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Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 as content repository, Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) enables organizations to build scalable content management solutions. Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) 2005 Client for Microsoft Outlook 2003 lets user organize, manage, and work with mission critical business content from within Outlook 2003. Program seamlessly integrates with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and leverages capabilities in Office 12 to optimize user interaction with content.
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Hummingbird Announces Outstanding Support for SQL Server 2005
Tight integration of Microsoft and Hummingbird offerings enable organizations to seamlessly and cost effectively extend the value of their IT investments
TORONTO, ON and SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov. 7 /-- Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ:HUMC)(NASDAQ:TSX:)(NASDAQ:HUM), a leading global provider of integrated enterprise content management (ECM) and network connectivity solutions, today unveiled extended capabilities for transparent deployment of Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) on the Microsoft Office platform, taking advantage of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 as the content repository. Recognized for its strong heritage as a long-standing Microsoft partner, with a large installed base of shared Microsoft customers globally, Hummingbird is committed to continuous innovation in the delivery of breakthrough technologies that embrace and extend the value of Microsoft technologies.
Hummingbird Enterprise empowers organizations to build enterprise scalable content management solutions without ever having to leave the familiar Microsoft user experience inherent with Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, Outlook, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office "12," while taking advantage of the scalability and performance of SQL Server 2005.
Enterprise Scalable Repository
Hummingbird has a proven track record in delivering enterprise-scale content management implementations that preserve and extend the value of SQL Server as a corporate database.
Hummingbird Enterprise 2005 will take advantage of enhanced SQL Server 2005 capabilities, including improved management of XML data types and query of XML objects, database administration and manageability, database recovery and scalability enhancements.
"Hummingbird has established an enviable record of innovation in the delivery of enterprise-class content management solutions with SQL Server as the database engine," said Mike Tuchen, general manager of SQL Server at Microsoft Corp. "We are very pleased with Hummingbird's commitment to Microsoft as a long-standing industry partner and its highly visible participation at the SQL Server 2005 launch activities. Microsoft is looking forward to working closely with Hummingbird to realize the full value of SQL Server 2005 for our joint customers."
"Hummingbird continues to invest heavily in research and development to provide organizations with unequaled integration and interoperability between Hummingbird Enterprise and the new Microsoft offerings, consistently exceeding expectations to seamlessly and cost effectively extend the value of their IT investments," said Barry Litwin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hummingbird. "Hummingbird Enterprise, with its unrivalled integration with the Microsoft desktop applications and SQL Server, will continue to be the best choice for organizations looking to ensure measurable ROI in the form of re-usable ECM solutions."
User Experience
Users live within Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 as their preferred client application for managing business content, while SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is used as a consumption-oriented content aggregation and publishing environment. The Hummingbird Enterprise design architecture is based on enhancing the value of these applications in a manner that empowers users to non-intrusively access and manage content with Hummingbird Enterprise from any of the Microsoft desktop applications:
- The Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) 2005 Client for Microsoft Outlook 2003 is a breakthrough implementation enabling users to organize, manage and work with mission critical business content from within Outlook 2003. Based on fully customizable business-centric views, users can dynamically manage content in the way their organizations work, using the familiar Outlook 2003 user experience in all phases of managing business content. Microsoft Outlook 2003 acts as the gateway to Hummingbird's scalable enterprise content management solution that helps organizations realize efficiency improvements and preserve the value of their business content without ever having to leave the familiar Outlook 2003 interface.
- Hummingbird Enterprise is seamlessly integrated with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to enable users to securely access Hummingbird Enterprise content services, including access to document profiles and metadata, version control, check-in/check out, profile and metadata search, as well as records management functionality including the ability to browse the file plan, declare records, and assign retention and disposition rules to business content.
- Hummingbird Enterprise will leverage new capabilities in Office "12" to further improve the way users interact with content, and complement Office "12" by delivering an enterprise content management suite that features enterprise-class document and content management, high-volume imaging, business process management and certified records management capabilities.
- Hummingbird Enterprise will fully exploit the advanced XML support in Office "12," empowering organizations to implement line of business enterprise content life cycle management solutions that require highly structured content creation capabilities, such as contract life cycle management, deal management, pitch books, precedents, correspondence and capital project management solutions.
About Hummingbird Enterprise(TM)
Hummingbird Enterprise provides an integrated platform for enterprise content management that provides global organizations with solutions to manage business interaction information such as documents, records, virtual deal room exchanges, discussions, e-mail or financial data - linking business processes, information and people. Hummingbird solutions are designed as modular applications that are fully interoperable with each other, enabling customers to incrementally build an enterprise content management solution to meet their evolving information needs in a cost effective manner.
About Hummingbird
Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ:HUMC)(NASDAQ:TSX:)(NASDAQ:HUM) is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions. The Company's enterprise software solutions fall into two principal categories: enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, and network connectivity solutions. Hummingbird's ECM solutions enable organizations to manage the lifecycle of enterprise content from creation to disposition, thereby enabling organizations to address critical business needs, such as information management, business continuity, compliance and risk mitigation. The network connectivity solutions provide a comprehensive set of core network technologies that enables the enterprise to connect to any type of legacy system.
Founded in 1984, Hummingbird employs over 1,500 people and serves more than 33,000 customers, including 90% of Fortune 100. Hummingbird solutions are sold directly from 40 offices worldwide and through an Alliance Network of partners and resellers. For more information, visit http://www.hummingbird.com/
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CONTACT: Michele Stevenson, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, Hummingbird Ltd., Tel: (416) 496-2200 ext. 2623, michele.stevenson@hummingbird.com; To request a free copy of this organization's annual report, please go to www.newswire.ca/ and click on Tools for Investors.
