Critical Path Technology Powers General Magic's Voice-Enabled Email Solutions; Critical Path and General Magic Create Innovative Internet Messaging Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000 Critical Path Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), the dominant global provider of business-to-business Internet messaging and collaboration solutions, today announced an extension of its multi-year agreement with General Magic (Nasdaq:GMGC), a leading provider of voice-enabled services and technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Critical Path's Global Directory Server (GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards ) and N-PLEX messaging server will continue to power General Magic's myTalk(TM) service, which enables customers to send and receive email over the phone through voice-enabled technology. Through an allsourcing strategy, Critical Path can meet the growing messaging demands of a diverse customer base by offering businesses the ability to outsource, midsource or insource all or part of their Internet messaging applications. General Magic is leveraging Critical Path's allsource strategy by running Critical Path's Global Directory Server (GDS) and N-PLEX messaging servers in-house, in order to build highly customizable Internet messaging solutions. "In order to provide voice-enabled services and technology that make communication and access to information easier and more convenient, we selected industry leader, Critical Path as one of our key vendors," said Jeff Adamson, senior director, network operations of General Magic. "By integrating Critical Path's advanced messaging and directory solutions into our services, we are able to leverage the security, scalability and reliability of Critical Path's solutions and provide our customers with the leading voice-enabled email service See Internet e-mail service. available." Based on award-winning technology, Critical Path's N-PLEX family of products provides General Magic with the best Internet messaging server solution available, which is designed to handle large-scale, high-volume messaging requirements and will scale to meet the needs of General Magic's growing customer base. Critical Path's GDS also provides General Magic with all the benefits of open enterprise directory services: a single and consistent view of distributed data, tools for integrating different breeds of messaging and directory products, and secure and controlled access to sensitive information. "Critical Path and General Magic are ushering in Noun 1. ushering in - the introduction of something new; "it signalled the ushering in of a new era" first appearance, introduction, debut, entry, launching, unveiling - the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" a new era of communications that is changing how people access Internet messages," said Dave Thatcher Thatch·er , Margaret Hilda. Baroness. Born 1925. British Conservative politician who served as prime minister (1979-1990). Her administration was marked by anti-inflationary measures, a brief war in the Falkland Islands (1982), and the passage of a , president of Critical Path. "This agreement validates Critical Path's ability to offer one of the most secure, comprehensive and integrated platforms of messaging services available today, and demonstrates Critical Path's ability to provide anywhere, anytime access to Internet messages on any device." About General Magic General Magic offers voice-enabled services and technology that make communication and access to information easy and convenient. The Company's innovative, patent-pending magicTalk voice interface lets people interact with information using their own words, as if they were talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to another person. For more information about General Magic, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.generalmagic.com. About Critical Path, Inc. Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is the dominant global provider of complete end-to-end Internet messaging and collaboration solutions for wireless, Internet-centric, telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. and corporate businesses. Through its allsourcing strategy, Critical Path is the only advanced messaging provider to offer businesses the flexibility to outsource, midsource or insource all or part of their messaging and collaboration applications. Critical Path has built an industry-leading global infrastructure with data centers connected to key Internet exchange points See IXP and NAP. . Critical Path's technology currently reaches more than 100 million end-users through its customer relationships including more than 25 million wireless devices. Critical Path provides reliable, secure, and scalable e-mail and a flexible suite of enhanced messaging services Abbreviated as EMS, an application-level extension to Short Message Service (SMS) for cellular phones available on GSM, TDMA and CDMA networks. An EMS enabled mobile phone can send and receive messages that have special text formatting (such as bold or italic), animations, to partners such as E*TRADE, CompuServe, Network Solutions, U S West, Sprint, France Telecom, British Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , and ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. . Critical Path is headquartered 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 , with offices in locations nationwide and in Germany, England, Ireland, France, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil and Argentina. More information on Critical Path can be found at www.cp.net. Note to Editors: Critical Path and the Critical Path logo are the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their holders. The statements in this press release relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc matters that are not historical are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties facing Critical Path are described in its prospectus dated June 1, 1999 and with its periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). |
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