Worldtalk Corporation announces Open Directory Server.LOS GATOS Los Gatos (lôs gä`tōs, lŏs, găt`əs), city (1990 pop. 27,357), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1887. It is an affluent residential community and health resort. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1995--Worldtalk Corporation, a leading developer of electronic messaging See e-mail and messaging system. and client/server directory services software, today announced Open Directory Server(TM), the first product of a broad, multi-year strategy by the company to finally solve the problem of multiple, inadequate and incompatible directories. Open Directory Server is an enterprise-class directory server which allows corporations to store, consolidate, manage and distribute information now contained in otherwise incompatible locations, such as the name and address books of cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail An earlier and simple messaging system from Microsoft that runs on PC and AppleTalk networks. Gateways are available to a variety of mail systems including X.400, PROFS and MHS. Microsoft Mail-enabled applications are written to the MAPI programming interface. See Microsoft Exchange. , Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. , WordPerfect Office/Novell GroupWise, and HP OpenMail HP OpenMail was an enterprise e-mail messaging and collaboration product from Hewlett-Packard. It was known for its ability to interconnect several other APIs and protocols, including MAPI, , SMTP and MIME, and was originally based on the OSI standards such as X.400. . Open Directory Server is built around a native X.500 directory technology core which ensures a secure, distributed, fully replicated open standards directory backbone to manage corporate resource information within enterprises and among business partners. At the back end, Open Directory Server supports heterogeneous data access to disparate human resources databases, electronic mail and messaging name and address books, network operating systems naming services and in-house telephony directories. On the client side, Open Directory Server presents a controlled, secure and consistent means of access to composite directory information by desktop users and desktop applications. "Open Directory Server is a truly global directory service, and the linchpin linch·pin or lynch·pin n. 1. A locking pin inserted in the end of a shaft, as in an axle, to prevent a wheel from slipping off. 2. of a comprehensive directory initiative underway at Worldtalk," said David Atlas, vice president of marketing for Worldtalk Corporation. "It is the industry's first completely application-independent, network operating system-independent, and database-independent directory service built ground-up to accommodate the management of user information contained outside the Open Directory Server. It supports global access to user information, global distribution of that information, and global presentation of that information." When used in conjunction with existing Worldtalk Directory Synchronization Services, Open Directory Server provides a complete directory solution from consolidation of distributed information, to synchronization with electronic mail and other application address books, to fully secured desktop access. E-mail directories can now be fully synchronized with X.500 DSAs. Worldtalk provides directory synchronization for Lotus cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, Lotus Notes, Novell GroupWise and HP OpenMail. The product will be available in June is priced between $9,950 and $39,950 based upon configuration and number of users. Worldtalk develops and markets the Worldtalk 400 family of messaging and directory integration products, a suite of products that connect disparate messaging systems such as CE Software QuickMail, HP OpenMail, Lotus cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, Microsoft Mail for Appletalk Networks, Novell's 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. , IBM's PROFS and SNADS (SNA Distribution Services) An IBM messaging protocol used by IBM office automation products such as DISOSS and AS/400 Office. Various messaging gateways and messaging switches support SNADS. , 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. (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). mail and Internet users), Novell GroupWise/WordPerfect Office and X.400. WorldTalk Corporation, founded in 1992 and based in Los Gatos, Calif., is the leading provider of global directory applications and client/server messaging integration products. The Worldtalk product family is distinctive in that it provides value-added messaging and directory integration services, such as directory synchronization and superior address management, that allow users to work in their native e-mail systems and use normal addressing and attachment procedures. The systems' sophisticated services and standards-based architecture make it easier for system administrators to configure, install, maintain and manage. Worldtalk can be reached at 408/399-4000. -0- Note to Editors: All brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Thomas Associates, Inc. Lorraine Rossini, 415/325-6236 or ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Ann Prine, 714/855-5505 |
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