• It was too expensive to provide each person with a workstation.
• OSI mail cannot smoothly connect to mail on other systems.
• Previously, it was difficult to expand the capability of groupware that was based on e-mail applicaions.
• The Center needed to set up a network with more advanced features.
• The Center needed an effective and efficient information infrastructure.

• Enables integrated groupware to cover all business operations
• Provides high reliability and adaptability for large-scale, core business activities
• Enables systems that can smoothly connect to mail on other systems
• Provides high flexibility to immediately cope with Japanese business culture (such as providing full Japanese-language support, or adapting to the structure of Japanese organizations)

Groupmax has:

• Enabled the setup of a common mail system (a computer for each person) throughout the Software Division & Software Development Division
• Enabled seamless sharing of information
• Speeded up business operations and reduced meetings
• Expanded communications
• Enabled use of workflows to speed up work and clarify

• E-mail,bulletin boards,and scheduling (Mail, Address, Fax, Scheduler)
  • Sending different kinds of information, posting notices or application forms, managing schedules and room reservations
• Document and work-item management (Infoshare)
  • Sharing documents that are organized and managed by each department
    (eg. Software Division & Software Development Division Rules)
• Workflow (Workflow, Form)
  • Handling trouble-shooting and business trip expenditures, and managing the introduction of equipment or materials

• Server
  • About 42 shared servers
  • About 83 department servers
• Client
  • About 5,200 clients (a computer for each person)

• To extend business operations suitable for workflow systems
• To link workflows and existing information (mainframe) in an environment similar to a data warehouse
• To broaden the use of e-mail, scheduling, document and work-item management, and simplify these operations