Corporate Software & Technologies Brings Scalability and Reliability to Microsoft Outlook.Business & High Tech Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000 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. 2000, Booth #614 Outlook gets brighter with new CorporateTime Outlook Connector Corporate Software & Technologies (CS&T) today unveiled a new addition to its suite of calendaring and scheduling products: CorporateTime Outlook(R) Connector (CTOC CTOC Câmara dos Técnicos Oficiais de Contas (Lisbon, Portugal) CTOC Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee CTOC Corps Tactical Operations Center CTOC Cumulative Table of Contents CTOC California Toll Operators Committee ). CTOC is a calendaring and e-mail messaging service that connects the Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook client to a powerful back end consisting of the flexible and scalable CorporateTime Server and any IMAP IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol 4-compliant mail server. Addressing the needs of users and IT managers alike, CTOC brings real-time scheduling to the Outlook interface, while reducing back end complexity and overall costs through superior scalability and multi-platform server availability (NT 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). ). "CorporateTime Outlook Connector expands the options for organizations that have standardized on Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. for the desktop but prefer best-of-breed e-mail and calendar servers running in heterogenous (spelling) heterogenous - It's spelled heterogeneous. environments where 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. is limited to Windows NT/2000," said Mark Levitt, research director of Collaborative Computing (www.idc.com )">http://www.idc.com/>). The unique real-time architecture of CorporateTime Server centralizes calendar information in a distributed database A database physically stored in two or more computer systems. Although geographically dispersed, a distributed database system manages and controls the entire database as a single collection of data. , optimizing efficiency and flexibility and ensuring accurate, up-to-date information across entire networks. CorporateTime Server 5.0 (available today - see separate press release), offers twice the number of supported platforms, improved performance, and lower hardware costs through increased user-to-server ratios. Now, with CTOC, organizations can seamlessly upgrade their systems to the CorporateTime solution, while still leveraging their investments in Outlook. "We're very excited about CS&T's Outlook connector," said David Folsom, a vice president for Syntegra in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "It provides scalability for Microsoft Outlook clients beyond what Microsoft Exchange normally delivers. We believe CS&T's multi-platform support and scalability will translate into lower costs for our customers." Outlook users gain all the benefits of the CorporateTime solution, including interoperability with the full range of CorporateTime clients (Windows, Mac, Motif, and web), wireless connectivity and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). synchronization tools. Live access to the most up-to-date information on the server virtually eliminates the possibility of double-bookings, and enhances the utility of such functions as resource scheduling, date and time suggestion, free/busy time lookups, and conflict resolution. CTOC provides a solution to the problems inherent in message-based calendaring, and adds an integrated e-mail and calendaring application to the CorporateTime portfolio. "Our Outlook connector is a key addition to the CorporateTime suite for any corporation or ASP who provides messaging applications," said Andr Courtemanche, 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 CS&T. "The cost benefits of our scalability and multi-platform support are clear. Given the growing market need for integrated applications and interoperability at all levels, CTOC represents an outstanding value proposition." Pricing and availability CorporateTime Outlook Connector and the entire suite of products from CS&T are available immediately. Pricing for CTOC starts at $30 US per user. Volume discounts are available. For more information, and special ASP and educational pricing, please contact info@cst.ca mailto:info@cst.ca. About CS&T/ Lexacom Corporate Software and Technologies (CS&T)/Lexacom is the world leader in calendaring technology for the corporate, Internet and wireless markets. CS&T/Lexacom was first to develop and market a real-time calendaring and scheduling application. With a mission-critical solution that encompasses client/server, Internet, PDA synchronization, and wireless communications, CS&T/Lexacom now offers the only complete, standards-based suite of calendaring products. Based in Montreal, Canada, CS&T/Lexacom markets its products and services worldwide to corporations, educational institutions, and service providers like Web Portals, ISPs, ASPs, Telcos, and wireless operators. For more information, please visit www.cst.ca CorporateTime is a registered trademark of Corporate Software and Technologies Int Inc. Outlook is a registered trademark of Microsoft. Other product or brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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