Lotus Notes now available for Solaris on Intel; Brings Enterprise Information, Higher Productivity to PC-based Workgroups and Servers.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 1995--SunSoft, Inc., and Lotus Development Corp. today announced that 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. (r) Release 3.30 is now available for the Solaris x86(tm) operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . With this new platform, Notes can be used by all Solaris users across an entire organization including x86 clients and/or workgroup servers, as well as SPARC-based enterprise servers. Users can take advantage of the advanced networking capabilities and scalability of Solaris servers and the workgroup computing power of Notes. "Lotus Notes(r) is the leading client-server groupware application in the marketplace today, while SunSoft's Solaris is the world's leading 32-bit UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). operating environment for networked enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. systems," said Janpieter Scheerder, president, SunSoft, Inc. "By combining these two powerful technologies, we can offer organizations a more scalable, more robust platform for Lotus Notes to help small and large groups work together, more efficiently, more reliably and more effectively - especially when performing mission-critical work." "Notes support for Solaris x86 extends our relationship with SunSoft and continues our commitment to our customers to provide as many options as possible for their Notes environment," said Jeff Papows, vice president, Communications Business Group, Lotus Development Corp. "Lotus Notes on Solaris x86 allows corporations that have Intel-based servers on the workgroup level and SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill servers on the enterprise level to run strategic Lotus Notes applications within a single operating environment which is specifically geared toward multi-user business process applications." Availability Lotus Notes for Solaris x86 is available immediately for an estimated street price of $275.00 for quantities of 50 or more through authorized partners and resellers. Lotus Notes for Solaris x86 requires Solaris x86 2.4. For more information on Solaris x86, call 1-800-SUNSOFT. For more information regarding Lotus Notes call Lotus at 1-800-346-1305. About Solaris Solaris is the most powerful, flexible operating environment for enterprise computing today, allowing both large and small businesses to grow and evolve without sacrificing hardware and software investments. As the world's #1 UNIX environment, Solaris commands an installed base of 2 million users and supports more than 10,000 native 32-bit applications. Solaris enterprise solutions deliver business results through laptop-to-mainframe scalability, built-in networking and compatibility across SPARC, x86/Pentium and PowerPC platforms. Whether for enterprises migrating to client/server networks, managing and connecting PC workgroups to enterprise data, accessing the Internet, or running popular applications on powerful desktop computers, Solaris provides the power, performance, quality and reliability needed in today's mission-critical business environment. About SunSoft SunSoft, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc., with offices worldwide. SunSoft's charter is to design, market, sell and support the industry's highest-quality software environment to enable businesses to gain a competitive advantage through information systems. SunSoft delivers a suite of solutions that easily and cost-effectively connect, integrate and manage large enterprise environments. The products are licensed by SunSoft and distributed through major computer manufacturers and resellers worldwide. SunSoft's World Wide Web address is http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/. About Lotus Notes and Lotus Lotus Notes is the leading client-server platform for developing and deploying strategic groupware applications that help organizations communicate, collaborate and coordinate strategic business processes within and beyond their organizational boundaries to achieve improved business results. More than 6,000 companies and more than 2 million people use Notes to improve key business processes such as customer service, sales and account management, and product development. Lotus Notes supports all major operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. including IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) OS/2 Warp The client version of the OS/2 operating system. It includes peer-to-peer networking, fax and communications programs, multimedia viewing and editing applications and IBM Works (word processing, spreadsheet, database and other office tools). Introduced in late 1994 as Version 3. , Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. and Windows NT, and UNIX platforms including IBM AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , Sun Solaris, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , and SCO OpenServer. Notes is also available as a NetWare loadable module See NLM. for the Novell environment. Lotus Development Corp., a subsidiary of IBM Corp., offers high quality software products and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other 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 allows information to be accessed and communicated in ways never before possible, both within and beyond organizational boundaries. The company also provides numerous support services, both from its consulting division and its award-winning 24-hour support center. -0- Note to Editors: 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, SunSoft, the SunSoft logo and SPARC are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks of Lotus Development Corp. Notes is a trademark of Lotus Development Corp. All other products or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: SunSoft, Inc. Diane McGary, 415/336-1379 or Golin/Harris Technologies Jennifer Giles, 415/904-7000 Lois Paul & Partners Kevin Kosh or Diane Horak, 617/862-4514 Kevin_Kosh@lpp.com Diane_Horak@lpp.com |
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