Plantronics Exceeds Money Projections - Sametime praised
Fri, Jul 30th 2010 1:36a Chris Miller In a recent news story from Unified Communications Headsets, Plantronics beat revenue expectations with some great commentary about UC2 and a blurb on Sametime: Plantronics also came out with new audio functions and tools for the IBM (News - Alert) Lotus Sametime and Sametime Unified Telephony products. The Plantronics Plug-in for Sametime is new software that delivers intelligent call control between Plantronics’ full UC product portfolio and IBM Sametime, providing users with exceptiona [read] Keywords: ibm
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Free iPad, free Kindle, free Android phone, free VOIP headsets, free AMEX gift card
Wed, Jul 28th 2010 5:03p Chris Miller What the heck does it take to fill the very last slots at IamLUG after a couple recent cancellations? How about free stuff from the awesome sponsors this year? What you see in the title is correct. giveaways are building daily and these are the recent announcements: Crossware - iPad Panagenda - free Android phone Sherpa - Amazon Kindle Plantronics - free VOIP headsets PSC - AMEX gift card some other surprises along the way we are saving up... So there is one heck of a list already folks. [read] Keywords:
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Going Beyond Deploy and Pray - Application Release Cycles
Tue, Jul 27th 2010 11:32a Chris Miller Join Kathy Brown as she returns to provide you a fun session on August 18th 2010, 10am CST, covering the following: Thanks to Lotus and Domino’s rapid application development platform, many developers find themselves in a deploy-and-pray application release cycle. That can be fine for simple applications in uncomplicated environments, but what happens when the feature requests get more and more complex? Come hear about different techniques for managing Lotus and Domino application dep [read] Keywords: domino
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A FREE day of XPages training ? Yes I say!
Mon, Jul 26th 2010 11:13a Chris Miller Looking at the IamLUG 2010 agenda, I just came to realize there is an entire free day of XPages training. A bootcamp, of sorts, to jumpstart your coding goodness. Have you seen the list and finally convinced yourself to register for the last seats? Ten XPages Design Patterns - Matt White XPages Beyond the Introduction - David Leedy The XPages Revolution - Nathan Freeman and Tim Tripcony Using XML and RDBMS Data Sources in XPages - Paul Calhoun Sean Burgess throws in some jquery for UI enh [read] Keywords: ibm
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Man walks across US, never sees LotusKnows sign
Mon, Jul 26th 2010 3:28a Chris Miller In a Levi's sponsored video, a stop action video was shot using a Canon 5D Mark II of a man walking across the United States in a cool short video. I noticed they made sure there was no other product placement but the Levi's at the end. [read] Keywords:
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IdoNotes Episode 79 - Ed Brill on IBM at IamLUG
Thu, Jul 22nd 2010 1:25p Chris Miller I was lucky to catch Ed Brill as he packed his bags and begin his walk to St Louis for IamLUG taking place Aug 2-3 2010. IBM is a Platinum sponsor of the event and will once again bring a ton of information. Last year we were lucky enough to hear about the Lotus Knows launch. I wonder what will come out of it this time around? The keynote from Doug Cox, vice president of development and support for Lotus and Websphere Portal, will be live broadcasted with the recent announcement from IamLU [read] Keywords: ibm
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July 2010 Sys Admins Tips is out
Wed, Jul 21st 2010 1:18p Chris Miller In this July 2010 issue I talk about bandwidth for granted and the following: IN THIS ISSUE #60 * From the Editor: Chris' 0.152847 ZAR * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: How Do I Remove Recent Contacts * Recent Contacts - A New Evil? * Quick Tip: Domino 8.5.1 FP3 Forgot the Router FIx * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Lotus Notes 8.5.1 Client Crashes Make sure you: * head over to Consultant In Your Pocket and catch one of the upcoming free webcasts or free full replays * head over to IamLU [read] Keywords: domino
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) - part 10
Tue, Jul 20th 2010 11:26a Chris Miller We left off finishing the advanced configuration document for the Google Apps Migration tool for Lotus Notes (GAMLN). Besides establishing security for the database, we move on to the actual site configuration. A single site document is required before any user migration occurs. You may have multiple site documents later, but a first one is necessary to even do testing. Pick a name for the site that makes sense and walk with me through the rest of the General settings. A timezone for the si [read] Keywords: agent
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Google releases new version of Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes tool (GAMLN)
Mon, Jul 19th 2010 1:28p Chris Miller Google updated the Apps Migration for Lotus Notes tool to version 2.2.1 (GAMLN) in an announcement on their blog last week. Some new features were also added of note: Pre-migration Estimator: It is now possible to gather user statistics prior to migration for selected users. Error Threshold Setting: In earlier versions of this tool, if any migration errors were encountered the system would keep the user at Active status until the error was resolved, manually flagged as complete, or the admi [read] Keywords: domino
