IBM announce DOMINO MERCHANT with price
Could this be why the page was close, maybie something with SYD
lets hope.
Sincerely, Michel
Internet World: IBM Announces E-Commerce
Servers, Integration
By Elinor Mills
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 5:35 PM PT, Mar 9, 1998
IBM today announced the availability this month of a family of electronic-commerce servers, as well as additional
platforms for its Web-payment system and a new framework for integrating IBM's commerce servers with existing
enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications.
Announced at Spring Internet World in Los Angeles, the servers are the following:
The entry-level Lotus Domino.Merchant 2.0 Server Pack, which includes the Domino Web server and Domino
Internet Starter Pack, but adds tools to help small businesses create a web site and offer goods online. Domino
Merchant 2.0 Server pack will be available at the end of March for a suggested retail price of $3,495.
The Net.Commerce Start server, geared for small to medium-size businesses, includes the commerce server plus
Store Creation Wizard, IBM CommercePoint eTill for online payments using the Secure Electronic Payments
protocol, predesigned business-to-business and business-to-consumer store fronts and compatibility with
Domino.Web and Lotus Go Server. A SmoothStart service helps customers who implement their e-commerce
sites through IBM Global Services or an IBM business partner.
The Net.Commerce Pro server is targeted at larger businesses with complex commerce web sites that need tight
integration and customization and have a high transaction volume. The server offers catalog tools for creating
software agents that help with shipping and searching, as well as back-end tools for integration with legacy
software such as IBM CICS, MQ Series, SAP R/3 and electronic data interchange.
IBM also announced a new Commerce Extensibility Framework composed of a set of Java objects that will allow
customers to link Net.Commerce servers with other applications, such as ERP. Through Java objects and open APIs
(application programming interfaces), the framework is designed to decrease the amount of time it takes to connect to
Net Commerce back-end systems.
IBM also announced new platform availability for its CommercePoint family of products for online purchasing. The eTill
online cash register for merchants is now available on IBM OS/390 and Sun Solaris, in addition to the previously
supported AIX and Windows NT. IBM CommercePoint Gateway for credit card processing by financial institutions is
now available on OS/390, as well as AIX.
IBM, in Armonk, New York, can be reached at ibm.com.
Elinor Mills is an editor in the San Francisco Bureau of the IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate.
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