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20 Seconds

Published November 30, 2008 Uncategorized 1 Comment
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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… :-))

The early days of B2C (aka web 0.1)

Published November 4, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
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Nowadays it seems trivial, the internet. I am doing pretty much everything online, and if it’s not available online – chances are I will not look at it or consider any other action.
Been visiting a veteran Lotus Notes customer the other day, when I came across this poster, from one of IBM’s old campaigns, e-business.
Lou Gerstner, IBM CEO and President in the 1990s mentioned the term in his book, referring to IBM’s internet and marketing teams. Seeing this poster was like taking a time machine back to 1998… :-))

Lotus Notes in the Clouds

Published October 23, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
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It’s been around for at least 36 hours now, so you’re no strangers to the news, but still:

Using a hosting service, there is no need to purchase, house or supply energy to new hardware needed to run the software. Customers of Lotus Notes messaging software can instead focus their IT resources on other strategic business projects.

The solution includes servers, storage, monitoring, networks, security and 24 x 7 support.
Did I mention it starts from $8 per user, per month?

Key benefits are:

  • Fully managed, scalable enterprise e-mail application platform hosted at an IBM data center
  • 1 GB mailbox
  • Comprehensive service-level agreements for e-mail application and infrastructure (99.5% and 99.9% availability)
  • Support for the regulatory requirements of the government and various industries
  • Anti-spam and antivirus protection to support data privacy and security
  • Backup and restore

Links:
Announcement letter: IBM Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging
Press release: IBM extends Lotus Notes software to new markets with on-line hosted service
Ed Brill: Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging announced today
PlanetLotus.org: IBM Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging
InformationWeek: IBM releases SaaS version of Lotus Notes Domino
InternetNews: IBM takes Notes in the clouds
eWeek: IBM SaaS version of Lotus Notes Domino goes on sale
PC World: IBM to roll out $8-per-month hosted Lotus
The Burton Group (Bill Pray): IBM announces Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging
Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging website at ibm.com

Lotus iNotes on iPhone

Published September 19, 2008 Uncategorized Closed
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You asked for it, and it’s (finally) here:
Lotus Notes support for the iPhone.
And it’s not just us (aka IBM) saying so, Apple are also in the picture.
Update:
Got some responses from readers over the weekend, so, just to clarify:
I’m not talking about full Lotus Notes client on your iPhone (like a pre-installed software), but rather a web access (through a browser) to your inbox/calendar/contacts (Domino Web Access, version 8.0.2).

IBM Lotus Notes/Domino – the SaaS version

Published September 19, 2008 Uncategorized 2 Comments
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It’s coming, soon. Lotus GM, Bob Picciano, announced earlier this week that a hosted version of Lotus Notes will be available, for $8-$18 per user, per month. I’ll elaborate more when possible.

Such an offering would make IBM’s traditionally on-premise collaboration applications, such as Lotus Sametime instant messaging and VOIP, a threat to Microsoft Exchange Online, not to mention a number of small, independent SAAS collaboration providers that want to cater to large customer bases.

and, IBM’s differentiation play (according to eWeek, not me):

Also, because there are hundreds of SAAS collaboration plays out there, I expect IBM to integrate Lotus Connections with the hosted version of Notes, along with 3-D collaboration capabilities, such as having co-workers trigger chats between their avatars.

Interesting…

Link: IBM to offer SaaS version of Lotus Notes – eWeek

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