LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (August 8, 1995) - Silicon Graphics Inc. (NYSE: SGI) today extended its leadership in providing professional authoring and serving solutions for businesses to establish their presence on the World Wide Web. Leading a series of enhancements to its WebFORCE(TM) product line is WebSpace Author (TM), a powerful next-generation, authoring tool for creating engaging 3D virtual environments on the Web.
Also announced today, Silicon Graphics' WebMagic Pro(TM), an enhanced version of the world's first available WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) HTML authoring tool, allows businesses to create a compelling Web presence on the fastest-growing and most visual part of the Internet. Silicon Graphics also announced that it will offer Gauntlet, an industry-leading firewall security option from Trusted Information Systems, Inc.
"With the phenomenal growth of the World Wide Web, it's not enough for businesses to simply establish a presence on the Internet," said Tom Furlong, vice president and general manager of Silicon Graphics' Digital Media Systems division. "Only the most visually compelling, easily accessible web sites will attract users and keep them coming back. The Silicon Graphics' WebFORCE product family leverages the company's core strengths to empower the architects of Cyberspace."
WebSpace Author is a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use application that provides all the tools needed to add compelling, high-performing 3D content to a Web site. This VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) authoring tool allows Web content creators to import 3D models from popular modeling software packages, easily assemble models into a scene and create links from 3D objects within the scene to other Web content.
WebSpace Author was designed from the ground up to create first-class VRML sites which are specifically designed to work well over low-bandwidth networks on low-end machines. WebSpace Author makes it easy for creative professionals to take full advantage of all the features of the VRML standard without having to program.
WebMagic Pro, an enhanced version of Silicon Graphics' WebMagic Author application, incorporates popular WYSIWYG features such as drag-and-drop insertion of images, audio, video and 3D files. New features include easy-to-use tools for creation of forms, backgrounds and image maps. WebMagic Pro combines the powerful authoring features required by leading Web site developers with the intuitive mouse and menu commands found in popular word processing applications.
Now available to WebFORCE customers from Silicon Graphics and Trusted Information Systems, Gauntlet is a firewall that safeguards a corporation's data by providing a specific point-to-control access between private and public networks. A combination of hardware and software, Gauntlet provides robust security from Internet intruders.
WebSpace Author, WebMagic Pro and WebSpace Navigator will be bundled with all WebFORCE Indy and WebFORCE Indigo2 authoring systems starting in September 1995. WebSpace Author and WebMagic Pro will also be available separately, or free of charge for current Silicon Graphics' WebFORCE authoring systems owners who are also members of Club WebFORCE. Trusted Information Systems' Gauntlet security option will be available through Silicon Graphics in September.
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