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Harbinger Supports Microsoft BizTalk Framework for Adoption of XML in Electronic Commerce
ATLANTA, GA - September 23, 1999 - Harbinger Corporation (NASDAQ:HRBC), a worldwide supplier of Electronic Commerce
software, services and solutions, announced today that it is working with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) to support
the development of its BizTalk Framework, a newly developed tool that promises to advance the adoption of eXtensible
Markup Language (XML) in Electronic Commerce. Separately, Harbinger also announced that it is collaborating with
Microsoft to establish standards, incorporating XML schema and guidelines, for use with online catalog data management
systems.
Harbinger is supporting BizTalk in four key areas: First, Harbinger is integrating BizTalk into new products from
its Harbinger Labs Division. Second, Harbinger is collaborating with Microsoft to establish standards for online
catalog data management. Third, Harbinger is enabling its harbinger.netSM E-Commerce network portal to exchange
BizTalk-compatible XML documents, thus immediately enabling all of its network customers with online access to XML
from popular data translation standards. Finally, Harbinger plans to support the BizTalk Framework across its
TrustedLink™ family of mapping and translation software products, which will give Harbinger's 40,000 customers
on-site translation capabilities for BizTalk-compatible XML documents.
"Harbinger's alliance with Microsoft and its support for the BizTalk initiative demonstrates our drive and desire to
stay one step ahead in providing the market with next generation products and services," said Les Wyatt, Vice
President of Product Marketing and Management for Harbinger. "BizTalk offers Harbinger an excellent base upon which
to build and create a structured XML framework and extend its core competence in data translation. XML has the
potential to become the Internet E-Commerce standard of choice, and together with Microsoft, we expect to help
drive acceptance and agreement for XML in the marketplace."
The BizTalk Framework enables companies with different software applications and programming languages to exchange
data in the form of business transactions with their customers and suppliers. BizTalk technology is based on XML,
an Internet-centric language that incorporates attributes of HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) technologies. The BizTalk Framework includes a design framework for implementing an XML schema
and a set of XML tags used in messages sent between applications. Microsoft and Harbinger, other software companies
and industry standards bodies will use the BizTalk Framework to produce XML schema in a consistent manner enabling
integration across industries and business systems, regardless of platform, operating system or underlying technology.
More information about the BizTalk Framework is available at www.biztalk.org.
"Microsoft is delighted to have the support of an E-Commerce leader such as Harbinger to help accelerate the
adoption of XML in Web applications," said Microsoft Industry Manager for E-Commerce, Marcus Schmidt. "Its
experience in deploying real-world data translation solutions will encourage industry leaders to look more
closely at the BizTalk Framework for XML, setting the stage for its widespread acceptance and utilization."
Additional BizTalk Resources
General information about the BizTalk Framework: http://www.biztalk.org
General information about Microsoft BizTalk initiatives for business users, developers and press:
http://www.microsoft.com/industry/biztalk/
Microsoft news releases on the BizTalk Framework and related news:
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/press/1999/May99/BTcomPR.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/press/1999/Mar99/biztalkpr.htm
Other BizTalk-related news releases:
http://www.microsoft.com/industry/biztalk/press/press.stm
BizTalk/BizTalk Server white papers:
http://www.microsoft.com/industry/biztalk/developers/whitepapers/whitepapers.stm
About Harbinger
Harbinger Corporation is a leading worldwide provider of business-to-business Electronic Commerce software, services
and solutions. The company maximizes its customers' business potential with comprehensive, scalable E-Commerce
solutions that help streamline operations, increase profitability and build electronic trading communities. Harbinger's
objective is to serve more customers using Internet Protocols (IP) than any other provider and to establish
harbinger.netSM as the preferred transaction portal for E-Commerce information and mission-critical,
business-to-business E-Commerce transactions. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Harbinger provides worldwide
support to its customer community from multiple International operations facilities. For more corporate information,
go to www.harbinger.com. Access Harbinger's online EC Resource Center and
other network services at www.harbinger.net.
This press release contains statements which may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of
Harbinger Corporation and members of its management as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based.
Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such
forward-looking statements. Important factors currently known to management that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in forward- statements include fluctuation of our operating results, the ability to
compete successfully and the ability to integrate acquired companies. Additional factors are set forth in the
Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for Forward-looking Statements included as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise
forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to
future operating results.
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service mark of Harbinger Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other company and product names referenced herein
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Contact:
Wendy Gold
Harbinger Corporation
404-467-3343
wendy.gold@harbinger.com
Stacy Beck
GCI Group
404-870-3779
sbeck@gcigroup.com
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