Its coming up to two years since Xios Systems UK was formed from the reorganisation of Canadian dedicated word processor pioneer AES Data, and the company thought it time to give a progress report. The company’s speciality now is the fashionable business of systems integration – in the office automation arena. It claims to provide integrated office information management solutions to allow all levels within an organisation to interact and use information more effectively. Installation, maintenance, engineering, project management and information technology consultancy services are also offered. Xios claims an in depth knowledge of open systems standards and offers TCP/IP and Ethernetworking, connecting Micro Channel and AT bus personal computers to DEC, IBM and ICL environments. Unix applications offered include Uniplex and Q-Office office automation and Wordperfect, Systems Union Ltd accounting, Informix and Sybase database and Interleaf desktop publishing to complement Xios’s own vertical market software for local and national government. It offers its own iAPX-86 family of personal computers and Sun Microsystems Sparc, 68000 family and 80386 machines. Xios Systems (UK) Ltd was formed in March 1988 by a merger between AES Data Inc, Canada, a subsidiary of the Kinburn Group, which special-ised in office text management systems and Xios Systems Corp, Canada, which develops and markets office networking and integration software. Before the merger both companies were making a loss but last year the UK business alone did UKP500,000 profit on approximately UKP15m turnover. The company has direct sales organisations in six countries including Switzerland, Germany, England and Scotland, in Wales and Northern Ireland sales are via dealers, there are also 20 other distribution channels throughout the world. Headquarters of Xios Systems (UK) are in Slough, Berkshire and between the nine regional offices 250 people are employed.
