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Hitachi to Introduce New Integrated Groupware with Improved Intranet Capabilities - The groupware fully utilizes Java and ActiveX technologies, and enables Web browsers to be used for the sole effective user-interface - (This is a translation of the Japanese press release.)

November 6, 1997

As networking technology represented by the Internet becomes more widely spread, the attention of the business world is focusing on intranets (built with Internet technology) for corporate information systems. As a consequence, there is a need to standardize on Web browsers as the preferred groupware interface.

With this new product, users can use a Web browser to perform daily tasks such as processing forms. Because of Java technology, such users do not need to worry about underlying OS differences. The groupware also provides many additional functions usable from Web browsers: for example, functions for defining the workflow of business processes, functions for monitoring or analyzing business progress, etc. " Active Server Pages," one of the ActiveX-related technologies used in the workflow functions of the product, facilitate the construction of intranet-compatible workflow systems.

Copyrights

• ActiveX is a trademark of Microsoft Corp., USA, in the USA and other countries.
• Netscape Communication is a product name of Netscape Communications Inc., USA.
• Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA, in the USA and other countries.