Interstar Technologies Supports Natural MicroSystems' NaturalFax Products

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LightningFAX™ Hardware Compatibility to Include Natural MicroSystems™ Product Lines

Montreal, Quebec, October 27, 1999

Interstar Technologies Inc.® (Interstar Technologies), a leading developer of advanced fax solutions, today announced that it has expanded the hardware compatibility of its enterprise fax solution, LightningFAX™, to include the Natural MicroSystems™ product lines of NaturalFax/Alliance Generationâ (AG) 2000 and NaturalFax/QX 2000 PCI multi-channel, universal port fax hardware.

LightningFAX is an award-winning client/server fax solution that gives businesses the power to fax-enable their entire network. Interstar’s powerful, cost-effective software lets users send and receive faxes directly through their computers. Users can also fax through any e-mail application. LightningFAX is compatible with Windows NT™, IBM AIX™, and Sun® Solaris™, with Linux compatibility slated for a December release. Available in English, French, German, and Italian, LightningFAX handles up to 960 lines per server, up to three million fax messages at a time, and unlimited users.

Natural MicroSystems (NASDAQ: NMSS), a manufacturer of intelligent fax, voice and data boards, is the creator of Open Telecommunications™ technology. The NaturalFax family of products offers a wide variety of intelligent, high-performance single- and multi-port fax platforms for telecommunication applications. These reliable, easy-to-use products support a broad range of fax traffic, enabling developers to enhance existing applications by adding fax services or to create powerful high-density and high-performance fax server applications.

"Natural MicroSystems is very excited about supporting LightningFAX," said Allen Carney, vice president of marketing at Natural MicroSystems. "Interstar has an outstanding fax product. The immense line capacity and scalability of LightningFAX make it a native fit with our NaturalFax product line.”

“Natural MicroSystems offers an excellent technology alliance," said Michael Di Perno, president of Interstar Technologies. "Customers of both Interstar and Natural MicroSystems will be able to take advantage of our highly flexible and reliable fax server software, coupled with compact fax boards that offer extremely high port density."

Natural MicroSystems, based in Framingham, Mass., provides IP-centric software development tools, hardware, and engineering consulting services to suppliers of communications equipment. The network-quality products, technologies, design, and customization resources make Natural MicroSystems an OEM partner of choice for the rapidly growing number of manufacturers that are building platforms to support today's converged communications solutions and applications. Founded in 1983, Natural MicroSystems products and services are available in more than 40 countries, and the quality processes at the company have earned ISO 9002 certification. More information on the company is available at: www.nmss.com.

Interstar Technologies Inc., headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is devoted to setting the standard for superior, powerful, and cost-effective network fax messaging solutions. The company enjoys global recognition, distribution spanning five continents, and a client base that includes both Fortune 500 companies and government organizations. Interstar Technologies has forged a significant position in the fax and data messaging marketplace through strategic alliances with core computer technology companies such as IBM® Corporation, Microsoft® Corporation, Sun MicroSystems Inc., Brooktrout Technologies® and Dialogic®, an Intel® company. Interstar Technologies’ flagship enterprise messaging product LightningFAX is available worldwide.

Interstar Technologies is a privately held corporation located at 5835 Verdun Ave., Suite 302, Montreal, Quebec, H4H 1M1, Canada. The corporate offices can be reached at + 1 (514) 766-1668; fax: +1 (514) 766-1439; e-mail: xmediusfax.info@sagemcom.com. The company’s web address is xmediusfax.sagemcom.com.

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