Lotus has this item about OverQuota 5.0, a suite of products that offer collaborative technology for customer relationship management. Lotus says that R5’s compatibility with Java, Javascript and technologies like LiveConnect allow OverQuota to give 90% of the functionality of the Notes R5 client to a Web browser.

On Tuesday, March 30, 1999, Lotus Development, Microsoft and Netscape will debate email. "The Great Debate," will be held in Dallas, TX at the Electronic Messaging Association’s (EMA) Annual Conference and is sponsored by CompuSven in Naples, FL.

Lotus plans to roll out new tools and services built around its Domino groupware. According to PC Week, the products include applications and integration services in knowledge management areas.

According to 151 information technology managers asked to rate the support from their primary software vendor, IBM was ranked first when it comes to customer service. Some users said they had hoped that IBM’s 1995 purchase of Lotus would inspire Lotus to show the same commitment to service.

iXOS Software AG announced the latest version of its product, iXOS-ARCHIVE 3.5. The new version includes an enhanced DocuLink web interface that enables optimal intuitive access to business documents, a link to Lotus Notes, and full text search capabilities.

Motorola’s Email VClient software has won the Lotus Notes & Domino Advisor 1999 Gold Editor’s Choice Award. Developed by Motorola’s Platform Software Division, Motorola’s Email VClient software offers PageWriter 2000 two-way pager users wireless access to their Lotus Notes Mail software. http://www.motorola.com/vclient

Lotus Development Corp. today announced the availability of online registration for Lotus DevCon99, June 20- 23 in San Francisco, California. More than 40 technical sessions will emphasize new capabilities and implementation methods for R5, enterprise integration and application development.

Commerce Accelerator has been selected to recieve the Lotus Notes and Domino Advisor Editor’s Choice Award in two categories (Best E-Commerce Product and Best Cool New Product). Commerce Accelerator allows Lotus Domino developers to add credit card processing to their applications and web sites. This lightweight component connects Domino applications directly to CyberCash servers and paves the way for new classes of e-commerce applications built with Notes and Domino.

Data Communications has this article on dealing with email. Data Communications and testing partner NSTL Inc. just wrapped up an evaluation of seven server packages based on IP messaging standards.

Information Week says that Stampede Technologies has released TurboGold, acceleration software for Lotus Notes. TurboGold provides remote users of Notes with a performance improvement of better than 100% when they access their companies’ Notes infrastructures.