Office-Logic

 Every Size Workgroup Can Enjoy Groupware

Office-Logic provides a feature-rich and fully integrated messaging infrastructure with groupware applications that enable workgroup and inter/intra enterprise-wide communication, collaboration and coordination services. The unique collaborative strengths of the Office-Logic architecture provide a powerful and elegant base for enterprise-wide workgroup computing solutions. In development since 1984, Office-Logic has been extremely well accepted because of the high degree of integration of the various modules. In addition to Personal and Group Scheduling, it includes Electronic Mail, the Phone Message Center, Database access, Cardexes, Direct Modem and Internet Communications, Discussion Forums, Real-time conferencing, and much more.

Due to groupware's high costs and extensive hardware requirements, its use has only been a reality in large corporate computing environments. With Office-Logic, every size workgroup can realize the benefits of groupware. Until recently, a messaging system was seen simply as a means for people to exchange E-mail messages. However, as workgroup computing continues to evolve, we are seeing that the proper messaging infrastructure can also eliminate the traditional roadblocks of disparate applications, multiple geographical locations, and prohibitive expenses. These and other developments continue to extend the reach and grasp of users throughout the enterprise and global network environment.

Electronic Messaging

Simple E-mail does not cover the many areas required for efficient communications in today's hectic business community. Office-Logic provides the messaging services required for a strong workgroup cohesiveness. These services include:

Support for electronic mail messages (E-mail). FAXes are routed and viewed as any other electronic message.

Rules/Filter for mail and FAX messages.

Phone Messages that are treated like phone messages, not E-mail. (They are not generated the same way, why treat them the same?)

Workflow routing for collaborative work.

Full message status tracking for selected messages to verify when they are delivered, read, and deleted (or deleted without being read!)

Notification of appointments scheduled through the Group Scheduler module.

Real Time Chat with up to 5 simultaneous users. (DOS, Win 3.x, Win'95, Win NT/2000)

Instant delivery and notification on all events across the entire enterprise.

Calendaring/Scheduling

Office-Logic Groupware has been rated as one of the best network scheduling applications. Office-Logic Groupware has won these accolades because it not only has a user interface with a high acceptability factor from the end user, but also is unmatched in performance across not only the LAN but the WAN intranet, and now, the Internet. The ability to access the available time information of other users in real-time makes Office-Logic the unchallenged leader in scheduling functionality. Regardless of the native platform of the other Office-Logic users, you can check free-time and schedule a meeting in a couple of key strokes. The invitation is then added to each user's schedule and an E-mail confirmation is sent to their "In" box. These features, along with remote accessibility via Office-Logic Remote, keep Office-Logic Groupware in a pace setting position in the calendaring/scheduling market place.

Integrated Messaging Services

At the heart of Office-Logic's unique design is the integration of E-mail, phone messaging, scheduling, calendaring, shared databases, and task management services into a single application. Increasing workgroup productivity is achieved by increasing individual productivity. Office-Logic accomplishes the goal by integrating not just bundling various programs together. Office-Logic has been designed from the ground up to be a tightly integrated tool that lends itself to easy learning and use, without the expensive overhead of additional hardware, administration, and training.

Multiple-Platform Support

Supporting multiple operating system (OS) platforms and desktops has always been a strength and trademark of LAN-ACES, and Office-Logic is no exception. The Office-Logic strategy includes bringing multiple OS platform versions of the client, server, and gateway software to market quickly and consistently. Office-Logic is designed to work as seamlessly in heterogeneous computing environments as in those organizations that have standardized on a single OS platform. Office-Logic will allow those users on less powerful machines to still enjoy the benefits of increased access to valuable information.

Message-Enabling Desktop Applications

MAPI compatibility within Office-Logic accomplishes a major objective in the quest to bring workgroup functionality to desktop applications. MAPI compliance allows desktop applications such as word processors and spreadsheet programs to make a call directly into Office-Logic to "mail-enable" the desktop applications. For end users, mail-enabling means the ability to mail the documents, spreadsheets, or graphics they are working on without leaving their current applications and for the recipient to launch the appropriate application with a single click of the mouse. The originating application will load with the mailed document active, ready for editing or review.

Office-Logic Groupware's integrated E-mail, Fax and Phone Messaging, Calendar and Scheduling, Shared Databases, Discussion Forums, and Task Management solutions will increase the effectiveness and lower the cost of your corporate business processes.