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Novell, Xerox and WhetStone Announce Imaging Solution For GroupWise 5 GroupWise 5 to Provide Full Document and Image Management Through Universal Mail Box Orem, Utah -- August 21, 1996 -- Novell, Inc., Xerox Desktop Document Systems and WhetStone Technologies today announced a joint imaging technology development and marketing agreement that will let Novell's 6.5 million GroupWise™ users leverage the e-mail, document management and workflow features of GroupWise for electronically scanned and stored images. The resulting product, GroupWise Imaging, will allow users to view, store, edit and route scanned image files across corporate networks and intranets via the Universal Mail Box. With this agreement, Novell, Xerox and WhetStone are the first companies to offer users "E-mail-enabled" image management at the desktop. "GroupWise Imaging succeeds in bridging the longstanding productivity gap between electronic and paper documents, creating a single, cost-effective environment in which users can leverage scanned images," said Stewart Nelson, vice president and general manager of Novell's GroupWare Division. "It is the inevitable extension of Novell's vision to provide users with a Universal Mail Box where all information -- documents, E-mails, faxes, voicemails and now images -- is easily and transparently accessible." GroupWise Imaging will offer seamless integration between Novell's GroupWise 5 Universal Mail Box, Xerox's industry-leading scanning and imaging technology, and WhetStone's production imaging system. It will comprise two components: the GroupWise Imaging core, which will be included as part of the GroupWise 5 Universal Mail Box at no extra charge; and the GroupWise Imaging Solutions Pack, a set of imaging enhancement products and capabilities, which will be sold separately for a nominal fee. GroupWise Imaging will be available after first customer ship of GroupWise 5. GroupWise Imaging leverages the powerful document management features of GroupWise 5 to let users manage and share images the way they would text documents, E-mails and faxes; this includes the ability to store images in shared folders and to perform searches on image profiles or specific annotations within images. In addition to full image management, GroupWise Imaging supports Xerox's XIF image format for transmitting high-quality gray-scale and color document images across a corporate network or intranet via E-mail without worrying about enormous file sizes. GroupWise Imaging offers the first-ever integration between desktop imaging and portable document technology -- leveraging Novell's Envoy (EVY) format -- allowing users to easily share electronic images in a network or intranet environment. It also supports MAPI (Microsoft Application Programming Interface), ODMA (Open Document Management API) and ODMAWF (Open Document Management API for WorkFlow) standards to allow E-mailed document images to be opened using popular office productivity suites from Corel, Lotus and Microsoft, regardless of whether the receiving user has GroupWise Imaging. "This cooperative effort enables us to provide GroupWise users with an effective means for capturing, sharing, viewing and editing images in an enterprise environment," said Michael Tivnan, vice president and general manager of Xerox DDS software. "Our partnership with Novell and WhetStone allows us to extend the strength of our PerfectScan technology beyond the LAN and into the realm of the corporate intranet by solving the problems of image quality and portability. "Despite the growing prevalence of electronic mail, paper is still very much a part of standard business processes, and production imaging alone hasn't solved the problem. What is needed is an affordable link between these two essential productivity tools that will not bring down a user's machine or an entire network," said Randall Waters, president of WhetStone Technologies. "GroupWise Imaging breaks down the final barriers between electronic and paper documents, and raises the bar on what constitutes a full-featured information-sharing environment." Under the terms of the agreement, WhetStone will provide development and integration between Novell's GroupWise 5 advanced e-mail system and Envoy portable document technology, Xerox's new PerfectScan image processing technology and TextBridge Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, and WhetStone's ViewWise image viewer and production imaging system.
GroupWise Imaging GroupWise Imaging merges the traditionally separate areas of desktop and production imaging and electronic publishing into a single collaborative imaging environment at a desktop price point. It offers a complete set of features for viewing, editing and sharing images. In addition to providing seamless interaction with GroupWise's powerful document management and workflow features, it offers one-button image processing and enhancement capabilities; full annotation and document image manipulation support, including the ability to separate the textual and graphical components of scanned page; fully integrated portable document and electronic publishing capabilities, including complete support for most industry-standard scanners and image file formats. It will also support OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) automation to enable the creation of images using industry-standard development tools and the GroupWise Object API.
The GroupWise Imaging Solutions Pack The GroupWise Imaging Solutions Pack, a set of advanced image scanning, editing and conversion features based on Xerox's PerfectScan technology and tightly integrated with GroupWise 5, will allow users to perform advanced processing and enhancement of scanned images. GroupWise Imaging is designed to work seamlessly with Xerox's TextBridge OCR software and WhetStone's production imaging systems, to allow GroupWise users to further enhance their scanning and imaging capabilities with industry leading systems. GroupWise 5, Novell's premier Intranet application, is an expanded E-mail system that is the first in the industry to include full document and image management capabilities as part of a new Universal Mail Box. GroupWise 5 helps companies leverage their corporate network investments by providing an instant collaborative solution for the corporate intranet. Building on its predecessor, GroupWise 4.1, GroupWise 5 seamlessly integrates calendaring/scheduling, task management, shared folders, conferencing, workflow and Internet access into the Universal Mail Box. Addition information about GroupWise can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/groupwise. Founded in 1983, Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the leading provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet/intranet and small-business markets, as well as the network computing industry's most comprehensive education and technical support programs. Information about Novell and its complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com. Xerox Desktop Document Systems develops, markets, distributes and supports systems and software that capture, communicate and print documents at the desktop. These systems and software products incorporate advanced Xerox technologies to improve document quality and communication, and are marketed through retail and direct channels and OEM partnerships. The division is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., and Peabody, Mass., with European headquarters in Reading, England. Xerox Desktop Document Systems has established a myriad of strategic partnerships with the industry's leading scanner and multifunction vendors. Xerox continues to cultivate and develop strategic partnership to deliver the most comprehensive and cost-effective solutions for its customers. Xerox Corporation is a global enterprise serving the worldwide document processing market. The company's document processing business develops, manufactures, markets, services and finances a complete range of products and services designed to make offices around the world more productive. WhetStone's ViewWise 4.1 is powerful, proven image-enabling software that meets the full scope of imaging needs, from simple file cabinet replacement imaging to elaborate, high volume production imaging and workflow. ViewWise 4.1 is available direct from WhetStone or through authorized VARs and systems integrators. WhetStone Technologies, an affiliate of UICI (NASDAQ:UICI), offers best-of-class, image-enabling technologies for collaborative and enterprise-wide information sharing. In partnership with the world's technology and application leaders, WhetStone's unique understanding of how organizations interact in real-world situations provides for complete integrated and document imaging solutions for mainstream businesses. For more information about WhetStone, based in Park City, Utah, and its products and services, contact the company directly at (801) 655-3614 or visit its home page at http://www.viewwise.com. The WhetStone Technologies home page is an easy way to find information about WhetStone and its business partners' products and services. Novell ® is a registered trademark and GroupWise™, GroupWise Imaging™ and Envoy™ are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks or the property of their respective holders.
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