LightningFAX 5.5 the First CTI Solution Granted Prized IBM Certification

Montreal, Quebec, May 1, 1998

Interstar Technologies Inc.® (Interstar Technologies), a leading developer of advanced fax solutions, announced its IBM® Netfinity™ ServerProven Solutions Certification for its latest version of LightningFAX™. Once again, LightningFAX has established itself as the leader in the network fax market after being the first CTI solution to be granted this prized IBM certification. LightningFAX 5.5 was tested at the IBM Solution Partnership Center in Waltham, MA, and proved itself fully compatible with the entire line of Netfinity servers.

Through Netfinity’s ServerProven program, IBM works with leading Independent software vendors to ensure their applications are compatible and fully supported on IBM systems. According to IBM, the IBM Netfinity ServerProven Solutions program is a commitment by IBM to provide integrated business solutions to the marketplace.

"With LightningFAX's accredited Netfinity ServerProven Solution status, technology managers can deploy, with confidence, new applications with the knowledge they have been tested and pre-certified on IBM’s leading NT platform," said Eric Melka, Interstar Technologies’ senior vice-president of Sales and Business Development.

LightningFAX is a true cross-platform client/server fax solution designed native to Microsoft® Windows NT 32 bit, multi-tasking, multi-threading servers, with clients for Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows NT and Java. LightningFAX provides corporations, large and small, with a powerful, flexible and scalable network fax solution over IP.

Interstar Technologies Inc. is recognized as the innovative leader in the fax server industry. Strategic partnerships with established vendors include IBM Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems Inc.®, Ericsson®, Dialogic Corporation®, and Brooktrout Technology Inc.® These alliances have enabled the company to develop the most powerful, integrated fax messaging solutions available today. Serving as the superior platform in desktop faxing, Interstar Technologies' scalable and robust enterprise solutions have been implemented by organizations worldwide.

Interstar Technologies is a privately held company based in Montreal and can be reached at + 1 (514) 766-1668.

For more information, please contact:
Peter Godber
Interstar Technologies Inc.
Phone: (514) 732-4318
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