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Greg,
You mentioned previously that AOL needed to get ito the B2B arena. Take a look at this:
IBM and AOL Agree to Expand Portfolio of Sun-Netscape Alliance iPlanet-tm- Products On AIX
January 5, 2000 12:39 PM
SOMERS, NY, & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jan. 5, 2000--
IBM and the Sun-Netscape Alliance to market more than twice the number of iPlanet products to AIX users
IBM and America Online, Inc. (AOL) today announced that the Sun-Netscape Alliance (Alliance) will significantly expand the number of iPlanet(tm) Internet infrastructure and e-commerce application products that are ported to the IBM AIX UNIX platform.
Products covered under this agreement will be marketed by both IBM and the Alliance and sold by the Alliance. Currently, iPlanet Web Server, Messaging Server and Directory Server products are available on AIX. In the first half of this year, the Alliance will begin releasing AIX versions of its iPlanet Application Server, Calendar Server and Certificate Management System products as well as e-commerce applications for corporate procurement, billing, EDI, and advanced merchandising. AIX runs on IBM RS/6000 servers.
"We've had an excellent working relationship with IBM to date, and are excited by the opportunity to increase the number of our products on AIX and to work more closely together to deliver the value of our iPlanet products to AIX customers," said Mark Tolliver, president and general manager of the Sun-Netscape Alliance.
"Many RS/6000 customers are interested in solutions that include the iPlanet portfolio of products," said Rod Adkins, IBM general manager of RS/6000. "This relationship between IBM and the Alliance -- unequivocal proof of IBM's intention to lead in the UNIX space -- adds important solutions to the long list of e-business applications available on AIX."
Under the terms of the agreement, resources for porting, testing, and supporting the applications will be supplied by the Sun-Netscape Alliance. IBM will provide on-site technical assistance, development resources, hardware and software to the Alliance to assist in the porting. In addition, IBM and AOL will allocate funds for establishing worldwide competency centers and for the training of IBM Global Services personnel and IBM Business Partners.
About IBM RS/6000
More than 850,000 IBM RS/6000 systems have been shipped to over 125,000 commercial and technical customers around the world. The RS/6000 family of computers feature IBM RISC-based microprocessors and run AIX, IBM's UNIX operating system. RS/6000 delivers the industry's most complete UNIX offerings by combining applications with hardware, software, service, and support -- a combination that yields new levels of high availability, scalability, system management, performance, and Deep Computing capabilities.
About America Online, Inc.
Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies, and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 17 million members, and CompuServe, with approximately 2 million members; several leading Internet brands including ICQ and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; and the Netscape Navigator and Communicator browsers. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the Company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy.
About the Sun-Netscape Alliance
America Online, Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. formed the Sun-Netscape Alliance to provide easy to deploy, comprehensive enterprise and e-commerce solutions to business partners and other companies competing in today's Net Economy. The Alliance product portfolio provides customers with the industry's most scalable, integrated infrastructure software and a family of production ready e-commerce applications. The products are offered on the industry's most widely available product platforms, including DEC, HP, IBM, Linux, SGI, Microsoft Windows, and Sun. The Alliance software product portfolio includes messaging and calendar, collaboration, web, application, directory, and certificate servers. The Alliance also offers a family of production-ready applications for e-commerce, including commerce exchange, procurement, selling, and billing.
Editor's Note: IBM news releases and fact sheets are available on the World Wide Web at ibm.com. Additional information on IBM servers can be found at ibm.com. Additional information on AIX can be found at ibm.com. AIX is a trademark of IBM Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All others are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Netscape and the Netscape logo are registered trademarks in the United States and other countries of Netscape Communications Corporation, a subsidiary of America Online, Inc.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, iPlanet and The Network is the Computer are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
CONTACT: John Buscemi IBM 914-766-3197 jbuscemi@us.ibm.com or Jeff Cox Sun-Netscape Alliance 650-937-7183 jeff.cox@eng.sun.com
BTW, I am still holding my QCOM. |
