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Saatchi& Saatchi Advertise the Benefits of Novell Advertising agency implements GroupWise around its world-wide network Novell UK -- July 4, 1997 -- Saatchi& Saatchi, the most famous advertising agency in the world, is implementing GroupWise and IntranetWare in its main European offices as part of a world-wide roll out of the product. The project is part of a standardisation of communication software designed to improve group-wide communication and business practices. GroupWise was chosen by Saatchi & Saatchi after a three-way review of GroupWise, Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange. "In our drive to standardise and improve work processes and technology throughout Saatchi & Saatchi, we were looking for one product that would provide us with superior out of the box functionality, quality document management and easy access to the world-wide web," said Andrew Halstead, European IT director for Saatchi& Saatchi. "Following a detailed review of the major products, and also in the light of successful two years' use in the US, we concluded that GroupWise was the only product that could deliver everything we were looking for." Before the review, Saatchi& Saatchi in Europe was using a number of e-mail packages, primarily for internal office communication. Towards the end of 1996 the company decided to standardise on one e-mail system and implement further applications. "In addition to cost effective inter-company communication for our 2,000 European users, we were looking for a package that could achieve an integration of diary and scheduling tasks, document management, and remote web access," added Halstead. "With these features and the future promise of workflow and imaging, we decided that GroupWise would offer a great way of integrating and improving efficiency." The roll-out will result in 15 major European offices using GroupWise by the end of 1997, with the rest following in 1998. For the last 18 months, Saatchi& Saatchi has been sharing information on draft campaign material with clients by means of an extranet. It intends to use IntranetWare to improve and develop this service. "IntranetWare will assist us in our desire to further develop client relationships into partnerships using intranets and extranets." commented Halstead. Commenting on the benefits that he expects GroupWise to bring, Andrew Halstead said "GroupWise will enable us to work more efficiently and help facilitate better communication across our global network." Saatchi& Saatchi was founded in 1970 and now has 161 offices in 91 countries world-wide. It employs 6,500 people, most of whom are users of IT. 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, as well as the network computing industry's most comprehensive education and technical support programmes. Information about Novell and its complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com. UK Web site is at http://www.uk.novell.com/uk/
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