John Fontana

Customers say they are tired of conflicting messages from IBM and Lotus Software Group on the future of Domino and instead want a reliable road map for how the server and its underlying infrastructure will evolve.

Customers say they are tired of conflicting messages from IBM Corp. and Lotus Software Group on the future of Domino and instead want a reliable road map for how the server and its underlying infrastructure will evolve.

Microsoft Corp. signalled a major shift in its mobile infrastructure strategy recently when it announced plans to deconstruct its stand-alone mobile access server and integrate the pieces into its other back-end servers.

Lotus Software Group bucked its recent trend of tardy software delivery on Thursday with the public release of the next beta of its forthcoming Domino 6 server.

eRoom Technology next month will add workflow capabilities, real-time communication and support for next-generation protocols to its Web-based collaboration platform.

Lotus Software Group this week stunned its users when it pulled a key piece of technology from the forthcoming release of Domino, igniting a user backlash that questioned the future of the product as a Web-based development platform.

Much like the grass-roots introduction of the PC changed network infrastructures forever, the proliferation of mobile computing gadgets in corporations is having a similar effect.

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