Johnson Consulting introduced a new Web-based support system, designed to assist network administrators with messaging questions. Clients who utilize the service can expect messaging consultants and messaging migration experts from Johnson Consulting to answer questions regarding messaging software including third party products.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Working Mother magazine did a survey of the most family-friendly companies. Lotus Development is one of the top ten companies in the survey.

ComputerWorld Magazine takes a look at different email programs and gives the pros and cons of using proprietary email systems.

The New York Times has this article on Sun Microsystems’ acquisition of German software maker Star Division. The Times says that this acquisition allows Sun to compete with Microsoft’s Office suite. To access this article, you need to register with the New York Times.

Verity announced the launch of a nationwide seminar series for organizations interested in designing and developing strategic e-commerce and corporate portal solutions. The half-day seminars will be held throughout North America from September 28 through November 4, with morning sessions dedicated to e-commerce and afternoon sessions focusing on corporate portals.

enCommerce said that its getAccess software now supports IBM’s Java-based WebSphere Application Server family, which deploys e-business solutions. Under the agreement, enCommerce getAccess will support IBM’s WebSphere Application Server Standard, Advanced, Enterprise Editions.

Symatrix Technology announced its new Knowledge Center, located in Symatrix Technology’s Portland location. The Knowledge Center offers Lotus end user, system administration and application development courses.

SCH Technologies announced the availability of Merkur Enterprise Fax software Version 5. Merkur’s client and gateway interfaces for e-mail packages such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, HP OpenMail, SMTP and other systems allow users to send and receive faxes just like e-mail via their current e-mail system.

AVT announced that its enterprise fax server software divisions, AVT RightFAX Software Group and CommercePath Software Group, were named as fax server market leaders in the United States and Worldwide at the Fax Directions/Messaging World ’99 conference earlier this month.

Enterprise Harmony 99, an Extended Systems data synchronization solution, now supports Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Lotus Notes 5.0. Enterprise Harmony provides mobile professionals with the ability to synchronize Palm Computing, Windows CE and Casio Pocket Viewer devices with a variety of PC applications.