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Committed to providing the fastest remote access solutions on the market, Traveling Software, Inc. today released a new LapLink product, LapLink� Enterprise Exchange Accelerator, the industry's first technology to address the No.1 complaint of remote users: slow e-mail. LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator is available for free during the next 30 days (limited to 1 server and 10 clients per corporate site) at www.laplink.com and thereafter will be priced on a per server and client basis. LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator combines Traveling Software's advanced compression, high-performance delivery protocol and sophisticated attachment filtering to deliver mail up to 15 times faster for remote users with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Exchange. In addition, the new product improves the efficiency of remote communication by providing unbeatable end-user control over downloaded content, enabling faster logons and eliminating the need for a separate remote mail interface. LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator is a client/server solution that supports both the OST and PST mail storage models. "In many large corporations, more than 40% of employees will access LAN's remotely in the coming year, and email is the critical application for these users," said Stephen Drake, International Data Corporation. "Solutions such as Traveling Software's LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator addresses many of the latency problems that make it difficult for remote users to access corporate resources.""We are pleased to see Traveling Software creating products that take advantage of the infrastructure that Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook 98 provide," said Dave Malcolm, Group Product Manager for Exchange Server, Microsoft Corporation. "Remote users looking for ways to increase performance between the client and server can look to Traveling Software's LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator as an option. Support from third parties such as Traveling Software will continue to enhance and extend the functionality of Exchange Server to meet a broad variety of business needs.""LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator is going to bring real benefits to many IT managers and their users, and can significantly increase the productivity of the growing army of remote users who rely on Microsoft Exchange as their mail transport," said Michael Krieger, Vice President of Server products for Hitachi PC Corporation. "We are looking forward to working with Traveling Software to deliver this exciting technology to Hitachi customers. Hitachi PC has just launched a complete line of Windows NT servers in the U.S. marketplace, and is committed to delivering complete solutions to our corporate customers. LapLink Exchange Accelerator's seamless integration and robust features will be a hit with users who want more control over their remote email experience.""Traveling Software continues to define the remote access landscape by delivering on the vision of making remote access better, faster and easier for the growing mobile workforce," said Mark Eppley, President and CEO of Traveling Software. "LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator represents a strategic opportunity for Traveling Software to deliver our award-winning remote access technology to a new class of users in the corporate environment."Intelligent Filtering, Compression and Connection Speed E-mail DownloadsDesigned to address the challenges of the mobile professional, LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator reduces dial-up costs for the company and makes the experience of accessing e-mail on the road more efficient for end-users. LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator includes: Intelligent Remote Delivery: Exchange Accelerator's high-performance delivery protocol provides more efficient communication to the Exchange Server. Quicker connections and Intelligent Reconnect mean that users access the mail server much faster.Object and Attachment Filtering gives remote users full control over whether attachments are delivered with their messages. Users can specify which attachments are delivered based on size.On-the-fly Message Filtering shows the sender, subject, and size of each message as it is delivered. Users can keep an eye on this information and skip individual messages before they arrive.Compressed Attachment Delivery regardless of whether attachments are filtered, Exchange Accelerator uses advanced compression techniques to speed the delivery of attachments.Consistent Interface speeds remote mail delivery without changing mail storage methods or mail clients. It supports whatever offline storage model is already in place (both OST and PST), and works seamlessly within the Outlook or Exchange mail client.Industry Clamors for Remote Access Email SolutionsIn a recent survey of technology decision makers in the United States, International Data Corporation found that dial-up remote access to primary collaborative or e-mail solutions received the highest importance ranking overall (a mean value of 3.84 on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is not important and 5 is very important). The results of the survey clearly show that the ability to provide users with dial-up remote access to e-mail and other shared information and applications is a top priority for organizations and their IS departments.LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator addresses these issues head-on, making remote e-mail faster, easier and more manageable. Today, downloading e-mail remotely is slow. In addition, remote users have little or no control over the messages they download, so they must wait for all messages and their attachments. LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator changes all that. In fact, LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator will transform the current remote e-mail landscape by delivering the industry's first solution for users downloading messages that minimizes time on task, increases productivity and reduces dial-up costs.Pricing and AvailabilityLapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator is available today. Until March 1, 1999, Traveling Software's 1 server/10 client Starter Pack, a $799 value, is available as a free download on the Traveling Software website, www.laplink.com. More clients can easily be added after evaluation by upgrading the server (free of charge) and purchasing additional seats at the standard $60 price. On March 1, 1999, Traveling Software will offer LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator on a per seat and server basis and prices will start at $60 per client and $599 per server.About Microsoft: Exchange Server is Leading Messaging and Collaboration SystemMicrosoft Exchange Server has seen dramatic growth in the past year, and is the leading client/server messaging and collaboration system on the market today. Since the product was introduced in 1996, it has become the most successful server product in Microsoft history, selling more than 20 million seats. The product's successes in 1998 included record-breaking quarterly sales figures, third-party validation of the low total cost of ownership (TCO) of Exchange compared to other systems, large-scale customer messaging and collaboration deployments, and dramatic increases in the Exchange Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and partner community. Exchange is both an enterprise messaging system and a platform for applications that enable people and businesses to collaborate and work more effectively.
Laplink specializes in PC migration, file transfer, remote access and synchronization solutions that simplify connectivity for business and home users. Whether you need to migrate to a new PC, transfer large files, remotely control and access your computer, share files, keep devices synchronized or back up data, Laplink offers an easy and secure application to do the job. The privately held company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington with offices in Canada and Europe.
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