Felton, CA, May 24, 1995
Network Computing Devices
and CrossWind Technologies, Inc., announced an offer that brings together
Z-Mail and Synchronize
in a special promotion designed to provide an enterprise wide solution for
cross-platform communications, scheduling, and task management.
Under the terms of the special offer, Z-Mail customers will receive a free license of Synchronize the enterprise scheduling and task management tool with their Z-Mail order. Synchronize customers will receive a free license of Z-Mail, the Internet standards-based E-mail system, with their Synchronize order. This offer is limited to one free license per customer site.
Z-Mail and Synchronize are ideally well suited for today's collaborative enterprise and workgroup environments. Together, these enterprise groupware tools provide an unprecedented combination of the communications, scheduling and task management features today's organizations are seeking. With support for Windows, Windows NT, and all popular UNIX environments, Z-Mail and Synchronize enable an organization to realize the full enterprise groupware across multi-platform computing environments.
Now, the recently released Synchronize for Mobile Computing works with Z-Mail to enable mobile users to take their familiar communications, scheduling and task management tools on the road.
Both Z-Mail and Synchronize are designed to offer scalable, platform-independent groupware tools capable of supporting thousands of people and resources across enterprise LANs and WANs. Synchronize communicates directly across TCP/IP to provide fast response time and straightforward networking. Z-Mail adheres to Internet standards such as SMTP, MIME, and POP-3 to ensure the highest levels of cross-platform compatibility.
Z-Mail is an enterprise e-mail platform on Internet protocols for high scalability and reliability. Z-Mail is designed for e-mail administrators in large organizations, and includes complete cross-platform communication (for Windows PCs, Macintosh computers, UNIX computers and character terminals), standards-based interoperability, efficient message management, flexible configuration, easy administration and low cost of ownership. Z-Mail retails for $165 for single users and $95 per user for 200-user license.
Synchronize is a powerful scheduling and task management tool designed for personal as well as enterprise-wide use, Synchronize boosts enterprise productivity by leveraging existing staff and resources. Synchronize is used today in leading enterprises around the world, including Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, U.S. defense intelligence agencies, and Wall Street firms. Synchronize was recently chosen as the scheduling and task management software for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) workgroup automation project, which relies on Synchronize as a key component in a single, geographic information system for 30,000 Forest Service employees in 795 locations.
Synchronize retails for $100.00 per user.
Founded in 1989, CrossWind Technologies, Inc., based in Felton, California, designs and markets workgroup productivity software, including the Synchronize scheduling and task management tool, for the heterogeneous computing environments of the 90s.
Network Computing Devices, Inc. (NCD), formed in February 1988, provides desktop information access solutions for network computing environments. NCD is a leading worldwide supplier of X Window System terminals and PC-X server software products which integrate Microsoft Windows- and DOS-based PCs into X/UNIX environments. The company also supplies the Z-Mail family of cross-platform electronic-mail and messaging software for open systems environments, as well as Mariner, an Internet access and navigation tool that provides a unified interface to all Internet resources.