Casahl Technology announces support for Lotus' electronic commerce solution.LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1997--INTERNET WORLD-- Casahl's ecKnowledge to provide business-to-business capability for Lotus Domino.Merchant Casahl Technology Inc. Wednesday announced a partnership with Lotus Development Corp. under which Casahl's ecKnowledge product will support Lotus Domino.Merchant solution. Lotus Domino.Merchant is an electronic commerce solution, based on Lotus' highly praised Domino groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. and Web server, that lets companies quickly establish an Internet market presence. Casahl ecKnowledge is a business-to-business Internet commerce system that enables large companies to do business with other companies over the Web. By using Casahl's ecKnowledge with Domino.Merchant, companies will have a complete solution for electronic commerce. "Business-to-business electronic commerce has specific requirements that are sufficiently unique from those of the consumer-to-business marketplace that a 'one-size-fits-all' approach would be inappropriate," said Keith McCall, director of Internet Applications, at Lotus. "By combining Casahl ecKnowledge with Lotus Domino.Merchant, manufacturers, distributors and resellers can expand their electronic commerce applications while continuing to use the Domino Server." Domino.Merchant Domino.Merchant is a member of the extended set of Domino.Applications modules that enable the creation of rich functionality in intranet/extranet sites powered by the Domino server. Domino.Merchant provides the functions companies need for their sales and marketing activities -- from registering site visitors and delivering information on demand, to maintaining a catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , accepting orders, and processing payments securely via credit card or purchase order -- as well as to sites created with other Web site tools. ecKnowledge At the core of ecKnowledge is the ability to facilitate buying and selling relationships throughout an entire market channel, whether it be a large distributor purchasing product from a manufacturer or a reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. selling product to one of its corporate customers. Dynamically generating web pages alleviates the need for a supplier to create separate catalogs for each of its customers, instead using customer profiles to generate catalog content, pricing, kits (bundles) and other customer-specific information on the fly. Integration with existing corporate systems is another important capability of ecKnowledge. ecKnowledge can provide real time product availability through integration with a supplier's inventory control system as well as order entry, order status and invoicing in·voice n. 1. A detailed list of goods shipped or services rendered, with an account of all costs; an itemized bill. 2. The goods or services itemized in an invoice. tr.v. information directly through their OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing system or an existing EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. process. "The customer-specific nature of business-to-business commerce presents some rather unique challenges," said Ken Wilson
"ecKnowledge brings together these frequently conflicting requirements by providing customer-specific information in a system that is supportable, repeatable and scaleable." Casahl Technology Inc. Founded in 1992, Casahl has been a leader in data integration tools. Casahl's first product, NotesSQL, a widely used product, offers an ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. interface to 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. and has been licensed by Lotus since 1993. Replic-Action, Casahl'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. since early 1995, is the industry-leader in integration between Notes and corporate database systems and has been implemented in over 300 Fortune World 1000 companies. Information about Casahl and its products can be obtained through the Casahl Web site (http://www.casahl.com) or by calling Casahl Sales at 800/324-4284. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Lotus Notes, Domino Server and Domino.Merchant are registered trademarks of Lotus Development Corp. ecKnowledge, Replic-Action and NotesSQL are registered trademarks of Casahl Technology Inc. CONTACT: Casahl Technology Inc., Danville, Calif. Ken Wilson, 510/736-7704 ext. 127 |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion