VisionWare Ltd of Leeds has signed a distribution agreement with Systems Integration Ltd under which the Guildford, Surrey company will market the MS-Windows-based XVision personal computer-to-host integration product in the UK and Ireland. Systems Integration, described as the only UK distribution company to have focused entirely on X, says its plan is to expand the usage of commercial Unix applications for the X Window System, both for traditional workstations and personal computers. The firm will initially sell XVision direct, but is also seeing early interest from value-added resellers, and signed up a number from the City of London. XVsion costs UKP400. Systems Integration also has exclusive distribution deals with Visix Software Inc for Looking Glass, and has just signed up for the X versions of Island Graphics’ Paint, Write and Draw packages. It also has a deal with Quality Software Products Ltd for the Exclaim spreadsheet, has the Synchronise time manager for X from CrossWind Technologies, Felton, California, and is a reseller for Precision Visuals Inc. The company hopes to build up a complete personal applications set for resellers, including integrated office and mail software. Systems Integration opened for business in November last year, and was previously a distributor of Stardent hardware. Its main competition appears to be the US-based Unipress Software Inc, Edison, New Jersey, which has a toe-hold in the UK through its association with Real Time Systems Ltd of Douglas on the Isle of Man.
