Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. signs license agreement with Enterprise Solutions Limited for EXM Mail; site license valued at approximately $1 million provides for 6,000 X.400 User Agents, integrated X.500 Directory User Agents, viewers and security.WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 1995--Enterprise Solutions Limited(TM) (ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. ), provider of complete X.400/X.500 messaging solutions, is pleased to announce the signing of a license agreement with Charles Schwab Charles Schwab can refer to:
ESL is providing 6,000 EXM EXM Exit Message EXM Extra Points Made (football statistics) EXM Extended Module EXM Ms-Dos Executable Mail native X.400 User Agents, X.500 Integrated Directory User Agents, integrated viewers and security, at a total value of $1,000,000. Control Data Systems is providing the backbone X.400 Message Transfer Agents and Directory Service Agents. Installation of the products has already begun at the company's corporate headquarters in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . ESL products will be replacing Charles Schwab's existing e-mail environment, as the company migrates to a complete native X.400 solution. The company will be using EXM Mail user agents for Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. , Unix tty and Motif, and Apple Macintosh. ESL will work closely with Schwab to develop mail-enabled applications for areas such as human resources and payroll, as well as Electronic Data Interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ). Jan Hier-King, Schwab Senior Vice President, said: "The implementation of a distributed messaging infrastructure at Schwab will require provision of a standards-based, platform-independent solution. Additionally, this environment will have to facilitate integration with our existing, mainframe-based environment. In selecting a joint ESL/CDS offering, we believe we're now able to deploy an architecture which, over time, will serve many purposes beyond those of simple interpersonal messaging and enable us to expand more rapidly into the areas of EDI and Electronic Commerce." Enterprise Solutions offers a complete, enterprise-wide messaging solution for moving information. EXM Mail consists of X.400 User Agents with P7 protocol and Message Store, remote user agents for non-connected users, full X.500 Directory Services, complete Mail Administration, 1988 X.400 Message Transfer Agents, and a family of mail-enabled add-on products for workflow and productivity. An early adopter of ESL's X.400 and X.500 messaging products was the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS NCTS NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series NCTS New Computerised Transit System NCTS Nortel Certified Technology Specialist (telephony) NCTS Naval Computer & Telecommunications Station NCTS New Cooperative Tracking System ) in Washington, which standardized on Enterprise Solutions' X.400 client products for their mail system. Other major customers include Wal Mart Stores, the Bank of France, the German Parliament, Bankers Automated Clearing Services (BACS BACS Bankers Automated Clearing System BACS Banks Automated Clearing System BACS British Association for Canadian Studies BACS British Association for Chemical Specialities BACS Bachelor of Arts Community Studies BACS Bachelor of Administrative and Commercial Studies ) and the UK Ministry of Health. The Charles Schwab Corporation, through its principal operating subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., serves over 3.2 million active investors nationwide with over $147 billion in clients. Enterprise Solutions Limited may be contacted at their corporate headquarters at 2900 Townsgate Road, Suite 210, Westlake Village, Calif. 91361; telephone 805/449-4181, or fax 805/449-4186. -0- Note to Editors: Enterprise Solutions Limited has registered or claimed trademarks on its name and all of its product names, including but not limited to Enterprise Xtended Mail and EXM Mail. All other brand or product names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Enterprise Solutions Limited Brenda Barnetson, 818/892-5192 |
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