OS/2 Warp Weekly Newsletter - 1995-08-11

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THE OS/2 WARP WEEKLY - A production of PSP Worldwide Marketing Support

Covering information relevant to OS/2 Warp and LAN Server
The 8/11/95 Issue

The OS/2 Warp Weekly is now available on the Internet at gopher://os2info.austin.ibm.com/11/nl/os2news/os2news.70.

OS/2 WARP NOW AVAILABLE ON COMPAQ SERVERS

OS/2 Warp, IBM TCP/IP 2.0, and the market-leading application server, LAN Server 4.0, are now available on Compaq Computer Corporation's SmartStart version 2.3. SmartStart is Compaq's method of distributing, installing and optimizing industry standard operating systems on Compaq servers to ensure a reliable and supportable configuration.

"Compaq and IBM are working together to provide customers with a convenient solution that best meets their installation, configuration and integration requirements," said Jeff Erramouspe, director of software marketing, Compaq Systems Division. "This commitment to offer OS/2 products on Compaq servers illustrates our interest in integrating a wide selection of optimized platforms for our customers."

SmartStart ships with Compaq ProLiant and ProSignia servers. The SmartStart CD-ROM package contains encrypted operating systems and software which can be unlocked simply by purchasing activation keys from Compaq. Software purchased from Compaq through SmartStart is competitively priced with software purchased from other vendors.

OS/2 WARP NETS BRAZILIAN CONSUMERS

At FENASOFT, a very large software show held in July in Brazil, 700,000 visitors were exposed to one product in virtually every stand: OS/2 Warp.

Empty boxes of OS/2 Warp were given free-of-charge to all participants for display in their stands, resulting in very high OS/2 visibility. We sold 5000 copies of OS/2 Warp during the 5-day show.

The IBM stand at FENASOFT had continuously running IAK sessions and attendees were allowed to surf the Internet for free. Throughout the five-day event, the IBM stand was always full of Brazilian consumers eager to use the Internet Access Kit and OS/2 Warp.

AT&T AND LOTUS UNVEIL NEW SERVICE FOR NOTES USERS

AT&T and Lotus expanded their partnership and unveiled a new service that will let users of Notes collaborate over greater distances using the vast AT&T worldwide network.

A SAMPLING OF RECENT POSITIVE PRESS ON OS/2 WARP

BANKING ON IBM's OS/2 WARP

Peter Ruber, InformationWeek, 8-14-95

Union Bank, California's fourth-largest financial institution, is moving more than half of its 7,000 employees onto OS/2 Warp in a dramatic attempt to improve customer service and boost its bottom line.

IBM WORKING OVERTIME TO DEVELOP OS/2 APPLICATIONS Steven Burke, Computer Reseller News, 8-7-95

IBM is going on the offensive to increase the number of OS/2 applications.

WHAT OS/2 CAN DO FOR YOU

Dr. James K. Beard, Application Development, 8-95

"If you're looking for more stability and some cool extras, take a look at OS/2 Warp. It might surprise you]"

OS/2 WARP FLYING HIGH IN AUSTIN

OS/2 Warp was proud to sponsor the Fireworks Concert in the Sky at the 1995 Austin Aqua Festival. As a sponsor, OS/2 Warp was promoted via radio, newspaper and TV commercials which aired July 28–August 4. At the event, the OS/2 Warp logo was lit up in fireworks on the shores of Town Lake.

WARP'D HUMOR

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