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PR: Announcing Lotus Domino.Action and Domino.Merchant
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Timothy Sipples)
Sun May 25 12:37:21 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 15 May 1997 17:37:58 GMT
From: tsipple@us.ibm.com (Timothy Sipples)
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Joseph Stunkard, IBM Media Relations
512-838-9642
or
Paul Davis, Lotus Corporation
617-693-8511
LOTUS' DOMINO WEB SERVER SOLUTION AVAILABLE FOR OS/2 WARP
Austin, Texas, May 7, 1997 -- IBM and Lotus Development Corp. today announced
that Domino.Action and Domino.Merchant, Lotus' Domino web server-based
business solution frameworks for site creation and Internet commerce, will now
be available to OS/2 Warp customers. Domino.Action, which is bundled with the
server, provides a solution for designing, creating and maintaining an
electronic presence, either on the public Internet, or on a private intranet.
Domino.Merchant is designed for easy customization and provides corporate
developers and Lotus Business Partners with an inexpensive cost-effective
platform for building industry-specific commerce applications.
"The availability of Domino.Action and Domino.Merchant for OS/2 will enable
many of IBM and Lotus's largest and most sophisticated customers to take
advantage of Domino's Web collaboration functionality very quickly and easily,"
said Keith McCall, director, Lotus Domino.Applications. "Once these customers
have established intranet sites that leverage Domino.Action, they will be able
to extend those sites with the commerce capabilities of Domino.Merchant for
OS/2. We're certain that this integrated package will be very appealing for
organizations that want manageable, cost-efficient solutions for key Web-based
business processes and activities."
"The announcement of Domino.Action and Domino.Merchant for OS/2 Warp continues
on the successful IBM and Lotus tradition of delivering powerful business
solutions to our customers," said Michael Lawrie, general manager, IBM Personal
Software Products division. "With a large installed base of OS/2 servers
worldwide, Lotus is extending its reach to a large and diverse customer base.
OS/2 Warp, together with Domino, is a compelling solution for creating a
presence on the Web and conducting e-business."
Powerful Tools for On-line Store Building and Management
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Domino.Action and Domino.Merchant are based on Lotus Domino, the
critically-acclaimed groupware and e-mail server for the Internet. They are
part of the Domino.Applications family of products that allow organizations to
create intranets and Internet sites and extend the functionality of those sites
with practical, easy-to-use business solutions.
Domino.Action provides the solution for designing, creating and maintaining an
electronic presence, either on the public Internet or on a private intranet.
Domino.Action is designed to get a companies started in the standards-based
world of the Web as quickly and easily as possible -- and to help companies
grow their site in an orderly and manageable fashion.
Domino.Action includes the site creator application for selecting and
configuring the key elements of your Web site or intranet, and templates for
creating applications such as: the homepage; an about-the-company section; a
press release library; job postings; customer feedback; policies and procedures
manuals; discussions, and visitor registration.
Domino.Merchant provides customers with the ability to perform online sales and
marketing activities ranging from registering site visitors and delivering
information on demand, to maintaining a catalogue, and accepting orders. In
addition, it adds value to sites created with other Web site tools by providing
an easy, template-based commerce module that is highly customizable through
Domino's application development capabilities. Domino.Merchant generates
statistics to track customer interest in particular product lines and logs the
collected data in Domino or relational databases for analysis.
Domino.Merchant leverages Domino's security features at many different levels
to protect sensitive information. User access is controlled through Domino's
security model. The Domino.Merchant administrator, through the user directory,
can create and assign users to roles which define their access to the Domino
applications. This prevents unauthorized users from editing content on a
Domino.Merchant Web site.
The trial version of Domino.Merchant and Domino.Action for OS/2 will be
available within the next two weeks for download on the Domino.Applications Web
site at http://www.net.lotus.com.
About IBM and OS/2 Warp
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IBM is the largest software company in the world and is the home of the OS/2
Warp family of products. OS/2 Warp is the ideal operating system solution for
today's network computing environments, offering customers a true
cross-platform business solution. The OS/2 Warp family of products deliver on
the promise of network computing and can include features such as
Internet/intranet connectivity, integrated Java support and dependable systems
management. The OS/2 Warp operating system is the foundation for this broad
family of products, which includes OS/2 Warp, OS/2 Warp Connect, OS/2 Warp
Server, OS/2 Warp Server SMP and the Directory and Security Server for OS/2,
one of the IBM Software Servers.
About Lotus and Domino
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Lotus Domino 4.5 is an applications and messaging server with an integrated set
of services that make possible a broad range of secure, interactive business
solutions for the Internet and intranets. With Domino, businesses may rapidly
build, deploy and manage applications which engage coworkers, partners and
customers in on-line collaboration and coordination of critical business
activities.
Lotus Development Corporation, founded in 1982, is a subsidiary of IBM
Corporation. Lotus offers high-quality software products and services that
reflect the company's unique understanding of the new ways in which individuals
and businesses must work together to achieve success. Lotus' innovative
approach is evident in a new class of applications that allow users to access
and communicate information in ways never before possible, both within and
beyond organizational boundaries. Lotus now markets its products in more than
80 countries worldwide and provides numerous professional consulting, support
and education services through the Lotus Service Group.
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Lotus is a registered trademark and Domino, Domino.Action and Domino.Merchant
are trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation. IBM and OS/2 are registered
trademarks of the IBM Corporation. All other company names and products are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
EDITOR'S NOTE: All Lotus news releases are available on the Internet, via the
Lotus Development Corp. Home Page at http://www.Lotus.com. This release can
also be found at http://www.domino.lotus.com. The Lotus Home Page is an easy
way to find information about Lotus and its business partners' products and
services.
A copy of this release and other company information is also available via fax
by dialing 1-800-57-LOTUS within the U.S. and Canada or 201-946-2336 outside
the U.S. and Canada.
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