================================================= SEARCHDOMINO.COM DAILY NEWS May 2, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid4,00.html ================================================= SPONSORED BY: TREND MICRO ================================================= Get 10% OFF on Antivirus for Lotus/Domino Servers! The market leader since 1996, Trend Micro's award winning ScanMail for Lotus Notes is the smart choice for email server virus protection. 87% of all viruses are transmitted through email. For protection at this critical point, ScanMail has been chosen more often than any other product. BUY NOW FOR 10% OFF FOR 100 SEAT OR LESS AT: http://www.antivirus.com/banners/tracking.asp?si=67&bi=184&ul=/smln_10off Note: Offer valid in US & Canada only, ends May 18, 2001. ------------------------------------------------- MAY'S NEW TIP PRIZE! ------------------------------------------------- Win a Razor Extreme Scooter! 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Analysts said as e-mail reaches the saturation point, the two main players, Microsoft and Lotus, will come under pressure to reduce prices. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=26239 MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC: General information in differences between Domino and Exchange may be found at this Best Domino Web Links Web site: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid4_tax209,00.html More information on the Lotus' financial situation may be found in this Group Computing article: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid4_gci547585,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- OTHER DOMINO AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "Put Domino in your pocket" [2] "Securing e-mail secrets and privacy" [3] "Clash of Titans looms on instant messaging front" [1] "Put Domino in your pocket" With Domino Everyplace mobile devices can provide business value. Here is how to develop, deploy and administer custom Domino applications for mobile devices. SOURCE: Group Computing http://archives.groupcomputing.com//index.cfm?fuseaction=viewarticle&ContentID=604 [2] "Securing e-mail secrets and privacy" Aegis Systems Inc. and Medinex Systems Inc. are both rolling out a system that secures e-mail with relatively little information technology department intervention. The systems are designed to protect company secrets and clients' privacy while, in some cases, complying with federal privacy laws. The Aegis system will eventually support Notes. SOURCE: eWEEK http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2712290,00.html [3] "Clash of Titans looms on instant messaging front" A recent survey by Gartner, Inc. found that as businesses become more connected and the world turns toward wireless technology, instant messaging will become an increasingly vital strategic connection tool for knowledge-based workers, surpassing e-mail in importance. The survey found 50% of mid-sized and large businesses will rely on Web services by 2006, and instant messaging will be the core of wireless e-commerce, live collaboration and a host of other Internet applications. Microsoft and AOL will be the industry leaders. SOURCE: CRMdaily.com http://www.crmdaily.com/perl/story/9372.html ================================================= WEB LINKS OF THE DAY [1] "Redbook: Lotus Domino for S/390 Release 5" Here's another valuable Redbook to help OS/390 system programmers and Domino administrators monitor and tune Domino for IBM's zSeries (formerly S/390) mainframe. This Redbook identifies factors that affect Domino R5 performance on zSeries, recommends configuration and settings for the best performance, and gives guidelines for capacity planning. Download the Redbook as a PDF file or order a hard copy here. SOURCE: IBM http://ibm.com/redbooks/abstracts/sg245149.html [2]"Domino Designer Rnext technical overview" Domino Designer continues to grow as an integrated application development platform. In this new release, there are four major areas of focus: Managing complex applications, reusability, presentation development and database development. SOURCE: Notes.net http://www.notes.net/today.nsf/lookup/designer_rnext_technical_overview Do you know of a good article or Web site that should be included in our Best Domino Web Links? If so, let us know. Send us the headline, URL and a brief summary to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ------------------------------------------------- TAKE OUR POLL! Do you think the Lotus Discovery Server will be a success? 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