Glyphica Launches New WebDAV Server
Glyphica Launches New WebDAV Server
Glyphica's WebDAV Server Enables Cross-Platform Authoring of, Collaboration on Documents over the Internet
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. May 03, 1999. Glyphica, a leader in the corporate portal market, today announced the availability of its new WebDAV (Distributed Authoring and Versioning) Server. Until now, Web-based content management systems and application servers used their own proprietary methods for managing a remote site. Glyphica's WebDAV server is compliant with the WebDAV protocol, which defines a set of HTTP-based protocols for authoring, management, collaboration and versioning of documents over the Web. WebDAV has considerable backing from Microsoft. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and all Microsoft Office 2000 applications are WebDAV clients. Glyphica's WebDAV Server in conjunction with Internet Explorer 5.0 make it possible for users to drag-and-drop documents from their desktop to Glyphica's document repository. The documents are automatically indexed, versioned and fully searchable over the Internet through PortalWare. Office 2000 users can check out a document from Glyphica's WebDAV server, modify it and save a new version to the server -- all from within the Office 2000 applications. Glyphica's WebDAV server, available for licensing, is a key component of future generations of the company's PortalWare product suite. Glyphica is one of the first companies to ship a solution supporting WebDAV. ``I'm thrilled that Glyphica has announced their commercial WebDAV server solution,'' said Jim Whitehead, chair of the WebDAV working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). ``WebDAV makes the Web a collaborative, writeable medium. WebDAV makes it possible for Web users wherever they are -- whether separated by two companies or two continents -- to write, edit and save shared documents without messing up each other's work. Because WebDAV and HTTP can accommodate all kinds of content, WebDAV can be used just as easily to collaboratively work on a word processing document, spreadsheet, an image file or a Web page.'' Glyphica anticipates demand for its WebDAV Server among PortalWare customers and potential licensees, such as Unix-based server vendors wanting to offer their customers an easy, transparent way to map Unix file systems on Windows. Glyphica is also developing WebDAV client software modules that can be integrated with desktop application products from other vendors to enable them to support this protocol for their customers. Glyphica's PortalWare allows business managers to rapidly deploy business portals for managing, delivering and collaborating on business-critical documents through a browser. Key functionality includes the following: -- One button extranet capability for instantly creating secure, personalized extranets for building one-to-one relationships with customers and partners -- Server-side printing for single or batch printing to any network printer, even remotely o Content intelligence and reporting tools for measuring the efficacy and usage of the portal's content and better responding to users' preferences and needs -- Document conversion from many file formats and paper to fully searchable, compact PDF files -- Workflow and search agent technologies for the review and approval processes and notification of new information -- Powerful full-text and metadata search tools with hit-highlighting for precise search results -- Version and access controls for securing content, preserving previous versions and preventing users collaborating on the same document from inadvertently overwriting each other's changes -- Document viewing inside a browser with complete visual fidelity -- Quick and easy deployment without programming. Remote configuration and management of the system through a browser Adding WebDAV compliance to PortalWare will enable customers to navigate through any WebDAV-compliant server and view the server as if it resides on their local file system. Users can also add new content to their business portal without launching the PortalWare system. In other words, a user working on a Microsoft Office document can ``Save as'' directly to their corporate portal without exiting the Office program. They can also drag and drop files from their local file system or a remote WebDAV-compliant server directly into their portal. ``Part of our differentiation in the corporate portal space -- and the reason we have emerged as a market leader -- is our focus on helping companies serve audiences inside and outside of their organizations,'' said Daryoush Paknad, Glyphica co-founder and CTO. ``Our WebDAV-compliant products enable companies to better serve their customers and employees, no matter what computing platform their customers use. And our support for WebDAV continues our commitment to technology innovation and leadership, and underscores our complete adoption of Web standards.'' Glyphica's WebDAV Server software runs on Windows NT and Solaris operating systems. For more information on licensing Glyphica's WebDAV Server, contact Moni Schlotter at 650/567-1067 or moni@glyphica.com. WebDAV Background WebDAV is a set of extensions to HTTP 1.1 and a proposed standard. The WebDAV specification is available at http://www.ietf.org/. Further information on WebDAV can be found at the WebDAV Resources site at http://www.webdav.org/. About Glyphica and PortalWare Glyphica's PortalWare makes it easy for companies to automatically create personalized extranets, print documents remotely via the Web, immediately convert existing documents and data into Web content, and manage and communicate targeted, business-critical information to customers, partners and employees over the Internet. As a visionary leader in the market, Glyphica's PortalWare solutions help organizations build and sustain business portal sites that collapse sales cycles, increase productivity, improve decision making and better serve customers. PortalWare helps organizations build and sustain corporate portal sites to quickly and securely communicate very targeted information over the Internet, intranets and extranets. Specifically designed to be used by the non-technical, line-of-business professional, PortalWare automates the most burdensome portions of building and sustaining a portal site and provides complete content management capabilities. PortalWare takes all of a business' critical documents and information -- including paper-based or electronic documents and data -- and allows business teams to immediately deliver it via personalized extranets and intranets. It also provides a way for critical information to be communicated back to the organization, providing immediate feedback and increased efficiencies in business processes. Portals built with PortalWare make content deployment efficient and elegant while providing information seekers with a way to quickly access information and tools to help information find relevant audiences. Glyphica, founded in 1996, is based in Mountain View, Calif. Glyphica's cornerstone product suite, PortalWare, allows businesses to rapidly deploy corporate portals for delivering business-critical information via the Internet to customers, partners and employees. The company also provides professional and content production services. Glyphica is financed by Adobe Ventures and through revenues generated from its more than 60 customers. Glyphica's customers include Alza, Amateur Athletic Foundation (Olympic archives), Ascend Communications, Burson-Marsteller, Chevron, Claremont Graduate University (Peter F. Drucker archives), Epson, Execustaff, The Gap , Hambrecht & Quist, JBL/Harman, Metropolitan Life, Miller Freeman, United Airlines, Raco, Stanford University, Wells Fargo, World Bank, and other leading companies. For more information, contact Glyphica at +1 650/428-1800 or visit www.glyphica.com. Contact: Glyphica Renee Dorrell, 650/567-1019 renee@glyphica.com Angela Austin, 650/567-1066 angela@glyphica.com
Prepared by Robin Cover for the The SGML/XML Web Page archive. See also the announcement on the Glyphica server.
