Network World Fusion has a story on the Lotus Super.move Acceleration Packs designed to help users move from Exchange to Domino. The packages bundle existing tools with consulting services. This includes the Exchange Migration Tools, a copy of Domino with 25 client access licenses and 25 Notes client licenses, computer-based training for administrators and end users, and books on Notes and Domino support and migration.

Cybernet Software Systems has issued a press release announcing its acquisition of UK based Systems Initiatives Limited, a business partner to Lotus and IBM that provides integrated computing solutions. CSS’ acquisition of SI is a part of the company’s plan to enhance its share in the European market for its products and services.

Lotus is running a series of stories on the accomplishments of the Lotusphere 2000 Beacon Awards winners. This story looks at the Best eBusiness Solution–Supplier Relationship Management winner, Data Systems Analysts, Inc. The company has used Notes and Domino to give the United States Army a paperless means of selecting and negotiating with vendors for large acquisitions.

The 400 Resource reports the AS/400 servers are poised to be the industry’s most scalable Lotus Domino servers. The results of the recent Notesbench audit, due to be announced by IBM, should reveal that the AS/400 offers the highest scalability in the industry while delivering extremely low response times.

DominoPro has an article on three announcements from Ives Development, Inc. The first was for their new self-paced version of the TeamStudio LifeCycle training course called LifeCycle Solo. The second was for an online product resource called R5 Migration Pro, designed as an integrated approach to planning, executing, and implementing a Notes R4 to R5 migration. The third announcement from Ives details TeamStudio PartnerSource, an alliance that offers technologies for Lotus Notes and Domino developers.

CNET News reports traditional software companies are attempting different methods to attach themselves to the emerging wireless market. The article examines the varying strategies being employed by Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, and Sybase. IBM, it says, is focusing on both carriers and corporations with its software and services, having made deals with Internet services companies such as Razorfish and Agency.com. These companies will sell IBM’s tools for developing and managing content on wireless devices.

Lotus CEO, Al Zollar is interviewed in notes.net. In the interview, Zollar discusses Lotus’ role in e-commerce, business-to-business and business-to-customer collaboration, XML, Lotus’ knowledge management vision, and Domino versus Exchange.

Former president and CEO of Lotus Development Corp., Jeff Papows, has been appointed to the board of directors of IT FACTORY Inc. In this press release, Papows is quoted as saying, "I am extremely excited to join the board of IT FACTORY, a company well positioned to become a dominant force in the collaborative e-business market."

In a press release, Terra Networks and Lotus announced a strategic relationship for Internet projects and initiatives. The first step will be Terra Networks’ creation of a global instant messaging service called InstanTerra. In the second step, the Terra Networks Web site will provide content via the Lotus Notes Welcome Page for the Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets.

eWEEK has a story on Lotus’ attempts to coax Microsoft Exchange users over to Notes and Domino by providing three new Acceleration Packs as part of its Super.move migration program. The packs include a Domino mail server license and 25 Notes licenses as well as a variety of technical support and training resources. These tools should ease the transition, and by having Domino and Notes integrate more closely with Exchange and Office, Lotus hopes to attract more customers.