Happy Happy 31st Anniversay - HCL Notes and Domino  

By Mat Newman | 11/27/20 6:15 PM | Business - News | Added by Oliver Busse

While 2020 is a year that most of us would like to forget, TODAY - the 27th of November - is ONE day that I like to recognise every year, because it represents a significant milestone in the software industry. Today is the 31st anniversary of the Gold Release build of the software that is now known as HCL Notes and Domino, that was compiled in it's first iteration as Lotus Notes Release 1.

Still using Lotus Notes? It’s time to show your users - and your environment - a little Love. Announcing: HCL Domino Project Eleven  

By Mat Newman | 9/15/20 2:06 AM | Business - News | Added by Oliver Busse

For over 30 years, Lotus Notes has been powering business critical applications and enterprise collaboration in organisations all over the globe. From the Fortune 500 to the smallest of Small Businesses, Lotus Notes and Domino is tried, true, secure, and fautlessly reliable.

How to Present in an online meeting like a CHAMPION  

By Mat Newman | 5/14/20 1:33 AM | Infrastructure - Sametime | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Have you ever attended an online meeting and heard the question from the presenter: "Can everyone see my screen?" Today's very simple #TipOfTheDay: How to Present in an online meeting like a CHAMPION!

HCL Software Portal Launched for Customers and Partners  

By Mat Newman | 7/2/19 3:23 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by John Oldenburger

Earlier today, HCL Software (the newly announced division of HCL Technologies) was launched in a press release formally announcing that HCL had completed the purchase of the IBM software announced late last year. As part of this new entity, today HCL Software launched their new portal (Built on PORTAL and DOMINO!), which provides Customers and Partners a one-stop site where they can receive product information.

Thank you IBM. So Long, and thanks for all the fish  

By Mat Newman | 6/30/19 9:33 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

I will never forget the most memorable moments that occurred at the conference formerly known as Lotusphere. 2 of them, especially, had a huge impact on my life and my career. On the morning of the 30th of January, 2013, I was approached by Jason Hatch, the then CTP leader for Asia Pacific (AP), with a proposition.

Sametime Limited Use Version 10 ... What’s the T ’sis?  

By Mat Newman | 6/19/19 4:52 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

By now, you are sure to have heard the news. Sametime Limited Use Version 10, announced at the end of May, is available for download on passport advantage. Customers with current entitlements to Notes/iNotes/Verse can download this new version of Sametime and deploy it to their users.

Looking Back at THINK 2019, and EXCITED for the FUTURE  

By Mat Newman | 2/20/19 3:21 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

IBM Think 2019 clearly demonstrated two things. First, regardless of what the event is called, the Collaboration Solutions Family is an amazing group of people, and I am honoured to count many among them as my friends. Second, that group of people are genuinely excited about the future of the Collaboration Portfolio, and their response to the announcements and sessions targeted at them this year clearly demonstrated that they are energised about the future for this platform, regardless of the company who owns it.

Replay NOW AVAILABLE - Let’s Get Real - What’s in Domino v10  

By Mat Newman | 3/1/18 9:27 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse

With the recent JAM, there is a lot of interest and excitement about what's new with Domino, Notes, Verse and Sametime Chat and what's coming. Yesterday, a webcast was held to share the takeaways from the JAM and some exciting news about Domino version 10 Yes, a replay of the webcast is available. Just register at the following link and you will then have access to the event recording.

Whats coming in the November 2017 IBM Connections Cloud update  

By Mat Newman | 11/23/17 4:41 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by John Oldenburger

The next update for IBM Connections Cloud is imminent, here are some of the major highlights: New card-based homepage: Orient Me. Orient Me is the redesigned home page that brings relevant updates front and center. IBM Connections Cloud Orient Me provides new home page capabilities that apply advanced analytics.

IBM Domino - Logging additional information about users and activity  

By Mat Newman | 11/22/17 4:37 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by John Oldenburger

A question came in from a customer today which I've heard a number of times recently, so I thought I'd share the quick resolution. "The customer has a Domino SMTP mail relay server. They have are a lot of external applications using this Domino SMTP mail relay server to receive and deliver the email to users and mail-in databases.

Shared or Group Calendars in IBM Notes  

By Mat Newman | 6/8/16 5:56 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by John Oldenburger

The topic of Shared or Group Calendars has come up a lot recently during discussions with Customers. The main requirement is a calendar which can have multiple people assigned to managing the Calendar content, in addition to this Calendar having full Calendaring and Scheduling (C&S) functionality.

WEBINAR: App.Next - The Future of Domino Application Development  

By Mat Newman | 5/4/15 4:58 AM | - | Added by John Oldenburger

The Domino application development landscape is about to get a whole lot richer. Not only is IBM giving developers new features that will enhance their on-premises platform, XPages runtime and Domino Designer, but they will show how they are bringing the value of Domino to the cloud with new services for IBM Bluemix.

Well worth the wait ... it’s finally HERE ... IBM Connections Activities support on Mobile  

By Mat Newman | 4/28/15 7:07 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Johnny Oldenburger

It's no secret that I'm in love with IBM Connections Activities. In fact, if there was any single reason to purchase a step-up from the basic IBM Connections Profiles, Files and Status updates entitlements included with your IBM Notes CAL's ... this would be it! Activities are now Mobile on iOS and Android connected to IBM Connections Cloud with the inclusion of the Activities app.

The AWESOMENESS that is IBM NOTES captured in one screen  

By Mat Newman | 2/12/15 7:20 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Kenio Carvalho

How does one explain just how good IBM Notes is in a single screen-capture?

