Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:40:33 -0600 From: IBM e-business and Software News Alert Subject: IBM e-business and Software News Alert, 2001 Issue 12 IBM e-business and Software News Alert 2001 Issue 12 30 April 2001 ---------------------------------------------------- Web Version of This Newsletter IBM* e-business and Software News Alert is on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/ . ---------------------------------------------------- Subscription and Cancellation Instructions You are subscribed as xxxxatyyyyy . Subscription and cancellation instructions are at the end of this newsletter. ---------------------------------------------------- Top Stories in This Issue IBM Buys Informix's Database Business under "Data, Content, and Knowledge Management" IBM e(logo)server iSeries New Release: Innovative, Flexible, and Runs Multi-Platform Applications under "IBM e(logo)server" IBM OS/400 Version 5 Release 1 Enhancements Add Power to IBM e(logo)server iSeries under "Operating Systems" IBM WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries, V4R5 and V5R1: New Name, New Package, New Tools under "Application Development / Java" ---------------------------------------------------- Data, Content, and Knowledge Management --------------------------------------- IBM Buys Informix's Database Business http://www.ibm.com/software/data/news/pr2.html IBM is acquiring the assets of Informix Software -- Informix's database business -- to strengthen IBM's position in the distributed database market. Informix customers will benefit from IBM's open platform strategy and broad array of alliances. IBM intends to integrate selected Informix technology into DB2* Universal Database, which will remain IBM's flagship database product. IBM, Ascential to Offer Business Intelligence and Information Asset Management Solutions http://www.ascentialsoftware.com/ascentialannounces/presscenter/ IBM and Ascential Software, an independent operating company of Informix Corp., will develop and market business intelligence and digital asset management offerings for Information Asset Management. This alliance brings the advanced features of Ascential Software's products to IBM's strategic hardware and software platforms. IBM DB2 OLAP Server for OS/390, Version 7.1 Offers Improved Functions, Performance, Scalability http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-125 (uppercase required as shown) IBM DB2 OLAP Server* for OS/390*, Version 7.1 lets you use an IBM S/390* to perform analysis and to transform data into business insights. V7.1 runs natively on S/390 for ease of administration. It offers a choice of multidimensional or relational storage, plus improved scalability and richer calculation functions. IBM Content Manager for iSeries V5R1, and IBM Content Manager OnDemand for iSeries V5R1 http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cm/cmv71launch.html#cmiseries IBM Content Manager* for iSeries* V5R1 provides document imaging to capture, manage, and access scanned images, PC files, and faxes. IBM Content Manager OnDemand* for iSeries V5R1 captures, indexes, stores, retrieves, and presents high volumes of computer-generated output. Content Manager for iSeries V5R1 details: http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-120 Content Manager OnDemand for iSeries V5R1 details: http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-121 IBM DB2 Universal Database Extenders Bring XML and Text Retrieval to IBM e(logo)server iSeries http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-119 (uppercase required as shown) The IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) Extenders for iSeries, Version 7.1 program extend DB2 to cover the storage, management, and retrieval of XML and text data for your enterprise. The DB2 UDB XML Extender lets you store XML documents in DB2 databases. The DB2 UDB Text Extender lets you search for and extract information stored in DB2. Lotus Discovery Server Now Available Worldwide http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/ldsna/ Now available worldwide: Lotus Discovery Server**, the advanced, data search, and expertise location solution that helps customers to maintain, manage, and grow their knowledge capital. Lotus Discovery Server uncovers and displays the link between people, content, and topics, helping to ensure that all of the relevant knowledge and experiences of an organization are readily available. Web Broadcast on 9 May: "Unleash the Power of DB2" http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/developer/050901/home.asp?loc=34 Join an IBM Web broadcast on 9 May to learn how DB2 is now better than ever at offering quicker development and deployment of e-business applications and processes, 24x7 availability, pervasive access, and lower cost of ownership. International DB2 Users Group 2001 - North America Event, 13 - 17 May in Orlando http://www.ibm.com/software/data/events/idugconf.html International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) 2001 - North America, the premier, user-run event dedicated to IBM's DB2 Universal