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*** OS/2 NEWS: IBM announces AttachPak for OS/2 Warp Connect
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (tsipple@vnet.IBM.COM)
Sat Sep 30 06:48:25 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:41:18 GMT
From: tsipple@vnet.IBM.COM
Reply-To: tsipple@vnet.IBM.COM
Submitted by: Timothy F. Sipples (tsipple@vnet.ibm.com)
Source: Timothy F. Sipples (tsipple@vnet.ibm.com)
Date received: 1995 September 26
Date posted: 1995 September 29
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IBM announces AttachPak for OS/2 Warp Connect
Provides Lotus Notes Client Capability
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 20, 1995...IBM announced today that its
AttachPak for OS/2* Warp Connect will be available by the end of
September. This add-on to OS/2 Warp Connect provides a broad set
of advanced connectivity capabilities, including a Lotus Notes
Desktop trade-up from Lotus Notes Express, that creates an
enhanced enterprise solution for medium and large corporate
customers.
Advanced Connectivity Features
Warp Connect offers a full set of integrated networking
capabilities and software that provide peer and remote
connections along with TCP/IP for dial-up and LAN access to the
Internet, access to the most popular online services, and Lotus
Notes Express. AttachPak builds on the foundation of OS/2 Warp
Connect to provide advanced connectivity and groupware
capabilities that many businesses require. In addition to
providing access to Notes applications, the AttachPak allows
users to process host information through 3270 terminal
emulation, monitor performance at the PC and run Systems Network
Architecture (SNA) applications.
AttachPak offers:
o Lotus Notes Desktop -- designed for organizations that want
a cost-effective way to deploy corporate-wide applications.
Notes Desktop is a Notes run-time client that allows users
to utilize Notes applications and includes 25 application
templates such as customer tracking, document library and
workflow. Additionally, Notes Desktop enables organizations
to leverage Notes' unique groupware capabilities, including
compound document management, mobile support, replication
and robust security.
o IBM Personal Communications/3270 for OS/2 Entry Level --
allows communication abilities between desktop users and
mainframes. This emulation capability increases productivity
for the user by allowing access to information stored on a
host computer within the organization.
o Communications Manager/2 SNA Application Environment --
protects customers' investments by allowing computers
to exchange data with systems using the Advanced
Program-to-Program Communication (APPC) protocol. The SNA
Application Environment allows users to access information
from a mainframe or workstation.
o Mobile File Sync -- allows LAN clients to disconnect from
the network and still work with cached files from the
server. When the client is reconnected, mobile and server
files are synchronized. This ensures that users will be
working with the most current version of their data.
o Performance monitoring -- allows a network administrator to
determine if a computer is running at peak efficiency.
System Performance Monitor/2 helps identify and solve
performance issues of OS/2 systems via data collection,
recording, graphing, reporting and analyzing facilities for
a single workstation.
Additional features include a Distributed Computing
Environment (DCE) Client, a Dial-in-Access-to-LANs (DIALs) client
that allows remote LAN access using an IBM 8235 Server and AnyNet
Sockets for OS/2 to support protocol independence for Socket
applications. AnyNet Sockets for OS/2 allows these applications
to run over NetBIOS, IPX or SNA networks. AttachPak also
provides NetView Distribution Manager/2 (NVDM/2) Start Up, which
downloads the NVDM/2 client that is licensed separately. This
NVDM/2 client permits software distribution over a network.
This addition to the OS/2 Warp family of products further
strengthens the ability of users to grow within the OS/2 Warp
product line. Clients can use the single platform to expand from
the premier 32-bit desktop operating system to OS/2 Warp Connect,
LAN Server and to the upcoming OS/2 Warp Server.
IBM AttachPak for OS/2 Warp Connect will be available
through retail outlets for a suggested retail price of $209.
Users may also dial 1-800-3IBM-OS2 to order a copy.
*Indicates trademark or registered trademark of the IBM Corp.
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