CommuniGate Pro RealTime Unified Messaging Server on OpenVMS

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CommuniGate Pro Real-Time Unified Messaging
ServeronOpenVMS
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CommuniGate Pro

• Is available on OpenVMS Integrity and
  AlphaServer
  
• Go to http//www.stalker.com/content/download.htm
  to obtain the OpenVMS kits
  
• All feedback welcome
• In Beta Field Test on OpenVMS at
• Central Bank of Russia and
• Correctional Services Canada

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OH NO ? Not another messaging system

• No it isnt..
• CommuniGate Pro goes way beyond Unified
  Messaging, offering new capabilities that can
  reduce overall communication costs

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Summary of HP World OpenVMS Customer Survey

• 96 responses to a questionnaire at HP World,
  Chicago August 04
  
• Nearly 50 are interested in a Unified Messaging
  Solution on OpenVMS
  
• The top three requested operational features play
  directly to the strengths of OpenVMS, namely
  
• low virus risk, implying a highly secure
  environment
  
• very high uptime
• low TCO
• 75 requested Outlook support
• 68 access from a browser
• 50 requested wireless support
• 36 wanted Short Message Service (SMS) support

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Stalker Software Inc. Company Profile

• Trading since 1991 80M turnover in 2003
  greater in 2004
  
• Three new Telcos signed up in Q304 (Mexico,
  Finland, South Africa) representing 9M
  subscribers best quarter ever
  
• Over 60M subscribers in 9,00 customers on six
  continents
  
• 850 resellers worldwide but mainly sell to SMB
  direct/retail and provide little support
  
• Now expanding into the Enterprise 500-50K seat
  companies with realistic sales cycle
  
• For this Stalker are signing up select System
  Integrators in US/Canada, Australia, UK and one
  or two to cover Europe, likely based in Germany

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CommuniGate Pro

• Written in C with virtual machine layer
  between the app and the op/sys to ease
  portability and support
  
• 33 platforms with OpenVMS Alpha and Itanium
  November 2004 OpenVMS first Integrity op/sys
  
• Major Competition
• Critical Path Content Management
• OpenWave Mobility
• Sendmail Content Management
• iPlanet, sold by Sun to Red Hat and now Open
  Source
  
• Microsoft had to develop Live Communication
  Server for real-time communications at 80/seat
  as Exchange is not up to the task
  

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CommuniGate Pro - Awards
Software Product of the Year and Best Large
Scale Mail System Winner Well Connected Awards
, Network Computing Magazine. Editors Bid Win
ner - Network Computing Magazine
Performance contest in Corporate and ISP
E-Mail environments. Passed heavy-load IMAP tes
ts with ZERO errors to beat iPlanet, Critical
Path, Novell, Mirapoint, and Rockliffe.
Best Mail Server Winner - LinuxWorld Expo Edit
ors Choice Award 2003 Best Messaging Server S
olution Winner - LinuxWorld Expo San Francisco
2004 CommuniGate Pro Rating 8 (out of 10) / Se
ndmail Rating 6 (out of 10) Mail Apps Go Head
to Head - CNET Linux Center
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Service Provider, Telco and Wireless Customers
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Enterprise, Government and Educational Customers
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SIP Session Initiation Protocol

• Next-generation, standards-based protocol for
  integrating PBX/voice, video, voice over IP
  (VoIP) and instant messaging (IM) applications
  
• Based on HTTP and MIME, enabling application
  mobility
  
• Establishes user presence and location

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SIP enables CommuniGate Pro to deliver

• In addition to
• Native Outlook support
• Web Access
• Calendaring
• Group Scheduling
• Journaling, to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley etc.
• Instant Messaging (IM)
• IMAP, POP3, FAX support
• French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese,
  Russian
  

• Integration of
• Voice over IP - VoIP
• Video
• Video Conferencing
• Soft PBX services
• Virtual Classroom
• Webinar Services
• At lower cost than existing discrete services

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Benefits of SIP

• Easy service integration
• Compatible with any SIP-based client
• Leverage existing network infrastructure
• High scalability
• Handles thousands of simultaneous SIP requests
• Reduced Operational Costs
• Long Distance Charges, Video Conferencing,
  Proprietary IM Services

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CommuniGate Pro 4.3 Overview

• Look-alike Skins
• Provides enterprises with a more Exchange-like
  Experience
  
• Skins customizable
• Supports German, French, Japanese, Russian,
  Spanish and Portuguese
  
• SIP Registrar Services
• Enables system to monitor user status (e.g. SIP
  devices, network location of devices, etc.)
  
• Mobility through SIP-based devices (e.g., SIP
  phone, softphone, wireless device, etc.)
  
• Instant Messaging
• More secure than public IM portals
• Integrates with Webmail to provide IM capability
  from any browser
  
• Archive IM text per company policies
• Desktop, Application and Whiteboard Sharing
• Share the desktop complemented by voice, video
  and IM (e.g. tech support help desk)
  
• Share individual applications in real-time
  complemented by voice, video and IM
  
• VoIP/Video Conferencing

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Benefits to Target Markets

• Small and Mid-size Enterprises
• Reliability, scalability and high performance
• Replaces complex and unreliable messaging
  environment
  
• Real-time communications via integrated IM, voice
  and video
  
• True Universal inbox for all communications
• Server acts as proxy for NAT based networks
• Improved phone reception quality and reduced long
  distance costs associated with phone service
  
• Telcos/Internet Service Providers
• Enhances revenue with value added features
• Email, Calendaring, Real-time Communications
• End Users
• Performance e.g. large mailboxes (over 100MB)
• Broad range of client support

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Competitive LandscapeFilling the Gap
Back-end scalability support for
large numbers of accounts
Lotus Notes
Desktop functionality collaboration applications
iPlanet
Microsoft Exchange
Critical Path
Openwave
Stalker Software
Novell GroupWise
Sendmail
Nortel
Avaya
Cisco
Network, equipment, and VoIP players in the market
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Product Roadmap

• Voice/Video Media Server
• Record/playback messages and video
• Foundation for an office call center
• Store recorded messages in an email Inbox in
  formats accessible by regular
  email clients (e.g. MS Outlook)
  
• Office PBX System/Application Server
• PBX system that can be administered via a web
  interface
  

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OpenVMS CommuniGate Pro Solution

• OpenVMS Foundation Operating Environment - FOE
• including Enterprise Directory and its Mgmt GUI
• optional VMSCluster software
• CommuniGate Pro
• Including MAPI Connector, coupled with Sophos
  anti-virus software and an anti-SPAM product
  
• Optional Dynamic Clustering software which
  exploits VMSCluster Active-Active and other
  capabilities
  
• Integrity or AlphaServers, as appropriate

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Key USPs of CommuniGate Pro on OpenVMS Integrity

• Compared to Exchange and Notes
• Lower TCO, as 50 is due to people costs (Admin,
  Help Desk etc.)
  
• Two orders of magnitude more secure than Windows
  based solutions
  
• New integrated VoIP and video capabilities at no
  extra cost opportunity to replace/enhance
  existing communication systems
  
• Much lower initial purchase price on a par with
  Linux based solution
  
• Greater reliability
• Proven massive scalability (3M subscribers on a
  Tru64 Cluster)
  

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Price Comparison to Exchange
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Coexistence with Exchange during migrations
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Thank You
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