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To: LastShadow who wrote (24122)	11/1/1999 9:58:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 43080

NOV 1, 1999, M2 Communications - Interliant, a leading provider of Web site and application hosting offers InterCommunity, Lotus' Domino-based solution for creating and managing large-scale professional online communities. Built on the Domino Instant! Host platform, InterCommunity provides a framework for the creation of hosted communities, which integrate standard applications into a self-administered private environment. Hence, any large group with the same aims, such as trade associations, government bodies or corporate supply chains can benefit from secure, timely and efficient communication, information-sharing and processes which foster optimised business opportunities and partnerships. The types of communities best suited for InterCommunity are ideally those with more than 1,000 members due to the built-in scalability of the solution. The benefits of InterCommunity are widespread. For example, Corporate Supply Chains can take advantage of streamlined business processes, secure links to suppliers, distributors, partners and employee groups or bolster intuitive communications between multiple parties. Associations can use InterCommunity as an electronic meeting hall; a place to share ideas and contacts as well as a place to sell services to perfectly targeted audiences. Governments can establish. forums to discuss issues with political action groups and constituents, debate election strategies, publish calls to tender and provide access to records. "InterCommunity represents a natural extension of our current ASP solutions offering," says Jim Lidestri, President of Interliant. "It complements both our Self-Service Web Applications for SMEs and our Packaged Solutions for Enterprises." Interliant will host InterCommunity at its data centres, configuring the software on behalf of individual customers. Initially, customers will be offered four standard application templates: discussion forum, conununity calendar, document library and classified advertisement tool. Interliant has engaged business partners to customise the look and feel of the applications for customers and to develop new applications based on specific requirements. Interliant has been a Lotus 'Net Service Provider Alliance Partner and Premier Partner for the last several years, maintaining a strong partnership with Lotus globally. In 1997 the two companies co-developed Domino, Instant! Host (DIH), the hosting platform that already drives popular web solutions InstantTEAMROOM and QuickPlace. Interliant's hosted solutions give customers the freedom to focus on core business activities carried out over the InterCommunity infrastructure without having to worry about building or managing that infrastructure. All the technical aspects and issues - maintenance, reliability and scalability - are managed by Interliant. "Interliant's global track record in hosting including server management expertise, Internet know-how and its hands-on experience with the DIH platform makes it an ideal organisation for us work with to deliver InterCommunity," says Paul Taylor. General Manager, Telco & ISP Group - Europe, Middle East and Africa, Lotus Development. Available from 26 October, the InterCommunity hosted service requires just a thin client (i.e. a browser) and a nominal fee per person per month Interliant will provide InterCommunity users with support via e-mail and electronic forums at no extra cost. Pilot schemes, lasting up to three months, will be available for a maximum of 50 users.