Beta Schedule: January 2008 – June 2008
Welcome to Hummingbird Connectivity Reach™ Beta Testing Program. During the release cycle of bringing new products and functionality to market, we encourage our customers and prospects to participate in the Beta Program to help us identify bugs, enhance the quality and performance of our products, and fine-tune these components and products to better meet your needs.
If our Reach Beta program is of interest to you, please
sign up now. Upon receiving your registration form, the program manager will contact you to further assess your environment and the needs of the project.
Please Note: Filling out the Beta application does not necessarily guarantee your acceptance into the Reach Beta Program.
Enterprise Directory and Presence Awareness
- Presence awareness with personalized status and notification
- Personal contact list management
- LDAP directory integration
Instant Communication
- One-to-one messaging
- Group/team messaging
- Full application and screen sharing
- Automatic conversation archiving
Team workspaces
- Store and share a wide variety of content types
- Intuitively organize project content
- Track document updates/versions
- Coordinate meetings and schedules with full Microsoft Outlook integration
Secure Universal Access
- Access Reach over the Internet
- End-to-end SSL encryption
- Easy firewall transversal
- Access/permission control for team/project workspaces
For Organizations
- Facilitate decision making and accelerate project delivery
- Reduce long distance costs and improve communication efficiency
- Reduce team project-related email volume
For Teams
- Easily facilitate global virtual teams
- Enhance information workflow
- Organize and structure information
- Share and preserve content
For Information Workers
- Improve personal and team productivity
- Reduce inbox ?clutter?
- Easily switch between asynchronous and synchronous communication
Beta Tester Requirements
- Install the server software on one of their machines
- Deploy the client software on 5 to 20 desktops
- Active usage the software functionalities for a minimum of 4 weeks:
- One-to-one and group messaging
- Application and screen sharing
- Team Workspaces
- Group scheduling and meetings
- Help Hummingbird Connectivity technical teams solve technical issues and assist them in collecting technical data
- Answer the Beta surveys that will take place throughout the program (2 to 4 surveys)
Technical Requirements
Hummingbird Connectivity Reach Client:
- Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or Microsoft Windows Vista with.Net 2 or .Net 3 (Office 2003 and 2007 supported)
Hummingbird Connectivity Reach Server:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 + JDK 1.5 + Tomcat 5.5 + SQL Server 2000 (or SQL Server 2005 Express)
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