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) - part 9
Mon, Jul 19th 2010 11:25a Chris Miller We left off the Google Apps Migration path from Lotus Notes for the client a while ago entering the Advanced tab information. Let's quickly walk through some portions and descriptions of these choices. The integrity checker at the top runs the agent to verify there is no save conflicts (and replication in a distributed setup). we left the token refresh to 23 hours which is just below the Google time reset of 24 hours. After reading their comment about possibly locking out accounts that [read] Keywords: agent
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HTC EVO - my phone case of choice is Seidio Innocase
Sat, Jul 17th 2010 11:23a Chris Miller After looking at numerous phone cases for the HTC EVO, I finally decided I wanted both a cover and a holster to carry it around. The large screen made it bulky no matter what. An added case made it bigger. So I did some searching and ran across the Innocase line from Seidio. It has a snap together cover that leaves the camera, flash, speaker, volume controls and kickstand open. It raises the back of the back of the phone just enough to protect the camera lens. Then it snaps into the holste [read] Keywords: planetlotus
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BES users and Out Of Office issues and fixes
Tue, Jul 13th 2010 4:20p Chris Miller It seems that users of Blackberry's really like the Out of Office feature even though the idea of a Blackberry is to be connected out of the office. Lotus has delivered a nice technote on some of the issues, fixes and patches needed. From technote #1395880 here are some items are covered: What is the first version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) for Lotus Domino that supports the Notes/Domino 8.x Out of Office service? Notes/Domino Out of Office service does not synch properly with B [read] Keywords: agent
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Lotus Protector Mail Security hardware requirements disappoint us immensely
Thu, Jul 8th 2010 4:25p Chris Miller As a staunch blog/podcast supporter of Lotus Protector Mail Security software personally and even in our business plans, there was one underlying factor that never surfaced until recently. I am not pleased with the crazy and seemingly redlining they did for hardware requirements. Here is the link for the hardware specs (and I mean this not as a VM but an actual install on physical hardware to run as an appliance model). The actual sentence here needs to be highlighted. Lotus Protector for M [read] Keywords: ibm
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Good-bye Lotus, hello cloud direct from Salesforce
Tue, Jul 6th 2010 12:14p Chris Miller This is the exact heading from Salesforce in an email I received. I thought Salesforce was a partner with Lotus and integrator with such things like LotusLive? Their advert states: Thousands of companies struggle to integrate and administer their Lotus Notes apps every day. Now—faced with a costly forced upgrade—many are moving to the cloud with Force.com I, ahem, filled out the form required to access some of the information they provide including two free hours of assessment, a [read] Keywords: domino
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Observations from World Cup 2010 in South Africa
Mon, Jun 21st 2010 11:28a Chris Miller While Carl, Andy and I enjoy World Cup 2010, I wanted to leave something here for everyone that has not been following along. If you really want to keep up with the fun, humor and sights, then peek at the group VVorldcup blog with it's own VVorldcup YouTube channel, Twitter account and Flickr group now as well. Before I begin, know that Carl has posted an excellent summary yesterday on the blog as well as the amount of videos and pictures we are loading. Getting here was as far away as it [read] Keywords: linking
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Follow along with us while at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa the next month at the blog and more
Thu, Jun 17th 2010 3:29p Chris Miller We are now all in South Africa for World Cup 2010, which includes Carl Tyler, Andy Higgins and myself. In honor of this event, we have a blog with constant updates, a Twitter account and Flickr, YouTube and more. We have already produced enough content to flood the wifi here at the wonderful studio we had the luck and pleasure of being able to rent for the month. Arrival was today in order to grab the tickets from the FIFA offices, watch some games on the TV and recover from 18 hours of fli [read] Keywords: twitter
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SNAPPS and IdoNotes launch free search plug-in for Lotus Notes
Thu, Jun 17th 2010 2:28p Chris Miller I am happy to announce that Julian Robichaux, of SNAPPS, has taken his LDD Search (Lotus Developer Domain or Notes Net as many of us know it) and added my Lotus Blogger Search to create a one stop plug-in shop for searching for all the technical information you need. This awesome free plug-in adds a search option to the upper right of your Lotus Notes 8 Standard client as shown below. It then opens a multi tabbed window so you can see your results for each part of LDD and the custom blogger [read] Keywords: ldd
