CompuServe Inc has announced plans to integrate its services with the Internet, and to invest $301m over the next three years in network infrastructure, software development and Internet security. The company has also unveiled new products designed to give users access to both CompuServe and the Internet. These include a free NetLauncher, a Point-to-Point Protocol dialler and Web browser, providing CompuServe’s global membership with direct access to the Web. The company will also supply a free CompuServe Information Manager for Windows, WinCIM, providing Internet In A Box users with access to consumer information. Internet In A Box users will also get free basic CompuServe services for three months. CompuServe has had an Internet mail link since 1989, and later added File Transfer Protocol, Telnet and the ability to access Usenet news groups, said Compuserve, adding that the new NetLauncher was very, very simple to use for Windows users, and the Dial Point-to-Point Protocol allows communication from any platform, the Mac for example. CompuServe has also joined with America OnLine Inc, IBM Corp and Netscape Communications Corp to make an equity investment in Terisa Systems Inc, the primary developer of Secure-Hypertext Transaction Transfer S-HTTP protocol, one of the leading standards of Internet transaction security. The Secure Socket Layer SSL, developed by Netscape, has also been added to Terisa Systems in an effort to promote an interoperable security approach. The idea is to open up the Internet for private secure transactions, including the transmission of credit card information.