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Lotus Announces Lotus NotesView 4.0                                           
 
April 3, 1996                                                                 
 
                                                                              
 
Graphical Tool Enables Centralized Management of Lotus Notes                  
 
Networks                                                                      
 
                                                                              
 
LAS VEGAS, Nev., April 2, 1996 -- Lotus Development Corp. today               
 
announced Lotus NotesView 4.0, a graphical management tool that               
 
makes it easier for Notes Network Administrators to control and               
 
monitor Lotus Notes networks.  NotesView 4.0 is the first tool                
 
to provide centralized, real-time management of enterprise Notes              
 
networks, including support for the enhanced administration and               
 
management features of Lotus Notes Release 4, such as the                     
 
administrative control panel, mail tracing and Web retriever                  
 
requests made by the InterNotes Web Navigator.  NotesView 4.0                 
 
also supports existing Notes Release 3 facilities to allow                    
 
administrators to leverage existing systems and ease their                    
 
migration to Release 4.  In addition, NotesView 4.0 allows                    
 
monitoring of other aspects of the Notes messaging environment                
 
through support of the Lotus Notes Message Transfer Agents                    
 
(MTAs) for SMTP/MIME, X.400 and cc:Mail (See "Lotus Notes MTAs                
 
Enter Widespread Field Test," 4/2/96).  NotesView is unique in                
 
its ability to enable network administrators to manage and                    
 
control their company's messaging, groupware and Internet                     
 
infrastructure from a single, integrated, easy-to-use                         
 
environment.                                                                  
 
                                                                              
 
"NotesView 4.0 brings the current graphical, centralized                      
 
management capabilities for Notes to the next level," said Steve              
 
Sayre, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, Lotus Development               
 
Corp.  "With the hundreds of enhancements to Notes Release 4 in               
 
administration, scalability and Internet integration, a tool                  
 
like NotesView is invaluable to customers to manage their entire              
 
Notes environment."                                                           
 
                                                                              
 
Exploiting the Power of Notes Release 4                                       
 
                                                                              
 
NotesView Release 1.0 for the Notes Release 3 environment                     
 
provided administrators with the ability to monitor and control               
 
Notes Servers and gain real-time access to Notes network                      
 
information from one or decentralized, multiple management                    
 
stations.  NotesView Release 4.0 updates those capabilities to                
 
monitor features that create the performance improvements, such               
 
as multiple replicators and the single copy object store, as                  
 
well as the administration tools introduced in Notes Release 4.               
 
Some of the new NotesView 4.0 features that are specific to                   
 
managing the Notes Release 4 environment include:                             
 
                                                                              
 
O Control over the single copy object store - To reduce the                   
 
number of copies of a message needed, Notes Release 4 implements              
 
a single copy object store that stores a message once and                     
 
provides recipients with pointers for access.  NotesView has the              
 
ability to monitor the current size of the object store, the                  
 
percentage used, the number of items with multiple links, as                  
 
well as execute a purge.                                                      
 
                                                                              
 
O Server Passthru monitoring - Notes' Server Passthru feature                 
 
designates one server to be a point of entry to the network                   
 
allowing a user or administrator to access any server on the                  
 
network, regardless of location or network protocols.  NotesView              
 
has the ability to display which servers have Passthru                        
 
capabilities and what remote servers the Passthru server can                  
 
access.  In addition NotesView can determine which groups and                 
 
users have access through the Passthru server.                                
 
                                                                              
 
O Access to Administrative Control Panel - Notes Release 4                    
 
provides a single graphical console to perform many                           
 
administrative tasks such as managing users and groups, as well               
 
as viewing message logs and managing several servers                          
 
simultaneously.  NotesView has the ability to launch the                      
 
Administrative Control Panel and through that, manipulate and                 
 
change the configuration of Notes Servers.                                    
 
                                                                              
 
O Monitoring of Administrative Agents - Notes Release 4                       
 
implements administrative agents to, for example, make all                    
 
necessary changes to user names in server access groups, groups               
 
and access control lists (ACLs) when needed.  NotesView provides              
 
notification if the agent fails.                                              
 
                                                                              
 
O Replicator Control - Notes Release 4 implements multiple                    
 
replicators that can perform simultaneous replication over a                  
 
number of servers.  NotesView has the ability to view the status              
 
of multiple replicators.                                                      
 
                                                                              
 
In addition, NotesView has capabilities for:                                  
 
                                                                              
 
O Job Scheduler activity - NotesView has the ability to display               
 
when the next scheduled mail routing and replication cycles will              
 
occur.                                                                        
 
                                                                              
 
O Database activity - NotesView has the ability to monitor                    
 
replication activity, reads, writes, and usage since last reboot.             
 
