From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.com (Conrad Geiger - Manager, International NeXT User Groups)
Newsgroups: biz.next.newprod
Subject: NeXT and Boston Software Works Announce Email Gateway
Date: 18 Dec 92 18:46:21 GMT
Reply-To: user_groups@next.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:   The Boston Software Works, Incorporated
           Steve Thibodeau, 617-482-9898

           NeXT Computer, Inc.
           Angela Grady, Allison Thomas Associates, 415-780-3786


NeXT and Boston Software Works Announce Collaboration on Email
Gateway

SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, 1992  - NeXT Computer, Inc. and The Boston
Software Works, Inc. (BSW) announced at the annual meeting of the
Electronic Mail Association that they will collaborate to port BSW's
InterOFFICER Message Exchange electronic mail connectivity software
to the NeXT platform.  InterOFFICE Message Exchange transparently
connects several popular office automation and electronic mail
systems, including Lotus cc:Mail, UNIX mail, HP OpenMail, DEC
ALL-IN-1, IBM OfficeVision/400, Wang OFFICE and HP DeskManager.

"We are delighted to be working with NeXT, makers of one of the
industry's most innovative and exciting desktop environments," said
Ross Gale, president of BSW.  "NeXT is one of the few companies that
has integrated electronic mail into its entire operating environment,
NeXTSTEP.  We're excited that BSW's InterOFFICE Message Exchange will
allow NeXTmail to interoperate with other mail systems."

With InterOFFICE Message Exchange, users of one email or integrated
office system can send most mail attachments including text memos,
revisable word processing documents, meeting invitations or binary
files such as spreadsheets to users of remote, foreign and
incompatible mail systems, without learning any new commands or
addressing formats.  InterOFFICE Message Exchange transparently
automates directory synchronization, conversion of revisable
documents, conversion of meeting invitations and other structured
messages, and translation of multinational character sets.

"Our users consider NeXTmail to be one of NeXTSTEP's most important
functions, because NeXTmail is so tightly integrated into NeXTSTEP,
and because any NeXTSTEP application can use NeXTmail as a service,"
said Peter van Cuylenberg, president and chief operating officer of
NeXT.  "Our customers use their NeXT systems in computing
environments with a variety of e-mail systems, and BSW's new product
will allow these customers to integrate NeXTmail with their other
systems.  This is a very important announcement to the entire NeXT
community."

InterOFFICE Message Exchange Version 3.0 for OfficeVision/400, DEC
ALL-IN-1, HP DeskManager and Wang OFFICE is available immediately
from BSW.  The first Version 4.0 beta release, due next month,
extends coverage to platforms based on the Sequent Symmetry 2000
family of systems running DYNIX/ptx and HP 9000s running HP-UX, with
cc:Mail and UNIX sendmail access units for both new platforms and an
HP OpenMail access unit for HP 9000s. Support services, including
round-the-clock telephone support and automatic software updates, are
also available from BSW.

Availability of InterOFFICE Message Exchange on the NeXT platform
will be announced in early 1993.  The InterOFFICE Message Exchange
product family will expand in 1993 to cover several other PC LAN,
UNIX and mainframe office and mail systems, as well.

NeXT Computer, Inc. designs and markets the industry-acclaimed
NeXTSTEP object-oriented operating system, and designs, manufactures
and markets UNIX-based workstations that run NeXTSTEP.  NeXTSTEP and
NeXT workstations are used by medium and large organizations to
develop and deploy mission-critical applications, using both custom
and shrink-wrapped software.  NeXT is headquartered at 900 Chesapeake
Drive, Redwood City, Calif., 94063.

The Boston Software Works, located in Boston, Mass., is a privately
held software development firm, specializing in high-quality office
system integration and coexistence products.

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