Novell Announces Third-Party Development Program for GroupWise
5
Systems Integrators, ISVs and Internal Development Teams Can
Create Applications for Novell's Intranet-Ready, Extended E-mail
System
ATLANTA -- Sept. 17, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today
announced its third-party development program for GroupWise 5,
Novell's extended E-mail system and premier intranet application. The
GroupWise 5 third-party program is the first to give systems integrators,
ISVs and consultants the tools and technical support to develop
applications to work with GroupWise 5 and leverage GroupWise's 7
million-user installed base. Novell also announced it will begin shipping a
free companion CD in December, featuring five third-party applications
for GroupWise 5.
GroupWise 5, launched last week in New York, offers advanced
calendaring, scheduling, task management, shared folders,
conferencing, workflow, Internet access and full document management.
The GroupWise 5 third-party program provides multiple Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs), tools, technical information and support
to let independent software developers, systems integrators,
consultants and internal users build complementary applications that fully
leverage the extended E-mail and intranet features of GroupWise 5.
Novell today also introduced 10 charter members of the GroupWise
third-party program -- leading application and productivity software
vendors who have worked extensively with GroupWise 5 beta versions,
and who have recently announced supporting products for GroupWise
5. The applications these vendors provide are representative of the
advanced functionality that the GroupWise 5 third-party program will
bring to GroupWise 5 users. The vendors' support of the product is
evidence of the market opportunity inherent in the GroupWise user base
of seven million.
"This third-party program gives GroupWise customers a choice of the
best complementary applications, tools and vendors to maximize their
investment in GroupWise and their corporate networks," said Lowell
Camp, director of third-party development, Novell GroupWare Division.
"By opening up GroupWise to developers, Novell will let customers
leverage other network-extending and enhancing technologies within the
familiar, secure GroupWise environment."
Part of DeveloperNet, Novell's corporate program supporting
development to key Novell products, the GroupWise third-party program
provides essential tools for developing applications to work with
GroupWise 5, including a Software Developers Kit (SDK) and support for
open APIs.
In addition to supporting such open industry standards as MAPI, ODMA,
OLE, DDE, CMC/CSA, the Windows Open API and OCX, the GroupWise 5
third-party program extends the capabilities of these tools through
unique, new application programming tools: the GroupWise 5 Object API
(GWOAPI) and programming extensions known as Custom 3rd-Party
Objects (C3POs). The GWOAPI, based on the latest object-oriented
theory and techniques, provides developers with access to the
GroupWise 5 information store, in order to see, use and manipulate
GroupWise code.
C3POs are used to extend or customize the GroupWise 5 environment.
These extensions allow developers to implement custom data types in
the GroupWise information store, and to add or modify the GroupWise
browser Toolbar functionality.
By supporting open industry standards, Novell gives developers the
choice of working with familiar development environments, rather than
restricting them to the proprietary development schemes offered by other
E-mail and groupware systems. Developers may access the GroupWise
development interfaces through popular development tools such as
Visual Basic, Delphi, C/C++ and Java.
"Novell's support of industry-wide development standards has opened
up a tremendous market opportunity for us," said Richard B. Sorenson,
vice president -- Software Engineering, Synaxis Corp., one of the 10
charter members of the GroupWise third-party program. "By providing
the tools and support for developing to GroupWise, Novell is allowing us,
not only to provide our current users with leading edge extended E-mail
and document management functionality, but to leverage a whole new
base of users who require sophisticated collaborative communication
technology."
The 10 charter members of the GroupWise third-party program represent
a cross-section of key enabling communication and productivity
application providers:
- PUMA Technology offers the Pilot IntelliSync personal digital
assistant interface to let GroupWise users synchronize Pilot scheduling
and message information with their GroupWise Universal Mail Box, and
Personal Information Exchange to allow users to exchange electronic
business cards and integrate them into GroupWise 5 databases
electronically.
- Cheyenne Software provides its FAXServe Gateway for
GroupWise to let users fax GroupWise messages to each other as easily
as E-mailing.
- CallWare Technologies, Inc. offers voice and call-processing
software to give GroupWise users touch-tone phone access to every
type of message from the Universal Mail Box.
- Quarterdeck Corp. provides RemoteMeeting to let GroupWise
users hold virtual meetings via GroupWise running on their corporate
networks or the Internet.
- Information Builders has developed the FOCUS SIX
GroupWise Reporting Interface to provide information to help users and
administrators manage the GroupWise workgroup.
- Applied Voice Technology offers its CallXpress3 unified
messaging solution to let users manage all of their messages, including
voice mail and faxes, from the GroupWise Universal Mail Box.
- WhetStone Technologies offers its ViewWise imaging
technology for GroupWise to let users capture, view, manipulate and
share scanned images.
- Active Voice Corp. provides Message Integration software to
give users 24-hour access to the Universal Mail Box via their voice mail
systems.
- Synaxis Corp. offers AlertWare to let GroupWise
administrators detect and diagnose E-mail problems before they affect
productivity.
- Time Line Solutions has developed its Project Management
Integrator tool to help GroupWise users plan, track and implement
projects.
In order to educate customers on the advanced technology available to
them as a result of the GroupWise third-party program, Novell will be
hosting a series of customer forums in which third-party development
partners will demonstrate their applications and talk about developing to
GroupWise 5. These forums will include a developer roadshow this fall
to eight US and Canadian cities, customer workshops both on site at
Novell and throughout the country, and Novell's first DeveloperNet
conference in Orlando, Fla., from December 3-5, 1996.
"At CallWare, our objective is to make business communication easier
and more effective. We deliver powerful benefits and the most advanced
voice, call and fax technology, without requiring our customers to discard
investments previously made in other hardware or software purchases,"
said Reino Kerttula, executive vice president of Marketing for CallWare
Technologies. "Many of our customers that use NetWare and NDS have
already leveraged CallWare's tight integration with GroupWise 4.1 and
are planning to take advantage of our upcoming integration with
GroupWise 5."
The GroupWise 5 third-party program will give DeveloperNet subscribers
SDK updates, access to Novell support forums on the internet and
CompuServe, Novell developer publications and updates, and direct
development support from Novell engineers. Developers of
GroupWise-compliant applications may submit them to Novell for its Yes
GroupWise certification, which indicates that a product has successfully
completed testing for compatibility with specific Novell products.
Fulfillment details about the GroupWise companion CD will be provided
when the CD ships in December.
For additional information on the GroupWise Third-Party Program,
developers may call DeveloperNet at 1-800-REDWORD (800-733-9673).
Developers may sign up for a base or advanced DeveloperNet
subscription, with prices ranging from $345 to $995 per year.
For additional information on the DeveloperNet '97 conference, interested
parties may access the DeveloperNet Web site at http://developer.novell.com.
GroupWise 5, Novell's premier Intranet application, is an extended E-mail
system that is the first in the industry to include full document and image
management 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.
Additional 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 world's leading
provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of
network solutions for distributed network, Internet, intranet and
small-business markets. Novell education and technical support
programs are the most comprehensive in the network computing
industry. Information about Novell's complete range of products and
services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com.
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Novell, Inc.
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