                                                                              
 
Harnessing the Power of the Internet                                          
 
                                                                              
 
In addition to the enhanced administration and management                     
 
features in Notes Release 4, NotesView 4.0 can also access and                
 
manage the InterNotes Web Navigator.  The InterNotes Web                      
 
Navigator adds browser functionality to the Notes client                      
 
allowing users to search and retrieve content from the World                  
 
Wide Web with all links intact, incorporate it into the Notes                 
 
environment, and share it with others through the collaborative               
 
power of Notes, including caching for mobile and disconnected                 
 
use.  NotesView 4.0 enables administrators to monitor and                     
 
control Web retriever tasks including tracking the number of                  
 
HTTP, Gopher, and FTP requests.  It also can quantify the load                
 
received or sent per hour; the URL requests that have failed or               
 
succeeded; and it can start or stop the Web retriever task.                   
 
                                                                              
 
Managing the Extended Reach of the Lotus Notes MTA's                          
 
                                                                              
 
NotesView 4.0 also expands its monitoring capability beyond the               
 
Notes network through support of the Lotus Notes MTAs.  The                   
 
Lotus Notes MTAs provide extended messaging connectivity to the               
 
Internet (SMTP/MIME) and X.400-based enterprise messaging                     
 
systems for Lotus Notes and Lotus cc:Mail.  NotesView 4.0 can                 
 
monitor the status of the MTA mail routers, the total mail                    
 
delivered, and the average delivery time.                                     
 
                                                                              
 
In addition, NotesView 4.0 incorporates usability enhancements                
 
and expanded platform support for the SNMP and Mail Reflector                 
 
server agents.  The agents now run on OS/2, Windows NT, NetWare,              
 
HP-UX, AIX and Solaris.  In the future, NotesView 4.0 also will               
 
provide support for IBM's SystemView for AIX.                                 
 
                                                                              
 
Availability                                                                  
 
                                                                              
 
NotesView will be available mid year 1996 through Lotus                       
 
Business Partners and Lotus Authorized Corporate Resellers.  For              
 
more information, in North America, call Lotus at                             
 
1-800-346-1305.  Pricing has not yet been announced.                          
 
                                                                              
 
Lotus Notes provides an ideal communications infrastructure by                
 
combining enterprise-ready, client/server messaging and the                   
 
global access and distribution of the World Wide Web, together                
 
with a platform for rapidly developing and deploying strategic                
 
groupware applications.  Notes enables  individuals and                       
 
organizations to communicate with colleagues, collaborate in                  
 
teams, and coordinate business processes within and beyond their              
 
organizational boundaries to achieve improved business results.               
 
                                                                              
 
Lotus Notes supports all major operating systems: IBM OS/2                    
 
Warp, Apple Mac OS, UNIX platforms including IBM AIX, Sun                     
 
Solaris, HP-UX, and SCO OpenServer, and Microsoft Windows and                 
 
Windows NT.  Notes is also available as a NetWare loadable                    
 
module for the Novell environment.                                            
 
                                                                              
 
Lotus Development Corp., a subsidiary of IBM Corp., offers high               
 
quality software products and support 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 information to be accessed and                    
 
communicated in ways never before possible, both within and                   
 
beyond organizational boundaries.  The company also provides                  
 
numerous support services, both from its consulting division and              
 
its award-winning 24-hour support center.                                     
 
                                                                              
 
All prices and terms are for the U.S. only.  Notes software                   
 
prices are estimated for retail prices for volume purchases                   
 
through Lotus' Passport program. Lotus and Lotus Notes are                    
 
registered trademarks of Lotus Development Corp.  Notes,                      
 
InterNotes, InterNotes Web Publisher, InterNotes Web Navigator                
 
and NotesView are trademarks of Lotus Development Corp.  All                  
 
other company names and products are trademarks or registered                 
 
trademarks of their respective companies.                                     
 
                                                                              
 
EDITOR'S NOTE: All Lotus news releases are available on the                   
 
Internet, via the Lotus Development Corp. Home Page at                        
 
http://www.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.  Questions                
 
concerning the service should be directed to Lotus' corporate                 
 
communications department at 617-693-5625.                                    
 
                                                                              
 
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