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One of the greatest benefits that can be derived from SoftLink's line of products is their ability to flawlessly perform inter-platform transfer operations. File transfers between a UNIX and an NT machine are often problematic because of differences in the operating systems' file-naming conventions. These problems are solved by FASTCopy's ability to handle the renaming process, regardless of what platform the files are being transferred to or copied from. In any organization, a need for constant and uninterrupted communication with clients is essential. Usually, the bigger the company, the more diverse the computing environment, leading to communication problems such as those mentioned above.
In most organizations, the marketing and sales people are responsible for initiating communication with clients to increase sales or inform them about new technologies, PR etc. Of all the demands made by marketing personnel, the ability to merge clients' names into distributed mail shots is one of the most popular.
Experience has proven that the personalized letter is an effective marketing device.
Most letters generated for the customers are created on Word Processors running under Windows NT. The mailing list, on the other hand, is stored on large UNIX servers. How can an organization implement the seemingly straightforward task of merging the two?
In a heterogeneous environment, FASTCopy is installed on different platforms. In the telecommunications industry, FASTCopy is often installed on HP N-class or V-class, SUN E10000 or similar machines. A second installation of FASTCopy resides on the NT machine.
1. FASTCopy transfers the file containing the mailing list from the UNIX server to the Windows NT machine.
2. After the transfer is complete, FASTCopy opens the document that was prepared on the NT machine, initiates the mail merge function and merges the two together.
3. Upon completion of the mail merge, FASTCopy transfers the resulting new files back to the UNIX machine.
4. Lastly, FASTCopy transfers the merged documents from the server to the print shop for production.