Seagate Software announced the release of Seagate Crystal Reports 8. Enhancements in report processing and a Web-based architecture set the stage for the Web reporting capabilities of Crystal Reports 8.

This report from Internet Week talks about the reports of thousands of bugs found in Windows 2000. Microsoft had no comment on the bugs in Windows 2000.

PC Week has this article which questions the security of Linux compared to proprietary operating systems. The article has some methods you can use to protect your systems from hackers.

Here’s an interesting article in Smart Reseller on bugs in Windows 2000. According to an internal Microsoft memo viewed by Smart Reseller, the company needs to fix thousands of bugs contained in the final Windows 2000 release code.

Active Voice Corporation announced it has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held PhoneSoft Inc., a provider of unified messaging solutions for Lotus Notes/Domino.

News.com reports that the National Hockey League will buy out IBM’s stake in NHL.com. This will allow the NHL to market a younger audience.

Here’s a article from PC Week on IBM’s development of the Business-to-Business Protocol Framework, or BPF, which will help developers create applications using tpaML (Trading Partner Agreements Markup Language).

IBM announced that it has successfully handled more than 57,000 active Lotus Notes mail users on a single RS/6000 S80 server. In independent tests, a 24-way IBM RS/6000 Model S80 — running Lotus Domino Release 5.02 Mail — handled 57,600 concurrent mail users, twice as many as its predecessor and former Notes mail record holder, an IBM RS/6000 Enterprise Server S70.

esna ltd. launched a new dedicated SMTP Hosting Service for Domino. The service will allow organizations who use Notes and Domino but don’t have a permanent Internet connection to send/receive SMTP mail.

Every solution from SolutionPlanet will now on be available in several different licenses. One is a Free-license without limitations or annoying messages. Hosted/Rented licenses will also be available as well as Full Source Code licences.