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Strengthening the Workflow Facility for the Integrated Groupware System,
Groupmax
- Enhancing the environment for Web browsers and providing the intranet workflow system - (This is a translation of the Japanese press release.) |
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June 23, 1998
Starting in July 1, 1998, Hitachi Ltd, will start shipping Groupmax Version 3 with an additional intranet workflow facility. The additional facility enables you to define, monitor, and analyze the results and progress of work and the workflow from Web browsers.
Hitachi expects the increasing use of groupware because groupware provides digital communication, such as the sharing of mail and document data, and because the laws for saving business documents as digital data will be amended and ratified in the near future.
Furthermore, the financial big bang and deregulation have ushered in an era of mega-competition forcing every company to quickly revise their business processes. Every company plans on upgrading their information system to improve the efficiency of office tasks and apply mobile and SOHO solutions.
At Hitachi we started providing Groupmax as a tool for promoting Japanese style BPR (Business Process Reengineering) in December 1994, and have also been shipping the basic facilities of Groupmax Version 3 since January 1998. For this latest version, we have upgraded the basic Mail and Scheduler facilities, and have greatly enhanced the main feature of Groupmax, Workflow, to run fully in an intranet environment. Therefore, Groupmax can assist you in reforming your business process on the intranet. For example, your workflow administrator can define and monitor a workflow and analyze the execution status from a Web browser, and your office manager who uses Workflow can check the status of work items in his or her department from the Web browser. In addition, to meet the increasing demands for mobile and SOHO solutions in the future, a system can be constructed for the practical use of note PCs and mobile PCs such as PERSONA.
To handle the increasing size of data, reduce the workload of the information system department, and to cut TCO, Groupmax provides a cluster system for continuous 24 hour server operation. Groupmax also provides facilities such as automatic backup for improving the reliability, operability, and security of your system.
Our new product will be exhibited in Hitachi's booth at WINDOWS WORLD Expo-Tokyo 98 held from July 1 to July 4, at Makuhari Messe (Japan Convention Center).
The product shipment and overview of the facilities
1. Intranet Workflow facility
(1) Intranet Workflow utility
| Product name | : Groupmax Workflow - Specialist Tools Version 3 for WWW |
| Shipment | : September 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility enables the workflow administrator to define and monitor the workflow and analyze the execution status from the Web browser. |
| Product name | : Groupmax Workflow - Specialist Tools for WWW Web Client Option |
| Shipment | : September 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility is an access license for the client to use Groupmax Workflow - Specialist Tools Version 3 for WWW. |
| Product name | : Groupmax Workflow - End-User Tools Version 3 for WWW |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility enables the office manager to use Workflow to check the work item status of his or her department from the Web browser. |
| Product name | : Groupmax Workflow - End-User Tools for WWW Web Client Option |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility is an access license for the client to use Groupmax Workflow - End-User Tools Version 3 for WWW |
(2) Development Support Library for the Intranet Workflow facility
| Product name | : Groupmax Workflow Server - Library Extension Version 3 |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility is a library that enables the customization for the workflow administrator. |
| Product name | : Groupmax Workflow Client - Library Extension Version 3 |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility is a library that enables the customization for the workflow administrator. |
2. Mobile/SOHO facility
(1) Facility for linking with PERSONA (Windows CE 2.0)
| Product name | : Groupmax Mail Server (basic set) |
| Shipment | : Feburary 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : Because POP3 is supported in Groupmax Mail Server, this facility enables the sending and receiving of mail at a Windows CE terminal such as Hitachi's PERSONA. |
| Product name | : Groupmax Schedule - Connection for Windows CE |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility enables the synchronization with Groupmax Scheduler Client. |
(2) Facility for saving the communications cost for the Mail Client
| Product name | : Groupmax Mail Client |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : The facility has been enhanced for reducing the cost and time for communications when using Groupmax mail in a mobile/SOHO environment. This facility supports the filtering facility for automatically storing mail depending on a condition such as the size of the mail, the reception date, or whether the mail has an attached file. |
3. Enhanced the reliability, operability, and security
(1) Facility for Integrated Operation Manager for Groupmax Server (for TCP/IP)
| Product name | : Groupmax System Management - TCP/IP Version 3 |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility enables batch management with Groupmax Server using TCP/IP. |
| Product name | : Groupmax System Agent - TCP/IP Version 3 |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility is a monitoring agent which enables you to monitor Groupmax Server batch management using TCP/IP. |
(2) Facility for confirming mail by telephone
| Product name | : Groupmax Mail - Telephone Option Version 3 |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility enables you to confirm your mail audibly using a telephone. |
(3) Facility for using a FAX machine to send and receive mail, and linking with workflow.
| Product name | : FAX Connection |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility enables you to send and receive mail using a FAX machine, and to link with workflow. |
(4) Facility for entering the workflow and linking to HITFILE
| Product name | : Groupmax Workflow Register Image Option |
| Shipment | : July 1, 1998 |
| Facility overview | : This facility supports the storing of work-items and attached files of Groupmax Workflow into HITFILE by converting the files to image documents. |
Copyright
- Windows and Windows CE are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the U.S. and other countries.
For Further Details on the Product
Products Planning Department, Software Division & Software Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
5030 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 244-8555, Japan
TEL: 045-862-8721 [Contact Mr. Majima or Mr. Funyu]
| E-mail:WWW-mk@soft.hitachi.co.jp |