rippiner, Silicon Graphics: 01734 257500
Gareth Thompson, Hunt Thompson: 0171 872 5636
huntthompson@cix.compulink.co.uk
howard@reading.sgi.com
