Two Leading X.400 Vendors Form Alliance; Infonet Software Solutions Inc. and Enterprise Solutions Limited Alliance Expected to Contribute Significantly to Native X.400 Market Growth.VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 1995--Infonet Software Solutions Inc., (Infonet Software) with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada and Enterprise Solutions Limited (ESL), with headquarters in Westlake Village, California Westlake Village is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, USA. The population was 8,368 at the 2000 census. This city located in the Conejo Valley is known for its affluence and secluded character, and is considered one of the wealthier communities in the Greater Los recently announced the signing of joint distribution agreements. The alliance is expected to contribute significantly to the growth of the native X.400 market worldwide by offering customers user-friendly native X.400 client software and scaleable X.400 messaging servers from these two leading vendors. Native X.400 compliance of both the client and server components within an X.400 messaging environment is recognized as a factor that signicantly reduces management and maintenance costs. Until recently however, native X.400 user agent products have been relatively scarce, and aimed at either the service provider or departmental system markets. The client-server combination provided by ESL's user agent products and departmental systems, along with Infonet Software's high-end, industrial-strength X.400 server gives customers a family of multi-platform solutions to fit any portion of the enterprise backbone. Under the terms of the agreements, ESL will resell Infonet Software Solutions' Messenger 400, a high performance X.400 backbone Message Transfer Agent The store and forward capability in a messaging system. See messaging system. (messaging) Message Transfer Agent - (MTA, Mail Transfer Agent) Any program responsible for delivering e-mail messages. (MTA); while Infonet Software Solutions will resell ESL's EXM Mail X.400 User Agents (UAs), X.500 Directory User Agents (DUAs), and EXM Mail add-on products including EXM/Fax Server and EXM/Telex Server. "Both companies already share a strategic focus on providing total solutions," said Steve Hines, president of Infonet Software Solutions Inc. "ESL's strength in X.400 User Agents and departmental systems, combined with Infonet Software's high-performance MTAs and gateways allows us to provide scaleable, standards-based solutions to address a wider range of customer needs." According to leading independent analyst David Ferris, "It's a natural marriage. ESL's User Agents stand out, while Infonet Software has put a lot of effort into producing strong infrastructure and backend components. Everyone -- customers and the two companies -- benefits from this." Infonet Software Solutions, Inc. is a leading vendor of standards-based messaging software, providing a complete range of high-performance, high-functionality X.400, 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 X.500 server products for 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). platforms such as: SCO UNIX, Sun SOLARIS, IBM AIX, Tandem UNIX, and Stratus UNIX. Messenger 400, Infonet Software's message handling system supports X.400 over X.25, TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , or asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. lines. The complete product family includes: gateways to Microsoft Mail, cc:Mail, SMTP/MIME and Novell Global MHS (1) (Message Handling Service) An earlier messaging system from Novell that supported multiple operating systems and other messaging protocols, including SMTP, SNADS and X.400. It used the SMF-71 messaging format. ; directory services, APIs for custom mail-enabled applications development, and messaging management. The company also offers professional services to help customers plan, integrate and implement enterprise messaging systems. Major customers include the US Government, Telemig (Brazil), Singapore Telecom, DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. , VSNL (India PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries. (2) See push-to-talk. PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration ), the Russian Central Bank, the Prime Ministers Office of Hungary, American President Lines American President Lines Ltd. (now simply referred to as APL) is the world's sixth largest container transportation and shipping company, providing services to more than 140 countries through a network combining intermodal freight transport operations with IT and e-commerce. , USWest, MTel, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , DuPont and the First National Bank of Chicago. Infonet Software Solutions Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infonet Services Corp. Infonet Software Solutions Inc. may be contacted at their corporate headquarters at 4400 Dominion Street, Suite 210, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 4G3 Canada; telephone 604.436.2922; or fax 604.436.3192. Enterprise Solutions Limited may be contacted at their corporate headquarters at 2900 Townsgate Road, Suite 210, Westlake Village California 91361; telephone 805.449.4181; or fax 805.449.4186. -0- Note to Editors: Messenger 400 is a registered trademark of Infonet Software Solutions. Enterprise Solutions Limited has registered or claimed trademarks on its name and all of its product names, including but not limited to Enterprise Xtended mail and EXM Mail. All other brand or product names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Enterprise Solutions Limited Brenda Barnetson, 818/892-5192 or Infonet Software Solutions Inc. Bob Mealey, 604/436-2922 |
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