Corel Licenses Sanga Pages.OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1996--COREL CORPORATION (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 COSFF, TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). COS) Deal Enables Corel to Add Groupware Capabilities to Office for Java(TM) and Future Versions of Windows and Macintosh Desktop Applications. Corel Corporation and its subsidiaries announced today that they have licensed Sanga Sanga a type of draft cattle with a small cervicothoracic hump and long horns, originating in eastern and southern Africa. It includes many varieties. Pages(TM) from Sanga International Inc. The deal will enable Corel to incorporate Java(TM)-based groupware functionality into its Office for Java(TM), giving the company the first and only integrated suite of platform-independent desktop productivity applications designed for networked computing environments. In addition, Sanga Pages enables Corel Office for Java users to build collaborative applications with the Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment. The deal will also allow Corel to add this functionality to Java-enabled desktops as well as future Windows and Macintosh versions of its desktop productivity applications, including Corel WordPerfect Suite See WordPerfect Office. 8 and Corel(R) Office Professional 8. "By leveraging Sanga Pages' advanced Java technology, Office for Java will become an even more compelling and powerful offering," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, 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. of Corel. "By adding groupware functionality to the existing set of desktop applications, Corel sets the standard for Java-based office suites and redefines what it will take to compete in the market for platform-independent, network- centric productivity environments. The addition of Sanga's technology puts Corel months ahead of its nearest competitors." "By integrating Sanga Pages' industry-leading Java technology with Office for Java, Corel can offer the best suite of productivity applications and groupware in the industry," said Shane Maine, CEO of Sanga International Inc. "This is important for networked computing because enterprises can now deploy workflow applications that leverage Corel s industry leading components, such as charting, spreadsheets, and word processors across the multiple platforms within their organization." About Corel Office For Java Corel Office for Java is the first suite of productivity applications ever written for the Java platform and meets the needs for full featured, portable productivity applications in the new thin client computing See thin client. environment. In addition to the client software, Corel Office for Java features a Java implementation of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. (Light-weight directory access protocol) for server side administration of users, applications and documents. Scheduled to become available in the first half of 1997, the suite will include Java versions of applications based on Corel(R) WordPerfect(R), Corel(R) Quattro(R) Pro, CorelCHART(TM), a personal information manager, email/groupware capabilities, along with a vector drawing module -- all integrated within a new GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. framework. About Sanga Pages Sanga Pages is a 100 percent Java suite of products which transforms any Java-enabled Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. into a powerful desktop that can create and execute enterprise workflow applications. These applications can directly access and leverage information in virtually any corporate database. Pages allows programmers to create platform-independent, Web-centric applications without having to develop in Java. By using existing intranet infrastructure, bringing live corporate data to the Web, and running on any client from an NC to a PC, Sanga Pages maximizes an organization's IT investment in an unparalleled way. About Corel Corporation Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corporation is recognized internationally as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and multimedia software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAW(TM), Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite, Corel(R) Office Professional, CorelVIDEO(TM), CorelCAD(TM) and over 30 multimedia software titles. Corel's products run on most operating systems, including: Windows(R), Macintosh(R), 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). , 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. and OS/2 and are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry. The company ships its products in over 17 languages through a network of more than 160 distributors in 70 countries world-wide. Corel is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (symbol: COS) and on NASDAQ National Market System (symbol: COSFF). For more information visit Corel's home page on the Internet at http://www.corel.com. About Sanga International Sanga International Corporation is the Canadian sales subsidiary of Sanga International Inc. Sanga International Inc. (http://www.sangacorp.com) was founded in 1996 to address the growing need for enterprise-caliber Internet/intranet applications. It has become a leader in the Java-based application market and is the first company to offer a pure Java commercial product using the JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) A programming interface that lets Java applications access a database via the SQL language. Since Java interpreters (Java Virtual Machines) are available for all major client platforms, this allows a platform-independent database standard. With sales subsidiaries based in Burlington, MA; San Jose, CA; Ottawa, ON; and, Toronto, ON, the company has development and sales offices in three countries and employs 45 people. Corel and WordPerfect are registered trademarks and CorelDRAW, CorelVIDEO and CorelCAD are trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. Sanga, Sanga Pages and Pages are trademarks of Sanga International Inc. Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks, tradenames, registered trademarks, or registered tradenames are property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Copithorne and Bellows Lisa Hahn, 617/ 450-4300 E-MAIL e-mail: see electronic mail. in full electronic mail Messages and other data exchanged between individuals using computers in a network. : lisa.hahn@cbpr.com or Copithorne and Bellows Albie Jarvis, 617/ 450-4300 E-MAIL: albie.jarvis@cbpr.com or Corel Corporation Cindy Scott, 613/ 728-0826 (x. 1326) INTERNET: http://www.corel.com. E-MAIL: cindys@corel.com |
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