Lotus Development and IBM announced formation of the Institute for Knowledge Management (IKM), a commercial research consortium composed of executives from member corporations who, with Knowledge Management experts from Lotus, IBM and leading academic institutions, will conduct applied research on the creation and deployment of successful Knowledge Management solutions. The first IKM seminar, which is open to those interested in potential membership, will be held January 28-29 at the IBM Executive Conference Center in Palisades, NY. The seminar is designed to introduce attendees to IKM programs and research strategies.

Bellcore’s AirBoss Wireless Solutions will offer users end-to-end secure access to Lotus Domino via an AirBoss/Microbrowser-enabled two-way pager. Now, users of the RIM Inter@ctive Pager 950 and the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network will have real-time wireless access to Lotus Notes Mail, Directory, Calendar and other critical business data applications. For the first time, a pager solution provides complete end-to-end security through the use of SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) technology. Commercial availability is scheduled for the second quarter of 1999.

Notes.net has this detailed account of yesterday’s General Session of Lotusphere ’99 in Orlando, Florida.

AnyDay.com, Inc. announced it has been selected to launch its free online calendar, scheduling and event service at Demo ’99 conference next month. The start-up company was founded to provide professionals, families and students with the ability to manage and share their calendars, schedules, events and contacts over the Web. AnyDay.com will compliment existing calendar solutions such as Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Organizer and the 3Com PalmPilot connected organizer.

You can catch this morning’s keynote address at the General Session of Lotusphere live on the Internet today by visiting Lotus’ Web site.

SkillSet Software today unveiled Employment Exchange 2.0, an Internet-based product suite that spans and manages every aspect related to hiring and recruiting. Employment Exchange is aimed at businesses of all sizes that are growing rapidly and must hire and retain the most qualified candidates as quickly as possible.At Lotusphere, attendees can view a demonstration of Employment Exchange by visiting SkillSet’s pedestal, #A133.

GWI Software announced the first complete front office suite for the Lotus Notes and Domino environment. The GWI Collaborative Front Office suite delivers a comprehensive set of applications that automate sales, marketing, customer service, knowledge management, IT help desks, asset management, as well as Internet and intranet-based end user self support.

Our crew in Orlando just informed us that Lotus made two very interesting announcements at this morning’s General Session. The first announcement was that Lotus plans on shipping a Linux server in 1999. The second announcement was that Lotus teamed up with America Online. We will post the details as they become available.

At Lotusphere99, Lotus Development Corp. today launched Release 5 (R5) of Notes, Domino and Domino Designer. Lotus president and CEO Jeff Papows kicked off the annual Lotusphere customer and Business Partner technical conference by calling for business people to create and take advantage of "super-human" solutions that create competitive advantages for today’s companies and enhance the personal productivity of those who depend on them.

Lotus Development Corp. and America Online, Inc. today announced plans to deliver a co-branded suite of offerings to users of Lotus Notes R5 and Lotus Sametime, including AOL’s popular Web services. This partnership will provide Lotus business users with AOL’s Web searching capability and AOL’s customized news service. Additionally, Lotus Sametime Connect users will be able to interoperate with AOL’s Instant Messenger feature.