IBM ConnectED 2015 MAS101: #UserBLAST2015  

By Mat Newman | 2/6/15 11:17 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Johnny Oldenburger

#UserBLAST has been a session I've done for the past few years, beginning (sort of) with "Where is the Love" at Lotusphere 2010. Inspired by Gabriella Davis and Paul Mooney's AdminBLAST sessions, the idea has always been to demonstrate the power of my favourite piece of software (hence posting "25 Notes on 25 years of Notes" before this post) by showing people where stuff is and how it works in the Notes client.

IBM ConnectED 2015, BP101: @IF("It\’s Really Good";"It MUST Be Notes";"Must Be Something Else") 25 Notes on 25 Years of Notes!  

By Mat Newman | 2/3/15 8:43 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Johnny Oldenburger

This year I had great pleasure in presenting BP101 with two fantastic friends and legends of the Lotus community in Alan Lepofsky and Carl Tyler. 25 years of the most revolutionary desktop application ever created condensed into 25 "Notes". We'll panel our way through the good, the interesting and the controversial, as we take a trip down memory lane, you'll laugh, you'll cry, but one thing is for certain, you'll fall in love with Notes all over again!

Announcing the availability of the Totally Unofficial Totally Unsupported IBM ConnectED Session Database  

By Mat Newman | 1/14/15 1:00 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Johnny Oldenburger

A couple of years a group of enterprising individuals picked up the mantle left by Ben Langhinrichs and created the IBM Connect 2013 and 2014 session databases. This year the conference has been renamed to IBM ConnectED, which of course would not be complete without the communities Totally Unofficial, Totally Unsupported IBM Notes Session Database.

New capabilities and increased storage now offered in IBM Connections Cloud in the November 2014 update  

By Mat Newman | 11/28/14 1:22 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Johnny Oldenburger

Today IBM announced a plethora of new features and capabilities on IBM Connections Cloud (Formerly IBM Smartcloud), beginning with increased storage capacity for Smartcloud Notes/iNotes and IBM Connections Files.

Happy 25th Birthday IBM Notes  

By Mat Newman | 11/27/14 2:14 AM | - | Added by Per Henrik Lausten

Yep, it's today. IBM Notes (nee: Lotus Notes) turns 25. What an amazing milestone!

Where does Mail.Next come from  

By Mat Newman | 11/17/14 1:31 AM | - | Added by Per Henrik Lausten

In the past few weeks I've been asked a lot of questions as we approach the signature event launch of IBM Mail Next this week on November 18th. The key to understanding IBM Mail Next is very simple; Mail.Next is NOT a new mail client, Mail.Next is a new way of working! So where does IBM Mail Next come from?

IBM Connect 2014, AD501 - IBM Worklight for IBM Domino Developers  

By Mat Newman | 2/11/14 12:16 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff

This year at Connect I presented a session "IBM Worklight for IBM Domino Developers".

Need an iCAL feed for the entire IBM Connect schedule - It’s in the TUTU IBM Connect Notes Database  

By Mat Newman | 1/22/14 12:14 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

Yep, the Totally Unofficial, Totally Unsupported #IBMConnect Notes Session Database has an iCAL feed for the entire conference schedule.

And we’re BACK - The Totally Unofficial, Totally Unsupported IBM Connect Notes session database  

By Mat Newman | 1/20/14 12:20 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

As you know, last year a group of enterprising individuals took over where Ben Langhinrichs left off with the Connect 2013 IBM Notes session database.

My Top 5 reasons to get to IBM Connect 2014  

By Mat Newman | 1/16/14 12:50 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

For the past few years, the trek to IBM Connect (Lotusphere) has become a pilgrimage for me.

One of the best reasons to upgrade to IBM Domino 9 - Mobile Apps in less than 5 minutes  

By Mat Newman | 11/29/13 3:06 AM | - | Added by Per Henrik Lausten

One of the best features of the latest releases of IBM Notes and Domino 9 is the inclusion of the XPages Extension Library and Mobile controls in the core code. Yes that's right, everything you need to modernise your existing Notes applications is included right out of the box.

Installing IBM Connections plug-ins in IBM Notes 9 on Ubuntu Linux  

By Mat Newman | 11/4/13 1:44 AM | - | Added by Per Henrik Lausten

A quick one to share today - how to get the IBM Connections Activities, Status updates and enhanced Business Card Plug-ins installed easily in IBM Notes 9 on Ubuntu Linux.

IBM Notes and Domino V9.0.1 Social Edition delivers quality and usability enhancements to help power social business  

By Mat Newman | 10/31/13 12:44 AM | - | Added by Per Henrik Lausten

Today marks another milestone in Notes/Domino's 24 (well .. almost) year history, General Availability of IBM Notes and Domino 9.0.1. In summary, some of the enhancements include the following.

Easily create ANY record in ANY IBM Notes (Lotus Notes) Database  

By Mat Newman | 7/29/13 12:58 AM | - | Added by Per Henrik Lausten

Demonstrates the process for adding a new form - ie: any blank database record - in ANY IBM Notes database by adding it to your More Bookmarks, Create folder.

Easiest Notes upgrade ever  

By Mat Newman | 7/1/13 1:09 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Niklas Heidloff

Last week was spent working with a customer to finalise their new SOE, with a major feature being the introduction of IBM Notes 9 into their organisation, upgrading from Lotus Notes 8.5.3.

Getting Started with IBM Notes 9 - Part 6: Bookmarks  

By Mat Newman | 6/19/13 11:47 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff

As with IBM Lotus Notes 8, the Bookmark bar in IBM Notes 9 is 'hidden' by default, with the functionality available as the 'Open List' from the OPEN button on the new Notes 9 Masthead.