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CRN: Top 10 IBM Stories of 2008

Published December 19, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
Tags: 2008 review, channelweb, crn, domino, ibm, lotus, notes, social media, top 10, דומינו, ווב 2.0, יבמ, לוטוס, עשרת הסיפורים, שיתופיות

Alan has been showing his super strength this past few weeks by posting some IBM related stories before my Google Alert caught up with them. Kudos my friend !

Following last week’s article about Lotus Symphony wins 2008 Product of the Year, CRN has published another IBM piece, this time part of a series – Top 10 IBM Stories of 2008.
As Alan mentions, Lotus grabbed two spots in the top 10, #8 and #10:
Socially Acceptable:

In another example of IBM thinking deep thoughts about IT, the company announced in September that it was creating a think tank called the Center for Social Software in its Cambridge, Mass., laboratory for developing social networking applications.

and, Domino Not Dead Yet…:

…in 2008, IBM made some moves to broaden Notes’ appeal and make it available to a wider audience. In September, IBM began offering a version of the software, dubbed IBM Lotus iNotes ultralite, for Apple’s popular iPhone. IBM also teamed up with Nokia to offer Notes on Nokia S60-based mobile devices and smartphones.

Links:
CRN: Top 10 IBM Stories of 2008
Alan Leposfky – Lotus earns 2 of the top 10 biggest IBM stories of 2008

Lotus mobile solutions

Published December 17, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
Tags: connections, ibm, instant messaging, lotus mobile solutions, lotus notes traveler, sametime, יבמ, לוטוס, סלולר, סלקום, פלאפון, פרטנר, פתרונות מובייל

Alan found this great 90 sec video outlining the various mobile solutions Lotus offers today – messaging for iPhone, messaging for Symbian and WM5/6, social software for Blackberry, rich application access for mobile and instant messaging for mobile. The product/solution names could have been mentioned more, but still – very cool video.
Update: Ed also linked this – the birth of a viral video has began.. 😉

eWeek: Linux will chip away at Windows desktops in 2009

Published December 16, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
Tags: 2009, eweek, ibm, lotus software, lotus strategy, אסטרטגיה, טרנדים, יבמ, לוטוס, מחקר

Doug Heintzman, Director of Strategist for Lotus Software, predicts that 2009 will mark the Linux year at desktops and laptops, following their popularity on netbooks, the ultralight, low-cost laptops. In a recent interview to eWeek.com, Doug reviewed the technologies and trends that will change the way we work in 2009:

We may well be at an inflection that, with distributions like the Ubuntu distribution, with the rise of popularity in the Mac OS platform, maybe the market starts to fragment and the monopoly loses its power. The Vista launch didn’t help matters much. Netbooks, where people are using a basic set of capabilities on the desktop but are storing photos and music files and editing their documents in much more in an online way….

and

UCC (unified communications and collaboration) is getting stronger, supported by SAAS (software as a service), cloud computing, mashups, Web browser technologies, free software and, of course, Linux and open source.

Link:
eWeek – IBM Lotus Strategist sees Linux on Netbooks Making Inroads vs. Windows in 2009

Take the Lotusphere agenda with you

Published December 16, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
Tags: customers, events, ibm, lotus, lotusphere 2009, websphere portal, אירועים, יבמ, כנסים, לוטוס, לוטוספייר

Once again (for the 9th year), Genii Software came through and created the Lotusphere Agenda DB for PDA Synching and Session Planning. On top of the usual Notes DB, there’s Blackberry support and iPhone integration as well. Now you can plan which sessions, workshops and panels you’d like to attend during the 6-day conference, and plan accordingly. If you’re new to Lotusphere this is something you need to know. Veteran participants will recongzine and appreciate this tiny piece of resource.

Links:
Genii Software – Lotusphere Agenda DB
Lotusphere 2009
New to Lotusphere? Watch last year’s video (WMV, 4.8MB)

Live coverage – Globes Israel Business Conference

Published December 13, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
Tags: globes, israel business conference, lior levin, live coverage, omer perchik, גלובס, ועידת ישראל לעסקים, כיסוי חי, ליאור לוין, עומר פרציק

Globes’ annual Israel Business Conference will start tomorrow (Sunday), with an impressive list of speakers and guests compiling a wide and diverse array of business and political leaders, coming to discuss the future of Israel’s economy. All of Israel’s who’s and who will attend this year, especially in light of the global recession our world is facing. If you’re busy and can’t attend in person, relax – this is 2008 – we have twitter, blogs and broadband internet access.

For the first ‘official’ time, the conference will be socially covered by my colleagues Omer Perchik and Lior Levin (big thanks to Mizbala.com for setting it up). Omer and Lior will update frequently on their twitter, and live-blog from the many panels and sessions during the 2-day conference.

Omer, Lior – waiting to read your thoughts. Good luck !

Links:
Globes’ Israel Business Conference (Hebrew / English)
Omer Perchik
Lior Levin

The speakers:


	Sam Zell Chairman Equity Group Investments, LLC

	Prof. Jacob Frenkel Chairman G-30 Vice Chairman AIG; Former Governor, Bank of Israel

	Prof. Steve Ross Professor of Financial Economics MIT

	Joel Kurtzman Chairman, Kurtzman Group and Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute

	Andre Schneider Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer World Economic Forum

	Lady Barbara Judge Chairman UK Atomic Energy Authority

	Aart de Geus Deputy Secretary-General OECD

	Daniel Tenengauzer Head of Global Currencies Strategy Group Merrill Lynch

	Tim Pawlenty Governor of Minnesota

	Holly Weeks Author, Consultant, CEO Holly Weeks Communication

	Sherif El Diwany Director – Middle East World Economic Forum

	Prof. James Jiang President & CEO Gaozhi Soft

	Prof. Soumitra Dutta Dean of External Relations INSEAD

	Chuck Porter Co-Chairman Crispin, Porter + Bogusky

	Kigge Hvid CEO Index

	Prof. Barry Chiswick Distinguished Professor or Economy University of Illinois

	Mike “Zappy” Zapolin CEO Internet Real Estate

	Florence Devouard Consultant in Internet Communication Strategy Wikimedia Foundation

	Liduo Zhong Wonder Group & Chairman Tsinghua Uniresource Ltd.

	Glenn Yago Director Capital Studies Milken Institute

	Yu Yongding Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

	Adeo Ressi Founder TheFunded.com

	Jonathan Levav Associate Professor of Business Columbia Business School

	Dr. Gurinder Singh Pro Vice Chancellor Amity University, U. P. (India) & Director General of Amity International Business School

	Prof. Christoph Loch Professor of Technology and Operations Management and Dean of the PhD Program INSEAD

	Gideon Lichfield Former Jerusalem Correspondent, The Economist

	Prof. Jonathan Story Professor of International Political Economy INSEAD

	Jeff Pulver Founder and Chairman Pulver.com

	Michael Fertik CEO ReputationDefender

	Dr. Heiko Frank Managing Director Tefen AG, Germany

	Michele Corash Former Advisor US Environmental Protection Agency

	Prof. Ran Kivetz Professor of Business Columbia University

	Adam Bly Founder, CEO and Editor in Chief Seed Media Group