Infonet Messenger

Date:

3 Nov 1996 21:27 PST

Contact:

marketing@iss.ca

Info:

Tanguy.Robet@iss.ca

• X.400 1992 messenging engine (MTA)
• P7 Message Store
• UA and RUA (UNIX, Windows NT, Win95, Windows)
• X.400 APIs: X/Open P1 API and P2 API
• utilities for billing
• MIME/SMTP gateway
• gateways to cc:Mail, MS Mail, Novell Global MHS Mail, Groupwise, Notes,..
• gateways to Fax and Telex
• EDI Clearing Center
• X.500 1993 directory server (DSA)
• X.500 DUA and directory browser (Windows NT, Win95, Windows)
• X.500 APIs: X/Open XDS API + LDAP API
• A communication stack that supports TCP/IP, X.25, and APS (asynchronous)

Built around the Messenger Infrastructure technology, Infonet Software Solutions provide a serie of products called Messenger Workplace, a unique Intranet productivity server ideal for conducting both intracompany and intercompany business.
The Messenger WorkPlace Series runs on Solaris and Windows NT, and will be available in three versions to meet the needs of a variety of organizations: the Enterprise Edition, for mid to large-sized corporations that want to communicate effectively within their organization as well as externally, to business partners, customers, suppliers and the Internet; the Service Providers' Edition, designed to meet the specific requirements of ADMDs, ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and carriers who want to differentiate their offerings and add value for their customers by integrating Messenger WorkPlace products with their services; and the Developers' Edition, for third party developers who want to target specific markets by integrating Messenger WorkPlace products with their own.

The Messenger WorkPlace Series is comprised of 7 components that can be mixed to give customers an individual productivity solution:

1. Messenger Server
   High-end backbone message server, offering a choice of store-and-forward transports: X.400 technology for those organizations that require very high reliability for mission-critical applications, and a MIME/SMTP backbone supporting POP3 and IMAP4 for those companies that want to exploit the benefits of Intranet/Internet technology.
   Messenger Server includes directory services and a graphical network manager for configuration and management (subsets of Messenger Directory and Messenger NetMan Plus, detailed later in this document). Messenger Server incorporates a number of robust, value-added features including a virus-checking capability that scans any message (and its attachments) for viruses. This includes messages received from the Internet, as well as proprietary systems such as cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, Lotus Notes and Novell GroupWise. Virus-checking for the first 100 users is included with Messenger Server and additional users can be supported for a nominal fee.
2. Messenger Interconnect
   Full suite of gateways to link disparate, proprietary E-mail and Workgroup systems within a corporation or to allow communication with business partners and external organizations. Messenger Interconnect supports virtually all of the popular LAN-based systems such as cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, NetWare Global MHS, Lotus Notes and Novell's GroupWise, client/server based systems like Microsoft Exchange, and SMTP/MIME. Furthermore, all Messenger Interconnect gateways include support for P7 Message Store, so that customers can easily link all of their remote and mobile users into their messaging network.
3. Messenger Directory
   Advanced directory services system based on 1992 and 1993 X.500 technology that not only allows customers to securely store and retrieve E-mail addresses for address resolution, but serves as a secure repository of many types of information including configuration and management information that can be, in turn, utilized by Messenger NetMan, ISS's graphical network manager.
4. Messenger NetMan Plus
   Graphical network manager that provides centralized management of distributed messaging systems. Messenger NetMan Plus can fully administer and monitor up to 10,000 Messenger Servers and Messenger Interconnects, as well as interact with other Messenger WorkPlace products to store configuration information.
5. Messenger Multimedia
   Range of products that allow companies to benefit from multimedia applications including graphical fax, voice messaging and video. The initial offering is a full-featured Graphical Fax System that lets companies integrate fax users into their electronic communications environment.
6. Messenger Commerce
   Variety of electronic commerce options including EDI services for traditional business to business correspondence and electronic publishing, which allows a user to browse, select and purchase products via the Internet.
7. Messenger Forum Information-sharing resource that enables an organization's employees to exchange many types of information with each other, as well as with business partners and customers. Messenger Forum provides access to Internet newsgroups, forums and to popular third-party systems such as Lotus Notes and Netscape SuiteSpot.