Alistair Rennie, General Manager, IBM Collaboration Solutions
This year we bring back our tradition of speaking with the General Manager and talk with Alistair Rennie in our "annual chat." Listen in to this interesting discussion to hear Alistair address:
- The IBM Collaboration Solutions group contributions to the success of the overall IBM Software group and where they are seeing market growth
- The catalyst for the Lotus brand change on some products, the question of further changes, and the commitment to the brand
- The 2012 marketing plans for the IBM Collaboration Solutions products
- Some sneak peek info on Notes/Domino Next and how it fits into the Social Business/Business Analytics model
- What’s been happening with Mobility and what we can expect to see
- How and why IT and business leaders need to embrace working together within the organization
- Some other cool things happening at Lotusphere 2012 that you’ll want to know about
- His favorite tech news of 2011
Plus, Alistair gave a great hint about who the Opening General Session Guest Speaker would be at Lotusphere 2012. Check out our contest page to see what people guessed and who won the "
Guess Who 2012".
We are always adding new podcast interviews, so check back often. In the meantime, you can listen to past podcast interviews below.
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Archive: 2 Minutes With . . . Lotus
Diane Loomis Senior Offering Manager, Social Software, IBM Collaborative Solutions.
Connections brings tons of new unstructured data into an enterprise’s overall data picture. This content, can be immensely valuable if it can be managed, like other enterprise content. Diane Loomis talks with LotusUserGroup.org at the IBM Information On Demand conference about a new offering that allows you to leverage the Connections 3.0.1 integration with Filenet and bring that unstructured data into Enterprise Content Management. Hear about how this offering works, how it can benefit your organization, and the different options available.
Alistair Rennie.
Scott Treggiari, Program Director for LotusUserGroup.org, talks with Alistair Rennie, General Manager of Lotus Software at IBM, who addresses the Lotus Community for the first time in 2011. Listen in to hear his recap of 2010 for Lotus and about where the brand is going in 2011 and beyond. Play the interview to hear Alistair’s discussion about How he sees the future of the email/messaging space and how Lotus will position themselves there; IT’s move to the Cloud and how Lotus will support application development for the Cloud going forward; The Lotus mobility roadmap, including some device-specific insights (and some devices that will be left out of the loop); The vision for IBM Louts marketing in 2011 and how they plan to spread the word to the Lotus community and beyond; What the social business model means to Lotus and to enterprises wanting to succeed in this decade; What technical professionals need to do to succeed in the coming years; Why Microsoft hasn’t got a chance going forward and more. Plus, get 3 points on how you can defend Lotus solutions in your own environment.
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Live From Lotusphere 2011 news, information, and fun!
Alistair Rennie
LotusUserGroup.org caught up with Alistair Rennie, General Manager of Lotus Software at IBM, and we recorded the whole conversation for you to hear. Listen in to hear what he finds matters most in his new position and what he took away from his first Lotusphere as GM. He talks about where Lotus is with their announced plans for expanding enterprise mobile messaging — including an Android update, stats on the first Lotus iPhone app, and an announcement about support for the iPad.
Alistair talks about the progress being made on Project Vulcan and when the IBM Project Vulcan-based development environment will be available on LotusLive Labs. He also touches on the increased interest seen from companies not currently in the Notes space wanting to go to LotusLive.
You’ll also hear about the Collaboration Agenda announced at Lotusphere: what it is, how it benefits customers, and what Partners can take advantage of. And, you’ll hear about some future announcements that Alistair will be making soon.
Bob Picciano and Alistair Rennie
Debbie Lynd, Content Director for LotusUserGroup.org, talks with Bob Picciano, exiting General Manager of Lotus Software at IBM and Alistair Rennie, former VP Development and now the new General Manager Lotus Software at IBM. Listen in to hear points about tracked results for the Lotus Knows campaign so far, a little sneak peek at some of the content they’ll roll out at Lotusphere 2010, a frank discussion of the Lotus SaaS model, plans to keep the momentum going in building the interest in Lotus software among younger, newer audiences, and a lot more. Plus, Bob gives us a bold hint about who the Lotusphere General Session Guest Speaker is this year.
Peter Janzen
Peter is a Senior Product Manager at IBM focusing on Domino Designer. In this podcast, learn how Peter began working with IBM Lotus and what his latest projects are. Hear the feedback Peter’s been receiving from developers about xPages and what he’s been hearing from attendees about Domino Designer at THE VIEW Lotus Developer conference. Find out how his session at the event went and one tip he recommends for developers starting to use xPages. Plus, discover where IBM plans to deliver xPages in the future and how Peter feels about the announcement IBM made at Lotusphere 2009 regarding the support for openntf.org. Finally, discover what Peter plans to do next with LotusUserGroup.org and his favorite thing about presenting at THE VIEW Lotus Developer conferences.
Jane Wilson
J
ane, IBM's Senior Product Manager for Lotus Foundations, reveals how she found herself working with Lotus and her favorite non-Lotus technology. Jane tells us what her session covered, how it went, and one tip about Lotus Foundations. She explains the feedback she's received from customers on Lotus Foundations and what she's been hearing at the show. Jane also shares her favorite moments at the conference so far.
Arthur Fontaine
Arthur Fontaine is the Sr. Product Manager, Lotus Protector Security Offerings at IBM. Listen in as he discusses his upcoming session with Claudius Link on the Lotus Protector Security Platform. Hear what this leading authority on security views as the number one emerging threat to protecting enterprise systems and data and hear a story about one of the scariest threat encounters that he’s seen. Plus, hear what Lotus Protector is all about and some of the features to come.
Susan Bulloch,
Support Engineering Team, Lotus
Listen in to this brief interview with the Notes Goddess herself, Susan Bulloch. Hear how Susan got started with Lotus technology and what she is up to now at Lotus. Hear about her involvement in the updates for calendaring and scheduling and rooms and resources features of Notes 8 and 8.5 (and find out what her 2 favorite new features are). Hear about her upcoming sessions at Admin2009 Boston and get a tip she gives away to make the AdminP more efficient and effective, and more.
Eric Otchet, IBM
Eric is the product manager for IBM Lotus Symphony (formerly "IBM Productivity Tools"). When I was talking to him on the Solutions Showcase, he told me some interesting facts about Symphony I didn't know. Of course, my next question was, "will you repeat all that in a podcast with me?" Eric covers all those things and more.
Jason Dumont and Christina Cruz, IBM
Jason and Christina co-presented one of the Websphere Portal sessions here at the conference. Jess was able to talk to them about what they were presenting on, and why it's so great!
Akiba Saeedi, IBM
It's hard to forget Akiba; her smiling face appeared on stage at the Lotusphere Opening General Session, where she told us all about Sametime. Now she tells Jess about her Sametime sessions here at Admin2007, and her first foray into Lotus Notes. Hint: There was no Domino yet!
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