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June 2010 Sys Admins Tips is out
Wed, Jun 16th 2010 11:28a Chris Miller In this June 2010 issue I talk about training and the following: IN THIS ISSUE #59 * From the Editor: Chris' 1.60300 KES * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Billing Internal Customers on Domino Usage * Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) * Quick Tip: How to Remove the "Getting Started" Page in Notes 8 * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Installing Sametime Connect 8.5 into Lotus Notes Make sure you: * head over to Consultant In Your Pocket and catch one of the upcoming free webca [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Domino 8.5.2 server install asks to grab admin4.nsf database on setup
Thu, Jun 10th 2010 12:08p Chris Miller The new cd5 build of Lotus Domino 8.5.2 (disclaimer: still in beta) has a few new options. The one in the screenshot below stuck out since it had a wildcard admin4.nsf database previously created that would then replicate. You have the option (default is enabled) to get or not get the admin4.nsf database from the server specified in the hostname to get the Domino Directory information from. [read] Keywords: domino
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New widget : Search across all Lotus blogs with a right click
Wed, Jun 9th 2010 2:40p Chris Miller I am happy to share a new widget for your Lotus Notes client that allows you to highlight any text in any document in Notes and search across over 350 Lotus related blogs and resources. It uses the same Google Custom Search engine (above and on right of blog) I keep updating. Right click to download and save the extension and drag into your widgets Q. I see sometimes there are ads, do you get paid when we use this? A . No that is Google putting ads in their search as always Q. Is my [read] Keywords: domino
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) - part 8
Tue, Jun 8th 2010 12:26p Chris Miller Once we worked our ways through ACL issues, database access and roles, we now enter the actual configuration of the central administration database for the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes, or GAMLN. In order for the global migration to kick off, the status must be enabled. We decided to leave it disabled until we explored all the settings so we did not have any surprises. The administration server is important as that is where directory registration and maintenance takes place. As w [read] Keywords: acl
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GoneGoogle - the Google Apps savings estimator for GAMLN
Tue, Jun 8th 2010 10:28a Chris Miller In the middle of the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series, I thought you would also take interest in a web application Google has created to try and estimate the savings your company (or school) will save by switching to Google Apps under the name GoneGoogle. The animated screen asks one simple question, your company size . From there is has a large amount of assumptions built in while it works it's number magic. Now one thing I must admit is the awesome way it allows you to [read] Keywords: domino
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Who wants free? SecurTrac free till Dec 31 2010 if..
Mon, Jun 7th 2010 4:46p Chris Miller I am happy to announce that everyone that attends the webinar tomorrow at 10am CST will be able to receive the rest of 2010 free with a full license key from SecurTrac. In an attempt to bring our info back to the top of your web page and drive some additional traffic for tomorrow’s session, I was thinking of giving away a “SecurTrac Test Drive Key”. In essence, everyone who attends the event can request a key for the full suite of SecurTrac to run on a single server until the [read] Keywords: domino
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HTC EVO first impressions before video review
Fri, Jun 4th 2010 4:02p Chris Miller We talked about the HTC EVO on Episode 26 of TheSocialGeeks this week, but now having actually worked with the device, I am stunned and actually enjoying working with a phone. The interface is slick. The application choices immense and the quickness and response impressive. Even with multiple applications open all the time. The deal-maker for the day was when I received a quick message to load a specific app. I did and was able to fully work with our Citrix environment, even launching the N [read] Keywords: notes
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) - part 7
Thu, Jun 3rd 2010 2:19p Chris Miller Part 7 covers roles and ACL rights. Google automatically assumes and enters a Global administrator setup and assigns it the [SiteAdmin] role. Global administrators handle the administration database and overall management of all site documents. Make sure you know who you list in this role. Site administrators get configured each time you create a new site. They are allowed to see all sites, but only edit their own plus related user profiles for that site. In our circumstance, the [read] Keywords: acl
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) - part 6
Wed, Jun 2nd 2010 11:25a Chris Miller As we have moved through the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) tool, I have received excellent input form Marie Scott on their trials and knowledge gained as well. Now that we have the basic architecture decided, the documentation suggests establishing the migration server as a trusted server in the mail server documents (shown below) and signing the templates from Google with a trusted id source such as the server id file. Here was a key factor I gleaned from the documentation, [read] Keywords: administration
