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Linux for Lotus, but not for Notes client
News Lotus confirmed the move, but said no redundancies would be made, with staff given the opportunity to move elsewhere within Lotus or parent company IBM. Lotus support will be merged with IBM's support facility in Dublin.
[October 22, 1999, 15:17]
IBM makes WebSphere connection
News Collaboration Center, which IBM demonstrated at its Lotusphere conference earlier this year, is part of the Lotus division's plan to rewrite its applications in Java. The plan, which IBM calls its NextGen strategy will make Lotus applications run...
[May 15, 2003, 10:50]
Sun, AOL collaborate on instant messaging
News IBM's Lotus Sametime can connect to AIM, but Microsoft's MSN Messenger can't. But competing technologies -- IBM's Lotus server software and Microsoft's Exchange -- have similar features and already can serve as hubs for private instant messaging...
[July 16, 2001, 13:58]
Microsoft on Trial: Feds say Microsoft muscled PC makers
News In one exchange, the government presented a March 1994 electronic mail message sent to Gates and Microsoft president Steve Ballmer by Joachim Kempin, senior vice president of the OEM sales and marketing group, regarding IBM's support of Lotus...
[December 16, 1998, 6:13]
Google sets sights on Lotus Notes customers
News Google will be hard pressed to win seats from the IBM Lotus Notes faithful — just ask Microsoft," Pray wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. Google has released a migration tool for Lotus Notes users who want to move over to Google Apps.
[July 15, 2009, 15:13]
IBM launches collaboration initiative
News IBM employees have begun using Web 2.0-style tools in Lotus and as standalone applications, to collaborate within the company, share API and create more knowledge about what's going on in research. Alistair Rennie, vice president, development and...
[March 29, 2007, 9:43]
IBM looks for Workplace desktop success
News It's not as if everyone in a company has the same image on all their desktops, and that is arguably what the Microsoft Office story is," said Mike Loria, director of channels and product manager at IBM's Lotus division.
[November 24, 2004, 7:50]
VoIP Is Music to Roland's Ears - And Bottom Line
White Papers As a solution Sirius installed two IBM System i model 520 servers (one to handle Roland's phone and Lotus applications and one as a backup server), migrated the Lotus applications to the new servers, and worked with business partner 3Com to...
[January 1, 2009, 0:00]
IBM revamps e-business software
News The company also plans to announce new Tivoli management software for managing security and a new portion of the IBM Web site that focuses on the needs of Lotus developers. Lotus is IBM's family of email, messaging and collaboration software.
[May 9, 2002, 7:31]
Oracle takes on Microsoft on the desktop
News With the move, Oracle further competes with Microsoft's Exchange email server software, as well as IBM's Lotus family of collaboration software. We think Lotus is a dying animal. Ellison said he believes the company's main competitor in...
[July 11, 2002, 9:45]
Et tu? IBM, Sun kill JavaOS for business
News IBM liked StarOffice because it was cross-platform and object-oriented, but outcries from Lotus users and channel executives forced IBM to cancel its plans. Ironically, around the same time IBM considered buying StarDivision and replacing Lotus...
[August 23, 1999, 8:39]
Instant Messaging: Internal servers or public services?
News AOL has continued to complain about the difficulties of making IM transparent but has nevertheless knuckled down and made some progress, initially working with IBM to test interconnectivity with IBM's Lotus SameTime IM application, a leader in the...
[December 15, 2002, 18:47]
IBM puts its weight behind iSeries
News The recent appointment of Al Zollar from Lotus as head of iSeries shows commitment -- and an understanding that software is key to keeping iSeries in people's minds. The stack includes WebSphere, Tivoli management and Lotus software.
[January 20, 2003, 8:39]
Microsoft to up Exchange security
News Ease of use is a big issue because Microsoft is battling IBM's Lotus for the lead of the email and messaging software market, which is expected to reach $1.5bn in sales this year, according to IDC. While Microsoft's biggest nemesis in the market is...
[July 16, 2002, 13:54]
Is Ray Ozzie the new Bill Gates?
News Iris was sold to Lotus, which was later acquired by IBM. During the negotiations between Big Blue and Lotus, which began as a hostile takeover, CEO Lou Gerstner hopped aboard IBM's jet and paid a special visit to the Iris headquarters to present...
[June 16, 2006, 9:15]
Microsoft on Trial: MS a '1,000-pound gorilla' says Disney
News Whereupon Boies said Kempin's message was actually a reply to e-mail from Gates himself asking Kempin to find out what was going on with IBM helping Lotus Development Corp. Department of Justice prosecutor David Boies asked Gates about an e-mail he...
[December 16, 1998, 12:55]
IT heavyweights eye the PeopleSoft pie
News For instance, when IBM launched an unsolicited $3bn takeover of Lotus Development in June 1995, Big Blue chief executive Lou Gerstner, who coveted Lotus Notes' groupware product, paid a special visit to Massachusetts to woo the company's star...
[June 9, 2003, 12:40]
Code exchanges: We got that open-source feelin'
News IBM has offered its Sandbox site for many years, allowing customers using its Lotus office software to swap add-ons and customisations. Craig Lordan, a lead developer for IBM's Lotus Workplace division, said the site started as a promotional...
[June 14, 2004, 10:30]
IBM revamps WebSphere
News The company is doing the same for its other software product lines, which include the Lotus line of collaboration software, Tivoli systems management line, DB2 database and Rational development tools.
[November 7, 2003, 15:05]
The Mailroom - Click here to look at this week's letters
News Story: Lotus chief says 'no way' to Linux.for now I'm disappointed by Lotus' decision, but once MS will get bigger share -- they'll port it and pray that they'll have a good share. I hate when a company like Lotus doesn't even think about the...
[October 9, 1998, 12:40]
