Corel Corp. has just signed a $2.5- million contract from the U.S.
Justice Department to supply 13,000 upgrades of its specialized
office software for lawyers to the department's legal and
administrative support staff.
The Ottawa-based software developer also signed another recent
deal with New York-based legal giant Sherman Stirling to provide
the firm with it Web-based Office Suite for the legal profession, now
under development.
ottawacitizen.com
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"Alta" news !!
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 28, 1997--Netmosphere,
Inc., a pioneer in the Intranet productivity software market, today
announced that Corel Corporation will license from Netmosphere key
components of its real-time collaboration and task management software
technology for the new enterprise-focused suite, code-named "Alta."
Netmosphere's ActionPlan(TM) and Java(TM) Application Server (JAS)
software uses push-pull technology to communicate status, plan
changes, and task-related comments immediately to a distributed team.
"With our technology, Corel now has the Java-based interactive
collaboration features it wants for its new Alta product," said
Heather Rose, Netmosphere president and CEO. "This licensing agreement
supports our strategy to bring real-time project coordination to the
enterprise."
"As this agreement demonstrates, Corel is completely committed to
carrying out its aggressive Java-based product strategy," said Paul
Skillen, Corel Corporation's vice president of Engineering. "Corel's
`Alta' will provide an improved platform for information handling and
knowledge management inside and outside the organization.
Netmosphere's ActionPlan and Java Application Server (JAS) software is
a key component in that platform."
"We are very pleased to see today's announcement from Netmosphere and
Corel," said George Paolini, director of corporate marketing at Sun
Microsystems' JavaSoft division. "This agreement reinforces the power
of Java for enterprise solutions."
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