New Software from Harbinger Corporation Allows Secure Transmission of Business Documents via the Internet.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1996-- First product to allow EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. documents to be sent via Internet or Value-Added Network Harbinger Corporation (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 :HRBC HRBC Human Resources Business Center (US Army) ), a leading supplier of electronic commerce software and services, today announced the immediate availability of several new products, including a new release of its flagship TrustedLink(TM) Commerce electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI) software and its first release of TrustedLink Guardian, which allows business transactions to be sent securely via the Internet. TrustedLink Guardian TrustedLink Guardian is now shipping with the newest release of TrustedLink Commerce for Windows(R) 95 and TrustedLink Enterprise, Harbinger's UNIX-based EDI software for large corporations. Additionally, TrustedLink Guardian for Windows NT Workstation is in the final stages of testing with general availability in the first quarter of 1997. TrustedLink Guardian is the first product to give companies the freedom to send EDI documents, such as purchase orders and invoices, either through the Internet or through a value-added network (VAN), or a combination of both. The Harbinger Internet Value Added Server (IVAS IVAS International Veterinary Acupuncture Society IVAS Innovative Ventricular Assist System IVAS Internet Value-Added Service IVAS Inward Voice Activated Services IVAS Intracorporeal Ventricular Assist System (heart pump) ) allows secure routing of documents from the Internet to a VAN or a VAN to the Internet. "TrustedLink Guardian, in combination with the Harbinger Internet Value Added Server, allows trading communities to migrate to the Internet at their own pace," said James Davis, President of Harbinger Group Operations. "We allow users to select whether to send documents via the Internet or a VAN on a message by message, or partner by partner, basis. Unlike other Internet EDI products, there is no requirement that both trading partners use the same software. A TrustedLink Guardian user can send a document via the Internet to a trading partner on a VAN, who can receive the document using their existing EDI translation software." TrustedLink Guardian is standards-based software, using the Internet's Simple Mail Transfer Protocol See SMTP. (messaging) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - (SMTP) A protocol defined in STD 10, RFC 821, used to transfer electronic mail between computers, usually over Ethernet. It is a server to server protocol, so other protocols are used to access the messages. (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. ) and RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. Data Security Inc.'s data encryption technologies. TrustedLink Guardian takes EDI documents from TrustedLink Commerce or TrustedLink Enterprise, encrypts them and sends them via the Internet to a trading partner on the Internet or a VAN. The product's security technology addresses all major Internet security issues, including confidentiality (each transaction remains private), data integrity (the document remains unaltered in transmission), authentication (the recipient can be sure of the identity of the sender) and non-repudiation (the sender cannot credibly deny sending the document). Harbinger currently is participating in interoperability tests sponsored by CommerceNet to ensure that TrustedLink Guardian is interoperable with other vendors' Internet EDI products. "We see Internet EDI as a means to reach additional suppliers, improve efficiency, and further reduce our internal processing costs," said Wayne Brock, Procurement Analyst with Consumers Power Company, Jackson, Miss. "By using TrustedLink Guardian, Consumers Power has a secure, reliable and accountable way to exchange EDI documents over the Internet with our trading partners." TrustedLink Guardian allows users to select which messages to send via the Internet and which to route via their value-added network. For example, a user might send large documents, such as weekly planning forecasts, through the Internet, thereby reducing VAN charges (which are typically based on the size of the document). But for time-critical documents, such as purchase orders, the user may prefer the reliability of the VAN. New Release of TrustedLink Commerce TrustedLink Commerce 2.1, now available in versions for Windows 3.11 and Windows 95, is the latest release of Harbinger's EDI management software that enables trading communities to quickly and easily conduct business electronically. TrustedLink Commerce features an intuitive, graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , which uses familiar Windows screens, tool bars, dialog boxes and other "point-and-click" devices to easily manage document flow. Intelligent Wizards, an interactive tutorial and a context-sensitive help feature provide on-line assistance including software setup, registration on the Harbinger value-added network and scheduling. New features in TrustedLink Commerce 2.1 include improved auditing capabilities; support for EDI documents used in the electronics industry ("HL Loops"); support for EDI transaction formats used in the grocery industry ("UCS (Universal Character Set) An ISO/IEC format for coding character sets. ISO/IEC 10646 was synchronized with Unicode; however, Unicode adds additional constraints, and compliance with 10646 does not guarantee compatibility with Unicode. See Unicode. standards"); enhanced laser printing capabilities; and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. support. Pricing and Availability TrustedLink Commerce/TrustedLink Guardian for Windows 95 and TrustedLink Enterprise are available immediately. TrustedLink Commerce/TrustedLink Guardian for use on NT Workstations remains in beta and will become generally available in the first quarter of 1997. TrustedLink Commerce 2.1 has a list price of $2045; TrustedLink Commerce/TrustedLink Guardian is $2345; TrustedLink Guardian for HP/UX HP/UX Hewlett-Packard UNIX operating system HP/UX Unexploded Human Particulate Operating System is $6995. Versions for Solaris(R) and AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (R) will be available next year. TrustedLink Commerce for Windows 95 and TrustedLink Commerce/TrustedLink Guardian include Netscape Navigator(TM) as well as an offer for Harbinger Net Access, the company's Internet access service. Companies that license either product by December 31, 1996 are entitled to three months free Internet access (up to 20 hours per month). About Harbinger Corporation Harbinger Corporation is one of the largest electronic commerce providers in the world, with an installed base of its end-user software of 24,000 and more than 30,000 active mailboxes on its value-added network. In addition to millions of EDI transactions, over $1.5 billion in Automated Clearing House See ACH. (ACH) transfers flow through the Harbinger Network each month. Since 1988, Harbinger has been dedicated to providing the electronic commerce industry with comprehensive EC/EDI EC/EDI Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange software solutions for all major platforms, including MVS mainframes, AS/400 and 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). , NT, midrange systems, and Windows and DOS personal computers. Harbinger's corporate headquarters are located in Atlanta, Harbinger's Enterprise Solutions Division is headquartered in Dallas, and the company's European operations are in several countries including The Netherlands and Germany. -0- EDITOR'S NOTE: Harbinger and TrustedLink are trademarks of Harbinger Corporation. All other company and product names referenced herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. Prices subject to change. CONTACT: Harbinger Corporation GCI/Atlanta Rebecca L. Metzger Andy Hagedon 404-841-4334 404-870-3829 rmetzger@harbinger.com ahagedon@gcigroup.com www.harbinger.com |
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