Following IBM-Nokia announcement from last week, now comes the presentation that provides a quick overview about IBM Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5. (via Alan Lepofsky and twitter).
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IBM Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5 Presentation
Published December 3, 2008 Uncategorized ClosedTags: ibm, lotus notes, lotus notes traveler, microsoft, mobile, symbian, יבמ, לוטוס נוטס, מובייל, מיילים, ניידים, סלולר
Microsoft Israel CFO: IM can save you money
Published December 1, 2008 Uncategorized ClosedTags: cost, desktop, ibm, lotus notes, microsoft, outlook, אאוטלוק, דיילי מיילי, חלונות, יבמ, לוטוס, מיקרוסופט, נוטס ודומינו
Everyone knows instant messaging and unified communication solutions can save you money, but I find the above statement a bit ironic, considering Microsoft’s pricing model. Only yesterday I spoke at a small gathering of hi-tech and SMB executives about collaboration at a start-up company – how you can save money by opting IBM over Microsoft. My post ‘Now’s the time to deploy IM‘ is also a great reference on this issue. Today Microsoft Israel CFO told a larger gathering of SMB executives that UC is the 2nd IT solution (out of 3) that can help mitigate the current economic crisis and decrease expenses.
First off I’m glad to hear Microsoft is doing what it can to help local businesses. These are tough times, and any executive needs to have some action plan in place to navigate the coming 3-9 months. Nevertheless, I hope customers, when evaluating IT spending, are looking more closely at the numbers, rather than the product logo. Here’s a slide that will help:
Lotus have an excellent, open standards, desktop solution that features:
messaging, basic collaboration and document mgmt., instant messaging, office productivity editors, mobile access, application development, SQL and SAP integration, Eclipse based and Domino server – for $201-$338 for user, depending on your OS.
If it’s only IM you want, Lotus Sametime can run on both Lotus Notes and or Microsoft Outlook, starting at $21 for user. More information about IBM’s award winning IM solution can be found here.
So, how much are you paying for your desktop?
PC.co.il – Microsoft CFO: Leasing can save up to 30%; recession is the best time to invest in IT (Hebrew)
Image: Microsoft vs. Lotus – Desktop components
The Australian: OpenOffice shakes Microsoft
Published December 1, 2008 Uncategorized ClosedTags: australia, google docs, ibm, lotus symphony, microsoft, office, openoffice, אופן אופיס, יבמ, לוטוס סימפוני, מיקרוסופט אופיס
The Australian released an excellent opinion article, covering the latest version of OpenOffice, 3.0, launched under a month ago around the world. The 3.0 release also introduced Mac support to the open source software.
Here at Doubleclick we’ve been using OpenOffice 3.0 for some weeks and we must say it’s getting harder and harder to see why average users would want to shell out several hundred dollars for MS Office.
Microsoft has been working hard over the past year or so (around the time Ray Ozzie sat in the captain’s chair) to release a lighter, web-based version of Microsoft Office. The license issue hasn’t been officially announced, yet. With OpenOffice 3.0‘s staggering 12 million downloads – which means Microsoft is down $2.5 billion on ‘lost’ Office suites so far – you can understand why Microsoft is working hard and fast.
The next release of Lotus Symphony will be based on OO 3.0, which will improve Sympohny’s ratings considerably.
Links:
The Australian – OpenOffice shakes Microsoft
OpenOffice.org
ComputerWorld – Office web will be available from Mac, Linux, iPhone
IBM commits to the future of ODF and presents Lotus Symphony roadmap
Ed Brill visits Australia and New Zealand
20 Seconds
Published November 30, 2008 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: 802, ibm, lotus notes, messaging platform, microsoft, performance, ביצועים, יבמ, לוטוס נוטס 802
I’ve been using Lotus Notes 8.0.2 version for quite some time now, and only today have I downloaded the latest release, which includes Symphony 1.2 (instead of 1.1), as well as Sametime Primary Buddies plugin (pretty cool addon).
The latest release has really improved the start-up times, and my ThinkPad X60 (Intel Core Duo, T2400 @ 1.83GHz with 2GB RAM) machine loaded Lotus Notes 8.0.2 in 20 seconds. The CPU consumption has also decreased dramatically, to around 200MB (see screenshot).
Client’s faster, improved performance – nothing more to add really… :-))
US troops are chatting with Lotus Sametime
Published November 28, 2008 Uncategorized ClosedTags: ibm, lotus sametime, references, us army, הודעות מיידיות, יבמ, לוטוס סייםטיים, צאט, צבא
The US Army is considered very hi-tech, adopting many technologies that enable the troops and commanders to be more connected – to the field and to each other. Nevertheless, I was pleased to read over at The Sametime Blog (John Del Pizzo), that the US troops in Iraq are using IBM Lotus Sametime to communicate with one another, and video-chat with colleagues back in the US. The Army usage of Lotus Sametime isn’t for chatting alone – it’s a complete unified communication and collaboration solution, that enables troops to transfer text, audio, video and files, over a secure network, in a single interface.
“We’re hitting between 5,000 and 6,000 chats per day,” said Lt. Col. Mathew Riordan, product manager for the Army’s program office for EIS Enterprise Information Systems. “There is a lot of communication. Someone in theater can easily chat with someone in Warren, Mich.”
The army also took advantage of the solution’s development platform, and added a plug-in that creates groups based on geographical location:
“Basically, what we did was took their product and added a thing called groups,” Riordan said. “When someone goes into the system, they can go in to chat online. There are 351 public groups showing who is online. You can add your office and see anyone that is online.”
Lotus Sametime also enables forces on the ground in Iraq to get better intelligence, using the knowledge the previous force gathered on its tour:
“If I go to Iraq, I can reach back and ask about a mullah or a mosque or an intersection,” said Daniel Gouré, vice president of the Lexington Institute, a Fairfax, Va.-based think tank. “It can really help the knowledge base. This is the Army really thinking.”
Links:
The Sametime Blog – The official US Army chat room software
Defense News – US Army buys collaboration software
Strategy Page – The official US Army chat room software
IBM Lotus Sametime on ibm.com
And, finally, while on the subject of Lotus Sametime, a nice retrospective video of Sametime’s first 10 years (1998-2008):
