News
Issue #2002 - 39 (October 2002)
(Updated Oct. 15, 2002)

OPINIONS

Does Recent Lotus Announcement Tell us Something About Mobile Computing Meat & Potatoes?

About a month back, there was news of a major new upgrade of Notes, the widely deployed enterprise e-mail platform from IBM. In more high-flying times, the  focus may have been on flash collaboration and instant messaging apps.  And make no mistake, those advances are there. But IBM chose to focus 
on the meat-and-potatoes: delivering better system performance, supporting more users per server, and outlining new technology to stop spam, which in turn frees system resources. Enterprises can always 
turn to pure Internet-based mail; but commercial systems like Notes can focus on the real needs of IT managers. Scott Cooper, senior vice president, Lotus Software worldwide at IBM, cut to the chase: 
"Customers need more productivity [and] more users per server." Read all about the new Notes. --Richard Karpinski (rkarpins@cmp.com) co-editor, InternetWeek NewsBreak

For more information: www.lotus.com

MobileInfo Comments and Advisory:  We bring the attention of the IT professionals to this story for one simple reason. In today's business environment, we are sometimes rushing out with band new gizmos and products - ignoring what the customer's want. Something to think about! 

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