Database, offers 230 sessions, addressing user experiences, hints and tips, and product trends and directions for DB2 on distributed servers. IDUG 2001 takes place from 13 through 17 May in Orlando. IBM e(logo)server ----------------- IBM e(logo)server iSeries New Release: Innovative, Flexible, and Runs Multi-Platform Applications http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/announce/ The new release of the IBM e(logo)server* iSeries features new, copper and silicon-on-insulator processors, and dynamic logical partitioning. Delivering application flexibility, system availability, and workload management, iSeries with OS/400* V5R1 runs Linux**, Java**, UNIX**, and OS/400 applications in a single server. IBM e(logo)server iSeries Dedicated Server for Domino Enhanced for Collaborative Commerce http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/domino/dsd.htm The third generation of the IBM e(logo)server iSeries Dedicated Server for Domino** expands scalability, capacity, and power with new, faster processors; improved price / performance; and more support for robust, Domino application solutions, including enhanced support for Java servlets. IBM Integrated xSeries Server for iSeries Runs Multiple xSeries Servers on One iSeries Server http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/windowsintegration/ntbrhigh.htm The IBM Integrated xSeries Server for iSeries lets you deploy PC servers without the cost of a server farm. It puts the power of the IBM e(logo)server xSeries* server on a single card that plugs into an iSeries. You can then load and run Microsoft Windows 2000** and Windows NT** servers on your iSeries, as though they running standalone. IBM Integrated xSeries Adapter for iSeries, an Integrated Solution for Server Consolidation http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/windowsintegration/daxs.html The IBM Integrated xSeries Adapter for iSeries provides direct, high-speed attachment of an IBM e(logo)server xSeries server to an IBM e(logo)server iSeries server. Server, storage, and user management of up to 16 xSeries servers can be consolidated on one iSeries server. New IBM e(logo)server pSeries UNIX Systems Provide Better Performance, Lower Cost than Competition http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/p6unx/ Two new IBM e(logo)server pSeries* UNIX** systems, the p620 and p660, provide dramatically better performance than competing systems at lower cost. The p660 is the fastest, six-way, transaction processing server. Both models have IBM's silicon- on-insulator microprocessors, which run faster, use less electricity, and generate much less heat. Operating Systems ----------------- IBM OS/400 Version 5 Release 1 Enhancements Add Power to IBM e(logo)server iSeries http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-112 (uppercase required as shown) The many enhancements in IBM OS/400* V5R1 include Linux support, logical partitions, Windows** server integration, a much-advanced user interface, built-in wireless capabilities, HSL clustering, OS/400 PASE, and extensive e-business enhancements in security, TCP/IP, database, Java, directory services, and Internet printing. IBM OS/400 V5R1 Integration with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/windowsintegration/v5r1.html IBM OS/400 V5R1 integration with Microsoft Windows 2000 server features two terabytes of disk storage, dynamic linking of storage spaces, independent ASPs, Operations Navigator and Management Central - Pervasive support for Windows Server Management, Microsoft Management Console Snapins, and Unicode passwords. IBM e(logo)server iSeries V5R1 Programs Improved http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-113 (uppercase required as shown) The business-to-business capabilities of the IBM iSeries are extended with new trading partner protocols and other enhancements to the Connect for iSeries program. Software enhancements include improved fax support, additional client integration, new mail options for Domino, and GUI support for Backup Recovery and Media Services. Application Development / Java ------------------------------ IBM WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries, V4R5 and V5R1: New Name, New Package, New Tools http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/wds400/ IBM WebSphere* Development Studio for iSeries consolidates all the key iSeries development tools -- host and workstation, traditional and new -- into one attractively priced iSeries offering. For V4R5 details, see http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-117 For V5R1 details, see http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-115 (uppercase required as shown) IBM WebSphere Development Tools for iSeries V5R1 http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/wdt400/ IBM WebSphere Development Tools for iSeries V5.1, available now for consultants, analysts, and independent software vendors, includes WebFacing Tool (First Edition); WebSphere Studio for iSeries (Professional Edition); VisualAge* for Java for iSeries (Professional Edition); CoOperative Development Environment (CODE); and VisualAge RPG. IBM VisualAge for Java Version 3.5.3 Enhances Team Development, Standards Support http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/vajava/ IBM VisualAge for Java V3.5.3 features improved team development with EJBs, and enhanced standards support in the WebSphere Test Environment. Also, the VisualAge for Java Enterprise Access Builder includes a J2EE Connectors and Tools beta, with bean and migration tools, and Connectors for Oracle, SAP R/3**, and PeopleSoft systems. IBM IMS Connector for Java Version 3.5.3 Enables Accessing IMS Transactions from the Web http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ims/jitoc.html IBM IMS* Connector for Java lets you rapidly build Java applications that can run IMS transactions from the Web. Version 3.5.3 features Local Option Support, providing non-socket access to IMS transactions from OS/390 Web servers. IBM AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications Demonstrates Affinity between Linux and AIX http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/ The IBM AIX* Toolbox for Linux Applications offers open source and GNU software built for AIX 4.3.3 and AIX 5L. The toolbox lets you build and package Linux applications for use on AIX; run Gnome and KDE desktops; manage open-source software using RPM package management; and develop new applications for AIX using GNU and Linux tools. New Zone on IBM WebSphere Developer Domain Covers High-Volume Web Sites http://www7b.boulder.ibm.com/wsdd/zones/hvws/ The new High Volume Web Sites Zone on IBM WebSphere Developer Domain provides information and resources for building and maintaining multi-tiered, scalable, high-volume Web sites. IBM developerWorks Upgrades Site with New Web Services Content http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/wszon/ (URL redirects to Internet Wire site) The IBM developerWorks* online resource now has a new, Web Services zone that offers the same level of detailed content as the other zones -- XML, Java Technology, Linux, Open-Source Projects, and Components. Also, a new code and components page links to code content elsewhere on the site. Get IBM Developer News Everyplace on AvantGo.com http://www.developer.ibm.com/news/newsletter_ann.html Now you can take it with you -- IBM Developer News Everyplace on AvantGo.com. Get daily news, features, and FAQs on the technologies driving e-business, delivered right to your mobile device. Palm** and Pocket PC** platforms are supported. Nominate Your Solution for 2001 IBM Solution Excellence Awards http://www.developer.ibm.com/welcome/showcase.html The IBM Solution Excellence Awards recognize outstanding commercial members of PartnerWorld* for Developers, whose innovative, e-business solutions use IBM hardware, software, and technologies. Winners receive marketing and technical support valued at US$30,000. Nominate your solution for the 2001 awards before 31 May. Win a Full Conference Pass to Lotus DevCon, 17 - 20 June in Las Vegas http://www.lotus.com/home.nsf/welcome/confpass/ Using Lotus technology, have you created an innovative solution that demonstrates actual business benefits, and delivers the best solution for a business problem? If so, tell us about it ... you may win a full conference pass to Lotus DevCon, the Lotus event for developers, 17 - 20 June in Las Vegas. IBM Software Mall, for Commercial Software Developers, Expands to Argentina, Brazil, Mexico http://www.developer.ibm.com/welcome/softmall.html The Internet-based, IBM Software Mall makes selected software available at exceptionally low prices to qualified, commercial software developers, who can get the latest IBM software products for evaluation, development, testing, or demonstration. The mall serves 21 countries, now including Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Using IBM VisualAge Tools, Safety Insurance Wins First Place in Beyond Computing Partnership Awards http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/wdt400/news/ Safety Insurance used IBM VisualAge RPG and IBM VisualAge for Java to improve insurance agent access to company information systems. The firm recently won first place in Beyond Computing magazine's fifth annual Partnership Awards, which recognize outstanding examples of collaboration between business and technology. Technology Management --------------------- Tivoli Software Supports IBM's UNIX Operating System, AIX 5L http://www.tivoli.com/news/press/pressreleases/en/2001/0423_aix.html Tivoli software supports IBM AIX* 5L, the industry's most open, high-performance, UNIX** operating system. Tivoli Business Systems Manager** 1.5 leverages the power of AIX 5L to provide today's most advanced system management. Tivoli Service Quality Manager Delivers Improved Management of Service Quality for the Internet http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-108 (uppercase required as shown) Tivoli Service Quality Manager** validates and monitors components in a service provider's infrastructure for service level agreement (SLA) compliance. It aggregates SLAs from multiple disciplines, networks, systems, applications, and