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Lotus Notes 8.5.2 cd5 Client Start with Operating System Option
Tue, Jun 1st 2010 1:25p Chris Miller The new cd5 build of Lotus Notes 8.5.2 (disclaimer: still in beta) has a new options, as shown below, to begin some of the Lotus Notes processes with the native operating system. What this means for you, as a user or administrator, is that to give a better usability experience with Lotus Notes client, part of the processes can be configured to launch at operating system time. The thought being that when the user launches the Notes client they will see a shorter up time. There is no hard [read] Keywords: domino
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) - part 5
Tue, Jun 1st 2010 10:59a Chris Miller The process of the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) also has steps to be completed on the Google side, as well as Domino. Previously we had walked through the Domino beginnings. Inside of your Google Apps control panel, a simple point and click allowed us to enable the ability to provision the users through the API. In a previous posting (links below) I talked about the basic architecture, but overlooked the changes needed to the Domino Agent Manger in order for GAMLN to proces [read] Keywords: agent
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Lotus Notes Address Book conversion tools
Sun, May 30th 2010 9:42p Chris Miller I went on a search of different Lotus Notes Address Book convertors with the recent migration to Google Apps for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) we are going through. They asked about moving straight to Outlook by converting the address book in the Lotus Notes client and leaving mail off as an archive. Here are some tools I ran across in my searches (not comprehensive I imagine) since there was no one page encompassing them: SysTools software for Lotus Notes - this site has a slew of tools for obtaining [read] Keywords: domino
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Wondered about deploying plug-ins and widgets?
Thu, May 27th 2010 4:21p Chris Miller Join a webcast next week, Jun 2nd at 10am CST, that will walk through the components that make up a plug-in and the administrative knowledge you need to deploy them. Learn about widget catalogs, user rights needed, administrative controls and automatic site updates. Both Lotus Notes and Sametime will be covered. You can learn more and register for the Consultant In Your Pocket even right here. The event is sponsored by Plantronics with a special offer during your registration process. [read] Keywords: lotus
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes - part 4
Thu, May 27th 2010 1:09p Chris Miller So we left off yesterday running through the admin database and moving into migration options. One of the key parts of this is the feeder databases where all the Notes mail is converted. You are allowed to process users one by one or have multiple threads running. My first fear was that no numbers were given for load based on this conversion. How would this function on large mailfiles? What if the user mailfile was already over the maximum allowed size on Google? Do we waste time stripping [read] Keywords: admin
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes - part 3
Wed, May 26th 2010 11:54a Chris Miller The Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes surprisingly comes with a Domino database. This was happily shocking and surprising as I imagined all sorts of command line stuff. Now, there are partners that make many tools to migrate, but the customer wanted the built in provided tools, since they are free, of course. The actual administration database is small, limited views and does the configuration. Logs and stats are included in the database itself. Users can be viewed by state (pending, [read] Keywords: admin
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eDiscovery Primer for Domino Admins webcast - moved to Jun 8th
Tue, May 25th 2010 6:28p Chris Miller Due to a schedule conflict for multiple parties involved, we moved the date to June 8th. If you have already registered, no fear! Your registration moved over. However, if you have not registered for this free webcast event, see below! The need for Lotus admins to assist across intra-company teams while ensuring regulatory compliance is increasing. Whether your firm received a disclosure motion from district attorney, is being sued, or is concerned about either internal litigation or futur [read] Keywords: domino
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes - part 2
Tue, May 25th 2010 11:42a Chris Miller Yesterday I concentrated on some of the email migration portions that were of concern as we entered into the migration testing. Calendaring does have a tool as well and is supposed to support all meetings, reminders, events, recurring and even privacy. Calendaring will be later and separate. Today we focus on personal moving contacts and groups So to move a users personal address book and/or groups we had a couple options to make this happen. Server side - the first thing we noticed is th [read] Keywords: agent
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes - part 1
