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transmitted. Other features include a paging function, which enables the computer to notify users via their pagers or PCS
cell phones of the receipt of an incoming fax. WinFax PRO also enables users to send laser-quality faxes, supports a non-
dedicated fax host and allows faxes to be automatically forwarded to another fax number or an e-mail address. Versions of
WinFax PRO run on the Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT operating systems.
ACT! is designed to provide a ready-to-use contact database and integrated calendar, making it a complete solution for
effectively managing business relationships. ACT! has extensive search capabilities that provide instant access to
critical customer information. Utilizing ACT!’ s built-in network support and remote two-way data synchronization for
mobile users, important customer data can be leveraged across teams. ACT! also provides communication methods via
mail merge, telephone, email and fax in a single product. ACT! also enables users to find customers and additional
customer information to supplement their database on the Internet. Versions of ACT! run on the Windows,
Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows CE and Macintosh operating systems.
Procomm Plus is an integrated data communications solution that is designed to enable users to reliably send and
receive information between a PC and a mainframe or minicomputer. Flexible asynchronous terminal emulation allows
users to run full-screen mainframe or minicomputer applications on legacy systems by simply using the PC as the
remote terminal. Users are offered the convenience of a centralized connection directory as well as a specialized
communications scripting language to quickly access a wide range of corporate hosts and on-line systems via terminal
emulations, standard file transfer protocols, FTP or Telnet. Versions of Procomm Plus support Windows, Windows
95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 and MS-DOS applications.
TalkWorks PRO is a voice-messaging product designed for very small businesses and home offices. TalkWorks
PRO’s voicemail features include multiple mailboxes, personalized greetings and fax on demand. Its paging and
notification features enable instant access to urgent messages and customers for TalkWorks users. TalkWorks PRO’s
logging and message management gives the users the capability to track and manage their messages and calls.
TalkWorks PRO also includes the completely integrated faxing capabilities of WinFax PRO 9.0. Versions of
TalkWorks PRO run on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT operating systems.
Norton Mobile Essentials is designed to enable users to setup quickly in multiple locations. It is a tool used by IS/IT
departments to create and deploy location profiles to their mobile workforce. A location profile consists of every
setting that end-users adjust when traveling to different locations such as at client sites, hotels, home or the office. This
product is especially suited for companies with a highly mobile workforce and allows users to adjust to different
locations without having to manually adjust multiple Windows settings at each location. This product also assists IS/IT
professionals in creating and distributing dial-up networking settings and static and DHCP Internet settings in addition
to location profiles. Versions of Norton Mobile Essentials run on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT
operating systems.
Internet Tools
Our Internet Tools business unit includes products providing an easy to use Java development environment. Net
revenues from this business unit were approximately 4% of our net revenues for each fiscal 1999, 1998 and 1997. In
June 1999, we announced our intent to spin out the Internet Tools business unit as an independent company within the
next three to nine months.
Symantec Visual Café (Database Edition) is designed to provide a solution for building business critical Java
applications with database connectivity. This program includes a forms designer for drag-and-drop Graphical User
Interface design. It also includes dbAWARE project wizards that walk users through defining data sources and adding
components as well as controlling the interactions between them. This program also builds Java applications and
connects to multiple databases without requiring the user to write source code. The Database Edition includes 200+
JavaBeans, which are series of pre-written source code and database templates. It connects to over 30 commercially
available databases via industry standard protocols.
Symantec Visual Café (Professional Edition) is designed to provide a Java Integrated Development Environment
solution for creating Java applications and JavaBeans with features geared toward professional Java developers.
Advanced power tools include native compilation, advanced JFC/Swing capabilities, support for both Java
Development Kit 1.1.X and Java Development Kit 1.2 through the pluggable VM feature and Visual Page. To
facilitate easier discovery of problems with source code, this program supports “debugging” directly within a web
browser.