NetObjects and Lotus Development announced that NetObjects e-business site building software, NetObjects Fusion Enterprise Edition, including NetObjects Fusion, NetObjects ScriptBuilder and NetObjects BeanBuilder, is commercially available in a new bundle with the Lotus Domino Application Studio.

Lotus Development Corp. today announced that it has opened registration today for Lotusphere Europe 99, Lotus’ European customer and business partner conference to be held at the International Congress Centre, Berlin, Germany, from October 25 to 29.

The Washington Post has this story relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s suit against 25 people who allegedly traded Lotus stock illegally.

Lotus announced it will be a partner with the Russian Ministry of Higher and Professional Education in initiating the development of a new information and communication infrastructure for the Russian education system.

Pacific HiTech is renaming itself after its flagship Linux operating system product, TurboLinux. IBM and Pacific HiTech also are working on versions of IBM’s WebSphere and Lotus Domino messaging and Web server software for Linux, he added.

News.com reports that Microsoft has showed off the next release of Exchange. The next release will include a new technology called Web Store, which is essentially a new file system, called EXIFS, which runs on Windows NT and augments NT’s own NTFS.

Transend Corporation announced the availability of ConnectorWare 3.0 MAPI Service for cc:Mail, a major upgrade to the bundled Microsoft Outlook Support for Lotus cc:Mail, which was developed by Transend. ConnectorWare 3.0 is a MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) service that enables Outlook to access cc:Mail LAN post offices (DB6 & DB8) and cc:Mobile. Version 3.0 offers significant feature enhancements, improved performance and simplified installation.

Lotus Development is boosting its distance learning offerings with a new batch of courses and plans to deliver hosted distributed learning applications based on Lotus LearningSpace Anytime. According to News.com, LearningSpace 3.0 is due to launch by the end of this month.

InterNoded Incorporated announced the release of StriveComm, an online solution for creating Internet communities on the Web. StriveComm, a subscription-based online service, provides tools to build Internet communities through a variety of customizable Web site templates. Originally designed for the education market, StriveComm creates and hosts an easy-to-manage Web site for any group or organization, such as school districts, sports leagues, consortiums, recreational clubs, and financial groups.

Perle Systems announced Version 4.2 of the Perle 594e Network Controller. The 594e Network Controller gives remote users in legacy environments effective, efficient, and universal access to all corporate resources, including AS/400s, UNIX and S/390 hosts, Lotus Notes servers, Windows application servers, the Internet and corporate intranets.