IBM Lotus Foundations Start
IBM (NYSE: IBM) plans to help free small- and medium-sized businesses from the headaches, limitations and costs of current information technology (IT) maintenance with a new appliance -- called IBM Lotus Foundations Start -- that offers customers an easy way to collaborate, as well as the option to reliably run Microsoft Windows on a virtual machine with VMware technology. The new "plug-and-play" appliance combines software and hardware and is designed to allow employees to begin working together within one hour of initially booting up.
IBM Lotus Foundations is a family of small business servers that
provide the essential software required to run any business with up
to 500 users.
Enabling companies to focus on their business instead of IT, the
Lotus Foundations Server provides the essential software required to
run your business with reliability, security, and simplicity; an
ideal server for businesses with limited budgets and IT resources
Whether you need to set up an office network, connect branch
offices, protect your data, or provide remote access, e-mail, and
collaboration capabilities to your employees, Lotus Foundations
Server can help.
- Run your business on a reliable and security-rich server. An
extremely small server footprint and a Linux-based operating
system ensure high reliability, security, and business
continuity.
- Save time and costs in manual day-to-day IT management,
while adding simplicity and reliability to your IT
infrastructure. The unique self-managing autonomics reduces IT
complexity, automating many critical functions including
installation, configuration, security checks, and overall system
management.
- Facilitate the creation and sharing of information in your
company. Easily share calendars and schedule meetings with
IBM Lotus Notes® and Domino® collaboration software.
- Help reduce cost of ownership with Lotus Symphony office
productivity tools. Work on spreadsheets, presentations, and
documents without purchasing expensive office software or
upgrades.
- Have the peace-of-mind that your data is reliably backed up
with frequent automated disk backups, and in the event of a
disaster, execute a functional system recovery within minutes.
Note: Additional backup time may be required to recover
user data and is dependent on the amount of data.
- Protect your business with integrated firewall, antivirus,
and antispam software.
An excellent choice for cost-sensitive small and medium-sized
businesses or distributed environments, IBM Lotus Foundations Server
is easy to set up and use.
VMware Software Supports Windows
IBM is also announcing a pilot with VMware, which will provide support to IBM Lotus Foundations users who run Windows and are licensed to run Windows-based applications. Lotus Foundations customers will benefit from running Windows on a virtual machine on IBM Lotus Foundations. Even if the Windows operating system crashes, the business can still access the core capabilities of Lotus Foundations without rebooting. Lotus Foundations operations are designed to continue uninterrupted.
The software technology in IBM Lotus Foundations is built on a 100 megabyte Linux kernel, compact enough to be stored on a solid state chip. The system starts up at the chip level, so in the unlikely event that both hard drives fail, IBM Lotus Foundations will still boot up with network, firewall, virtual private network (VPN), user accounts and other key services completely operational.
Foundatinos Video
Create, communicate and share
information
Whether a company consists of 5 or
500 employees, at some level, people
have to work together—employees with
employees, employees with customers,
and since you often wear multiple hats,
sometimes you with your own thoughts.
Lotus Foundations Start includes the
IBM Lotus Domino® platform and
IBM Lotus Notes® software for e-mail,
calendaring and document sharing,
as well as the IBM Lotus Symphony
office productivity suite to create and
edit documents, spreadsheets and
presentations just like you do today.
ExtraFax™ Fax Server
ExtraFax brings together two important forms of communication in today's business world by combining and integrating fax and email functions into one.
If you are on the road and have access to the Internet, you will be able to keep in touch with your clients at all times by email and fax. You no longer need to tell clients in advance which fax number to use and when, because they can get in touch by using the same fax number wherever you are.
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