For
Immediate Release
CASAHL Announces Release of
Replic-Action™ 5.6 with Enhanced Features for Integrating IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
with Other Collaboration and Enterprise Systems
New Releases of Replic-Action™ and ecKnowledge® Offer More Options
for Lotus Notes and Domino Users
ORLANDO, FL, January 22, 2007 —
CASAHL Technology, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise products and services for
integrating and extending IBM Lotus Notes and Domino and Microsoft® collaborative
applications, today announced the release of Replic-Action™ 5.6, the latest
version of CASAHL’s award-winning software for integrating Lotus Notes and Domino
with DBMS systems.
Replic-Action 5.6 is certified to work with Lotus Notes and Domino versions R5
through R7 and includes new drivers tuned to work with the latest versions of
Replic-Action connection database servers. The Oracle driver now supports
Oracle version 10g R2, as well as 8i, 9i and earlier versions
supported by Replic-Action 5.5. The SQL Server driver now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2005,
including some of the new functionalities introduced in SQL Server 2005, such as support for
managed code assemblies as stored procedures. The DB2 driver now supports authentication
through Active Directory and Kerberos. DB2 administrators can also create bind packages
on the database server without connecting through the driver. The Sybase driver now
supports Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15. The Sybase driver also supports
authentication through Active Directory and Kerberos.
In addition, the Replic-Action 5.6 Composer™ and Server now include several
"housekeeping" agents to perform routine operational maintenance tasks,
such as maintaining scheduling options or fixing damaged data in the System Catalog.
Replic-Action 5.6 also includes miscellaneous maintenance updates and patches to the
previous release, as well as a number of optimizations to speed job execution.
Dr. Harry Wong, CEO and President of CASAHL Technology, states, "We continue to be
in the forefront in the area of data integration and extension for both IBM and Microsoft
collaborative applications. New drivers in Replic-Action 5.6 enable our customers to
take advantage of more features in the latest versions of connected database servers —
and our other product, CASAHL ecKnowledge, offers users a number of options for
integrating IBM Lotus Notes with Microsoft SharePoint."
CASAHL ecKnowledge® integrates Lotus Notes with Microsoft SharePoint™
CASAHL ecKnowledge® builds upon and extends the Replic-Action Server to a wide range
of heterogeneous platforms and data sources. CASAHL ecKnowledge can integrate, extend,
synchronize or migrate data and applications bi-directionally between the IBM Lotus family
of applications (Lotus Notes and Domino, IBM Lotus QuickPlace, and IBM Lotus Domino Document
Manager), Microsoft collaborative applications (including SharePoint, .NET and other
Microsoft Office System applications), and virtually any other enterprise data source
(including DBMS applications, XML Web services, and other data sources).
CASAHL ecKnowledge supports a wide range of SharePoint functionality (including standard
and custom lists, document libraries and discussion boards) and can work with Windows
SharePoint Services (WSS), SharePoint Portal Server (SPS v2), and/or Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007. CASAHL ecKnowledge 9.0, now available in Beta version to selected
customers and scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2007, supports two-way
integration or extension between SharePoint and Lotus Notes and Domino (including Lotus
QuickPlace) and one-way integration or extension from Lotus Domino.Doc.
The ecKnowledge Server Development Kit® (EDK), which ships with ecKnowledge,
provides a set of APIs that can be used by developers to interact with the ecKnowledge Server
through other application programs. CASAHL ecKnowledge 9.0 adds to the set of APIs that was
started in release 8.4 and also includes new ADO Provider technology, capable of integrating
SharePoint and other applications without needing to replicate the data.
"As IBM and Microsoft continue heavy investment in collaboration technologies and products,
many Lotus Domino users and developers want to ensure continued return on their investment in
the Lotus Domino infrastructure," states Dr. Wong. "CASAHL is excited to offer a solution that allows continued development and extension of collaborative applications based on
Lotus Domino which are also able to work well with SharePoint and other Microsoft collaborative
applications. CASAHL ecKnowledge provides a RAD environment to integrate these two systems with a minimal amount of programming. CASAHL ecKnowledge® Lotus Notes and SharePoint Connectors enable seamless and secure integration between Lotus Domino and SharePoint applications. Customers can also use the ecKnowledge Web Services Connector to integrate and extend Lotus Notes and SharePoint applications to WebSphere."
Free Customized Webcast Demonstrations
CASAHL offers free live webcast demonstrations of both ecKnowledge and Replic-Action and
time-limited evaluation copies of the software. To register, contact CASAHL at http://www.casahl.com/services/webcast.asp.
Special Offer for Existing CASAHL Replic-Action Customers
CASAHL is so sure that customers will like what they see in ecKnowledge that the company is
offering the ecKnowledge Production Server license free of charge to existing Replic-Action
customers. Customers who have a current non-evaluation license for Replic-Action can
"trade in" their existing Replic-Action connectors for new ecKnowledge connectors
or they can purchase additional ecKnowledge connectors at the regular list price. Customers
should contact their Account Representatives for full details.
About CASAHL Technology, Inc.
CASAHL Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of products and services for optimizing
IBM/Lotus and Microsoft collaborative applications. CASAHL products can integrate, extend,
or migrate data and applications between multiple heterogeneous data sources, including
IBM Lotus Notes and Domino®, Microsoft SharePoint™ (and other Microsoft Office
and collaboration products), DBMS applications (such as Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server),
ERP and CRM systems, and virtually any other enterprise data source.
CASAHL ecKnowledge® and Replic-Action™ — the company’s two main products —
are server-based applications with a wizard-based GUI interface for rapid application
development and administration by domain experts, knowledge workers and junior level systems
staff. Little or no programming is required for most tasks. Users can continue to collaborate
in their own preferred environments. CASAHL products respect existing systems-level and
application-level security infrastructures and are non-intrusive to the environment, requiring
no changes to existing applications or networks in order to work with CASAHL products.
Founded in 1993, CASAHL has more than 1,500 enterprise customers and a network of consulting
partners around the world. In addition to its award-winning products, CASAHL offers training
and consulting services for analysis, integration, coexistence and migration projects.
To learn more about CASAHL products and services, or to register for a free live webcast
demonstration, visit the company’s website at
http://www.casahl.com, send email to
info@casahl.com, or phone
925-328-2828 (800-324-4284 USA only).
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