On Tuesday, October 17, we will be performing routine server maintenance. All ZATZ sites will be down for just a few hours.

SearchDomino has a series of news briefs covering a new LotusScript course offered by The Learning Continuum Company, another Web-based class on XML from Instruction Set, and a Lotus business partner acquiring the maker of Domino integration tools.

InfoWorld has an article on how IBM’s latest upgrade to the WebSphere Application Server is an excellent example of what the modern application server can do.

Our old friend, Dave Winer, has posted an interesting discussion on the P2P (point-to-point) Internet non-happening. He discusses the concept in relation to Napster and clarifies some interesting issues about why Napster’s so big and P2P isn’t. If you haven’t read Dave’s stuff, you should. He’s been around this industry for a long time and often gives readers great food for thought.

Internet Week has an article warning that before going down the path of collaboration, it’s crucial you consider how your customers and business partners fit in.

Ives Development, Inc. announced the release of Edition 14 of the TeamStudio Design System, the modular suite of software engineering tools for Lotus Notes and Domino.

Network World reports Ecora will release Documentor for Lotus Domino and Documentor for Oracle. According to the article, Ecora’s software generates plain-English documents detailing configuration settings on servers and databases.

ZDNet has an article on Microsoft’s Exchange 2000 that also talks about other groupware vendors, such as Lotus and Novell Inc., who are adding to or beefing up their Web clients in an effort to meet the demands of users shifting more of their computing to the Internet. The article talks about Lotus’ iNotes interface, which not only enables Notes users to access their message store from a browser but also gives Outlook users access to Lotus’ Domino back end.

As a key part of its Application Lifecycle Management Portfolio, Lotus Professional Services announced Lotus i-net Solutions Architecture (LiSA), a common platform for rapid application development throughout the enterprise.

eWEEK reports IT Factory Inc. will announce that it’s developing a collaborative application architecture for Microsoft’s Exchange 2000 platform. According to the article, IT Factory officials said the decision is not an abandonment of its Lotus roots, but is instead a move to exploit some of the improvements Microsoft has made in Exchange.