Collabra teams with Microsoft at Electronic Messaging Association 1995 Conference; First public showing of Collabra Share 2.0 and Microsoft Exchange working together.NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 1995--Collabra Software, Inc., today announced that the company will be jointly sponsoring with Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, "The Messaging Playground" at this year's Electronic Messaging See e-mail and messaging system. Association (EMA (1) (Enterprise Management Architecture) An earlier strategic plan from Digital for integrating network, system and application management. It provided the operating environment for managing a multi-vendor network. ) Conference, held May 8-11 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is a collection of buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lower end of building one is located 500 m (1640 feet) upriver from Canal Street on the banks of the Mississippi River. Named after former mayor of New Orleans Ernest N. in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . "The Messaging Playground" will feature the next generation of collaborative computing solutions from Collabra and Microsoft: Collabra Share(tm) 2.0, the new version of Collabra's award-winning information sharing and group conferencing software; and 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. , Microsoft's next generation, client-sever messaging system. Open to all show attendees throughout the four-day conference, "The Messaging Playground" will provide EMA colleagues with a "hands-on" opportunity to examine Collabra Share and Microsoft Exchange working together. Some 2,500 pre-registered EMA attendees will have access to their own account available on five workstations and two servers, enabling them to contribute to discussions and send messages about EMA events and New Orleans activities. "We are pleased to partner with Collabra in providing EMA '95 attendees access to next generation groupware products like Microsoft Exchange and Collabra Share," said Greg Levin, Microsoft lead product manager for Exchange Server. "Collabra Share 2.0 represents an innovative, messaging-based application that leverages the advanced services found in Microsoft Exchange." "Our teaming with Microsoft at EMA demonstrates how Collabra Share and Microsoft Exchange work together, and reflects both companies' ongoing commitment to collaborate on marketing and product opportunities," commented Bob Lisbonne, vice president of marketing for Collabra. Collabra's and Microsoft's joint sponsorship of "The Messaging Playground" represents the latest in a series of joint marketing and product development activities between the two companies. At last year's EMA show held in April in Anaheim, California, the two companies kicked off their strategic partnership centering around Collabra Share and Microsoft Exchange. The strategy unfolded last summer when Collabra outlined its plan to extend Share's agent technology to support Microsoft Exchange, allowing customers to participate in and replicate forums. The companies have also participated in a number of joint marketing activities and maintain a close technical dialogue. Collabra Share: Leveraging the Power of the Microsoft Messaging Environment With Version 2.0, announced in February, Collabra Share delivers even tighter integration with Microsoft messaging technologies including Microsoft Mail and Microsoft Exchange. In addition to its plug and play e-mail integration, Collabra Share 2.0 includes breakthrough tools to manage information overload A symptom of the high-tech age, which is too much information for one human being to absorb in an expanding world of people and technology. It comes from all sources including TV, newspapers, magazines as well as wanted and unwanted regular mail, e-mail and faxes. , a new client/server architecture, support for remote users, and an even lower total cost of ownership. Collabra Share 2.0 also boasts a new Internet Newsgroup newsgroup Internet forum for discussion of specific subjects. Newsgroups are organized into subjects (e.g., automobiles); each typically has several subgroups (e.g., classic cars, Formula One racing cars). Agent and an Agent for Lotus Notes. Collabra Share offers plug and play e-mail integration at both the front end and back end. Through features like Mail Shortcuts See Win Shortcuts. , Mail Hooks, a single login for both products, and icons added to the Microsoft Mail client, users can move seamlessly between Collabra Share, Microsoft Mail, and Microsoft Exchange. Collabra Share uses Microsoft's Mail Application Program Interface (MAPI (Mail API) A programming interface from Microsoft that enables a client application to send to and receive mail from Exchange Server or a Microsoft Mail (MS Mail) messaging system. Microsoft applications such as Outlook, the Exchange client and Microsoft Schedule use MAPI. ) to leverage Exchange's new message routing service. And Collabra Share provides direct access to Microsoft Mail and Exchange e-mail directories for membership, administration and authentication. Collabra Software at EMA In addition to joint sponsorship of "The Messaging Playground" with Microsoft, Collabra will be demonstrating Collabra Share 2.0 at its EMA Booth #611. President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Eric Hahn will be participating in a panel discussion as well as the Super Session on "Collaborative Computing: Creating the Future" on Thursday, May 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. About Collabra Software, Inc. Headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , Collabra Software, Inc. develops and markets collaborative computing applications to increase workgroup productivity and improve communication within and between organizations. Collabra Software was cited by Fortune Magazine for its revolutionary approach to solving the information sharing needs of groups within organizations. Collabra has strategic partnerships with Novell, Banyan Systems, Inc., RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. and Verity. For more information, contact Collabra Software by phone at 800/474-7427, fax at 415/940-6440, e-mail at info@collabra.com., or on the World Wide Web at http://www.collabra.com. -0- Note to Editors: Collabra, Collabra Share and the Collabra logo are trademarks of Collabra Software, Inc. within the United States and other countries. All other company, brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective holdings and are hereby recognized. See Collabra Software at EMA '95 at Booth No. 611. CONTACT: Collabra Software Inc. Bob Lisbonne, 415/254-4415 blisbonne@collabra.com or Stirling & Cohan Inc. JoAnn Johnston, 415/513-0978 joann.j@applelink.apple.com |
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