We continue our in-depth coverage of the Y2K issue with a great little animation. If you’re online, you’re going to enjoy this. If you’re reading from a mobile edition, be sure to click the link when you get back to your desktop machine.

IBM, PGA.com, and Ryder Cup, Ltd. announced the launch of RyderCup.com, the official Web site for the 1999 Ryder Cup golf competition.

Trend Micro and InterNoded announced a strategic marketing alliance aimed at providing administration and virus protection for Lotus Notes infrastructures. The offering will provide organizations that are installing, upgrading or migrating to Lotus Notes with faster, easier deployments that integrate virus protection.

Network Computing takes a look at SiteScape Forum, a group collaboration package that offers calendars and discussion groups.

Data Communications has this article on wireless IPs. The article says taht this will be a huge challenge for newtork administrators.

Microsoft president Steve Ballmer said that Microsoft’s Office 2000 will be Web-based. In this article from ZDNN, the company’s new vice-president of the Consumer and Commerce Group, Richard Belluzzo, will be the one to make this happen.

Computer Reseller News reports that Lotus’ support for Linux can create new markets for Lotus and its parent company, IBM.

Internet Week has this story on what PeopleSoft and SAP have been up to. The article says that both companies’ recent alliances move ERP closer to the Internet.

Are Sun Microsystems’ competitors for real or are they bitter? In this article from TechWeb, Sun’s rivals are claiming that free applications should not be trusted.

ZDNet reports that IBM intends to support Windows 2000, even though IBM has reservations about the operating system.