Application Service Provider Eventra to Use XMediusFAX SP as Critical Part of Outsourced B2B Supply Chain Infrastructure
Montreal, QC, February 18, 2004
Interstar Technologies Inc., the pre-eminent developer of enterprise fax solutions for converged IP networks, today announced the signing of its first customer for its recently launched XMediusFAX SP solution targeted at service providers and large enterprises. Eventra is an Application Service Provider (ASP) that provides supply services to the automotive and aerospace industry sectors. XMediusFAX SP is the next generation of Interstar's award-winning, real-time Fax-over-IP server.
Eventra's supplier chain suite of products is relied upon by major discrete manufacturers to ensure 24/7 operations. Eventra provides fax, EDI, supply chain software, and associated consulting services to companies in the automotive and aerospace industry sectors. Interstar's XMediusFAX SP will form a critical part of the infrastructure that Eventra uses to provision fax services to their customers.
“Eventra marks our first customer in the service provider sector for the new XMediusFAX SP offering,” said Martin Demers, CEO of Interstar. “This is a significant milestone for two reasons in that it marks the early adoption and applicability of this solution to the service provider marketplace, and it opens up a new vertical market for Interstar's products. Delivering fax-over-IP solutions that help organizations effectively align their IP communications strategies with their day-to-day business execution is our mandate.”
“XMediusFAX SP is clearly the choice for the scalable and reliable fax-over-IP solutions that our customers need,” said Michael Lightman, Vice President for Eventra. “With its multi-tenant support that that can create hundreds of virtual fax servers – each with their own settings, queues, and administrators – XMediusFAX SP let us provide to our customers the ability to better plan, monitor, and manage communications operations and improve corporate communications performance.”
XMediusFAX SP is engineered for the requirements of large enterprises and service providers, designed to handle 25,000 users and scale upwards. Benefits include unified messaging right on the desktop, increased productivity, simplified network infrastructure, lower long distance costs, 24/7 reliability, and ease of integration with enterprise document workflows.
About Interstar Technologies
Interstar Technologies started the fax server revolution in 1996 with LightningFAX™ and reinvented the fax server in 2002 with XMediusFAX™. Interstar is committed to bringing the best electronic messaging technology in the world to enterprise markets, financial institutions, governments, and OEM partners through its innovative, award-winning software offerings.
Interstar maintains technology partnerships with Brooktrout Technology, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM/Lotus, Microsoft, Pitney Bowes, Quintum Technologies, and SAP. Interstar's products are available for Microsoft Windows and IBM AIX and are distributed worldwide through a global network of resellers, system integrators, and OEM partners.
For more information, visit Interstar's web site.
About Eventra
Eventra provides services and solutions that help manufacturers successfully manage their inbound direct material supply chain. Eventra's solution, VendorSite, makes it easy for both manufacturers and their suppliers to cut costs and boost responsiveness by sharing critical information in real-time. Customers use VendorSite each day to exchange critical planning, material requirements, shipment and payment information with their suppliers to streamline and automate their supply chain.
For more information, visit Eventra's web site.




