Global System Services Corporation Announces Full-Service, Web-Based Lotus Messaging Solutions for Corporate Intranets

Business Wire, Jan 27, 1997

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 27, 1997--Corporate IS managers face a number of messaging system problems as they integrate traditional Lotus LAN technologies into corporate Intranets. Issues include multi-vendor systems integration and compatibility, architecture, multiple client interfaces, and security.

Global System Services Corporation (GSS), a Lotus Business Partner and Netscape systems integrator specializing in messaging-related consulting services, announced today that they have developed complete solutions for successful extension of Lotus messaging infrastructures to the Web.

Targeted to the needs of Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies with Lotus cc:Mail or Notes Mail, GSS custom-tailored services include everything for successful installation and maintenance, including:

-- Internet and Intranet-based e-mail system architecture;

-- Installation, deployment, and configuration;

-- Integration of e-mail systems across all vendors and platforms;

-- Migration from any messaging system;

-- Technical support and emergency on-site service.

Global System Services CEO Ron Herardian said, "The World Wide Web is the mainstay of Intranet technology, offering a universal means of data access. The Web browser promises to become a truly universal client, delivering several key benefits in addition to putting a single technology in place for access to all systems.

"From the Lotus messaging point of view, the challenge is to extend existing Lotus cc:Mail and Notes Mail infrastructures to the Web."

GSS has pioneered Web-based messaging solutions and is the only vendor to integrate all of the relevant products in real-world customer environments.

ABOUT GSS

Global System Services Corporation is a privately owned Silicon Valley-based consulting services firm with offices in the San Francisco and Boston areas, providing networking, electronic messaging, groupware, Internet and Intranet, and World Wide Web consulting services to customers around the world through an extensive network of expert consultants. GSS is a qualified Lotus Business Partner, a Microsoft Solution Provider, a Netscape Affiliate, and a member of the Electronic Messaging Association (EMA) with industry-certified professionals on staff.

GSS founder and CEO Ron Herardian is a former Lotus cc:Mail Senior Systems Engineer who served as lead engineer of the Lotus cc:Mail Compatibility Test Group at the cc:Mail division headquarters in Mountain View, California. Mr. Herardian, a leading expert on e-mail and the Internet, has written numerous technical papers and articles on electronic messaging. He has been a popular speaker at trade shows and is listed in Mentor Marketing's "Who's Who in Silicon Valley." GSS clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies.

For More Information

650 Castro Street, Suite 120-268 Mountain View, CA 94041 1 415-965-9669 Voice 1 415-965-9679 Fax http://www.gssnet.com

1770 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 321 Cambridge, MA 02140 1 617-628-4440 Voice 1 617-628-4441 Fax

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Note to Editors:

Global System Services is a registered trademark and GSS is a trademark of Global System Services Corporation. Lotus cc:Mail is a registered trademark of cc:Mail, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lotus Development Corporation. Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks and Notes is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation.

CONTACT: Diane Nelson

Nelson Henning Group

415/967-2387

415/967-2591 (fax)

djnelson@hooked.net

or

Ron Herardian, CEO

Global System Services

617/628-4440

rherardi@gssnet.com

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