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Office Equipment Goes Online

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iApplianceWeb
(07/25/01, 08:32:50 AM EDT)

NetSilicon has integrated eMation's patent-pending Firewall-Friendly communications technology into the NetSilicon network interface card, NET+NIC.

"Now, with eMation DRM technology integrated into NetSilicon's NET+NIC, OEMs of printers, copiers, and multifunction peripherals can not only network-enable their products, but they can also bring remote monitoring, management, and service capabilities to these devices through corporate firewalls, proactively and automatically, without human intervention," said Hiro Kataoka, general manager, Imaging, NetSilicon.

OEMs of NetSilicon-enabled printers, copiers, and multifunction peripherals (MFPs) can take advantage of the eMation DRM system without having to modify or redesign existing or planned products. These manufacturers can rapidly deploy eMation DRM systems to stay in touch with their products throughout their lifecycles -- even from behind their customers' corporate firewalls.

By integrating this technology, a wide range of office equipment products, like printers, copiers, fax machines, scanners, MFPs, un-interruptible power supplies, postage stamp machines, and others, can now be managed, supported, and serviced from behind corporate firewalls without additional administration or security risks. With the eMation DRM system, proactive service can be delivered at the optimum time, minimizing emergency service calls and even identifying problems before customers know they exist. Further, Device Relationship Management enables suppliers of office equipment to participate in new business models that were nearly impossible to achieve before, such as auditable pay-per-use billing and dynamic meter reading, supplier-managed automatic replenishment of consumables and supplies (toner, ink, paper, etc.), automatic software revision upgrades, and automatic purchasing of software options.

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