PRESS RELEASE: Pangea Introduces Mindshare Mail
Darren Smith
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Peter J. Park
Pangea Corporation
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PANGEA CORPORATION INTRODUCES MINDSHARE MAIL-
ENTERPRISE ELECTRONIC MAIL FOR NEXTSTEP
WASHINGTON, D.C.--January 24, 1994--Pangea Corporation today announced it is developing MindShare Mail, an enterprise electronic mail system designed to meet the needs of organizations that generate large volumes of e-mail. MindShare Mail's advanced features let users prioritize important messages, customize message notification, filter incoming messages into appropriate categories, share mailboxes with assistants, execute high-speed searches, encrypt sensitive information, and many other important capabil
ities.
MindShare Mail reduces network and storage resource utilization by storing only a single copy of a message on a server, no matter how many users received the message. Centralizing messages in a database also reduces administration requirements and improves system capabilities. For instance, users who travel frequently can access their MindShare Mail server from a laptop or another network to send and receive messages.
MindShare Mail will be available as a stand-alone mail system or as a fully integrated addition to MindShare 1.0, the group communication software Pangea began shipping today. The integrated version allows users to send messages person-to-person, to a MindShare discussion forum, or both. By combining these technologies, MindShare Mail lets users choose how best to communicate information to maximize its usefulness and reduce information overload.
MindShare Mail messages can contain rich text formatting, documents, graphics, and sound. By supporting SMTP mail transport and the MIME, NeXTmail, and ASCII message formats, MindShare Mail enables users to send messages over the Internet to nearly any other e-mail system.
Pangea Groupware Engine (PGE) designed for customization and growth
MindShare Mail is based on the Pangea Groupware Engine (PGE), an advanced groupware-oriented object database server that also serves as a basis for MindShare. Like a NEXTSTEP software "kit," PGE features a set of groupware objects providing infrastructure for data formats, database replication, security, and administration. Future products from Pangea will also be based on PGE, forming a tightly integrated suite of groupware applications.
Various APIs to PGE will be available in 1994. The beta release of the PGE OpenMind Utilities, an interface for UNIX utilities and other NEXTSTEP applications, began shipping January 14th. The OpenMind Development Kit, providing a direct connection to PGE servers, will be available in the second quarter of 1994. MindBridge for Notes, a bridge between Lotus Notes servers and PGE, is expected in the third quarter.
Availability
MindShare Mail is due to ship in the second quarter of 1994. It will be available as a stand-alone product and as an add-on module for current users of MindShare. For more information contact Pangea Corporation.
Pangea is committed to delivering MindShare Mail for all future NEXTSTEP and OpenStep platforms, including Sun's Solaris operating system.
Pangea Corporation
Pangea Corporation has been developing shrink-wrap and custom groupware applications since 1991. Headquartered in Annandale, Virginia, Pangea serves customers world-wide requiring enterprise communication tools.
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Pangea, MindShare, MindShare Mail, Pangea Groupware Engine, OpenMind, and MindBridge are trademarks of Pangea Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.