Although most folks today don't know, Lotus Notes was ahead of its time. It was inspired by the Plato Notes messaging system of the 1970s, developed as an early collaboration system in the early 1980s ...

The marketing folks in IBM 's Lotus division are starting to sound like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, who insists he's winning a fight even as he loses both arms and legs: "'Tis ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More In a move that has been a long time in the making, IBM is ...

When IBM bought Lotus for $3.5 billion in 1995, it looked as though the venerable computing giant was just about to lock up the software industry and coast to unstoppable profits. Eighteen years later ...

IBM is to announce Monday that its Lotus Notes desktop collaboration software will finally fully support the Linux operating system. It’s a move users have long been demanding, with those wanting to ...

HCL Technologies has parted with $1.8 billion to pick up a number of IBM software products. The companies said in a release that the transaction should close mid-next year, subject to regulatory ...

The Linux/Notes combination may prove a powerful alternative to Windows/Exchange. IBM has released a version of Lotus Notes that can be accessed natively through Linux desktops. The release marks the ...