OMTOOL ANNOUNCES FIRST ENTERPRISE FAX SERVER SOLUTION COMPATIBLE with WINDOWS NT SERVER 5.0 Submitted By: Golin Tuesday, 20 October 1998

OMTOOL ANNOUNCES FIRST ENTERPRISE FAX SERVER SOLUTION COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS NT SERVER 5.0 Submitted by: Golin Tuesday, 20 October 1998

For More Information: Holly Kirk/Emma Clark The Weber Group Europe 0171 240 6189 [email protected] Fax Sr. 3.0 Supports Microsoft Management Console October 20, 1998 - Anticipating widespread IT migration to the Microsoft Windows NT Server 5.0 operating system, Omtool Ltd. today announced the first fax server solution that supports Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Fax Sr. 3.0 delivers true unified management to IS administrators, leading the industry in readiness for Windows NT Server 5.0. "With the newest release of Fax Sr., Omtool is extending the reach of Windows NT Server by providing Microsoft Management Console support," said Jon Perera, lead product manager for Windows NT Server, Microsoft Corp. "This will allow systems administrators to keep track of incoming and outgoing faxes from the same one-stop shop that runs all their administration tools." Fax Sr. 3.0 takes advantage of Windows NT Server features such as MMC, the default management utility for the BackOffice family of products including Microsoft SQL Server, Windows NT Server, Exchange and Internet Information Server. "Omtool has significantly strengthened the unified messaging capability of Fax Sr. 3.0 by adding fax enhancements to Microsoft Exchange," said Larry Grothaus, Microsoft Exchange Server product manager. "New features, such as the ability to resend a failed fax with a mouse click, create a customised cover page and add billing codes, make Fax Sr. an even more flexible and comprehensive messaging extension to Exchange Server. We are happy to see companies such as Omtool continuing to build upon the Exchange Server platform and provide customers with a wide variety of third-party solutions." Fax Sr. 3.0 Features: · SAPconnect - Fax Sr. enhances its alliance with SAP. Integration with SAP R3 and R2 systems now includes full BAPI SAPconnect support. Users can send and receive faxes from any SAP application including SAPoffice. Any documents and formats can be faxed and broad cast faxed with fax confirmation to the desktop. · Enhancements to Microsoft Outlook - Omtool is recognised for delivering the most advanced fax solution for Outlook. - Real-time fax status with the ability to re-send failed faxes

Page 1 - Outlook folder-based public and private billing code support, providing the ability to record billing on a fax-by-fax basis - Choice of cover page options for each fax - Create custom Outlook forms - Ability to set fax priority using the Outlook "priority flag" · Open Database support - Fax Sr. has a new open database architecture. The system provides native support for any LDAP and ODBC database (such as Exchange Directory, Oracle, SAP, NDS, SQL, etc), enabling administrators to utilise their existing databases instead of creating redundant and proprietary data structures. Adding and maintaining users, phonebooks, or other database information is now automatic by simply using any existing databases. · Totally redesigned client with Windows 98 look and feel. Delivering the concept of public and desktop folders, it is fully self-contained with local modem support that enables users to optionally fax from a laptop computer when away from the office. The client also allows the real time use of any standards-based external database for phonebook. · Symantec's Winfax Pro desktop fax - Fax Sr. will turn any operation using Winfax Pro into a client/server system. Add Winfax pro to any Fax Sr. operation. · New Application Programming Interface - more robust COM-Based API makes OEM integration and end user custom development easier · New Cover Page Designer - Microsoft Word-based tool enables customised design of cover sheets, including addition of graphics, page preview, image resizing Pricing and Availability Fax Sr. 3.0 is available for £1560 in October 1998 from Omtool and its resellers. Fax Sr. Family and Omtool Headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, with offices in the UK, France, and Germany, Omtool designs, develops, markets and supports open, client/server facsimile software, delivering solutions that automate and integrate fax communication throughout the enterprise. Omtool's Fax Sr., LegalFax and Fax/400 product families provide users with an extensive, flexible feature set for transmitting and receiving faxes and improves an organisation's management of its fax communications processes by providing a suite of utility and control functions. With thousands of customers worldwide, Omtool's Fax Sr. is recognised as the leading enterprise fax solution. Fax Sr. is the number-one-selling Windows NT-based fax server for the enterprise and has received many awards from the computer trade press, including Network Magazine Product of the Year for 1998, the 1998 Decision Micro Recommended Fax Server, 1998 Info PC Connectivity Award, the 1998 BackOffice Magazine product selection, the 1998 "Best of Fax Award" from American Fax Association, the 1997 Editor's Choice award from CTI Magazine, and the "1997 Best of LAN Times" award. For additional information, please visit the Omtool, Ltd. World Wide Web home page at www.omtool.com or call Omtool Europe on 0181 541 1444.

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