Lotus Approach is a relational database management system included in IBM's Lotus SmartSuite for Microsoft Windows.
The start-up company Approach was first formed in 1991 and won over 30 awards in the first year including "best of show" at Comdex. It is considered to be the first "end-user relational database" that didn't introduce yet-another-file-format.
Sold to Lotus in 1994 and then Lotus was purchased by IBM.
Lotus Approach is a relational database designed to manage, analyze, and report on business information. It offers ease of use, cross-product integration, connectivity, and power and analysis capabilities. Computing features maximize the sharing of information within the organization. Approach 9.5 offers tight integration with Lotus Notes, making it an excellent tool for reporting on, analyzing, and updating Notes data. Approach lets users connect to all data, whether it is stored in dBASE, DB2, Oracle, Lotus Notes or almost anywhere else.
We offer one level of training on Lotus Approach - Introductory
