CrossWind Technologies and Network Computing Devices Announce Enterprise Groupware Promotion; Offer Brings Z-Mail and Synchronize Together to Provide Customers with a Complete Cross-Platform E-Mail, Scheduling and Task Management Solution.FELTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1995--Network Computing Devices and CrossWind cross·wind n. A wind blowing at right angles to a given direction, as to an aircraft's line of flight. Noun 1. crosswind - wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft Technologies, Inc., announced an offer that brings together Z-Mail and Synchronize in a special promotion designed to provide an enterprise wide solution for cross-platform communications, scheduling, and task management. Under the terms of the special offer, Z-Mail customers will receive a free license of Synchronize - the enterprise scheduling and task management tool with their Z-Mail order. Synchronize customers will receive a free license of Z-Mail, the Internet standards-based E-mail system, with their Synchronize order. This offer is limited to one free license per customer site. Z-Mail and Synchronize are ideally well suited for today's collaborative enterprise and workgroup environments. Together, these enterprise groupware tools provide an unprecedented combination of the communications, scheduling and task management features today's organizations are seeking. With support for Windows, 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. , and all popular 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). environments, Z-Mail and Synchronize enable an organization to realize the full productivity benefits of enterprise groupware across multi-platform computing environments. Now, the recently released Synchronize for Mobile Computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings works with Z-Mail to enable mobile users to take their familiar communications, scheduling and task management tools on the road. Designed for Enterprise Performance =================================== Both Z-Mail and Synchronize are designed to offer scalable, platform-independent groupware tools capable of supporting thousands of people and resources across enterprise LANs and WANs. Synchronize communicates directly across TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. to provide fast response time and straightforward networking. Z-Mail adheres to Internet standards See Internet Engineering Task Force. such as SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. , MIME, and POP-3 to ensure the highest levels of cross-platform compatibility. About Z-Mail ============ Z-Mail is an enterprise e-mail platform on Internet protocols Refers to all the standards that keep the Internet running. The foundation protocol is TCP/IP, which provides the basic communications mechanism as well as ways to copy files (FTP) and send e-mail (SMTP). for high scalability and reliability. Z-Mail is designed for e-mail administrators in large organizations, and includes complete cross-platform communication (for Windows PCs, Macintosh computers, UNIX computers and character terminals), standards-based interoperability, efficient message management, flexible configuration, easy administration and low cost of ownership. Z-Mail retails for $165 for single users and $95 per user for 200-user license. About Synchronize ================= Synchronize is a powerful scheduling and task management tool designed for personal as well as enterprise-wide use, Synchronize boosts enterprise productivity by leveraging existing staff and resources. Synchronize is used today in leading enterprises around the world, including Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, U.S. defense intelligence agencies, and Wall Street firms. Synchronize was recently chosen as the scheduling and task management software for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. ) workgroup automation project, which relies on Synchronize as a key component in a single, geographic information system geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to for 30,000 Forest Service employees in 795 locations. Synchronize retails for $100.00 per user. About CrossWind Technologies, Inc. ================================== Founded in 1989, CrossWind Technologies, Inc., based in Felton, California, designs and markets workgroup productivity software, including the Synchronize scheduling and task management tool, for the heterogeneous computing environments of the 90s. About NCD NCD - Network Computing Devices ============ Network Computing Devices (company) Network Computing Devices - (NCD) Producer of X terminals, PC-Xware and Z-Mail. http://ncd.com/. , Inc. (NCD), formed in February 1988, provides desktop information access solutions for network computing environments. NCD is a leading worldwide supplier of X Window System terminals and PC-X server software products which integrate Microsoft Windows- and DOS-based PCs into X/UNIX environments. The company also supplies the Z-Mail family of cross-platform electronic-mail and messaging software for open systems environments, as well as Mariner, an Internet access and navigation tool that provides a unified interface to all Internet resources. CONTACTS: For CrossWind Technologies Zee Zaballos Zaballos & Associates PH: 408 425-1581 FAX: 408 425-1368 E-Mail: zee@zna.com or For NCD Helen Kendrick Miller Communications PH: 415 962-9559 E-Mail: hkendrick@millerwest.com |
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