Lotus Development and Sun Microsystems have announced extended offerings for the Application Service Provider (ASP) and enterprise markets.
"To build ASP utilities, companies need scalable, reliable and secure messaging, work group collaboration and transaction processing technology," says Steve Dunbar, Country Marketing and Lotus/IBM Partner Sales Manager, SA.
"ASPs can now provide the next level of collaboration and performance to their customer base with the availability of Lotus QuickPlace 2.0 and the Lotus ASP Solution Pack for the Sun Solaris(TM) Operating Environment," he says.
"With these offerings, Lotus and Sun are providing small and medium business (SMB) customers with secure and reliable hosted solutions, allowing ASPs to reach out to their customers with collaborative solutions and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to find new channels for their applications," he says.
"Lotus Domino, combined with IBM WebSphere for the Solaris Operating Environment, allows companies to build simple, affordable and reliable B2B solutions," says Dunbar.
Lotus` ASP Solution Pack is a hosted application offering that provides a ready-to-host solution set, targeting the specific needs of ASPs and their SMB customers. Under the ASP Solution Pack, Lotus provides its Lotus Host Management System (LHMS), Lotus Domino, Lotus QuickPlace and IBM WebSphere as customisable, dedicated server solutions.
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