service providers. It also proactively enhances uptime by predicting adverse trends. Tivoli Event Services Manager Gives Service Providers Maximum Availability of Operations http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-130 (uppercase required as shown) Tivoli Event Services Manager** enables service providers to pinpoint failure-prone components, and to remove them before they affect service. It provides scalability, reliability, support of multi-customer and multi-provider configurations, and correlation of multiple event types. Tivoli Web Services Manager V1.6 and Tivoli Web Services Analyzer V1.6 Enhancements http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_201-111 (uppercase required as shown) Tivoli Web Services Manager** Version 1 Release 6 provides enhanced visibility into performance and availability of e-business transactions on the Web. Tivoli Web Services Analyzer** Version 1 Release 6 provides detailed reporting of Web server statistics, and visibility into your customer's usage of your Web site. Tivoli Web Broadcast on 10 May: "Enabling e-business Application Availability" http://www.tivoli.com/news/emedia/webcasts/2001/5_10storage.html In Tivoli's Web broadcast on 10 May, "Enabling e-business Application Availability", learn about the Tivoli e-business Application Availability solution, and how it provides tools for protecting your data and ensuring its delivery when needed. Tivoli Highlights Security Concerns for UK Banks http://www.tivoli.com/news/press/pressreleases/en/2001/0424_security.html A recent Tivoli survey finds that more than half the financial institutions in the UK are unaware of how to enforce security across their networks consistently. At Tivoli's "Security in Banking" seminar, experts discussed how Tivoli security software for authentication, authorization, and administration can help banks to avoid the security risks and breaches featured in the press. Linux ----- IBM's Plans for Linux on IBM e(logo)server iSeries http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/linux/ The IBM e(logo)server iSeries has been enhanced to offer support for Linux. Linux will run within an iSeries logical partition, allowing you to enhance your OS/400 applications with Linux applications. Logical partitioning permits up to 31 separate Linux environments to run on one iSeries server. Availability is planned for later this year. IBM Enhances Its Linux Web Site, Providing More Comprehensive Portal for Various Audiences http://www.ibm.com/news/2001/04/234.phtml IBM has improved its Linux Web site providing a more comprehensive portal with information for various audiences. At http://www.ibm.com/linux/ , the site features audience-based navigation that, once selected, shifts smoothly to task navigation tailored for each audience. Media, Presentations, Arts, Entertainment ----------------------------------------- IBM Media Production Suite Offers Digital Asset Management for Video and Broadcast Production http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/mpscm/ IBM Media Production Suite* provides digital asset management for video and broadcast production. It allows companies to manage, archive, reproduce, assemble, and distribute video assets -- in one comprehensive digital production environment. IBM and The Fantastic Corp. Team to Enhance Rich-Media, Broadband Solutions http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/fntst/ IBM will combine its digital media solutions with The Fantastic Corporation's broadband content delivery systems to provide digital content management and distribution capabilities that enhance interactive, multimedia experiences. IBM, BBC Technology Team to Deliver Rich-Media Solutions http://www.ibm.com/uk/news/uk504.html IBM and BBC Technology Ltd. will deliver rich-media solutions to customers in Europe and the Americas. Initially, BBC Technology and IBM will focus on digital media production, content management, and distribution, within the television / radio industry. British Radio Station, Classic FM, Selects IBM and Jutel Technology for Broadcast Content Management http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/rdomn/ The British radio station Classic FM has chosen Jutel's RadioMan**, integrated with IBM media asset management technology and services, to provide broadcast content management. The IBM and Jutel technology will add listener value, while increasing the station's commercial potential. (Also see next item) The BBC to Install IBM Digital Radio Broadcasting System in 26 Local English Radio Stations http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/bbcrm/ The British Broadcasting Corporation has chosen RadioMan, the IBM and Jutel digital radio broadcasting system, for installation at 26 BBC local English radio stations. This project will create the world's largest decentralized, computer-assisted radio system, consisting of more than 1000 workstations nationwide. IBM and SONY Electronics Solution Helps to Transform CNN's News Gathering Process http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/cnmps/ IBM and Sony Electronics have