Advansys Announces Formativ 2.0 - One-Stop Solutions For GroupWise.

SYDNEY, Australia -- Advansys(R) is pleased to announce the availability of Advansys Formativ(TM) 2.0, the networking industry's leading product suite for creating and managing collaborative solutions to enhance and extend Novell(R) GroupWise(R). Cost-effective for individual users or across the enterprise, Formativ 2.0 offers the most comprehensive range of ready-to-use solutions and development tools available for quickly and easily customizing GroupWise.

In today's connected business environments, strong electronic collaboration is key. Formativ 2.0 unlocks the power of GroupWise systems with a highly modular and extensive product range, with solutions now offered separately and in task-focused packs. Through its scalable design, Formativ 2.0 enables customers to add as many GroupWise enhancements as needed, whether one or hundreds.

The new look solutions, written with Formativ 2.0, include Personalized Emailer, Multiple Signatures, Message Notes and many more. Stationery, which enables you to create high-impact HTML messages, ships with example templates to get you started immediately. In addition, you'll find free 2.0 solutions at Formativ Applet Central on GroupWise Cool Solutions, the first being the iCal Solution, which helps GroupWise users exchange appointments with other email clients, such as Microsoft(R) Outlook(R).

"Novell is excited about the new features Advansys is delivering with Formativ 2.0," said Chris Cooper, Director Novell Developer Services. "GroupWise becomes an even more valuable solution for our customers with Formativ's ability to quickly and easily customize GroupWise to address unique business needs."

Enhanced rapid development tools enable users of all skill levels to create new GroupWise functionality with unprecedented speed and ease. Formativ 2.0 offers a significantly expanded development language, a powerful drag 'n' drop visual forms designer with dynamic event support and over 130 components.

For enterprise use, administrators can use Formativ's integrated Novell eDirectory(TM) capabilities to manage thousands of Formativ solutions easily and securely.

Advansys Formativ 2.0 products are available for download as fully-featured 30-day trial software from www.advansyscorp.com/formativ_download.htm. For more information, visit www.advansyscorp.com.

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