Data General to market, sell Novell's GroupWise 4.1 on AViiON platform.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1994-- Data General Corp. announced today that it has entered into an independent software vendor (ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. ) agreement with the Novell GroupWare Division. Under terms of the agreement, Data General will market and sell GroupWise 4.1 (Formerly WordPerfect Office A suite of office applications for Windows from Corel that includes WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Corel Presentations, Paradox and CorelCENTRAL (PIM, scheduling, etc.). It is the successor to Corel WordPerfect Suite, which was the successor to Corel Office. ) 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. and Canada on its AViiON family of 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). system-based servers. GroupWise 4.1 is an electronic messaging See e-mail and messaging system. package that combines electronic mail, personal calendaring, group scheduling, task management, rules-based message management and workflow routing in a single application. The software allows users within even the largest enterprise to communicate and share information with each other in local and remote offices. "GroupWise 4.1 is an excellent productivity tool for any large enterprise that wants to increase employee efficiency," said David Ellenberger, vice president, marketing of Data General's AViiON Business Unit. "Adding GroupWise 4.1 to Data General's software portfolio is consistent with our strategy of offering customers market leading software to solve business problems." "Group Wise 4.1 running on Data General's AViiON line of UNIX-based servers provides a highly reliable and highly available solution for enterprise managers seeking enhanced productivity through groupware," said Bob Young, vice president of marketing, Novell Group Ware. "This agreement further strengthens the Novell Groupware Division's vision of bringing people and information together." GroupWise 4.1 for AViiON servers: Features and Benefits o AViiON servers automatically maintain the integrity of the GroupWare databases. With GroupWise 4.1, when database problems are encountered, the AViiON server can be configured to automatically clean up problems encountered in the database without waiting for and relying on the administrator. o Native TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. communication can be made between AViiON, OS/2, NLM Software that runs in a NetWare server. Although NetWare servers store DOS and Windows applications, they do not execute them. All programs that run in a NetWare server must be compiled into the NLM format. They are typically written in C and use Novell's libraries. and other UNIX versions of GroupWise servers. o GroupWise 4.1 offers three server technologies for administering the system and moving messages from point-to-point throughout the system. -- An Administration Server provides the administrator with the necessary tools to configure and maintain the system by propagating user updates across post offices and domains. -- An Office Server, the workhorse of the system, moves messages between the post offices to the individual users' mail boxes. -- A Message Server moves messages from post office to post office throughout the entire system. o Connectivity between GroupWise 4.1 and other e-mail systems including the Internet (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. on AViiON). Other gateways available from Novell include X.400 (OS/2 server), X.25 (OS/2 Server), Lotus cc:Mail (DOS Server) and NetWare Global MHS (1) (Message Handling Service) An earlier messaging system from Novell that supported multiple operating systems and other messaging protocols, including SMTP, SNADS and X.400. It used the SMF-71 messaging format. (DOS Server, NetWare Loadable Module See NLM. ). GroupWise is available immediately from Data General. Pricing for the Message Server Pack for AViiON is $1,995 and SMTP Gateway for the AViiON server is $3,995. GroupWise Client/Admin Packs, available for DOS, Windows, UNIX, and Macintosh, are priced at $695 and include 5-user licenses. Additional right-to-copy licenses range from $135 for a single user to $95/user when purchased in quantities between 100-499 users. About Novell WordPerfect, the Novell Applications Group, is a worldwide leader in providing business, workgroup, consumer and electronic publishing software and delivering network applications that dramatically improve the way people work and communicate. WordPerfect is widely recognized for its multilingual and across-platform software solutions and is the industry's premier provider of customer support. Novell Inc.'s (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 :NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) business is connecting people to other people and the information they need, enabling them to act on it anytime, anyplace. Novell is the world's leading network solutions provider. The company's software products provide the distributed infrastructure, network services, advanced network access and network applications required to make the networked information and pervasive computing an integral part of everyone's daily life. About Data General Corp. Data General is an open systems company that specializes in providing servers, storage products and services to information systems users worldwide. The company, which is headquartered in Westboro, Mass., reported revenues of $1.12 billion in 1994. CONTACT: Data General Corp.
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