This Special Supplemental Issue of Clippings brings you late breaking information that we were unable to get into the normal October issue. There are some important announcements and details here, so please make sure to read through the whole thing.

IBM LOTUS PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION RECOGNIZES TOP ACHIEVERS

For the remainder of 2009, Lotus Certification would like to recognize and honor the Top Achievers within the community. Starting at the end of October and continuing through November and December, Lotus Education will be contacting any and all individuals who achieve a 95% or higher score on either of the following two exams:

• 951: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8.5 Application Development Update
• 956: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8.5 System Administration Update

Within several days after the end of each month, all qualifying individuals will be contacted via email by the IBM Lotus Certification Program Manager to congratulate them on their Top Achiever status and to request permission to publish their name on the Lotus Top Achievers Recognition site on ibm.com. If you are one of the Top Achievers for the month, the opportunity to have your professional profile featured on the site will be presented to you at this time. You will have the option of sharing your name, title, photo, country of residence, and/or test taken for all to see, along with the recognition of Certification achievement.

The recognition site will be accessible from the IBM Lotus Education Training Page, the Lotus Certification Public Page and the Lotus Certified Professional's Members only site — so colleagues and employers alike will be able to identify you as a Top Achiever. The link will be prominently featured in future issues of Clippings.

Top Achievers also have the option to have select information displayed in the Lotus Certified Professional Lounge at Lotusphere 2010. If this is chosen, your achievement will be visible to all individuals who visit the lounge: IBM employees, the Lotus Education Team, business partners and your peers.

Lotus Knows Top Achievers. Lotus Knows You!

Please be aware that no confidential/proprietary information will be posted on the website without first obtaining the consent of each individual via email. For more information, including duration of initiative and all Terms and Conditions, please refer to the article on the ibm.com Lotus Training page.

Sara Nicklin
Lotus Professional Certification Program Manager

With a wealth of practical, in-the-trenches experience and decades of consulting history to draw on, Andy Pedisich and Rob Axelrod are two of the Lotus community's leading gurus. Now, Andy and Rob have recorded a brief podcast in which they discuss 5 of the most common errors they encounter when auditing a Lotus Notes domain. Download this easy-to-listen-to fountain of information and hear what these errors are and the best ways to avoid them. You get to hear their thoughts on using secure storage of HTTP passwords and Notes IDs as well as application vulnerability on the Web. Get tips on how to manage your groups so they don't become so unwieldy that they aren't governed by your security settings. Find out how default server access settings can be a security nightmare. If you have just one of one of these problems, how many more could be lurking in your environment?

Well, visit us and listen in to this helpful podcast today.

ANNOUNCING THE IBM SOFTWARE ACCELERATED VALUE PROGRAM

The IBM Software Accelerated Value Program is the next step in the evolution of IBM Software Premium Support. Accelerated Value helps to boost a client's business success through every aspect of their IT life cycle infrastructure and assists in expediting return on investment. Clients see substantial value in the proactive deliverables previously available from the Premium Support program. Among the program's value-add deliverables are Certification Exam Vouchers. Each named caller can take one complimentary certification exam as part of their Accelerated Value Program agreement with IBM. Learn more about the program here.

Are you a new developer or an experienced developer looking to get ready for the certification exams? Learn Notes and Domino 8.5 development in your own home and/or office with TLCC's new Notes Domino 8.5 Certified Developer Package. This package contains the following TLCC courses required to get started with Notes and Domino development and prepare for the three required exams to become an IBM Certified Application Developer — Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.

• Notes Domino 8.5 Application Development 1
• Notes Domino 8.5 Application Development 2
• Developing Domino 8.5 Web Applications
• Plus, three practice certification exams from CertFX to get you ready for the tests

Go at your own pace with TLCC's proven distance learning courses. Everything is done locally using your Notes client and Domino Designer client, including many demonstrations and activities to get you the hands-on experience you need to learn Notes and Domino development and pass the exams. Need help? An expert TLCC instructor is a click away via an integrated course discussion database.

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Learn about Virtual Collaboration for Lotus Sametime (VCS) and how it extends collaboration beyond instant messaging and Web conferences. On this 15-minute podcast, you will hear from Karen Keeter, Marketing Executive, talk about the concept of virtual worlds. Boas Betzler, Virtual World Designer, will follow with a discussion on the architecture and design of VCS. We will end the podcast by listening to Mary Joseph, Program Manager, talk about how IBM Software Services for Lotus can implement this solution.