HTTP Services for Lotus Notes To Enter Widespread Beta

Creates a Powerful Platform for Developing, Deploying and Managing Web
Applications

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 28, 1996 -- Lotus Development Corp. today announced
that its HTTP Services for Lotus Notes, code named Domino, will go into
widespread beta testing on June 3, 1996. Domino transforms the Notes
Release 4 server into an Internet application server. Domino delivers on
the promise, made by Lotus in December of 1995, to provide customers with
an integrated Notes/HTTP server.

Bridging the open networking environment of Internet standards and
protocols with the powerful application development facilities of Notes,
Domino provides businesses and organizations with the ability to rapidly
develop a broad range of business solutions for the Internet and
Intranets.

"The majority of Web sites today offer access to static information. We
know that using Web technology as an information broadcast medium is
merely the tip of the iceberg," said Michael D. Zisman, executive vice
president and CEO, Lotus Development Corp. "Clearly the next wave will be
less about serving static information and more about providing highly
interactive applications. Domino provides a rich set of facilities for
building the next generation of content-rich, interactive Web sites. With
Domino, businesses and organizations will realize the highest value from
their Web investments as they use it to conduct business internally and
externally."

Domino natively supports HTTP to render Notes data on-the-fly in HTML
format, as well as to serve HTML documents from the file system. Using
Domino, any Web client can now access and interact with Notes data and
applications. For example, Web clients may create, edit and delete
documents. Web clients benefit from the rich, collaborative applications,
such as Sales Force Automation and Customer Service, developed and hosted
in Lotus Notes.

Additionally, Domino takes advantage of Notes Access Control. Web site
designers can deliver fine-tuned access control to Web sites and Web
documents. Web users may be listed in the Notes Name and Address Book
(Notes' Directory Services) and when accessing a secured site, are
prompted for a valid name and password. The Web user's access to
functionality and information, down to the field level, is governed by
predefined roles in the Notes Access Control List (ACL). Additionally,
Domino supports SSL, allowing server authentication and encryption of data
at the session level.

Notes, combined with the Domino technology, provides the basic requirements
for a Web site including, a page management system, full-text search
engine and threaded discussions. Coupled with Notes robust, rapid
application development environment, it will enable customers to develop
the next wave of Web sites hosting mission-critical business applications.
Availability Domino beta will be available for download from the World
Wide Web at http://domino.lotus.com on June 3, 1996. Domino requires a
Notes Release 4.x Server.

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 wholly-owned 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.

EDITOR'S NOTE: All Lotus news releases are available on the Internet, via
the Lotus Development Corp. Home Page at http://www.Lotus.com. This
release can also be found at http://domino.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.

Please Note: Questions about the content or currency of this press release
should be directed to your local IBM representative.
 
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