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Nokia and IBM announce Lotus Notes Traveler for Symbian S60

Published November 20, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
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IBM and Nokia will announce very soon that Lotus Notes Traveler will be available for Symbian S60 devices before the end of this year. Excellent news for our customers, who have been waiting patiently for a proven and secure messaging solution, suitable for Nokia devices, after the introduction of Lotus iNotes for the iPhone.

I can’t wait to get my hands on this release and put my Nokia N95 to the test…

From ZDNet.com:

Lotus Notes Traveler will have a plug-in for the standby screen on devices like the E71 and will also appear as part of the standard Nokia messaging client where you will see Lotus Notes Traveler in your list of email accounts.

Nokia devices compatible with IBM Lotus Notes Traveler:
Nokia E71, Nokia E66, Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia E70, Nokia E65, Nokia E63, Nokia E62, Nokia E61i, Nokia E61, Nokia E60, Nokia E51, Nokia E50, Nokia N96, Nokia N85, Nokia N79, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N95, Nokia N82, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N81, Nokia N78, Nokia N77, Nokia N76, Nokia N75, Nokia N73, Nokia N93, Nokia N93i, Nokia N80, Nokia N91, Nokia N92, Nokia N71, Nokia 3250, Nokia 5500, Nokia 6290, Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia 6120 Classic, Nokia 6121 Classic, Nokia 6122 Classic, Nokia 6124, Nokia 6650 Fold, Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, Nokia 5700, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 Classic.
[from the Nokia press release]

Links:
Ed Brill: Lotus Notes Traveler News Coming this Morning
ZDNet: Nokia and IBM announce Lotus Notes Traveler for S60 devices
IBM Lotus Notes Traveler
Lotus iNotes for the iPhone
Press release: Nokia extends IBM Lotus email access to 80 million mobile phones

Lotusphere 2009 Session Abstracts Published

Published November 20, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
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The Lotusphere team has updated the website with full sessions’ abstracts. The lectures in each session are also available. Customers have been asking me about Lotusphere since Sep., wanting to know the details, planned announcements, parties, best practices session, workshops, etc. I’m told that registration is beyond expectation, already exceeding last year’s figures.. Hurry up and secure your spot at the largest Lotus and WebSphere Portal event.
See you all in Orlando, January 18th !

I know of at least one party, that will be celebrated throughout the US during Lotusphere…

Obama leads to change in Israel politics as well

Published November 19, 2008 Uncategorized 5 Comments
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It seems that Barack Obama‘s victory echoes all the way to our little country of Israel.
Obama’s flawless use of the web has created many copycats, most of whom mimicked the L&F of US President Elect website. Even the NY Times picked up the story, first caught by a local blogger, who mentioned it to a friend, who blogged about it – and shortly after published at ‘traditional’ news sites.


There’s even a new word for it in Hebrew – ‘likebama‘ (free translation – dorbanot.com):
‘Someone attemping to be like US President Elect Barack Obama, to enjoy Obama’s popularity’.

Links (most in Hebrew):
Ido Kenan (blogged about it)- Netanyahu and Obama website
Ido Kenan – More copy-paste stories
Ido Kenan – Some more stories
Gal Chen – the local blogger
TheMarker IT – from an Israeli blogger to NYTimes
Ynet – Does Netanyahu’s website mimcks Obama’s?
nrg.co.il – Yes he can! Netanyahu launches new website
NYTimes.com (requires sign-in) – Israeli candidate borrows a (web) page from Obama

IBM Israel receives PM Award

Published November 18, 2008 Uncategorized 2 Comments
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During his last visit to Israel, Andy Monshaw had an unexpected obligation – to join Meir Nissensohn, IBM Israel GM, to an official ceremony where IBM Israel was honored with the Prime Minister‘s Award for Economic Contribution.

IBM made three purchases in Israel this year, starting off with XIV in January ($350m), FilesX early April ($70m) and Diligent mid-April ($200m). IBM has been the first global corporations to open local offices in Israel, back in 1949. In 1972 Haifa Research Labs were opened, and grew to be the largest research facility of IBM outside the US – with over 1,000 researchers, working at three development labs (Storage, Software and Development).

Link:
Prime Minister awards IBM for its contribution to the Israeli economy (Hebrew)
IBM History

Steve Mills: I compete with Microsoft everyday

Published November 16, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
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Steve Mills, IBM SVP, Software Group, is responsible for the 33,000 software professionals working around the globe, in sales, development and services, cashing in $18B in revenues (2007) and accountable for 40% of IBM’s profit. It’s no secret that IBM and Microsoft compete in the messaging and collaboration space for some time, with both companies in it for the long run.

Last week during a visit to UAE, Steve outlined his views on the software business, IBM Software strategy, acquisitions and the competition of course.

I compete with Microsoft everyday, Mills says. That space is very competitive between the two companies. They’re endlessly attacking us. We’re endless attacking them and there is nothing more fun than to attack your competitor with ‘free’.

Link:
Golfnews.com – IBM wants to increase profits from software

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