LEXIS-NEXIS suite of Intranet news and business information products now operate on Domino 4.5.

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1997--LEXIS-NEXIS announced today that it has added Domino 4.5 server and Lotus Notes(R) 4.5 client to the wide array of delivery platforms used to receive its customized news and information products.

"With LEXIS-NEXIS Tracker, companies using Domino 4.5 can distribute customized news and business information via their corporate Intranets," said Patrick Toner, senior director, LEXIS-NEXIS Business Information Services. "When critical information about customers, competitors and industries is more accessible to employees, particularly decision-makers, companies achieve a competitive advantage."

Domino 4.5 provides a new level of functionality for creating groupware applications for the Internet and corporate intranets that are accessible via Web browsers or Notes clients. Now, anyone with a Web browser has access to the information contained in a Lotus Notes database. Domino 4.5 combines the power and security of Notes with the reach and flexibility of the Internet. Domino 4.5 enables every worker in a company, whether mobile or on-site, to reach his or her Notes server by using a Web browser.

LEXIS-NEXIS will demonstrate its suite of products that operate on Domino 4.5 and Lotus Notes at Lotusphere in Booth C28-30 from January 27-29, 1997 in Orlando at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel.

"LEXIS-NEXIS has been a Lotus Business Partner since 1994 and designed its first groupware product to operate on Lotus Notes," said, Larry McMenamy, vice president, Worldwide Partner Programs, Lotus Development Corp. "We expect that relationship to continue to flourish with the advent of LEXIS-NEXIS products on Domino 4.5 and the company's recent designation as a Premium Lotus Business Partner."

LEXIS-NEXIS TRACKER gives professionals a competitive edge by providing a daily source of targeted, up-to-date information for decision-making. Many Trackers are compiled from more than 7,100 regional, national, and international newspapers, magazines, trade journals and business publications of the LEXIS(R)-NEXIS(R) online service. Federal bill tracking, state and federal case law, patents and information from the Federal Register are now also available via TRACKER. The LEXIS-NEXIS TRACKER is the least expensive product of its kind on the market today. Unlike other, similar services, there are no start up or maintenance fees for TRACKER.

TRACKER is available on Domino 4.5, Lotus Notes(R), Microsoft(R) Mail, Novell GroupWise(TM), Lotus cc:Mail, as well as on the Internet. Demonstrations of TRACKER and other LEXIS-NEXIS e-mail, groupware and Internet products are available at http://www.lexis-nexis.com/esp .

The LEXIS-NEXIS service is distinguished from all other electronic information sources, including the World Wide Web, by the scope and quality of its online content. On average, LEXIS-NEXIS adds 14 million documents each week to more than one billion documents online. In comparison, the World Wide Web adds more than 300,000 documents each week to its current estimated total of 39 million documents. In addition, LEXIS-NEXIS offers exclusive, high-quality articles and information not found on the Web.

LEXIS-NEXIS, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is the world's leading provider of enhanced information services and management tools. The company's mission is to help legal, business and government professionals collect, manage and use information more productively.

LEXIS-NEXIS is a division of Reed Elsevier Inc., and a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group (http://www.reed-elsevier.com), one of the world's leading publishing and information businesses. Reed Elsevier has annual sales of approximately $5 billion and 25,000 employees. It is owned equally by Reed International P.L.C. (NYSE:RUK) and Elsevier NV (NYSE:ENL).

Information about LEXIS-NEXIS and Reed Elsevier may be found at the LEXIS-NEXIS Communication Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.lexis-nexis.com/ . A listing of additional news releases available via fax may be obtained by calling (800) 34-NEXIS or (800) 25-LEXIS and ordering document No. 0001. -0-

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