Wired News reports that IBM and the University of New Mexico are teaming up to build Los Lobos, not the band, but the world’s fastest Linux-based supercomputer.

JP Systems announced that it has expanded its business around a mobile application service provider (ASP) model. As a mobile ASP, the company offers wireless data solutions for carriers and enterprises and wirelessly enabled applications for business-to-business ASPs.

VeriSign announced VeriSign Go Secure! for Lotus Notes. Go Secure! for Lotus Notes enables secure Internet messaging by allowing users of Lotus Notes to acquire and use digital certificates to send and receive digitally signed and encrypted email.

IT FACTORY unveiled a Web storefront for the online brokering of application components for developers of Notes/Domino applications. IT FACTORY’s new online storefront gives Lotus Notes business partners an instant channel for delivering their solutions.

Logility announced a global relationship with IBM to provide a supply chain management solution that leverages the AS/400e server platform.

PC Magazine take a look at the players in knowledge management. Lotus, Microsoft, and Cognos are among those mentioned. The artifle also takes a good look at Raven, Lotus’ upcoming knowledge mangaement technology.

The Learning Continuum Company announced the R4 to R5 User Update course to train R4 Notes users how to use the new features and user interface of R5. This course uses Notes databases to provide a self-paced course with hands-on, real-life activities and demonstrations. Instructor support is available to the students electronically.

The Edmonton Sun has this article on using your handheld for grocery shopping. The article talks about how this can be possible with Tivoli’s Pervasive Management Business Unit, a new section of the company that will concentrate on delivering management solutions involving handhelds.

International Business Systems (IBS) will demonstrate its new customer relationship management (CRM) software, ASW Rainbow, at the IBM Global Supply Chain Executive Conference in Las Vegas on March 19. Built on the Lotus Domino platform, Rainbow is integrated tightly with ASW.

VSI Communications Group announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lotus Development Corporation that will establish Lotus as the primary North American distributor of VSI’s support and communications tool, Mentor for Lotus Notes. Under the agreement, Lotus gains the rights to market the application to large enterprise accounts in North America. VSI retains the rights to market the application, as well as the company’s full suite of Mentor learning and support applications, to corporations up to 3,000 employees.