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JOT - Integrates into LOTUS DOMINO
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Posted by Smitty on November 09, 1997 at 22:52:56:
sideware Adds Functions To Domino
By Deborah Gage
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Sideware Systems is launching a new type of groupware
product and has plans for a line of Sideware
software. Formerly known as Jot-It Software, Sideware has an alliance with Lotus Development
and is integrating its Net Notions groupware with
Lotus Domino. The product also will be sold separately.
Net Notions is a client/server product that can be used both locally and over the Internet. It lets
people exchange private or shared notes by
posting them to Web pages, where they stay even after their creator has left.
Changes are replicated and updated in real time. Notes can change size and color and can be
color-coded by sender or topic. They can be
closed and minimized, handle chat, and attach to calendars for setting meetings. Recipients can be
notified of notes through a
"flash-alert-message" containing the URL.
"Anyone who knows the IP address and has a client can connect to the server and access folders
with a password," said Anthony Bird, vice
president of business development. "Without Net Notions you could send a Web page in E-mail,
but it's frozen in time. Shared notes link you to
an up-to-the-minute version."
Sideware expects Net Notions to be especially useful for electronic commerce. The company will
ship a Windows version in November and a
Java version in the second quarter of 1998. A five-user starter kit will sell for $79.95, and a
departmental version will sell for $700.
Sideware expects to launch Net Notions on a virtual storefront and is talking with other ISVs
about reselling their products under a Sideware
category.
"What makes us Sideware is concurrency, which we have patented. It lets our application run
concurrently alongside others without being
invasive, like ActiveX or plug-ins. It doesn't need any proprietary application's code and it doesn't
change other applications. We are looking for
other companies who want to work like this," Bird said.
Sideware has budgeted $1.5 million for advertising to attract people to its storefront. The next
stage is to sell through traditional channels and
offer ways for VARs to use tools to add services, Bird said.
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