Lotus would like everyone to know that the excitement is building around Lotusphere 2002. They’ve just issued a press release stating that during the five day-long conference, taking place from January 27 – 31 at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Al Zollar, General Manager of Lotus Software, IBM Software Group, will speak to conference attendees about the proof points required to make the right business decisions in real-time.

InformationWeek has an article on how the September 11 attacks have led one PR firm to accelerate the deployment of Lotus’ SameTime instant-messaging product.

Mentor Communications Group announced that it has released Mentor for IBM Lotus iNotes Web Access. Mentor’s Lotus iNotes product is designed to help users understand and get the most out of Lotus iNotes Web Access.

IBM announced that KeyBank, N.A. has implemented IBM Mindspan Solutions to streamline its corporate and line-of-business training enrollment and administration processes. IBM Mindspan Solutions, supported by a strong alliance with TEDS – A CBM Company, provided KeyBank with a complete learning management solution.

You have to respect determination, no matter how it’s represented. According to our sources, young Kai, 19, has the hots for one Miss Julia, 18. Apparently, she does not fully recipricate his feelings. In a new take on "let’s just be friends," she has apparently told him that she won’t sleep with him until his Web site gets 111,111,111 hits. We here at ZATZ believe in encouraging young love in all its forms, so please click into his site and help Kai show Julia his sincerity. Of course, what’ll happen if his site actually reaches 111,111,111 hits is a whole different story. Be aware that the site’s in German, but that doesn’t mean you can’t click through and help poor Kai get his girl.

ZDNET reports Coca-Cola Co. purchased technology from IBM in order to move its entire advertising and brand history to an online digital media archive. The technology includes IBM’s Content Manager, Lotus Notes, and Lotus Domino.

InternetWeek reports MWH Global Inc. is going to force its 5,500 employees to use the company’s new Web knowledge management portal. According to the article, the company will take away employees’ IBM Lotus Notes clients, replacing them with the new iNotes Web client, which will provide access to email through the knowledge management (KM) portal.

You have to respect determination, no matter how it’s represented. According to our sources, young Kai, 19, has the hots for one Miss Julia, 18. Apparently, she does not fully recipricate his feelings. In a new take on "let’s just be friends," she has apparently told him that she won’t sleep with him until his Web site gets 111,111,111 hits. We here at ZATZ believe in encouraging young love in all its forms, so please click into his site and help Kai show Julia his sincerity. Of course, what’ll happen if his site actually reaches 111,111,111 hits is a whole different story. Be aware that the site’s in German, but that doesn’t mean you can’t click through and help poor Kai get his girl.

Line56 has an article on how Domino’s Pizza migrated to Lotus Notes to handle its information management, Web access, group scheduling, calendaring, and even email needs.

An outbreak of fever in the west African nation of Gabon has been confirmed as Ebola. It is the world’s first documented outbreak of Ebola since last year in Uganda, where 224 people – including health workers – died from the virus. Ebola is one of the most virulent viral diseases known to humankind, causing death in 50 to 90 percent of all clinically ill cases.

Before you start thinking that Gabon is some little-known country in far-off Africa and ask "What does it have to do with Lotus Notes?", be aware that the Port of Gabon is a rather sophisticated Notes site. I profiled them way back in 1992 in one of my earlier books. To all of you in Gabon, fellow Notes users and others, good luck!