TeamWARE EMBLA Internet E-Mail Client Passes 100,000 User Milestone.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1996--Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced that it has shipped over 100,000 licenses for its TeamWARE EMBLA Internet e-mail client. According to the international market research and consulting firm International Data Corporation, TeamWARE EMBLA has the third largest market share worldwide for Internet e-mail clients. TeamWARE EMBLA provides a more robust, full-function alternative to the more limited mail clients that are often included in the packages provided by Internet service providers.

TeamWARE EMBLA Version 1.2 is a native Internet e-mail client that supports IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), the leading remote e-mail access standard for mobile users. A major advantage of IMAP over existing remote protocols is that it enables the user to manipulate mail messages on the server instead of requiring that mail messages be downloaded first. A user can choose to read just the mail headers, search for messages that meet specified criteria, or download only part of a message that may have a large graphic or video file attached. For remote users accessing their mail over expensive, low speed long-distance links, IMAP eases the frustration of manipulating e-mail messages while saving time and money.

TeamWARE EMBLA also supports SMTP (Simple Message Transport Protocol), a standard protocol for electronic mail transmissions on the Internet, MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension), SMTP extensions that enable audio and video electronic mail attachments, and Whois++, a leading protocol for Internet directory services. TeamWARE EMBLA Lite is a variant of the basic product that features support for POP (Post Office Protocol), rather than IMAP.

"As more companies implement Intranets, TeamWARE EMBLA is in a great position to expand its market share against proprietary e-mail clients," observed Karen Horwitz, TeamWARE's Internet product marketing manager. "The markets for groupware, messaging infrastructures, and e-mail are all converging on Internet-based technology, and TeamWARE's European legacy of standards-based computing is turning into a real competitive advantage against the proprietary approaches taken by some of the leading vendors in the U.S. market."

Howmet-Cercast is one of many organizations worldwide that have found a source of competitive advantage in TeamWARE EMBLA. Howmet-Cercast is a casting company that designs, manufactures and distributes a wide variety of parts for aerospace applications and a diverse range of other commercial industries. Headquartered near Toronto, Canada, Howmet-Cercast has over 900 employees distributed among facilities in the United States and Canada. The organization has a large number of mobile users who frequently travel to customer locations and must have reliable, efficient access to e-mail.

"We compared TeamWARE EMBLA with about five other products and it was the simplest and had the most features--the most significant one being that it had IMAP support," said Mike Petkoff, Howmet-Cercast's MIS Director. "IMAP support allows PC users to view, move, or delete their e- mail right on the server, giving them the choice to download only the messages that are needed immediately. Our engineers typically receive drawing files of up to 20 MB that they don't want to download while working remotely, and TeamWARE EMBLA has made an immediate difference in terms of time spent on the phone line; we're talking minutes as opposed to a half hour to an hour."

Petkoff's future plans include putting digital images of parts online. Since TeamWARE EMBLA also provides MIME support for transferring multimedia data, thousands of images of parts and accompanying descriptions could be made available to all of Howmet-Cercast's field representatives.

TeamWARE

TeamWARE is a business unit of the Fujitsu Software Corporation dedicated to providing the applications and infrastructure to facilitate employee collaboration and the flow of information within organizations worldwide. TeamWARE maintains its North American headquarters in San Jose, California, and now has an international installed base of over 1.4 million users.

Fujitsu

Fujitsu, founded in 1935, is the world's second largest computer company. The Fujitsu group of over 400 technology, software and service companies posted global revenues of more than $36 billion in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995.

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