PURCHASE, N.Y., Feb., 10, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Interliant, Inc. (OTCBB:INIT), a leading provider of managed infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has implemented a hosted IBM Lotus(r) Team Workplace (QuickPlace) online collaboration solution to support the Network Steering Board (NSB), a group of senior executives from state environmental departments and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) charged with implementation of the Exchange Network, a new Internet-based environmental information exchange initiative. The solution includes Interliant hosting and professional services to customize the Team Workplace.
The Exchange Network was jointly designed by a partnership between EPA and states through the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS). ECOS is a national non-profit, non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental commissioners. Interliant's hosted Team Workplace solution will support the NSB's mission of implementing the Exchange Network with a virtual "team space" for online collaboration among its work groups located in states around the country.
The solution combines dedicated IBM Lotus Team Workplace hosting with enhancements such as a unified team portal and team templates, providing a central repository of documents and information for teams that are spread across geographic and organizational boundaries. It is part of Interliant's suite of collaborative applications, which includes hosted IBM Lotus Instant Messaging (Sametime(r)) and collaborative application development offerings.
"Interliant's solution will provide our members with an effective way to collaborate on implementation tasks critical to the success of the Exchange Network," said Molly O'Neill, State Director, Network Steering Board at ECOS. "With a centralized, Web-based portal for accessing documents and discussion forums, our members can share their experiences and ideas more efficiently."
"Interliant's hosted Team Workplace solution is ideal for partnerships like the one between ECOS and EPA where work responsibilities are geographically dispersed," said Francis J. Alfano, Interliant's president and CEO. "Team members from different organizations and locations have an online collaboration tool, and because Interliant manages the system, the Network Steering Board and their work groups are free to focus on their mission and members' needs."
About Interliant
Interliant, Inc. is a leading provider of managed infrastructure solutions, encompassing messaging, security, and hosting plus an integrated set of professional services that differentiate and add customer value to these core solutions. The company makes it easier and more cost-effective for its customers to acquire, maintain, and manage their IT infrastructure via selective outsourcing. Headquartered in Purchase, New York, Interliant has forged strategic alliances and partnerships with the world's leading software, networking and hardware manufacturers, including Check Point Software Technologies Inc., IBM and Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, and Sun Microsystems Inc. For more information about Interliant, visit www.interliant.com
Interliant is a trademark of Interliant, Inc., in the United States, other countries, or both.
Lotus, QuickPlace, and Sametime are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
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