Corel and GraphOn Form Strategic Alliance.OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1998--Corel (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.) Corel's jBridge(TM) and GraphOn GO-Between(TM) combine to deliver mission critical UNIX/X applications to jBridge users without PC X servers Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. and GraphOn Corporation today announced they have forged a strategic alliance that will offer Corel's jBridge(TM) customers UNIX server A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. access through GraphOn's GO-Between. Currently, jBridge lets users run 32-bit Windows(R) applications from a variety of client platforms. With the addition of GraphOn's GO-Between(TM), Corel jBridge users will be able to access any UNIX/X application from their Corel jBridge desktop, with no additional X server software installation, without requiring multiple desktop clients, and with greatly reduced network load. jBridge is a cost-effective, scalable enterprise solution for delivering 32-bit Windows applications from a Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) server to multi-platform clients across networks or through remote access.Since most of an application is housed on a server and not on each individual desktop, cost of ownership, maintenance and upgrading is greatly reduced from current standards. GO-Between installs a Universal X Server on the 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 and a sub-300kb thin client add-on to jBridge. Users can access their UNIX/X applications through jBridge as though they were resident on their desktops. With GO-Between, no code needs to be installed in the desktop devices, while the UNIX application operates in its optimum native mode on the UNIX host. Processing and communications load on the jBridge server is minimized, and scalability enhanced, due to the very thin GO-Between client, and GraphOn's highly efficient, thin wire RapidX protocol. GraphOn's and Corel's thin client solutions lower the total cost of ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ) of distributed PCs by enabling Windows and UNIX applications to be deployed and managed from a central Windows NT server. This reduces the overhead and labor costs associated with installing, configuring, and updating each PC to access these applications. "This is an extremely exciting opportunity for us and our customers," said Dr. Michael Cowpland Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943) is a Canadian entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company. Cowpland was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England and obtained a BSc. , president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation. "Our advances to the thin client computing See thin client. style are helping to forge new industry standards and the addition of GraphOn's state-of-the-art technology will help give us one of the best, low cost solutions on the market today." "We're excited to be partnering with Corel to bring a complete thin client solution to the market," said Walt Keller, 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 GraphOn Corporation. "With Corel's jBridge and GraphOn's GO-Between, we deliver the best of both worlds. Now IT managers can deploy both UNIX and Windows-based applications to every desktop in their organization with just the touch of a button, and application management is simple. We believe this partnership will offer a distinct advantage to users, both in simplicity and flexibility." Corel and GraphOn intend to explore other avenues of collaboration to further develop the alliance between the two companies and to deliver innovative solutions to their customers. jBridge is scheduled to be widely available by early 1999. Corel Corporation Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of award-winning graphics and business productivity applications. Development of market-leading products such as the CorelDRAW(TM) line of graphics applications and the Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite of business tools is continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate, retail and academic markets. Committed to value, compatibility, choice and open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , Corel develops products for the Windows(R), Macintosh(R), UNIX, Linux(R) and Java(TM) platforms. Corel's common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (SM) under the symbol COSFF and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol COS. For more information visit Corel's Web site at www.corel.com/jbridge. GraphOn Corporation GraphOn develops, markets, and supports powerful software to speed and simplify network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. and enable efficient thin client applications. Its products include GO-Global, the world's first thin client X server for PCs running Microsoft Windows, GO-Joe, the world's first thin client Java X server, and GO-Between, the world's first thin client X server for multi-user NT (such as Microsoft(R) Terminal Server, Corel jBridge, Citrix WinFrame, and New Moon LiftOff). GraphOn has strategic relationships with major UNIX system vendors, network computer and terminal vendors, system integrators, and software companies. GraphOn's customers are primarily Fortune 1000 corporations. GraphOn is headquartered in Campbell, California. Find more data on GraphOn at http://www.graphon.com. Corel, WordPerfect, CorelDRAW, and the Go Further logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. GraphOn, GO-Joe, GO-Global, GO-Between, GlobalHost, Universal X Server, RapidX and ThinX are trademarks or registered trademarks of GraphOn Corp. in the USA and other countries. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or individuals.
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