News.com has this article on the deal between IBM and Novell. News.com reports that Novell plans to bundle NetWare with IBM’s WebSphere Standard Edition.

IBM and Novell Inc. will unveil a pact today, which will use Novell network software to link many office computers ready to handle electronic commerce operations. The two companies plan to announce the pact Monday at Brainshare, the annual Novell software developers’ conference set in Salt Lake City this week.

Here’s a story from PC Week on how Utah’s System of Higher Education is using the Internet to revamp internal administrative processes as well as to make distance learning a reality.

UUNET announced the launch of GroupHost for Lotus Domino. GroupHost enables businesses worldwide to outsource the management of their Lotus Domino operations. GroupHost is available immediately from UUNET.

Lotus has this interview with Esther Dyson. In the interview, she talks about the risks of wide-scale digital censorship; the importance of human contact in modern business; the need to control personal data; and the rules for effective communications.

Symatrix Technology announced the launch of latest corporate Web site on the newly released Lotus Domino R5. The new site showcases the types of solutions that R5 can deliver.

RMTi announced the release of RMS Integral Fax, a Windows NT server based enterprise fax solution that integrates an AS/400 email backbone. Designed to integrate the AS/400 into corporate LAN/WAN enterprise fax environments, RMS Integral Fax integrates with Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Exchange Server. RMS Integral Fax is network and protocol independent and can support 1 to 16 servers with up to 32 lines per server.

Motiva Software Corp. announced a development agreement with its Dimensions Partner, EDC Photonic Ltd. to provide an integration between Lotus Notes and Motiva DesignGroup.The EDC Workflow Agent is a connector that enables users of DesignGroup’s process automation capabilities to receive workflow tasks within their Lotus Notes mailbox.

Computer Shopper has this review of Lotus FastSite 2.0. FastSite 2.0 is a tool for nontechnical users to get information from various applications onto their Web sites.

Hyperion Solutions announced a new version of Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server.Hyperion Essbase 5.0.2 is available immediately on IBM AS/400, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, Windows NT, and Windows 95/98 platforms.