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PowerShare Collaboration Servers

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Features

Server-based mail

  • Enables users to retrieve their mail from any connected Mac OS-based computer (including dial-in connections using Apple Remote Access software)
  • Supports centralized, easy-to-manage gateways that let PowerTalk users exchange mail with remote messaging systems
  • Permits users of shared workstations to keep private mailboxes on the server
  • Saves disk space on individual computers

Shared catalogs

  • Makes vital information instantly accessible to everyone who needs it
  • Permits centralized administration of shared information
  • Lets administrators import text files containing Internet addresses

Enhanced network security

  • Encrypts communications to protect confidentiality
  • Authenticates users to ensure that sensitive information is seen only by the intended recipients

Easy installation and management

  • Includes the Easy Setup utility to configure servers within minutes
  • Allows an administrator to manage all PowerShare servers from any Mac OS-based computer on the network

Description

PowerShare Collaboration Servers software from Apple provides easy-to-use electronic-mail, catalog, and privacy services for AppleTalk networks. It extends the capabilities of Apple's PowerTalk software to workgroups, enhancing the reliability, security, and manageability of collaborative communications.

PowerShare permits centralized administration of PowerTalk collaboration services and shifts some PowerTalk functions from individual client workstations to powerful workgroup servers.

PowerShare Mail servers capture incoming mail even when the recipient's computer is not available. Users can retrieve their messages when they're working at a different computer; with Apple Remote Access software, they can dial in from anywhere. PowerShare administrators can import data from tab-delimited text files, including Internet addresses. There's also utility software for transferring email and user account information from a Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks server to a PowerShare server.

Optional server-based gateway software provides easy-to-manage, centralized communications, allowing all connected PowerTalk users to receive fax messages, Internet email, and messages from other sources in their "universal mailbox."

PowerShare Catalog servers hold departmental and companywide directories (including Internet addresses) for access by any PowerTalk user. Instead of each user having to maintain a separate personal catalog, a single administrator can ensure that everyone has up-to-date information. Shared catalogs can be replicated on multiple PowerShare servers to provide fast access from anywhere on the network.

PowerShare automatically encrypts data passing through its servers. It also authenticates users to make certain that sensitive information is seen only by those for whom it is intended.

PowerShare comes with Easy Setup software, which lets the network administrator configure mail and catalog servers in minutes. The administrator can then use the PowerShare Admin program from any Macintosh computer on the network to create user accounts and perform other management tasks.

Technical Specifications

New features in PowerShare 1.1

  • Improved server routing performance that gets messages to their destinations up to three times faster
  • Ability to import tab-delimited text files containing data such as Internet addresses and telephone listings
  • Ability to store Internet addresses in a PowerShare catalog and manage them from within the PowerShare Admin application
  • Apple Migration Tool for Microsoft Mail, for transferring email and user account information from a Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks server to a PowerShare server

PowerShare Mail server

  • Provides server-based messaging services for PowerTalk users
  • Stores PowerTalk messages to ensure delivery when user systems come on-line
  • Saves disk space on client workstations

PowerShare Catalog server

  • Stores collaborative information--such as group addresses, document templates, graphics, and sounds--in shared catalogs
  • Authenticates users and encrypts their network traffic (including e-mail)
  • Supports distributed systems of multiple servers
  • Replicates and synchronizes catalogs across multiple servers for higher performance and greater reliability
  • Enables multiple collaborative applications to share a single catalog

PowerShare Admin utility

  • Lets administrators create user accounts and define groups
  • Monitors mail and catalog servers to detect problems
  • Provides system alerts to administrators
  • Permits server management from any Macintosh system on the network

Easy Setup utility

  • Lets administrators quickly configure a simple PowerShare system

System requirements

  • One of the following systems:
  • -- An Apple Macintosh computer with a 68020 or later processor
  • -- A Power Macintosh computer
  • -- Any other similarly equipped Mac OS-based computer
  • At least 8MB of RAM
  • Macintosh System 7.5 or later with PowerTalkinstalled
  • A hard disk drive
  • An AppleTalk connection
  • Client computers: Macintosh, PowerBook, Power Macintosh, and/or other Mac OS-based client computers running Macintosh System 7.5 or later with PowerTalk installed and an AppleTalk con-nection (direct or via Apple Remote Access software)
The PowerTalk software included in Macintosh System 7.5 provides a single universal mailbox for all incoming messages from many sources, supports the use of collaborative applications to work together over a network, and lets users set up catalogs (directories) of personal information.

Ordering Information

PowerShare Collaboration Servers

  • Order No. M1907Z/D
  • PowerShare version 1.1 server software, including PowerShare Mail server, Catalog server, Admin, and Easy Setup software
  • Apple Migration Tool for Microsoft Mail, for transferring information from a Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks server to a PowerShare server
  • PowerShare System Administrator's Guide
  • PowerTalk and PowerShare Solutions Guide
Product specifications are subject to change. Check with your Apple reseller for the most current information about product specifications and configurations.
Mac OS

(c) 1995 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, AppleTalk, Macintosh, PowerBook, Power Macintosh, and PowerTalk are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and other countries. PowerShare, Mac, and the Mac OS logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Mention of non-Apple products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place directly between the vendors and the prospective users.

September 1995. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. Printed in U.S.A.

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