The San Jose Business Journal has this article which could bring hope to software companies who lost money due to software piracy.

Prima Tech announced that its new Lotus Notes book is now available in bookstores nationwide. Lotus Notes R5 Fast & Easy highlights new features in the software, such as a seamless Internet interface. It also allows the reader to master standard functions such as organizing with the calendar, scheduling meetings, utilizing a "to do" list, creating and managing the address book, communicating via e-mail, working with the Internet, and creating a database.

Latitude Communications announced the integration of its MeetingPlace system with Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino Server. With MeetingPlace for Notes, users across an enterprise can set up and attend MeetingPlace voice and data conference calls from Lotus Notes clients.

PC World takes a look at two Windows CE devices, the Cassiopeia E-100 from Casio and Philips’ Nino 500. The article compares them to the latest Palm computers. The article also includes a review of software such as IntelliSync for Palm organizers, which synchronizes the Palm device with Lotus Notes.

AVT Corporation announced it has created a unified messaging product suite called CallXpress. The suite supports full integration with Microsoft Exchange/Outlook and Lotus Notes.

WebTrends Corporation announced that WebTrends Log Analyzer 4.51 was awarded the Network World Blue Ribbon Award for Web-server log analysis tools.

Digital Lava Inc. announced that Lotus is distributing sales and training tools created with Digital Lava’s VideoVisor Professional to over 4,000 Domino R5 Value Added Resellers (VARs) worldwide.

IntellAgent Control Corporation announced a new Web page for clients of the IntellAgent Control System. IntellAgent Control System is based on Lotus Notes. The Client Page of the IntellAgent Control Web site gives customers easier access to IntellAgent Control consultants and other clients.

Lotus posted this story on their Web site about how Notes/Domino R5 has helped break the language barrier in a Canadian hospital.

Aviator Software announced with their newest distributor, KnowledgeArc, that Aviator 2.2 is available for download from Aviator’s Web site and KnowledgeArc’s site. Aviator 2.2 is Aviator Software’s latest enterprise document management system built to leverage Lotus’ Domino infrastructure by providing a document management solution.