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To: cool who wrote (6286)	6/8/1999 12:23:00 AM
From: BrooklynDave	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10081

Cool, Please forgive my ignorance, but..... WHAT do these stories have to do with GMGC? Are all these companies licensees of Portico? OR Are all these companies competitors? Your response will be greatly appreciated. BrooklynDave

To: cool who wrote (6286)	6/8/1999 7:17:00 AM
From: cool	Respond to of 10081

Nortel Networks Announces CallPilot Unified Messaging System for Microsoft Exchange Server Enhancements Bring Benefits of Next Microsoft Messaging Server Release to Users of Nortel Networks Advanced Unified Messaging System DALLAS, June 8 /PRNewswire/ - Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSE: NT) today announced plans to enhance its award-winning CallPilot Unified Messaging System with integrated support for the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, code-named ''Platinum''. CallPilot integrates with a wide range of popular e-mail clients including Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes, Netscape Messenger, and Eudora Pro. This flexibility is being enhanced with a new option that enables CallPilot customers to configure CallPilot to share a common administration, directory and message store with Platinum. This can reduce the overall cost of ownership for unified messaging systems. ''This integration of CallPilot's leading multimedia messaging capabilities with the powerful e-mail and collaboration capabilities of Exchange Server provides an important step on the path towards Unified Networks,'' said John Myers, vice-president and general manager of Nortel Networks' messaging business. 'Many of our customers are interested in this kind of solution to help them bring their voice and data worlds closer together.'' CallPilot's powerful voice and fax applications will be extended to support an Exchange server-based unified messaging mailbox and associated infrastructure. This approach will provide a single directory and common administration for a seamless unified messaging solution that supports voice, fax and e-mail. This can simplify the overall management associated with deploying corporate unified messaging solutions. ''We are excited that Nortel Networks has chosen to develop a version of CallPilot for Exchange Server,'' said Eric Lockard, general manager of the Exchange product group at Microsoft. ''Nortel Networks and Microsoft share a vision for unified messaging that enables knowledge workers to access their e-mail, voicemail fax and page messages from a single inbox via any phone or online device, while system administrators use a single directory, message database and point of administration based on Platinum and Windows 2000 to lower costs.'' Today, CallPilot provides users with a range of tools to manage their voice and fax messages. Users can play, send and forward voice messages and print and forward fax messages from any telephone in the world using conventional touch-tone commands. In addition, CallPilot's built-in speech recognition provides voice and fax message access by simply saying words such as ''play'' or ''print'' through the telephone. These capabilities are being extended to include touch-tone and speech recognition access to e-mail. By tightly integrating CallPilot with popular messaging servers such as Exchange, the overall management requirements of these powerful new solutions is significantly reduced. CallPilot's implementation of Internet standards, such as IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), VPIM (Voice Profile for Internet Mail) and LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), means customers can easily integrate CallPilot with their existing networks. In addition, CallPilot supports numerous computer telephony integration (CTI) standards such as Microsoft's TAPI (Telephony Application Programming Interface) and ECTF's (Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum) S.100 interface. This enhances the flexibility and evolution path for customers. CallPilot is based on industry standard server technology and the Microsoft Windows NT operating system, so most enterprise customers are already familiar with the CallPilot platform. CallPilot is available today through authorized Nortel Networks distributors in North America and in a number of other regions around the world. For additional information on Nortel Networks' CallPilot system and other Nortel Networks products and services, or to get a list of Nortel Networks authorized distributors, please call 1-800-4NORTEL or visit the Nortel Networks web site at nortelnetworks.com. Nortel Networks delivers value to customers around the world through Unified Networks solutions, spanning mission-critical telephony and IP-optimized networks. Customers include public and private enterprises and institutions; Internet service providers; local, long-distance, cellular and PCS communications companies, cable television carriers, and utilities. Nortel Networks' common shares are listed on the New York, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and London stock exchanges. Nortel Networks had 1998 revenues of US$17.6 billion and has approximately 75,000 employees worldwide. SOURCE Nortel Networks Corporation