Digital and LinkAge Ink Worldwide Reseller Agreement; Digital to Provide Value-Added Service and Support for All LinkAge Messaging Connectivity and Directory Synchronization Products; Strategic Partnership Objective is for Digital to Provide 7x24 Support for LinkAge Customers Around the Globe; Agreement Underscores Three-Way Strategic Alliance with Microsoft.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1997--LinkAge Software Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation today announced the signing of a worldwide reseller agreement. Under this agreement, Digital's Worldwide Services Division will be providing sales, service and support for LinkAge's entire family of messaging connectivity and directory synchronization products. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Steve Mahoney Steven W. Mahoney, PC (born July 18, 1947 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. , Digital vice president, World-wide Practice for Mail and Messaging, "Digital customers will benefit greatly from this partnership with LinkAge, because it brings us one step closer to being the leading integrator of complex enterprise messaging solutions. LinkAge possesses a unique know-how in mail connectivity solutions for the enterprise. This know-how both reinforces Digital's leadership position and supports our aggressive solutions-driven market approach for Mail and Messaging. We are promoting LinkAge's connectivity and directory synchronization products as an absolutely critical element in complex coexistence or migration messaging projects including IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) host-based legacy messaging systems." Rob Shurtleff, general manager, Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is widely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. Connectivity at Microsoft Corp., added, "Enterprise customers around the world stand to benefit greatly from this strategic reseller agreement between Digital and LinkAge because it ensures that their messaging migration needs will be addressed on both the technology front and the professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. side. Given that Digital's worldwide messaging consulting professionals will be offering LinkAge's field-proven messaging connectivity and directory management solutions to customers around the globe, we definitely expect to see an acceleration in the migration from IBM/Lotus messaging systems to Microsoft Exchange Server." According to Bob Jull, president of LinkAge, "We are extremely gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that Digital has decided to partner with us to address the messaging connectivity, migration and directory management needs of the Fortune 1,000. Digital's worldwide messaging consulting practice is very highly respected in the global IT community, and its professionals possess enormous expertise in the area of 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. . Our product line maps exceedingly well to their professional capabilities, which means that customers can rely on the LinkAge/Digital team to respond immediately with solutions that work, even in the most complex messaging environments." For Maurice Reynaert, project manager at Brussels-based electrical utility, Electrabel, the decision to pilot LinkAge's Exchange-OV/VM Connector was made in part on the strength of the LinkAge/Digital support team. "Messaging is an absolutely mission-critical application for Electrabel," Reynaert explained. "Given that our plans call for the migration of roughly 5,000 PROFS users over to Microsoft Exchange, it was imperative that we be able to get local service and support, whenever needed. "Everyone at Electrabel is extremely pleased with the pilot thus far," he added. "In fact, in terms of both product capability and overall service/support, the LinkAge/Digital team has surpassed our expectations by a substantial margin." Agreement Particulars Under terms of the agreement, Digital consultants worldwide will be trained by LinkAge to install, configure and support the entire LinkAge product line. In addition, they will be trained to provide a broad range of value-added services, including consultation, implementation, integration and ongoing customer training. The objective of the strategic relationship is for Digital Multivendor Customer Services to be responsible for providing first- and second-level product support on a 7x24 basis. LinkAge Product Line LinkAge's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , LinkAge Message Exchange (LME See London Metal Exchange. LME See London Metal Exchange (LME). ), is a robust enterprise message switch that connects LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and host-based e-mail systems to Microsoft Exchange, X.400 and the Internet. The LinkAge Exchange-Notes Connector, one component in LME, provides the world's first direct messaging connection between Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. . Other connectors in the LME family include the Exchange-SNADS Connector, Exchange-OfficeVision/VM Connector and Exchange-cc:Mail Connector. LinkAge Directory Exchange (LDE LDE Left Defensive End (pro football) LDE Lyonnaise des Eaux (France) LDE Lloyd Dobler Effect (Washington, DC band) LDE Long Delayed Echo ), another key product, provides reliable directory synchronization between a wide variety of host- and LAN-based directories, including Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes. Digital Equipment Corporation is a world leader in open client/server solutions from personal computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. to integrated worldwide information systems. Digital's scalable Alpha and Intel platforms, storage, networking, software and services, together with industry-focused solutions from business partners help organizations compete and win in today's global marketplace. LinkAge Software, Inc. is a leading supplier of directory management and electronic mail connectivity solutions. The Company's mission is to interconnect diverse messaging systems anywhere. To date, its products have been deployed successfully at over 1,000 customer sites worldwide. The Company's portfolio of products is marketed and supported worldwide through distributors, resellers and select Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), as well as directly by LinkAge. LinkAge is headquartered in Toronto, with satellite sales offices in both Boston and Ottawa. Contact information for the sales operation located in Ottawa is: 141 Laurier Avenue, West, 9th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5J3, Canada. Telephone: (613) 594-9244. FAX: (613) 233-9625. Internet: Call_Us@LinkAge.com or http://www.linkage.com . -0- Note to Editors: Microsoft and Exchange are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, 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/or other countries. All other service marks and trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Digital Equipment Corp. Franc Gentili, 33/49-295-5485 gentili@mail.dec.com or LinkAge Software Inc. Harry Katz, 416/862-7148 harryk@linkage.com or Sterling Communications Inc. Marianne O'Connor, 408/441-4100 moc@sterlingpr.com |
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