Today, before 7,000 customers and partners at the annual Lotusphere conference, IBM and SAP AG announced plans to deliver their first joint software product codenamed Atlantic that will integrate IBM Lotus Notes software with SAP Business Suite. The combined efforts to create Atlantic will result in a new style of applications that present information and data in the context of users familiar with the Lotus Notes desktop. This will make it easier for users to do their jobs and greatly enhance the return on investment that companies have made in their