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Friday 27th, August 2010 Location : LotusUserGroup.org I just read that Coca Cola Amatil has dumped Lotus Notes for Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS). Their technology manager said that they made the switch to reduce costs and “smooth out” the fragmentation associated with Lotus Notes. Technorati: None (6) Tuesday 17th, August 2010 Location : LotusUserGroup.org Sametime is now on release 8.5.1 and SUT had a new release along with it. Rob Ingram, Senior Product Manager for IBM Lotus Sametime and Kathleen Cooke, Senior Offering Manager for IBM Lotus Unified Communications & Collaborations have graciously agreed to give a quick 30 minute down and dirty overview of what's new in the release. The webcast is free and will be held on September 14 at 12:00 pm Eastern Daylight time. But we can only handle so many participants, so pre-registration is required. You can register now here.
Technorati: None (2) Friday 13th, August 2010 Location : LotusUserGroup.org Speaking On August 12 at the TechLines forum discussing the future of email, IBM general manager Lotus Software and WebSphere Portal Alistair Rennie said that just fiddling with current email platforms wasn't going to meet market needs. "Our view is that the world is not going to prosper by moderate tweaks in email," he said. New concepts were needed to make the platform more accessible for business processes and introduce social-networking and analytical elements, he said. Earlier he had talked about the need for filtering mechanisms, which put email into context, helping people prioritise what's in their inbox. In the morning, there might be 200 emails in an inbox, he said, but what's important might be the sixtieth email. He believed that systems need to be intelligent enough to be able to put that email at the front for the user. "What's important to me first thing Monday morning is going to be different to Friday night," he said, adding that people needed to be able to set account profiles and time profiles, making their inbox tuneable and trustable. However, he admitted that there might be many different ways for people to want to use their email. "Us telling people the best way to collaborate is crazy." He said that people should be given tools to experiment. Technorati: None (0) Monday 9th, August 2010 Location : LotusUserGroup.org I am sure most of you saw Ed' Brill's reaction to the Gartner report about migrating off Lotus Notes, but you may not have seen Gartner's Tom Austin guy firing back:: The money shot in the Austin's blog is "I’ve been where Ed is today. I used to work for a vendor in this very space, among others, Digital Equipment. I know what someone in Ed’s position is supposed to do." What he's saying is he used to be a product evangelist for a vendor that's seen by some to have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel (DEC was acquired by Compaq in 1998). In my opinion, where the Austin loses his credibility is when he says " the contents were written by hundreds of Gartner clients, filtered through several key Gartner analysts and vetted by a large number of analysts and managers at Gartner" as if it has somehow not been tainted by the greasy hands of a vendor! "Filtered through several key Gartner analysts?!?!? Why not just say "the Kool-Aid makers at Gartner took out all the content that would make you less likely to hire Gartner to do your Notes migration...or not" If Gartner wants to take shots at Ed Brill for toeing a party line, that's fine - but to imply that Gartner has no agenda is simply not credible. Technorati: Lotus Notes (0) Thursday 22nd, July 2010 Admin2010 Europe and XPages Bootcamp for Domino Developers: 2 great training opportunities for Lotus professionals03:22 PMLocation : LotusUserGroup.org THE VIEW has announced it's fall training calendar. Don't miss out on these opportunities to get the training in the essential Lotus technologies that matter most to you! XPages Bootcamp for Domino Developers November 3-5, New York November 15 -17, Las Vegas December 8-10, Copenhangen This hands-on event is the most comprehensive training opportunity available for learning to develop XPages. Revolutionize your Notes and Domino applications and fast-track your development efforts with the training provided by our experts. You’ll discover best practices for extending existing applications as well as creating new applications that use the technologies that XPages provide. For more information, please visit http://www.xpagesbootcamp.com/ . AdminEurope 2010 December 8-10, Cophenhagen This one-of-a-kind event offers you expert-led training, peer networking, and collaborative problem solving. Choose your sessions based on the tracks you are interested in, or mix and match to take advantage of training from various aspects of Administration. Tap into years of experience for the techniques to get more from the tools you already have and tips on how to automate tasks to save you time and money. For more information, please visit http://www.admineurope2010.com/ . (2) Monday 19th, July 2010 Location : LotusUserGroup.org We posted 2 new case studies yesterday. Sogeti For more detail and links to the complete case study, go here: http://tinyurl.com/5gse3o