created a digital asset management system to help Cable News Network to digitize its vast videotape library. The system will digitize, catalog, store, distribute, and retrieve 120,000 hours of CNN's material archived over 21 years, one of the biggest, most ambitious digital transformation projects ever undertaken. Consulting Services ------------------- In Project Worth US$1.3 Billion, US Customs Agency Selects IBM to Modernize Automated Systems http://www.ibm.com/news/2001/04/272.phtml The U.S. Customs agency has selected IBM to lead a US$1.3 billion project to streamline the agency's commercial processing system. IBM Global Services will act as prime contractor. The project's name, c-Customs Partnership, conveys the agency's aim to be a paperless organization that uses electronic means to carry out its responsibilities. IBM Internet Data and Document Exchange Bridges the Gap between Legacy Exchanges and the Internet http://edi.services.ibm.com/ide/ IBM Internet data and document exchange, a new commerce engine, enables exchanging business documents among companies using disparate communications and data transport protocols. For users of traditional electronic data interchange, this service provides virtually instant access to Internet-based trading communities. Life Sciences ------------- NetGenics to Resell IBM DiscoveryLink Technology to Handle Massive Amounts of Data in Life Sciences http://www.ibm.com/solutions/lifesciences/netgenics2.html Life sciences firm NetGenics, Inc. will re-sell IBM's new DiscoveryLink* data integration software. DiscoveryLink can accelerate drug discovery by helping researchers to use a single query to merge data from many sources, including public and private databases that have diverse data formats and file types. Pervasive Computing / Wireless ------------------------------ Profilium Selects IBM for Location-Based, Wireless Content Delivery Platform on Linux http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/042301_profilium.html Profilium has selected IBM Canada to provide the hardware infrastructure for its Location-based Services** content delivery platform, to run on Linux and IBM e(logo)server xSeries servers. Canadian Ten-City Tour, 7 May through 1 June, Features IBM's Wireless Experience http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/042301_upcoming_Canadian.html (uppercase required as shown) Visit the "IBM Wireless Experience", a tour visiting ten Canadian cities between 7 May and 1 June. Learn how to enhance accessibility and gain productivity using IBM wireless technology. Ethicon Uses IBM Mobile Connect to Bring Mobile Service to 15 Large Hospitals in UK http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/ethcn/ Surgical supply provider Ethicon Ltd. teamed with IBM to bring mobile service to 15 large hospitals in the UK. IBM and Ethicon developed a handheld application to process orders instantaneously with IBM Mobile Connect*. In one year, the system is expected to generate US$30 million in orders. Printing Solutions ------------------ IBM OS/400 V5R1 Printing Solutions for iSeries http://www.printers.ibm.com/R5PSC.NSF/Web/as400overview/ (uppercase required as shown) New printing solutions for IBM e(logo)server iSeries in IBM OS/400 V5R1 include Infoprint* Server for iSeries, Infoprint Designer for iSeries, and Print Services Facility for OS/400. (Also see next 3 items) IBM Infoprint Server for iSeries: Create, Manage, Deliver Your e-business Output Easier and Faster http://www.ibm.com/printers/R5PSC.NSF/Web/ipserv400Home/ (uppercase required as shown) The IBM Infoprint Server for iSeries program supports fast, flexible, electronic distribution of digital output through the use of data stream transforms, new output delivery methods, and a data indexing and bundling utility. It speeds up transactions, reduces cycle time, and replaces costly printed output with electronic formats. IBM Infoprint Designer for iSeries Transforms Your Electronic Documents http://www.ibm.com/printers/R5PSC.NSF/Web/ipdesignerHome/ (uppercase required as shown) IBM Infoprint Designer provides a professional, high-precision design system for business communications. Its complete document design environment offers overlay, image, and layout design editors. IBM Print Services Facility for OS/400, the AFP Print Manager on IBM iSeries and AS/400 Servers http://www.printers.ibm.com/R5PSC.NSF/Web/psfas400Home/ (uppercase required as shown) IBM Print Services Facility* for OS/400 is the AFP* system manager and Intelligent Printer Data Stream* printer manager for iSeries servers. It supports complex document requirements, manages each page of each job to IPDS printers, and integrates fully with the e-business output functions of iSeries servers. For Business Partners --------------------- IBM Marketing Chief Tells How Business Partners Can Leverage IBM's e-business Agenda http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/marketing/pmrktng.nsf/weblook/pw1.html See the video or hear the audio as Abby Kohnstamm, IBM Senior Vice President of Marketing, describes IBM's strategy to drive the e-business agenda forward, and