Strategic Net Applications announced the launch of TeamAnywhere, a project management site hosting service for the small and medium business (SMB) market, targeting high-collaboration industries. TeamAnywhere, based on the Lotus QuickPlace teamware server, provides rich text editing, a shared calendar, Java-based tools, workflow and offline capabilities, as well as a customizable interface and administrative features.

Microsoft and Extended Systems announced they will work together in a number of areas, including joint marketing and distribution efforts as well as technical collaboration for future products. Mobile professionals will now have direct access to their data through Extended Systems’ XTNDConnect Server, which provides secure data access directly to Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes/Domino Servers and ODBC-compliant databases.

PC Week has this report on Linus Torvalds’ keynote address at Comdex in Las Vegas. In his address Torvalds talks about Linux and his new company, Transmeta. He said that the details surrounding Transmeta will be revealed on January 19, 2000.

In the wake of the recent Bubbleboy Virus, Internet Week has this article on how IT professionals are handling it. The article also said that Network Associates will deliver enhanced protection for Lotus Notes R5 with NAI’s GroupShield for Lotus Notes 4.5.

An official at Lotus said that the company will integrate its Sametime instant messaging application into the Notes R5 email client. According to Internet Week, this will make Notes the first email system to include instant messaging.

Sharing Technologies announced the immediate availability of its flagship product, Papirus. Developed for Lotus Notes and Domino users, Papirus allows Notes users to capture information in any format and then share it through their Domino-based intranet.

Pembroke International announced today the immediate availability of ConvertDocument.com a public Internet email-based service that enables users to migrate and co-exist, legacy documents and current standard applications, such as MS Office’97, Lotus Notes, and HTML.

Internet Week also has this article on Intraspect’s Intraspect Knowledge Server, which is a knowledge management and collaboration platform for the Web that lets users share information within a central repository or multiple repositories.

The Apache Software Foundation, in collaboration with Bowstreet, DataChannel, Exoffice, IBM, Lotus Development Corporation and Sun Microsystems, announced the formation of the xml.apache.org Project in response to the demand for Open Source XML and XSL tools triggered by the rapid adoption of XML. xml.apache.org will provide a set of XML- and XSL-related libraries and applications within an industry-wide, peer-based Open Source development process.

Thanks to reader Sean Heffernan for pointing us to Internet Week’s review of Notes/Domino R5. The review says that Notes and Domino R5 should be considered if you’re getting into groupware.