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Date: 9 Jan 2001 16:37:00 +0200
Subject: Press release: Teamware announces Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux Edition 3


Press release 9.1.2001

Ideally suited for small and medium-sized companies
Teamware announces Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux Edition 3

Teamware Group, a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, today announced the
availability of Edition 3 of its popular ready-to-run groupware product,
Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux, with customizable user interface and
state-of-the-art communications features. The new Edition introduces some major
improvements that make the groupware even more suitable for small and
medium-sized companies.

According to IDC, small businesses represent 48 percent of all Linux
server-based installations. In order to better target this small business
market, Teamware is launching a 25 user license package to be sold additionally
to the current 100 user package.
"In 1999 there were 1.3 million new Linux server installations by companies
with 100 employees or less. With the new 25 user pack Teamware Office for Linux
can be offered for these companies in an extremely attractive prize", said
Colin Sydes, Product Manager for Teamware Office for Linux.

The famous Teamware Office groupware suite has been in the market since 1989
and was ported to Linux platform in spring 2000. The product is available with
25 and 100 built-in user accounts with prices of USD 350 and USD 1000. It can
be purchased online through the Teamware web site at www.teamware.com/linux.
Also a free 90-day evaluation version can be downloaded at the site.

One of the major enhancements of Edition 3 is the NNTP support, which enables
the integration of the Teamware Forum discussion groups with the Internet news
groups using NNTP-protocol. This makes it possible to include news groups in
the Forum structure and access Teamware Forum from the Internet with any NNTP
news reader.

The Teamware Office for Linux Mail server internally stores the complete MIME
information of Internet mail messages. Based on user feedback, additional
session control and other web interface details have been improved to further
ease the use of the software.

Also with the new Edition it is possible to distribute the Teamware Office
services across application servers. Therefore it now allows up to 5000 users
on a single site.

In addition to Caldera Open Linux, Red Hat Linux, Turbo Linux, SuSE and Red
Flag, also Linux Mandrake is now an officially supported distributor of the
Teamware Office for Linux.

About Teamware Office for Linux
Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux is an ideal intranet solution for small and
medium size organizations, which need cost effective and vendor independent
support for common industry standards. It is easy to install and get up and
running quickly. It no longer needs Windows clients to set up the server. These
functions can be performed using WebService tools as well as server tools which
are run from the server console. The customizable user interface and layout
based on HTML templates empower the user to change the look and feel to match
any corporate identity. The product includes nine languages to choose from.
Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux includes facilities for electronic mail (Teamware
Mail), time and resource scheduling (Teamware Calendar), discussion groups
(Teamware Forum) as well as document storage and retrieval (Teamware Library).
The facilities are designed to meet the needs of users, whether they are
individuals in local or remote offices, or members of a team within an
enterprise or an external business partner.

About Teamware
Teamware Group develops, markets and supplies software products and services
designed to facilitate human networking and create prosperity through web
communities. Teamware is a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a $50 billion
provider of Internet-based information technology solutions for the global
marketplace, and operates through Teamware Solution Centers and sales offices
in Europe and USA as well as the Fujitsu network worldwide.

For more information on Teamware, visit www.teamware.com.


Press contacts:
Teamware Group
Hanne Järvelä, tel. +358 9 5128 2721 or hanne.jarvela@teamware.com.

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Teamware - a Fujitsu company
Hanne Järvelä, PR & Communications
tel. +358 (0)9 5128 2721, mobile +358 (0)50 599 3274
hanne.jarvela@teamware.com

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