Are they going to run up INIT today? hmm maybe either later today or tomorrow.
ops there she blows!
hmmmm a release from IBM, That guy Phield from PosftPank and Psio sure knows how so pave pome poney by making others do all the work!
Interliant and IBM Form Alliance to Deliver Application Hosting and Outsourcing Services
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999--
Solutions Reduce Cost and Complexity for Companies to Maintain
In-House e-Business Infrastructure
Interliant, Inc. (NASDAQ:INIT), a leading Application Service Provider (ASP), and IBM
today at ISPCON announced a sales and marketing alliance to deliver application hosting
solutions that combine IBM e-business hardware and software with Interliant hosting
services.
As part of the alliance, Interliant and IBM are initially offering two solutions:
Interliant's eReach(a) application management service, and hosted e-commerce solutions
deploying IBM WebSphere(b) and IBM Net.Commerce. These solutions will be brought to
market through IBM's and Interliant's direct sales forces and IBM's and Interliant's
Business Partner channels.
Interliant's eReach is one of the first industry ASP offerings to deliver a fully
managed application service on servers residing at a customer site. eReach provides a
comprehensive solution including management of Lotus Domino(c) messaging solutions and
applications, server monitoring and management, help desk and technical support and
integration services.
The second solution offered by IBM and Interliant includes the IBM WebSphere family of
application servers and IBM Net.Commerce on IBM Netfinity(b) or RS/6000(b) server
platforms. This solution is targeted at customers who require advanced security, high
performance, and load balancing commerce sites with a high degree of server availability.
Customers have the flexibility of choosing between IBM Net.Commerce Hosting Server for
easy store creation without compromising security or performance, and IBM Net.Commerce
Start or Pro, for customers seeking highly integrated second- or third-generation
commerce Web sites.
"Companies are expressing an increasing interest in outsourced e-business solutions to
reduce potential high costs and technical complexity of maintaining the necessary
infrastructure in-house," said Jim Corgel, general manager of Internet Service Provider
Industry, IBM Global Industries. "Interliant's position as a leading provider in the ASP
market and ability to deliver complex solutions dovetails perfectly with IBM's e-business
leadership and technology strengths, giving companies an easy and cost-effective way to
join the e-business revolution without signing on for the technical burdens."
"With increasingly limited IT staff resources, organizations of all sizes are looking
for a quick, easy and dependable way to deploy their e-business solutions," said Jim
Lidestri, president, Interliant. "This alliance with IBM combines the best of IBM's
technology and Interliant's hosting services and allows customers to realize the value of
our hosted e-business solution offerings much more rapidly than as internally deployed
solutions."
A Premier member of IBM's Service Providers for e-Business Initiative, Interliant is
one of a growing number of Service Providers that receive marketing, education and sales
support to assist in the delivery of value-added e-business services based on IBM
solutions. The Service Providers for e-Business Initiative is part of IBM PartnerWorld, a
marketing and enablement program designed to create new revenue and marketing
opportunities for IBM Business Partners, and provide customers with e-business solutions
including products, services, technologies and marketing.
About Interliant
Interliant, Inc. (www.interliant.com) is a leading provider of outsourced e-business
solutions. These solutions enable customers of all sizes to capitalize on the latest
Web-based technologies quickly and cost-effectively by relieving them of the burdens
associated with building, managing and maintaining the infrastructure required to support
mission-critical applications. Interliant currently has three primary state of the art
data centers located in Atlanta, Houston and the Washington D.C. area. The Company's
corporate headquarters are located in Purchase, New York.
About IBM
IBM (http://www.ibm.com/) is the world's largest information technology company, with
80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM creates, develops and
manufactures the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer
systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of
historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Actual results and the
timing of certain events may differ significantly from the results anticipated or
discussed in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based
largely on the Company's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties. In addition to this press release, other important factors to consider in
evaluating the forward-looking statements include, without limitation, those discussed in
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999, the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on March 15, 1999, as amended, and
other filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of
these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking
statements contained herein will in fact be realized and we assume no obligation to
update this information.
(a) Interliant is a registered trademark and eReach is a trademark of Interliant, Inc.
(b) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
(c) Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks and Domino and Notes are
trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation.
++All other trademarks are the properties of their respective companies.
CONTACT: IBM
Tim O'Malley, 914/642-3223
tomalley@us.com
or
Lois Paul & Partners for Interliant
Starr Million, 512/638-5316
Starr_Million@lpp.com
09:01 EDT OCTOBER 26, 1999 |