how Business Partners can leverage IBM's position to seize opportunities. Also on video: Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger on the Next- Generation Internet. Distributed Learning / Learning Services ---------------------------------------- IBM, Pearson Broadband to Deliver Interactive, e-Learning TV Services over Variety of Networks http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/pbtvs/ (URL redirects to Internet Wire site) IBM and Pearson Broadband will deliver interactive, video-intensive, e-learning content over broadband, narrowband, and wireless networks. IBM will provide infrastructure services and technology, including content management software and hardware, for a trial of the new Pearson service in Europe and Asia. e-business ---------- IBM e-business Innovation Showcase -- New Ideas, Creative Ways of Thinking http://www.ibm.com/software/ebusiness/innovations/ True innovation means taking a new business concept, then delivering a product, providing a service, meeting a need, and developing that concept in Web time, using the best technologies and brightest minds in the business. In IBM's e-business Innovation Showcase, learn how IBM views innovation. IBM's Project eLiza Aims at Making e-business Infrastructure Self-Managing http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/introducing/eliza/ IBM's Project eLiza intends to make the e-business infrastructure -- particularly IBM e(logo)server, storage, and software -- a self-managing system. Project eLiza will work toward systems that can configure, optimize, heal, and protect themselves, while users focus on more significant things. General News ------------ At IBM Annual Meeting, CEO Lou Gerstner Exudes Confidence and Optimism http://www.ibm.com/lvg/0424.phtml At IBM's recent Annual Meeting, CEO Lou Gerstner said "I have never been more confident or more optimistic about our company. ... My confidence is based on a unique alignment -- an alignment of what's happening in the world of business, in the information technology industry, and what's happening inside IBM." Read his full remarks. IBM Enhances Euro Web Site, Available in Five Languages http://www.ibm.com/news/2001/04/20.phtml IBM has enhanced its Web site devoted to the euro, with expanded information and offerings in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and German. The site now features "The executive's essential euro checklist", a guide that executives and project leaders can use to determine euro readiness. IBM Software e-catalog, an Easy Way to Shop for IBM Software Products http://www.ibm.com/software/info/ecatalog/ The IBM Software e-catalog is an easy way to get product information and to shop for IBM software products. You can download the catalog in PDF format or get a printed copy, and also receive automatic updates. The catalog is available in the US, Canada, Brazil, and Japan. e-business Software Platforms ----------------------------- Online Sample of Using IBM WebSphere Personalization http://wassample.demopkg.ibm.com/studiosamples/pznindex.html An online sample shows you how IBM WebSphere Personalization will work for your customers. It was built with WebSphere Studio Version 3.5.2, and runs on WebSphere Application Server V3.5.2. Voice Systems ------------- IBM WebSphere Translation Server Named Best Natural Language Processing Product by AVIOS http://www.ibm.com/software/speech/news/20010424-avs.html IBM WebSphere Translation Server was named the Best Natural Language Processing Product at the recent conference of the Applied Voice Input / Output Society (AVIOS), exemplifying the movement of speech recognition and other speech technologies into practical applications. Security / Privacy ------------------ Respecting User Privacy: Earn Their Trust with a Clearly Written, Straightforward Policy http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/usability/library/us-cranky3.html and http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/usability/library/us-cranky4.html A new series of articles looks at why privacy is a much-abused buzzword. An effective privacy policy must be short and readable, and the customer must like it. Read about ways to earn user trust through straightforward, clearly worded policies. Collaboration ------------- Value and Vision: The Lotus Notes Client Family http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/vvncf/ A new Lotus article gives in-depth reasons why the Notes** client family is the number one product line for messaging and collaboration. Read why Notes R5 client is the best value in the market; how iNotes** extends the value by giving the user choice; the collaborative features that support Notes client applications; and what's next. Lotus Notes, Domino, and IBM DB2 Help Kansas City Royals to Scout for New Players http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/20010430/kcryl/ Lotus Notes, Domino, and IBM DB2 allow the Kansas City Royals baseball team to track information from its trainers, scouts, and player developers, who are constantly on the road. 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