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IBM WorkGroup Products


IBM LAN-enabled collaborative computing applications fit many requirements. The following is a list of workgroup offerings now available from IBM; these offerings are the building blocks of IBM WorkGroup.

Address Book Synchronization for OS/2 allows LAN-based mail systems such as IBM CallUp, Lotus Notes, or cc:Mail to be linked directly to OfficeVision for VM or PROFS for address synchronization.

Advanced Server for Workgroups is a package that includes OS/2, OS/2 LAN Server, System Performance Monitor for OS/2, and Lotus Notes -- everything necessary for starting a LAN workgroup.

BookManager provides an integrated solution for creating and reading electronic documents that combine text, graphic, and image files. It offers powerful search capabilities and hypertext linking -- either within a single book or across a library.

Current-OfficeVision Workgroup Family products provide a Windows-based program that combines an array of standalone productivity tools -- address book, calendar, report generator, and more -- that have the ability to interact seamlessly with OfficeVision upon connection to the host. Versions are available for use with OfficeVision on VM-, MVS-, or OS/400-based hosts.

FlowMark is a client/server workflow manager that uses object technology to help design, refine, document, and control business processes. It enables integration with many different technologies, including host applications and other workgroup tools.

FormTalk is IBM's E-mail-based forms routing product for business professionals and workgroups that can help speed the flow of forms and approvals throughout an organization.

Mail LAN Gateway for OS/2 enables dissimilar mail systems to exchange files and mail. It supports "any-to-any" communication among cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, IBM OfficeVision (VM, MVS, OS/400), PROFS, IBM Mail Exchange, and any SNADS-compliant E-mail application.

Person to Person, IBM's desktop conferencing product, turns ordinary workstations into tools for sharing visual information -- text, graphics, images, or video -- interactively.

SearchManager is a full-text search and retrieval system. Its search engine includes linguistic and precise searching, and supports artificial intelligence query expansion in conjunction with the IBM Thesaurus End User System Toolkit, a component of IBM's Thesaurus Management System that allows users to create, use, and maintain thesauri customized for customers' unique business vocabularies.

Time and Place is a group scheduling and calendar program that can also be linked to OfficeVision host systems, using Time and Place Connectivity/2 to provide LAN workgroups and host users real-time calendaring updates.

Translation Manager is an electronic workbench and productivity tool that allows translators to access online dictionaries and text editors from a single interface. It maintains a library of previously translated material (words, phrases, technical terms) and reuses them automatically -- increasing efficiency and consistency.

Ultimedia Mail, IBM's state-of-the-art multimedia E-mail system, allows users to author, send, receive, and experience E-mail messages containing a variety of media types, including plain text, enriched text, images, sound, motion video, and binary attachments such as programs, spreadsheets, and word processor documents.

Visual Document Library is a document management and retrieval system that can store, organize, and locate text, graphics, and multimedia files across an enterprise.

VisualInfo converts paper documents into electronic images, and manages their storage, retrieval, and routing. It links business applications with folders of supporting documents -- such as faxes, digitized photographs, and scanned forms -- and in conjunction with FlowMark, supports production document management.

Visualizer is IBM's client/server tool set for query, analysis, and presentation of data from IBM and non-IBM relational databases. Workstation products in the Visualizer family include Query, Charts, Procedures, Plans, Statistics, and Ultimedia Query and Development.

For information on any of these products -- or to place an order -- contact your IBM marketing representative, an authorized local dealer, or IBM Direct at (800) IBM-CALL (426-2255).

See also:

People Flow

Talking Heads

IBM WorkGroup: What's In A Name?

IBM WorkGroup Products


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