Lotus Development Corp. and America Online, Inc. today announced plans to deliver a <A HREF="http://www.lotus.com/lotus/press.nsf/a10dd8d2e75f06bc852564a5004cd7ea/0ba9475664b4b980852566fd004da8aa?OpenDocument">co-branded suite</A> of offerings to users of Lotus Notes R5 and Lotus Sametime, including AOL's popular Web services. This partnership will provide Lotus business users with AOL's Web searching capability and AOL's customized news service. Additionally, Lotus Sametime Connect users will be able to interoperate with AOL's Instant Messenger feature.