Sun-Netscape Alliance company iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions signed a slew of
companies as customers and partners for its scaleable portal platform, which
will be available at the end of May.
CSC, CUseeMe Networks, iSyndicate, Lucent Technologies Enterprise Networks
Group, and TNT Vacations all have agreed to use the iPlanet Portal Server to
build advanced business-to-business e-commerce marketplaces, digital
telecommunications networks, content syndication services, marketplace
exchanges and other strategic portal-based solutions.
iPlanet says its Portal Server provides the membership management,
personalization, aggregation, security and integration services needed for
today’s demanding e-commerce portals, both B2B and B2C.
The Portal Server platform also lets users plug in products from other portal
software vendors, including Actuate, E.piphany, grapeVINE, Hyperion,
Interwoven, iSyndicate, Lucent Technologies Enterprise Networks Group,
Macromedia, NetGenesis and Net Perceptions.
iPlanet also said it is working with content provider iSyndicate to integrate
a more complete content solution with the Portal Server, including
iSyndicate’s selection of written, graphical, audio and video content from
more than 850 top sources.
Lucent Technologies Enterprise Networks Group also is working with iPlanet.
“The integration of our www.messenger and DEFINITY AnyWhere applications with
the iPlanet Portal Server allows our enterprise customers to leverage the
power of their voice and data communications networks through an integrated
portal solution,” said P.J. Conger, senior offer manager, Lucent Technologies
Enterprise Networks.
iPlanet Portal Server ships with the iPlanet Web Server and iPlanet Directory
Server and is priced at $25,000 per CPU (open access) and $90,000 per CPU
(secure access).
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance, was established in
March 1999 by America Online and Sun Microsystems Inc. to provide e-commerce
solutions.