Warpstock 99 - Atlanta, October 16-17, 1999
          Two fun filled days of OS/2 and YOU!
Register by September 6, 1999 to receive a discount!
  Visit http://www.warpstock.org for full details.

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Source: Esther Schindler (esther@bitranch.com)
Moderator: Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
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E-commerce is the new buzzword, and if you 
believe what it says in the magazines, every 
business with an an ounce of sense is 
creating an online store. But "enterprise 
level" tools are overkill for most small 
businesses, and they cost an arm and a leg. 
Plus, there don't seem to be as many 
e-commerce site builder options for us OS/2 
users.

Until now.

At the general meeting on Tuesday, September 
14, a representative from iTool will show us 
how easy it is to create an online store. If 
you've been thinking about selling something 
online -- or simply curious about the 
procedure -- this is a meeting you can't 
miss.

What is iTOOL? 

iTool, which is a local Scottsdale company, 
hosts the e-commerce store at its site. You 
build and maintain the site through a Web 
browser... so the OS you choose is 
irrelevant. It also means that you have no 
extra software to purchase or install.

iTOOL combines high performance Web site 
hosting with its development tools, giving 
you everything you need to run your 
organization online in a single package. You 
can sign up for Web hosting alone -- they 
include email accounts, interactive 
graphical statistics reports, multiple 
domain name hosting, a ColdFusion Web 
Application Server, a RealMedia Server, and 
so on. They also include site development 
tools like a site creation wizard and 
specialty templates for business types (such 
as photographers and real estate agents).

But what's bound to attract you is its 
turnkey electronic commerce features. iTool 
uses browser based, database driven store 
construction, has key word searching, and 
supports secure credit card transactions 
with real time authorization. The cost for 
the basic e-commerce site is $49.96 per 
month.

When and where

This meeting will be the first one held at 
POSSI's new meeting site, at Camelsquare. 
Give yourself a few extra minutes to find 
the place. Camelsquare is on the northwest 
corner of 44th Street and Camelback, which 
sounds simple enough. However, the room 
itself may take you a few minutes to find. 
The Camelsquare offices are in lettered 
buildings. Ours is in Building G, room G250.

The meeting day and time doesn't change. 
We're still meeting on Tuesday, September 
14th, at 7:00pm. The general Q&A session 
will begin at 6:30. We're sure to have an 
after-meeting meeting, too, where we quaff a 
few ales... but will that be back at our old 
Coyote Springs haunts, or will we try a new 
site for food and drink? You'll have to show 
up and find out.




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