For more detail and links to the complete case study, go here: http://tinyurl.com/5gse3o
Technorati: Domino Louts Notes Connections social media social networking computers networking Lotus Symphony Lotus Domino Lotus Quickr Lotus Notes Lotus Sametime System i System x (1) Location : LotusUserGroup.org Please join IBM at IamLUG, the free North American Lotus User Group event. IamLUG is once again taking place in St Louis, MO, offering two days of free technical training, networking and events in a social atmosphere on August 2-3 2010. Please share this with your team members and your customers. All are invited to come. Administrators, developers, support specialists as well as any decision makers involved with the IBM Lotus family of products will benefit. Expand your IBM Lotus Notes, Domino, Sametime, Quickr, Connections, Portal and other Lotus software knowledge. Sessions will cover everything from tips and tricks to deep dive technical knowledge in specific areas. Find out how to get the most out of your IBM Lotus Domino investment while networking and having fun! IamLUG is FREE courtesy of our awesome sponsors. IBM is a premium sponsor. To register, see a list of sessions, speakers and frequently asked questions about travel arrangements simply visit the website at http://IamLUG.org Last year filled quickly. Register now so you don't miss out! Technorati: IamLUG LUG user group (0) Thursday 15th, July 2010 Location : LotusUserGroup.org LotusUserGroup.org posted an article today about a tool that is not only a great idea for our members and others in the Lotus IT community, but also somehting you can pass on to your users. The article is about a widget called Awesync that lets Notes users sync their Notes with Google calendars and contacts. It even extendable to mobile devices like Android and iPhone. It's a cool little widget that was well thought out. Check out the whole story here:
Technorati: Lotus Notes Domino Google calendar contacts meeting address book sync meetings invites appointments widgets (1) Thursday 1st, July 2010 Welcome! Jess Stratton is the principal consultant for Solace Consulting. She has over 7 years experience with Lotus Notes & Domino, specializing in both administration and development. Jess is a sought-after author and speaker and owns and operates a computer training facility that specializes in end-user education and guest lecturing. And now, Jess is hosting the blog on LotusUserGroup.org. As always, all LotusUserGroup.org members are welcome to join in and post in the blog. But now, with Jess hosting, she'll be adding a constant stream of insightful comments, community information, links to useful sights and posts on other blogs, and, of course, answers to your questions whenever she can. So join in, post a blog, ask questions, share your knowledge, and state your opinions… All Content Copyright 2006 LotusUserGroup.org. Contact By Category : 2 Minutes With... Podcast : Admin 2009 Boston : Admin2006 : Admin2007 : Admin2008 : Admin2010 and Lotus Developer2010 : Admon2009 Boston : Annotated Links : Blackberry : Blogging : Business Partners : Client Management : Connections : DB2 and Domino : Developer Training : Developing : Domino Monitoring : Embedded Views : Events & Training : IBM Lotus Case Studies : IBM Workplace : Industry : iPhone : IWOEKS08 : Java : LEI : Lotus Blogs : Lotus Certification : Lotus Developer 2010 : Lotus Jobs : Lotus Knows : Lotus Nomad : Lotus Notes : Lotus on Linux : Lotus R7 : Lotus Traveler : Lotus Web Development : Lotusphere Comes To You ONLINE : Lotusphere2006 : Lotusphere2007 : Lotusphere2008 : Lotusphere2009 : Lotusphere2009, LS09 : Lotusphere2010 : LotusUserGroup.org : LUG Lotusphere Challenge : ND8 : Newsletter : None : Quick Place : Sametime : SameTime & Hannover : Security : Show-n-Tell Thursday : Sys Admin Questions : User Group Meetings : User information : Webcasts : ye11ow day : The BlogRoll Blogs Lotusphere Monthly Archive Recent Entries The case for sticking w... New What's New in Samet... Rennie: Give people too... Our Kool-Aid is better ... Admin2010 Europe and XP... 2 companies that "keep ... IamLUG 2010 is about to... Tell your users about t... IDC names Lotus "All th... READING, MODIFYING, AND... Abstract Made Simple - ... JavaScript for Programm... Warren Elsemore on Note... Hmm. Will Carl Tyler be... Nerd Girls Unite Celebrate Geek Pride Da... LCTY Miami and Boca Rat... Lessons learned from do... Domino Developer/IT Adm... MWLUG Feeds the Hungry | |||
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