Enterprise Solutions Limited appoints Edward Owens as vice president engineering; Owens joins ESL from Lotus Development Corp., where he served as director of technology relations and workgroup applications.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1995-- Enterprise Solutions Limited (ESL), provider of complete X.400/X.500 messaging solutions, Friday announced the appointment of Edward Owens as vice president of engineering.

Owens will be responsible for worldwide development activities for ESL. He joins the company from Lotus Development Corp. As its director of technology relations, he was responsible for maintaining and increasing Lotus' presence within the electronic messaging community. As director of workgroup applications for Lotus, Owens was responsible for the design and development of workgroup applications for both cc:Mail and Lotus Notes.

According to ESL's president, Karl Klessig: "I am extremely pleased to welcome Ed Owens to ESL. His standing and achievements in the field of electronic mail and messaging are well known. His experience and expertise are unmatched. Ed is an active participant in the Electronic Messaging Association, and chairs the X.400 API Association.

"As vice president of engineering, Ed will help ensure that ESL continues its rapid growth as the world leader in developing and implementing X.400- and X.500-based business solutions!"

Before joining Lotus, Owens was vice president development for Enable Software/Higgins Group and Conetic Systems Inc. He was responsible for the design and development of PC Magazine's Editors' Choice groupware product, Higgins. During his tenure there, he also served as secretary and then chairman of the XAPIA, where he was the liaison with X/Open.

Owens has also held executive positions with Quest Inc. and Xerox Data Systems. Before joining Xerox, he was a member of the technical staff of Bell Laboratories.

Owens is a frequent speaker at messaging industry events, including EMail World, Networld + Interop, Electronic Messaging Association, Networks Expo and others. He was featured in the "State of the Technology" in Network Computing Magazine.

ESL, provider of EXM Mail, delivers and installs complete messaging solutions which include both X.400 and X.500, as well as administration tools and add-on components such as calendar/scheduling, document viewers, high-performance fax servers and complete security capabilities for commercial and military use.

ESL has found a great deal of success with both commercial users and government agencies who want a messaging system which delivers, manages and controls the information flow across the enterprise, including the sending of personal mail.

Enterprise Solutions began shipping its international standard messaging products in the United States in December 1991, with first installations at major government agencies and selected corporate sites. An early adopter of ESL's X.400 and X.500 messaging products was the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) in Washington, which standardized on Enterprise Solutions' X.400 client products for its mail system.

One of ESL's first customers in the United States was Wal-Mart Stores, where ESL helped establish an entire messaging capability for the Home Office, as well as for the movement of all information to and from more than 2,300 stores, all their primary vendors and Wal-Mart's international operations.

Other major customers include McDonald's, Fleischman-Hillard, Smith's Food and Drug, the state of Iowa, the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, the Bank of France, the German Parliament and the U.K. Ministry of Health.

Enterprise Solutions may be contacted at its corporate headquarters at 2900 Townsgate Road, Suite 210, Westlake Village, Calif. 91361; telephone [phone]; fax [phone]. -0-

NOTE: Enterprise Solutions Limited, EXM Mail, Enterprise Xtended Mail and their logotypes are trademarks of Enterprise Solutions. All other brand or product names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Enterprise Solutions Limited, Westlake Village

Brenda Barnetson, 818/892-5192