Samsung Launches Samsung Contact Version 8.0.Business Editors/Technology Writers COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Fall 2002 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2002 Samsung Contact Samsung Contact was an enterprise e-mail and groupware server that ran on Linux, and HP-UX. It was based on HP OpenMail, which was licensed from Hewlett-Packard. It provided e-mail, calendars and other collaborative software, which are standard in groupware. 8.0 Unified Communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. Provides the Most Reliable, Scalable and Low-Cost Enterprise-Class Messaging Solution in the Industry Samsung SDS 1. (company) SDS - Scientific Data Systems. 2. (tool) SDS - Schema Definition Set. , the leading systems integration, systems management and e-business company in Korea, today announced the release of Samsung Contact 8.0, a new unified communications platform that builds upon the successful Samsung Contact 7.1 messaging software. The new 8.0 unified communications platform brings users the added ability to tightly integrate business email, collaboration and voicemail functions into a single, coherent, architecture. Samsung Contact 8.0 will be demonstrated to the industry for the first time today during the Comdex Fall convention, in the Samsung SDS Booth 2708. As promised and on-time, the release of Samsung Contact 8.0 is a strategic step along the Samsung product roadmap announced last year after its win of the licensing rights to Hewlett-Packard's highly successful OpenMail product. Samsung Contact has migrated over 100 new customers since the product began shipping in late-March 2002 and has continued its momentum with Gartner Group's inclusion of Samsung as a messaging "visionary" in its October 2002 Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. for enterprise messaging. The 8.0 release delivers on Samsung's vision to offer the industry's most reliable, scalable and low-cost productivity suite that runs on Linux, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , 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) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , Solaris and Microsoft platforms, including Windows and the latest versions of Outlook XP. "Samsung Contact 8.0 represents the future of unified communications with an extensive business messaging and collaboration functionality that provides users with a seamless and effective experience," said Stuart Barry, General Manager, Samsung Contact. "We have delivered on our promise to develop a product by the end of this year that sets an industry standard for the best unified communications solution available." Samsung Contact is based on Hewlett-Packard's popular OpenMail technology, which has been deployed as the message server for an estimated 15 million mailboxes worldwide. Samsung Contact's scalable architecture supports customer sites of any size and is developed and supported by a team of dedicated specialists, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. About Samsung Contact Samsung Contact is an email server product, offering the lowest total cost of ownership, extreme scalability and solid reliability to email desktop clients. Amongst the clients supported is Microsoft Outlook, including the "collaboration" features (such as shared calendars, delegation and offline folders) which are otherwise only accessible when using a Microsoft server. Customers can easily migrate to Samsung Contact from leading email products such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino and HP OpenMail. The product has been developed following Samsung's win of perpetual licensing rights over Hewlett-Packard's highly successful OpenMail technology. Investment and commitment to the roadmap will continue to build on the success of OpenMail, and expectations are that Samsung Contact will become the market leader in the field of seamless unified communications. Future development will also encompass technologies such as J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. . For more information, please visit their website at www.samsungcontact.com About Samsung SDS Samsung SDS Korea, led by CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Mr Hong Ki Kim, delivers packaged solutions, professional services, global marketing and Internet-focused services and solutions. The company is the leading systems integration, systems management and e-business company in Korea, employing 6,500 people worldwide and generating $1.3 billion (US) in revenues. It has been ranked 38th in the Software 500, a survey of software companies around the world by a globally recognized software magazine. OpenMail is a registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Company in the USA, the UK and other countries. |
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