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Eric Negler — Sun, 7 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Join us for today's online sesion with Francie Tanner

Scott Treggiari — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Join us today at 12:00 noon for an online presentation from Franziska Tanner of Martinscott Consulting: “Manage Your Data, Even After It Grows.” The presentation is free but requires pre-registration. Register today at http://www.LotusUSerGorup.org/LCTYonline

Sr. Lotus Notes Developer- Newark, NJ

Cynthia L Tomczak — Thu, 7 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

I need 2 Senior developers for a 3-6 month contract. The candidates should have the following skill set:

Notes Application Development experience (3 or more years)
Knowledge/experience with developing Notes Applications for web browser access
Experience with Notes ACL and Role based application access
Knowledge/experience with LotusScript, Java and XML
Experience with LEI to transfer data between databases on various platforms
Experience with Websphere Portal and integrating Notes applications with Portal
Good verbal and written communication skills
Will need a person for 3-6 months to help with current work backlog
Specific hands experience with Notes 6.5 and 8

Please email resume and hourly rate to cynthia.smith@htcinc.com or call me direct @ 248-530-2561

Admin2009 - Last Geek Standing

Jess Stratton — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

As usual, another great night of fun at Admin/Developer 2009 in Boston.
After a dinner in the Product Showcase reception party and Ask-The-Experts, Blackberry hosted a night of fun right across the hall in the grand ballroom.

Debbie Lynd hosted a game show for us called "Last Geek Standing", in which six gurus and six attendees faced off against each other.

Questions ranged from "What does LDAP stand for?" (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and "What version of Notes created the Navigator, and then what version was it discontinued?" (R4.5, and R5). I think Chris Miller was the only one to get right on the guru side.

The funny thing was, the questions were being Tweeted live and a rousing Twitter discussion was being created also (in addition to the funny answers being presented onstage, by both guru's and attendees alike!)

I think the best answer had to be LDAP - "Lotus Dorks At Play".

After various rowdy elimination rounds (in which even Debbie Lynd herself got a vote of elimination, don't ask), the remaining two geeks was one attendee (sorry I did not make out her name) and Rob Axelrod. The attendee won, and both her and Rob were given a voucher to pick out a Blackberry of their choice!

A much needed and deserved night of laughing for everyone. Thanks to the View and Blackberry for putting on another great event!

Patricia Neely posted a picture here if you'd like a visual: --> http://www.lotususergroup.org/blogsphe.nsf/d6plinks/SPOB-7R6KA2

Jess

The band from Last Night at the Lotus developer conference

David Spector — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Saw a great band last night after the sessions. They had a whole mess of them up there on stage and they came down into the audience and got people from the audience to play with them. really cool. Great tunes. Didn't see you up there singing, though Jess. What's up with that?

Last Geek Standing at Admin Boston

Patricia Neely — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Some Fun at the Last Geek Standing game from BlackBerry last night

Admin2009 Keynote with Bob Picciano

Jess Stratton — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

I arrived last night in Boston for the Admin2009 conference. As usual, arriving brings a sense of homecoming - the hotel bar is right near the entrance, so all one has to do is walk into the hotel to be greeted by familiar faces.

If you are here for the conference, be sure to wander around the hotel bar after hours. It's a great way to meet new people who are also at the conference. There's always a few folks there having drinks and socializing!

Onto the keynote - After a brief introduction by Debbie Lynd, we're handed off to Bob Picciano.

Where is Lotus now? What is their status?

GROWING
Notes and domino - 12k new customers since ND8 launched.
Connections is the fastest growing software product in Lotus history.

INNOVATING
Connections is the worlds' first integrated social software for business.

EXPANDING
More than half of Fortune Global 100 now use LN/Domino.
30% more Sametime customers in 2008.

PARTNERING
Extensive partnerships with market leaders such as Blackberry, SAP, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Skype.

Lotus is introducing a new concept called Smarter Planet.

It is an instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent planet.
The world is connected: economically, socially, and technically.
Whether it be people, companies, institutions, industries, man made systems, or nature's systems.
How do we build a smarter planet?
We connect with employees, customers and partners to build relationships that drive results.
We collaborate from anywhere to become a more agile organization.
We innovate to leverage the power of participation and generate new ideas.
We optimize the cost of enabling people.

The Collaboration Agenda (a maturity model)
Baseline communications - telephony, email, file sharing
Realtime communications - IM, presence awareness, web and video conferencing, web content
On Demand access - Unified communcations, directories and profiles, portals, mobility

LotusLive offerings for 2009
Web conferencing
Connections & Engage (integrated suite of web collaboration solutions more complete than Connections)
iNotes for email, and Lotus Notes hosted messaging (more fully-featured than basic web iNotes & mobile sync)
Sametime Unyte events

Lotus Symphony
4 million downloads and counting

Lotus Notes 8.5
Immediate reduced costs from Domino configuration tuner, compression, and DAOS
Integration with iCal subscriptions, Calendar overlay (transparently overlay an personal external calendar such as Google or Yahoo! onto your Lotus Notes work calendar), security simplification, Connections, LinkedIn and Alloy
Domino App modernization with Eclipse-based Designer and xPages for Web 2.0 extensions

