IBM Taps Connectria As First Partner For Lotus Pathware Hosting
American Airlines Among the First Clients to Contract for Hosted Pathware
ST. LOUIS, MO (September 15, 2000) - IBM has selected Connectria, a
St. Louis-based Hosting Provider and Lotus Advanced
Business Partner, as the first company to offer
Lotus Pathware application hosting which Lotus acquired from Macromedia
Corporation last year. Among the first clients contracting for hosted Pathware is one of IBM's flagship accounts -
American Airlines - a Fortune 100 corporation requiring swift delivery of the application for thousands of initial users who
will utilize the company's online training courses. The selection marks the first time Lotus IBM has teamed with a hosting
firm to deliver Pathware as an online service, an option that both companies expect will become exceedingly popular for
large and small clients in both the corporate and academic sector.
Connectria, which provides
hosting services for Lotus Notes, Domino, LearningSpace and other Lotus products, believes the
addition of Pathware fully complements its suite of hosted offerings. "When combined, these products anticipate the needs of
anyone building online curricula and conducting Web-based training," noted Richard Waidmann, president and CEO of Connectria.
"While Pathware lets you create rich interactive content, Learning Space provides the tools to create the structure to conduct
classroom business, such as handing out assignments, communicating with students, posting grades, and administering tests and
quizzes," he explained.
"Whether the objective is to deliver individualized learning through self-directed, self-study courses or you're trying to
create a collaborative learning environment for a group, we have the applications to accomplish your goals via the Web,"
added Eric Miller, Connectria vice president. Waidmann says he expects to see clients ranging in size from the small to
the very largest of corporations because a hosting provider brings applications to users with faster speed and lower
cost -advantages that are important across the board.
About IBM & Lotus
Lotus Development Corporation, founded in 1982, is a subsidiary of IBM Corporation. Lotus offers
high-quality software products and 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 users to access and communicate information in ways never before possible, both within and beyond
organizational boundaries. Lotus markets its products in more than 80 countries worldwide and provides numerous professional
consulting, support and education services through the Lotus Services Group.
About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable, growing and privately held provider of world-class IT Infrastructure Solutions targeted to large and
Midsized organizations worldwide. Connectria's business has been built through reinvesting profits and without any debt or
equity financing. Thus, Connectria is beholden to no one except our customers. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers,
Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA and St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of our clients' IT organizations.
Connectria's services allow our clients to do more and spend less on their IT infrastructures, typically by 25 - 60% or more.
Connectria is staffed 24 hours, 365 days per year to build, monitor and manage mission critical IT environments for our clients.
Connectria offers an array of services including full outsourcing of IT infrastructures, managed hosting, disaster recovery,
remote monitoring, onsite facilities management, and custom software development and engineering services. For more
information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit us online at
www.connectria.com.
To learn more about Connectria or to receive a detailed quote on any of our services, please
contact us.
