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IBM has an excellent presence online, not just ibm.com but also the social space.
Although there’s no official IBM twitter/facebook/blog, there are thousands of IBMers on twitter, facebook, linkedin and other social sites – and hundreds of bloggers as well.
Just in case you’re looking for some IBM bloggers, you can find them (including yours truly) over at ibm.com/blogs. There’s also IBM Social Computing Guidelines, that define how IBMers should present themsleves online – worth the read.
Just over a week before IBM Software Forum kicks off, we have some 50 people registered – to the Lotus session alone! The other five sessions are filling up quite fast, so it’s best to register now.
You already know what Lotus agenda will look like, but I’m still working on my presentation, the first one of the evening. I have a rough idea what I want to talk about, but in the spirit of collaboration and sharing I thought ‘hey, why not ask the community?‘.
So, this is me, asking you, the community, who will attend IBM Software Forum next Thu., what do you want to hear? what’s interests you? Just comment below, email me dvir at il.ibm.com or send @dvirreznik. I’ll do my best to incorporate your wishes in my presentation.
Getting a new HDD for my laptop was an excellent occasion to upgrade my Notes client to the latest version, 8.5, announced last month. Even thou I downloaded IBM’s internal installation package for 8.5, there are couple of tweaks I needed to do, gadgets to add, live-text to create.
Luis Benitez is usually my source for Lotus Connections stuff, but his latest tweak is inteneded for all you Lotus Notes and Lotus Connections users out there – enabling Lotus Connections’ Person card in Lotus Notes 8.5 Activities. The tweak is easy, no technical expertise needed, and upgrades my user experience – now I can access all the social aspects of an activity member.
Thanks Luis!
Links:
Luis Benitez
Lotus Notes and Domino Wiki
IBM announces Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 at MacWorld
Being without a laptop has its advantages, but also some disadvantages. One of them is not being able to keep track over my Google Reader and check what’s happening in the community (Yes, I know GReader is available for mobile – not the same).
Ed already posted about Suntel’s migration ages ago, but since my Google Alert linked to the CIO.com article, thought this story’s worth another mentioning in the blogosphere.
The main reasons Suntel (Sri Lanka) migrated away from Exchange/Outlook were:
In addition to Lotus Notes and Domino, Suntel will also deploy Lotus Sametime for instant messaging and UC capabilities, as well as Lotus Symphony for creating, editing and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
TCO, licensing costs and integration of Symphony are some of the answers for ‘what’s the difference between IBM and Microsoft?’ Every company nowadays, especially SMB (small-medium businesses) are looking into ways to cut expenses, improve productivity and increase revenue – and examining your licensing costs is an excellent first step. Three months ago I spoke to CIOs/CTOs of local hi-tech and start-up companies on IBM’s collaboration portfolio, specifically tailered for SMB. Slide 18 showed the difference in licensing, between IBM and Microsoft, in the collaboration space – Lotus full collaoration suite starts at $151 per user (Linux, no support package). How much do you pay for your Microsoft deployment, per user?
You can download that presentation at my slideshare.net space, or view it below.
Links:
CIO.com – Suntel bids adieu to Microsoft, embraces IBM
Ed Brill
Lotus Notes and Domino at ibm.com
Since my business trip to Barcelona and Venice I run out of business cards. To all the people I met since then, apologies for not giving you a card, and settling at BT my address book record.. or showing you this slide instead..
Got the new cards now, here’s the mockup:
Managed to squeeze my twitter id on this one.. 😉
