<A HREF="http://www.palm.com/about/pr/2000/110100.html">Palm, Inc.</A> and IBM announced an agreement to collaborate on providing mobile ebusiness solutions to customers of both companies worldwide. As part of the agreement, IBM Global Services will create a consulting and systems integration competency to focus on developing and deploying business applications for Palm OS platform devices, such as the IBM Workpad, and related Palmbased data services, such as the Palm.Net wireless service.