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SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) said
Tuesday it was making its Lotus Notes tools, including email and calendar
applications, available for Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone.

Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM said that the latest version of Notes would allow
customers to access the software via the Safari browser on the iPhone.

The iPhone, which is still primarily a consumer device, has begun to attract the
interest of corporate customers as a competitor to Research In Motion Ltd.’s
(RIMM) BlackBerry device, since Apple launched a software developers’ kit
allowing anyone to develop applications for the phone and making it easier for
the phone to be connected to corporate IT systems. Network operators have begun
offering corporate tariffs for the iPhone.

When Apple launched a 3G version of the iPhone in June, the company’s chief
executive, Steve Jobs, said that 35% of the Fortune 500 companies had signed up
to trial the phone.

Other business software companies including Oracle Corp. (ORCL) and SAP AG (SAP),
offer software for the iPhone.

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