Book News, Inc.
A book/CD-ROM guide to using Notes, Domino, and the Internet to manage a business, from designing a system to planning the installation and deploying the application. Shows how typical business problems can be solved with the technologies, and offer step-by-step instructions on developing systems incorporating home pages, order capture over the Internet, internal communication, and integration with a third-party accounting product. The companion CD-ROM contains Lotus Notes databases and accounting software. For IS managers. -- Copyright © 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved

The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Right now Lotus Notes is the most popular groupware product in the business world, but it's losing ground to the cheaper and faster Intranet. Lotus is combating the threat of intranets with Lotus Notes 4.2. Version 4.2 promised to deliver Web and Internet integration capabilities and improved security at new, cheaper prices. This book is for those companies who have invested in Lotus Notes and want it to function as a corporate Intranet. It will teach readers how to develop 25 different Notes and Web applications. Ready-to-use templates are included on the accompanying CD-ROM.

From the Back Cover
Learn how to leverage Lotus Notes' strengths as a groupware engine and tap the powerful Internet tools in Domino, the new generation of Notes servers.This practical guide to the use of Notes and the Internet to manage your business covers it all: from designing a system to take advantage of Notes and Domino-based tools to planning the installation and deploying the application. Using a balanced point of view that honestly discusses when and how to best use Notes, Domino, and Internet technologies, the book contains: A complete analysis of typical business problems and how they can be solved with Notes, Domino, and the Internet Cost analyses of implementing solutions to business problems Step-by-step development of the systems needed to implement the solution using Notes and Domino, including home pages, order capture over the Internet, internal communication and workflow via Notes, and integration with a third-party accounting product for back-office processing and order fulfillment Techniques for giving employees and managers insight into business information in the office or for externally using Notes and the Internet.On the CD-ROM you'll find: 25 Lotus Notes Databases for use with the Notes DominoTM server technology Great PlainsR(r) Dynamics accounting software with Notes integrationVisit our Web site.

About the Author
MIKE FALKNER has been a developer, user support and network manager, Big Six consultant, IS manager, and an author, columnist, and contributing editor for PC Computing. He has also written over 100 articles for trade publications, including PC Magazine, Computer Shopper, and Windows Sources. He currently works for an accounting software firm where he is responsible for implementing accounting and workflow solutions to solve internal business problems using Lotus Notes.

ANNOTATION

Using Lotus Notes as an Intranet is for companies who have invested in Lotus Notes and want it to function as a corporate Intranet. The guide will teach readers how to develop 25 different Notes and Web applications. Ready-to-use templates are included on the accompanying CD-ROM.

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