Brainstorm Technologies Announces VB/Link Desktop for Lotus Notes.Cambridge, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 1, 1994 -- Brainstorm Technologies, Inc. today announced a new version of its award-winning Notes connectivity software, VB/Link Desktop for Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. . The new desktop version, based on the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , VB/Link for Lotus Notes, provides end-users unlimited access to all Notes databases, taking advantage of the low cost of Notes Express. VB/Link Desktop and the flagship server version used in conjunction with Lotus Notes Express enables Notes end-users to access all Lotus Notes databases local and on any server. VB/Link Desktop for Lotus Notes is a set of Microsoft Visual Basic custom control VBX (Visual Basic EXtension) A component software technology from Microsoft that enabled a Visual Basic (Windows) program to add functionality by calling ready-made software modules. that provides bi-directional access to local Lotus Notes databases only. Like the flagship version, VB/Link Desktop provides full support for Notes rich-text information, hierarchical Notes views, full-text search A search that compares every word in a document, as opposed to searching an abstract or a set of keywords associated with the document. Word processors and text editors contain full-text search functions that let you find a word or phrase anywhere in the document. and Lotus Notes mail. "VB/Link Desktop is of critical importance to organizations of all sizes that plan to invest in Lotus Notes Express because it now gives users a low-cost way to access all Lotus Notes databases, without having to purchase a full Notes implementation," said Mitchell Liu, chief technology officer of Brainstorm Technologies. "With VB/Link Desktop, I can develop Visual Basic applications that talk to all my local Notes replica databases even easier and less expensively... but with the flexibility to upgrade to the more powerful VB/Link server version should our end-users need it," stated George Hoffman from Sandoz-Agro Pharmaceuticals, who developed an extensive application using VB/Link for tracking and fulfilling chemical sample orders. The company's first product VB/Link for Lotus Notes, introduced in December 1993, is the first product that enables organizations to create custom Windows front- end and SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. data integration applications for Lotus Notes databases. VB/Link is currently used by more than 500 organization worldwide. Available immediately, the new VB/Link Desktop software is priced at $149 with no run-time fees and may be purchased directly from Brainstorm or through its authorized resellers and international distributors. An upgrade to the VB/Link server version is $549. Founded in 1992, Brainstorm Technologies provides both off-the-shelf products and a range of consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" designed to help companies access and integrate data from existing corporate databases with Lotus Notes. Brainstorm's initial product, VB/Link for Lotus Notes, provided the first simple, robust bridge between Lotus Notes data and popular application development platforms such as Microsoft Visual Basic. Privately held, Brainstorm Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. . Its products are used by more than 400 organizations worldwide, including Andersen Consulting See Accenture. , Chevron, Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. It is made up by two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research Corporation (FMR Co. and Price Waterhouse. CONTACT: Terri Slater
Rogers Communications, Inc., (617) 224-1100
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Mitch Liu
Brainstorm Technologies, Inc. (617) 492-3399
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