Lotus Syncs Notes and Organizer with PalmPilot Organizer
and IBM WorkPad
11:25 a.m. Dec 02, 1997 Eastern
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Lotus Development Corp. today
announced the immediate availability of EasySync(TM) for Lotus Notes and
EasySync(TM) for Lotus Organizer, software designed to enable bidirectional
information synchronization between Lotus Notes and Lotus Organizer 97 GS, with
the IBM WorkPad PC companion and the 3Com PalmPilot connected organizer.
Now available from the Lotus web site, these conduits allow millions of Lotus
Notes and Lotus Organizer users to manage their schedules, contacts and tasks in
the office, at home and on the road using the PalmPilot connected organizer or IBM
WorkPad PC companion.
"More and more people are turning to the mobility of handheld technology, like the
PalmPilot(TM) and IBM WorkPad(TM) devices, to keep track of their schedules,
contacts and tasks while out of the office," said Jim Burnham, director of marketing,
Lotus Calendaring & Scheduling. "Now, the millions of Lotus Notes and Organizer
users are empowered to not only communicate, collaborate and coordinate in the
office, but also to have up-to-date information with them when they are away from
their PCs."
EasySync for Lotus Notes and Organizer are extensions of functionality currently
available for standalone users of Organizer 97 GS. When used as a standalone time
and contact manager, Organizer 97 GS allows users to exchange calendar, contact,
task and memo information with the PalmPilot and IBM WorkPad products.
EasySync for Organizer will enable PalmPilot and IBM WorkPad data
synchronization when Organizer 97 GS is integrated with the Lotus Notes client and
the Domino server.
"Our customers have shown a great deal of interest in extending their information
technology to mobile companion products," said Robert Amezcua, vice president,
IBM Global Mobile Solutions. "Having the Lotus conduits available for the IBM
WorkPad reinforces the tremendous value and productivity benefits our customers
get from Lotus Notes and Organizer products and defines the IBM WorkPad as a
key mobile component of our customers' information technology strategy."
EasySync for Lotus Notes will allow users of the world's leading groupware client
solution to exchange Calendar, To-Do, Address Book and memo data with the
PalmPilot and IBM Workpad devices. Additionally, Lotus expects to release a
Notes e-mail synchronization update to EasySync as early as January 1998. The
new Lotus conduits increase mobile support and access to up-to-date information,
regardless of which product is accessed by the IBM Workpad or PalmPilot
products.
"We have seen huge demand among our corporate customers for a link to Lotus
Notes and Lotus Organizer," said Ed Colligan, vice president of marketing for the
Palm Computing division of 3Com Corp. "With this link to PalmPilot now available,
we expect to see an immediate spike in enterprise sales. Companies dedicated to
Lotus Notes have been waiting for this solution to enable broad deployment of
PalmPilot's throughout their workforce."
Pricing, Availability and System Requirements
EasySync for Lotus Notes, which supports native Lotus Notes .NSF files for
calendar, address, task, and journal (memo) synchronization with the IBM WorkPad
and 3Com PalmPilot devices, is available now for use in the United States via
Lotus' website at www.lotus.com/calendar for $49 for a single license with Lotus
volume discounts. International language versions of EasySync are expected to be
available in French, German, and Spanish by March 1998. Pricing for these versions
has not been determined and will be announced separately.
EasySync for Lotus Organizer, which supports Organizer 97 GS for group
scheduling through Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino for calendar, address, task, and
memo synchronization with the IBM WorkPad PC companion and 3Com PalmPilot
organizer, is available free of charge to licensed Organizer 97 GS users via Lotus'
website at www.lotus.com/organizer.
The EasySync for Lotus Notes update that will support native Lotus Notes mail
synchronization with the IBM WorkPad and PalmPilot products is expected to be
available as early as January 1998. The update will be available free of charge to all
registered users of EasySync for Lotus Notes.
Conduits supporting standalone Organizer 97 GS .OR4 files for calendar, address,
to do, and memo synchronization supporting the PalmPilot and IBM WorkPad
devices are currently available as built-in features of the Organizer 97 GS product.
EasySync for Lotus Notes and Lotus Organizer require Windows 95 or Windows
NT 4.0; as well as 3COM HotSync Managera 2.0 or higher, which ships with all
PalmPilots and IBM WorkPads. EasySync for Notes requires Lotus Notes Release
4.5 or higher. EasySync for Organizer requires Organizer 97 GS and Lotus Notes
4.5 or higher.
For more information on the Lotus Calendaring and Scheduling and Messaging
product lines, visit the Lotus Web site at lotus.com or call
1-800-346-1305 in the United States, or 1-800-GO-LOTUS in Canada.
Lotus Development Corp., founded in 1982, is a subsidiary of IBM. Lotus offers
high quality software products and services that reflect the company's unique
understanding of the new ways in which individuals and businesses must work
together to achieve success. Lotus' innovative approach is evident in a new class of
applications that allows users to access and communicate information in ways
never before possible, both within and beyond organizational boundaries. Lotus now
markets its products in more than 80 countries worldwide and provides numerous
professional consulting, support and education services through the Lotus Services
Group.
All prices are for the USA only. Lotus, Lotus Notes and Lotus Organizer are
registered trademarks and Domino, EasySync and Notes are trademarks of Lotus
Development Corp. 3Com is a registered mark and HotSync and PalmPilot are
trademarks of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. IBM WorkPad is a trademark
of International Business Machines Corporation. All other company names and
products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
NOTE: All Lotus news releases is available on the Internet, via the Lotus
Development Corp. Home Page at lotus.com. The Lotus Home Page is
an easy way to find information about Lotus and its business partners' products and
services.
A copy of this release and other company information is also available via fax by
dialing 1-800-57-LOTUS within the U.S. and Canada or 201-946-2336 outside the
U.S. and Canada. SOURCE Lotus
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