Alloy Software by IBM & SAP
To access SAP processes and information using Lotus Notes
Reports management
Travel management (request, review and approve trip details quickly)
Workflow decision management (manage SAP workflow steps in Notes)
Leave Management (manage vacations from Lotus Notes Calendar)

Demo of LinkedIn profile in a sidebar application based on an email from that person. I have no idea if that is only by using Alloy or a basic sidebar widget.
Demo of activating widgets. Drag and drop a widget into the sidebar, and instantly the widget is "live" and active, no client restarts necessary.
Demo of calendar overlay - in realtime, pulls down external calendars and overlays the view (does not actually ADD the overlayed appointments).
Demo of iNotes - ultralite mode for iPhone and comparable devices

LN & Domino cost reductions from upgrading
Storage costs reduced by 50%
Administration savings of 30%
Improved end user productivity

Lotus has set up their own YouTube channel: Collaboration4You
They keynote ended with a showing of a video similar to the Lotusphere closing session video.

I am in Boston all week, please come back here and blog about your week at Admin/Developer 2009, and please say hi!

Jess

Admin2009 Jumpstart session

Peter Island — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Attended the first Jumpstart session at Admin2009 Boston today. Session was great. Presented by Rob Axelrod. Implementing Policies. Off to lunch now.

This is a busy week for LCTY Online at LUG!

Jess Stratton — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Lotusphere Comes to You ONLINE is a premier on-line event series featuring newly updated presentations from Lotusphere 2009, and some special, 10-minute briefing sessions from our sponsors. Designed to bring anyone who couldn't get to Orlando the critical information and the excitement they missed, this FREE online series will help you get more from your existing IT investment and boost collaboration across your enterprise.

Join us online for these webinars to learn more about the latest exciting news and announcements from Lotus. The sessions are free, but require pre-registration. Register for sessions by selecting them below. For each session you can click on “toggle description” to learn more details. All listed times are Eastern Time Zone (GMT -5):

See full descriptions and register online for these events here: --> Lotusphere Comes To You Online at LUG

This is a busy week for Lotusphere Comes To You Online at LUG!

IBM UC2 Software: Immediately Reduce Costs and Unleash the Collaborative Power of Your Company
March 24, 2009 at 11:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)
Sponsored by Avaya
Presented by: Bruce Morse and Akiba Saeedi of IBM Lotus
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Lotus Online Collaboration: Experience the Possibilities
March 24, 2009 at 12:30:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)
Sponsored by Avaya
Presented by: Sean Poulley of IBM Lotus
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Social Software - Creating Value Today, Establishing Opportunity Tomorrow
March 26, 2009 at 10:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: Jeff Schick of IBM Lotus
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Future Directions for IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Products
March 27, 2009 at 11:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: Ed Brill and Brent Peters of IBM Lotus
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IBM Lotus Application Development Strategy
March 31, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: Michael Masterson and Anthony Fiorot of IBM Lotus
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How to Potentially Reduce Your Disk Costs Using Lotus Domino 8.5
April 7, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: Russ Holden of IBM Lotus
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Deep Dive on New Web 2.0 Social Software Innovations
April 9, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: Christopher Lamb and Peter Van de Graaf of IBM Lotus

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IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5: A New Beginning
April 28, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: Peter Janzen and Maureen Leland of IBM Lotus

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How to Implement Lotus Software and Telephony in a Multi-vendor Hardware Environment
May 5, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: Jeri Korkki of IBM Lotus
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Introducing Alloy (Project "Atlantic") -- IBM Lotus Notes and SAP Integration
May 7, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by Genius Inside
Presented by: Christian Holsing and John Banks-Binici of IBM Lotus
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Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino Archiving: Offerings, Roadmap and Sneak Preview
May 12, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by Sherpa Software
Presented by: Margo Ezekiel and Jim Marsden of IBM Lotus

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XPages: Things You Can't Afford to Miss!
May 14, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: Martin Donnelly and Eamon Muldoon of IBM Lotus

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Health Check: How's Your IBM Lotus Domino Environment?
May 19, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by CooperTeam
Presented by: Tom Truitt, of Workflow Studios, and Libby Ingrassia of NotesGirl.com
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Sametime Unified Telephony Overview
May 21, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: David Marshak and Tracee Wolf of IBM Lotus
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Enhancing IBM Lotus Quickr for IBM Lotus Domino with Web 2.0 Integration
May 26, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by LotusUsergroup.org
Presented by: Troy Reimer and Viktor Krantz of SNAPPS
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WebSphere Portal: Enhancing User Productivity and Participation
May 28, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Sponsored by Davalen LLC.
Presented by: Rob Will and Bill Swatling of IBM Lotus

Anyone heard anything about distribution of or access to mp3's from Lotusphere 2009?

Tim E Brown — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Did I miss something? Were any even created this year? If so, how can they be downloaded?

-Tim E. Brown