In the world of computer software there are few heroes and plenty of villains. Without exception one of those heroes is Lotus Notes and chips of the old block like Quickplace and Sametime. Like all heroes there is a big following and the annual get together is Lotusphere held every year in the US. Apart from the usual announcements about futures and current state of the nation it's also an opportunity to celebrate the efforts of Business Partners as they do their clever stuff with Lotus technologies. One award winner this year is Instant Technologies who has the rather dubious privilege of having an old mate and ex-patriot chum of mine working for them. Well done Carl. If you want to know more about Lotusphere you could do worse that check out the Lotusphere Web Log of the genuis that is Mr Ed Brill.