EDITORIAL CONTACTS: Rebecca Landre, HP (408) 447-5333 Jeanne Gorman, The Boston Software Works (617) 482-9898 Mark Stieglitz, Worldtalk Corporation (408) 399-4002 Janice Park, Keyword Office Technologies Ltd. (403) 250-1770 HP ANNOUNCES ENHANCED ELECTRONIC MESSAGING SOLUTION ATLANTA, June 15, 1993 - Hewlett-Packard Company today announced enhancements to its leading, enterprise wide Electronic Messaging Solution. Based on HP OpenMail and X.400, the Electronic Messaging Solution now offers strengthened management capabilities, expanded support of desktop clients, additional mail-enabled applications and gateways. With this announcement, HP delivers an enterprisewide messaging solution to meet user needs for desktop flexibility while providing system administrators with powerful management capabilities. "HP is taking the lead in electronic messaging by offering end users choices without compromising the management of the e-mail infrastructure," said Glenn Osaka, general manager of HP's Cooperative Computing Systems Division. "Global firms now can establish a standards-based messaging utility, that greatly expands the flow of information across the enterprise." IMPROVED MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES HP OpenView Integration HP announced integration of its Electronic Messaging Solution with HP OpenView, the industry-standard network-and system-management platform. This integration allows network managers to monitor distributed messaging servers, networking and system processes from a single, central graphical workstation, which eliminates the need for e-mail administration at remote sites. With the integration of HP OpenView with HP OpenMail and X.400, network managers can monitor message store disk usage, message queues, and gateway status, and initiate administrative actions. Additional features are designed to let HP OpenView managers provide remote notification--via beeper or printer--of process exceptions and resource constraints. Directory Synchronization Directory synchronization services now synchronize HP OpenMail directories and SoftSwitch Central. Synchronized directories allow end users to send messages to anyone in the enterprise without requiring that they understand the details of different products' addressing conventions. Directory synchronization also means that end users have access to up-to-date addresses. People Mover New "people mover" utilities allow administrators to move HP OpenMail users and their data easily between distributed nodes in the network. This feature allows administrators to handle business changes--such as employee transfers or system consolidations--without complicated procedures or the creation of new mailboxes. IBM PROFS/OfficeVision/VM Migration Services HP announced coexistence and migration services to the millions of IBM PROFS users no longer supported by IBM and to IBM OfficeVision/VM users who may want to migrate messaging from the mainframe to HP's open systems backbone infrastructure. HP's solution gives users a secure, centrally administered messaging system that provides connectivity to other host systems, LAN-based electronic mail systems, and choice of clients. HP offers migration planning and consulting, conversion tools and training to migrate users' notelogs, in-trays and documents safely and quickly to HP OpenMail. IMPROVED FLEXIBILITY Choice of Mail Clients HP today announced new electronic-mail user agents as Clients of Choice for its standards-based messaging solution. This announcement delivers on HP's strategy to provide customers with a choice of desktop client applications that use its X.400, UNIX system-based HP OpenMail server and messaging infrastructure. The new applications allow customers to select a strategic desktop platform and interface of their choice for access to the messaging services they need. HP now supports cc:Mail and Microsoft Mail clients as direct clients to HP OpenMail. Windows users of both popular mail clients can communicate with others throughout an enterprise using their favorite interface, but with the security advantages of HP OpenMail, an enterprise wide directory, and simple addressing. The need for gateways, directory synchronization and dedicated PC server post offices is eliminated, lowering the overall cost of ownership. HP also announced new versions of its own clients with a similar look and feel across a wide range of desktops. These include new HP interfaces for Apple Macintosh and SUN Solaris 2.1, and new versions of existing interfaces for Windows and NewWave. The new HP Windows client offers an iconic, graphical interface with Bulletin Board access. The latest NewWave Mail release provides acknowledgements and auto-actions. Pricing for HP OpenMail has been reduced to reflect HP's commitment to providing competitive solutions for end users. Choice of Mail-enabled Applications HP announced today the availability of a Phonebook application which allows easy look-up access to the rich HP OpenMail directory. The Phonebook application is available for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX/Motif desktops. HP's Electronic Messaging Solution offers unmatched support for groupware both at an enterprisewide and departmental level. Groupware and workflow applications are increasingly popular tools that allow groups of people to work together efficiently via electronic messaging. Because of its support for major messaging APIs, including X/Open, MAPI, and VIM, HP can offer organizations the open, flexible backbone they need to integrate groupware and other mail-enabled applications into their networks. HP today announced an enhancement to its X.400 MTA with the inclusion of the X/Open-APIA Gateway API in it's X.400 product. The X/Open-APIA Gateway API is targeted to customers who require extra flexibility and who wish to develop applications via a standard API on an HP integrated messaging backbone. HP plans to continue to ship its current HP X.400 High Level API for simple electronic messaging applications. Choice of Gateways and Conversion Services HP also announced a joint marketing, sales, and support agreement today with The Boston Software Works as a gateway supplier for the HP Electronic Messaging Solution. BSW's new InterOFFICE gateways for HP OpenMail and PROFS and OfficeVision/VM support coexistence of user populations during migrations from a mainframe to an HP Messaging Solution. BSW InterOFFICE gateways also provide interoperability between HP OpenMail/X.400 and many other office systems, including PC LANS. HP announced that Worldtalk Corporation, whose standards-based messaging integration is built upon HP's high-performance RISC-based systems and uses HP's X.400 MTA, plans to extend Worldtalk's directory synchronization capabilities. Worldtalk 400 now synchronizes HP OpenMail, cc:Mail, and Microsoft Mail directories. Keyword Office Technologies has announced additional support for HP's Electronic Messaging Solution. Keyword Office Technologies announced KEYpak ODX.400 (Open Document Exchange) for HP's X.400 Message Transfer Agent (MTA). ODX.400 provides automatic in-transit backbone document conversion of electronic-mail attachments between over 20 different formats including most PC, workstation, and mainframe as if theywere created in their preferred application regardless of the environment from which they come. SOLUTION SUPPORT Because HP has tested and integrated the various components of its Electronic Messaging Solution, HP can offer tailored solution-support services to meet ongoing customer needs. With customized services, HP can help avoid the problems customers face with multiple products from multiple vendors. This frees businesses from the multivendor support worries of bottom-up, component-based software, and bridges the gap between the promise and reality of open systems. Hewlett-Packard is an international manufacturer of computation and measurement products and systems recognized for excellence in quality and support. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine, and education in approximately 110 countries. HP has over 93,000 employees and had revenue of $16.4 billion in its 1992 fiscal year. ### UNIX is a U.S. registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories Inc. in the U.S.A. and other countries. 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