Attachmate Announces Agreement to Deliver PROFS and OfficeVision Connectivity with Microsoft.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 1995--Attachmate Corp. announced today that they have signed a joint licensing and development agreement with Microsoft Corp. to provide customers with a series of products designed to deliver messaging and scheduling connectivity between LAN-based Microsoft Mail An earlier and simple messaging system from Microsoft that runs on PC and AppleTalk networks. Gateways are available to a variety of mail systems including X.400, PROFS and MHS. Microsoft Mail-enabled applications are written to the MAPI programming interface. See Microsoft Exchange. and Schedule+, and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) mainframe-based office systems including PROFS, OfficeVision and Verimation Memo. Under the agreement, Attachmate will immediately offer marketing, sales and support for the Microsoft Mail Gateway to IBM PROFS and OfficeVision and the Microsoft Mail Driver to IBM PROFS and OfficeVision. In addition, Attachmate is developing a PROFS/OV gateway for Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is widely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. . Attachmate will also be licensing technology from IMI IMI International Masonry Institute (Washington, DC) IMI Israel Military Industries IMI Institute of the Motor Industry IMI International Market Insight IMI Imposto Municipal Sobre Imóveis (Portugal) Computing to provide a SNADS (SNA Distribution Services) An IBM messaging protocol used by IBM office automation products such as DISOSS and AS/400 Office. Various messaging gateways and messaging switches support SNADS. gateway for Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. . "Attachmate's IBM host connectivity and mail/scheduling connectivity expertise complements our leadership in LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. messaging and group scheduling See calendaring. ," said Rob Shurtleff, general manager of Microsoft's Workgroup Solutions Product Unit. "Downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing from a mainframe messaging system Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent to a LAN-based system is an important trend for MIS. Attachmate and Microsoft are making the downsizing process easier by providing products now and in the future to ensure smooth migration from the mainframe. By providing sales and support for PC-based host connectivity products today, Attachmate will ease current customer transition to Windows NT-based Microsoft Exchange connectivity products." The Microsoft Mail Driver to IBM PROFS and OfficeVision, to be renamed and marketed by Attachmate as the ZIP! Office Client Connection for MS Mail to PROFS, allows IBM PROFS or OfficeVision/VM users access their files via the same Windows-based client as users of Microsoft Mail, rather than a 3270 terminal emulation session. PROFS or OfficeVision users can thus take advantage of Microsoft Mail's graphical interface with its richer feature set and excellent integration with other desktop applications. The Microsoft Mail Gateway to IBM PROFS and OfficeVision, to be renamed and marketed by Attachmate as the ZIP! Office Gateway for MS Mail to PROFS, is a DOS-based gateway that allows Microsoft Mail and Schedule+ users the ability to exchange information and schedule meetings with PROFS and OfficeVision/VM users. The Gateway includes four separate components: Gateway, LAN Access, Host Access and Distribution Manager. With the optional Distribution Manager, the Gateway provides the capability of using the host infrastructure as a messaging backbone. Integrated Messaging and Scheduling Capabilities for Microsoft Exchange Originally announced June 1994 at Microsoft's Information Exchange Conference, the ZIP! Office Gateway for MS Exchange to PROFS will provide full integration between Microsoft Exchange and PROFS or OfficeVision/VM. The Gateway, developed using the advanced real-time scheduling technology found in Attachmate's ZIP! Office Server, will allow Microsoft Exchange users connected to Microsoft Exchange Server to transparently exchange information, schedule meetings in real-time with PROFS and OfficeVision/VM users. The Gateway will be developed by Attachmate, to comply with an Attachmate and Microsoft jointly designed specification, and will be marketed and sold exclusively by Attachmate. The SNADS gateway for Microsoft Exchange, called the ZIP! Office Gateway for MS Exchange to SNADS, will allow Microsoft Exchange users connected to Microsoft Exchange Server to transparently exchange information with systems supporting SNADS including OfficeVision/MVS via DISOSS (DIStributed Office Support System) An IBM mainframe centralized document distribution and filing application that runs under MVS. Its counterpart under VM is PROFS. or OfficePath, OfficeVision/400, IBM Mail Exchange and Verimation Memo. The Gateway, based on technology licensed from IMI Computing and co-designed by Microsoft, will be sold by Attachmate on a world-wide basis. The target market for all of these ZIP! Office products are organizations currently using PROFS or OfficeVision but with a desire to migrate to the more cost effective, intuitive, flexible and feature rich functionality of Microsoft Mail and/or Schedule+ on the LAN or desktop. "This agreement provides our customers with the messaging and connectivity expertise from two leaders in their respective fields -- Microsoft, a leader in messaging and Attachmate, a leader in connectivity," commented Gregory Sokoloff, vice president, Product Management, Host Servers at Attachmate. "Connectivity between Microsoft and IBM Many people are too new to the computer industry to remember that IBM once occupied the lofty position that Microsoft currently enjoys. Today, it's a Microsoft versus The Rest of the World computer industry. Yesterday, it was IBM versus everybody else. platforms will be extremely beneficial to our many large corporate customers who wish to integrate their Microsoft Mail and Schedule+ users with their PROFS or OfficeVision users." Pricing and Availability The ZIP! Office Client Connection for MS Mail to PROFS and the ZIP! Office Gateway for MS Mail to PROFS are available immediately and will be sold exclusively by Attachmate. Suggested list price for the ZIP! Office Client Connection is $149 per connection. Prices for the ZIP! Office Gateway start at $4,995 for the Gateway component, $995 for the LAN Access component, $14,995 for the Host Access component and $9,995 for the Distribution Manager component. Volume and corporate discounts are available and international pricing will vary. About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MFST MFST Mobile Field Surgical Team MFST Mobile Forward Surgical Team (USAF) MFST Microbiologically Food Safety Tested MFST Mobile Freight Search Team (UK) ) is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of products and services for business and personal use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day. About Attachmate Attachmate is a leading provider of enterprise connectivity products that enable users of individual and networked desktop computers to access, exchange and manipulate information and applications residing on host computers, including IBM and IBM-compatible mainframes, IBM AS/400 midrange computers, Digital VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) A venerable family of 32-bit computers from HP (via Digital and Compaq) introduced in 1977 with the VAX-11/780. VAX models ranged from desktop units to mainframes all running the same VMS operating system, and VAXes could emulate PDP models , Alpha AX computers and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). host systems. The company's leading product lines include EXTRA!, RALLY!, KEA! and the Attachmate Enterprise family of client connectivity software products and the ZIP! family of host server software products, which operate in the Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, DOS and Macintosh environments. The Attachmate SELECT! family of products provide direct database access, analysis and management capabilities. Headquartered in Bellevue, Attachmate maintains direct sales and support offices in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Attachmate Corporation, 3617 131st Avenue SE, Bellevue, WA 98006. 206/644-4010. -0- Editor's Notes: Attachmate, EXTRA! and ZIP! are registered trademarks and RALLY!, KEA! and SELECT! are trademarks of Attachmate Corp. Microsoft and MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. are registered trademarks and Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. IBM, AS/400, PROFS, OfficeVision, and OS/2 are registered trademarks and OfficeVision/VM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp. Digital and VAX are registered trademarks of Digital Equipment Corp. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Attachmate Corp. Dennis L. Sullivan, 206/649-6551 or Waggener Edstrom Kari Day, 206/637-9097 |
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