Lotus Development Corp. this
week announced support for Lotus’ eSuite Workplace 1.5 on Sun Microsystems Inc.’s latest JavaStation
network computer, Netra J, a combination the two companies will demonstrate
next week at Internet World Summer in Chicago.
Sun’s latest JavaStation NC is expected to be released later this month.
The company recently started delivering the first of the new Netra Js to
its 50 largest customers for beta testing.
The eSuite Workplace, according to Lotus, “includes the basic functionality
needed by today’s business user,” along with a graphical interface that is
“much simpler than today’s PC interfaces.” Lotus claims eSuite WorkPlace
delivers “higher productivity and a dramatically lower total cost of
computing.”
The eSuite Workplace–a collection of task-specific business
applets–includes:
- a Spreadsheet
- an E-Mail client
- a Word Processor
- Presentation Graphics
- a Calendar
- an Address Book
Final price for the eSuite WorkPlace will be $79 per user, or $49 for
participants of Lotus’ 120-day “try and buy” program. All eSuite licenses
will include one year of product updates, the first of which is expected in
September.
The beta testing period for eSuite begins on July 21st.