InfoWorld has this article on industries awaiting Y2K.

We’ve discovered a Eudora glitch that seems to be Y2K related, although it’s far from critical. Apparently, if you queue a message up for delivery after January 1, it gets delivered right away (00 is less than 99). For now, we’re putting messages to be delivered after January 1 into a folder and we’ll queue them after the calendar flips to 2000. If you see any other Y2K glitches, please send them in to news@zatz.com. We’ll be covering those our readers discover on all three sites.

Isocor announced simultaneous product releases for MetaConnect v2 and N-PLEX Global v4.5. Enhanced security with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) support is one of the added features in both products as it protects the transport of data between components.

We’re looking for a few good writers out there to contribute to our magazines. If you are interested, please email heather@zatz.com.

Here’s a report from Information Week on when we can expect to see Exchange 2000. It looks like it won’t be available until months after the February 17 release date for Windows 2000.

Due to the Christmas holiday, we will not publish news until Monday, December 27. We would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday.

News.com reports that local phone companies are looking at ways to push unified messaging services.

c’t has this interview with IBM’s John Thompson, Senior Vice President and Group Executive Executive IBM Software Group. In the interview, he discusses what the future holds for Lotus and Tivoli, and Windows 2000.

Thanks to our readers who sent in this item from Information Week. The article names Lotus Notes one of the most important products of the 1990s.

AVT Corporation, in coordination with Lotus Corporation, Compaq, and Intel Dialogic announced the companies have sponsored a unified messaging study, which focuses on the buying patterns and the issues and opportunities surrounding the technology.