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Hitachi Enhances the Integrated Groupware System, Groupmax, for Multimedia Support and for Use Via the Internet. (This is the translation of a Japanese press release)

30 August, 1995

On September 1, Hitachi Limited will begin shipping a Groupmax enhancement. Groupmax is a software product that integrates groupware and workflow systems. This enhancement enables you to use multimedia mail including voice and images, and to send information managed by Groupmax via the Internet.

Recently more and more companies are installing groupware and workflow systems as the companies aim at reengineering business processes and aim at improving white-collar productivity. The more companies' activities are globalized, the greater the need for an open multi-platform system which can handle multimedia, access the Internet and link groupware systems.

In December 1994, Hitachi Limited provided Groupmax as a tool to promote business processing reengineering. Many companies use Groupmax because it can be easily incorporated into the organizations used in Japanese companies and it can be used immediately after installation. This Groupmax enhancement enables you to handle multimedia including voice mail and image mail. You can send your voice mail from a phone to Groupmax users when you are out, without needing a notebook computer or a personal digital assistant (PDA). You can also use e-mail to send images stored on optical disks. Documents managed by Groupmax can be exposed via the Internet without converting them to the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), and you can view such information via the Internet. These new facilities improve flexibility and productivity in various kinds of jobs, and improve information exchange.

Windows NT is now supported both as a server and a client. In support of an open environment, SCO UNIX, SUN Solaris, Macintosh, and Windows 95 will be supported in the future.

Features

1. Supporting multimedia mail including voice and images

   GroupVoice enables you to send voice mail from your telephone to Groupmax. To send your mail, you do not need to type at a keyboard, and you do not need to carry a notebook computer or a PDA.

   GroupMail/Connection for HITFILE enables you to search and display documents stored in the Hitachi Optical Disk File System HITFILE and to distribute them by e-mail.

2. Enabling you to expose information via the Internet

   By using the Groupmax gateway facility to the WWW, you can send information managed in Groupmax via the Internet without converting it to HTML. If you have a WWW browser, you can view such information via the Internet.

3. Increasing platforms

   Windows NT and HP-UX are now supported as servers in addition to HI-UX/WE2. Windows NT is supported as a client in addition to Windows 3.1. SUN Solaris and SCO UNIX will be supported as a server and Macintosh and Windows 95 will be supported as a client.

4. Improving workflow systems

   Flowmate enables you to easily build systems using workflow information in Lotus Notes, the Engineering Information Integrated System PDMACE, or the Image&Workflow System TEAMSTAR.

   Using your workflow systems, Flowmate enables you to visually understand the effect of your work before you start work.

5. Supporting a forum facility

   Groupmax forum enables you to hold meetings via e-mail. You can send notices about the opening of a meeting, collect opinions, total opinions, create minutes and distribute them.

Supported Operating Systems

Server	Client
HI-UX/WE2	Windows 3.1
Windows NT*	Windows NT*
HP-UX*	Macintosh**
SUN Solaris**	Windows 95**
SCO UNIX**

* Newly supported.
** Will be supported.

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