NetVision Unveils Synchronicity for GroupWise; Automated Password Synchronization Tool Gives GroupWise Users True Single-Sign-On Capability.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001

NetVision Inc., the world's leading provider of network directory administration solutions, Tuesday announced Synchronicity for GroupWise.

The product provides all the user, group, and password synchronization functionality of NetVision's Synchronicity product line to the GroupWise 5.5 and GroupWise 6 community. Synchronicity for GroupWise eliminates many of the cumbersome, time-consuming, and demanding management tasks that plague Novell Directory Services (NDS) installations as administrators seek to synchronize it with GroupWise.

"Traditionally, GroupWise administrators have been limited in their ability to synchronize passwords from NDS eDirectory to GroupWise," said Todd Lawson, president of NetVision. "With the release of Synchronicity for GroupWise, we provide a single easy-to-use tool that automates the entire process.

"It moves GroupWise administration to a streamlined, more secure, and more user-friendly level. Finally, administrators can achieve the holy grail of GroupWise administration -- single-sign-on for all users, whether local, wireless, or remote."

Previously, administrators could automate only a small number of GroupWise fields from NDS templates -- and even those processes still required some manual input of data. Giving users a single sign-on for all network services required NDS authentication and heavy administrator involvement. Synchronicity for GroupWise automates the entire process with little administrator involvement.

With Synchronicity for GroupWise, when an administrator creates users in NDS, those users -- as well as their group and distribution list associations -- are automatically added to GroupWise. As accounts are later modified (for example moves, creates, deletes, or renames), those changes are automatically synchronized as well.

The product also automates the tedious task of associating NDS objects with the GroupWise Post Office, while flexible naming rules eliminate the troublesome requirement for NDS and GroupWise names to be exactly the same.

It also enhances and strengthens password policy. Synchronicity allows administrators to populate GroupWise using any import or creation utility (such as bulk Load, LDAP, and Uimport) rather than specific administration tools such as NWadmin or ConsoleOne.

About Synchronicity

Synchronicity 3.5 is the only real-time password synchronization tool that also manages user/group accounts (additions, modifications and deletions), resource objects, and security features such as passwords. It is a valuable migration management tool due to its ability to synchronize new systems with existing enterprises.

In addition to this newly announced GroupWise functionality, Synchronicity performs cross-platform (bi-directional) password synchronization across NDS, Active Directory, Windows NT, iPlanet (LDAP), Exchange, LotusNotes/Domino, and NetWare 3.

Pricing and Availability

Synchronicity for GroupWise is available now from the NetVision Web site as a free download. Permanent use requires only a small annual maintenance and support agreement of $5 per user, less volume discounts.

About NetVision Inc.

NetVision Inc. is acknowledged in the high-tech industry as a pioneer and innovator in multi-vendor directory integration. Global Event Services (GES(R)), NetVision's patented real-time event system, is the foundation for the Policy Management Suite that helps systems administrators reduce their workload and make their networks more reliable, cost-efficient, and secure.

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