Mon, May 24th 2010 12:36p Chris Miller Last week I did the intro, explaining the immediate request we got to perform testing in a Google Apps migration of their small Domino domain. We have now fired up a duplicate of the existing Domino server to perform the testing, making it look just like their data. So we have the specs lined out for all of you.. Existing server is Domino 8.0.2 on Windows 2003 Google Apps Premier Edition is ready Microsoft Core XML services v6 It states that it supports Notes mail and attachments, so even [read] Keywords: domino
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How I stopped all comment spam in DominoBlog - Disqus
Mon, May 24th 2010 11:33a Chris Miller Back in February 2010, I made the change to turn off the native commenting system inside of DominoBlog. While it was doing a great job of catching like 9% of everything, it was still dropping hundreds if not thousands of spam comments into the database itself. So I made a decision to investigate alternatives. In my other blogs, I was already utilizing Disqus with great success. I soon realized it also gave me a slew of other benefits that were easily implemented: ability to comment regis [read] Keywords: domino
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Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) intro
Fri, May 21st 2010 1:37p Chris Miller After Marie Scott posted about the tool Google launched, we had a smaller customer see the same news and ask about the possibility of migrating. This included fidelity, costs and more. I will have a series on this as it gets tested and rolls out. I will be blogging it in parts to help breakdown each section. Humorously, I am attending a meeting with both Google and Microsoft (Live@edu) next week at a local school district to gain an understanding of that architecture and integration. [read] Keywords: domino
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May 2010 Sys Admin Tips is out
Thu, May 20th 2010 2:26p Chris Miller In this May 2010 issue I talk about training and the following: IN THIS ISSUE #58 * From the Editor: Chris' 0.0316841 TRY * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Widgets and Plug-ins. What's the Difference? * Can You Attain Unified Communications? * Quick Tip: Business Card Info In Notes 8.5x Client Has Changed * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Anti-virus and Sametime Connect Make sure you: * head over to Consultant In Your Pocket and catch one of the upcoming free webcasts on eDiscovery, Pl [read] Keywords: admin
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The eDiscovery Primer for Lotus Domino Admins
Thu, May 20th 2010 1:43p Chris Miller Another webcast from Consultant In Your Pocket was just announced, and it is happening May 26th! Head over and register for this free webcast I am attending this one, being presented by William Malchisky and sponsored by SecureTrac. [read] Keywords: domino
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Plantronics Voyager Pro UC unboxing and review
Wed, May 19th 2010 2:53p Chris Miller The YouTube video above walks you through my commentary on this awesome headset device, the Plantronics Voyager Pro UC. This is a bluetooth solution for all the calls you take over your computer. Couple it with the new plug-in from Plantronics for Sametime and you have one heck of a way to save on PC calls via Sametime, Skype or whatever VOIP software you load. I would peek at the IBM announcements from Plantronics here. Disclosures: The headset was sent for me to give an honest review wi [read] Keywords: ibm
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Synchronizing Active Directory and Domino - with TDI
Mon, May 17th 2010 11:40a Chris Miller This is a hot topic with many organizations. Well on Wednesday May 19th at 10am CST, there is a free webcast covering this very topic. Tom Duff and Marie Scott are back for part 2 of their Tivoli Directoy Integrator series with the administration perspective: Domino, LDAP, AD – what do they have in common? Tivoli Directory Integrator! Have you ever wanted to use TDI to synchronize data between directory sources but you weren’t sure about how to get started? Join Marie Scott [read] Keywords: administration
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Lotus Notes native mail on the iPad - is it time?
Thu, May 13th 2010 2:26p Chris Miller I watched, not one, but three people within two rows around me pull out iPads (in varying cases I noted) and begin reading books or other writer material. As I watched them flip a page here and there, open a game app on another and generally do nothing else, email was a missing component. One even took out a laptop as well. So I began to think, it pursuing this as a true mobile platform client worth it? If you want the summary answer now to skip reading, I say no. Not as "client" as we know [read] Keywords: domino
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IdoNotes Episode 78 - Admin2010 with Bill Malchisky
Thu, May 13th 2010 8:22a Chris Miller William Malchisky, Effective Software Solutions, takes fifteen minutes to sit down and catch up on his: sessions at Admin2010 brand new blog upcoming webcast on may 26th user group presentations writing and more We have a welcomed sneak guest of Andrew Pollack, with some of his thoughts as we go along. Bill has some incredible content covering Linux and Lotus, discovery and archiving. I would get ready to watch his blog. [read] Keywords: lotus
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IdoNotes Episode 77 - Nerd Girls Strike Back at Admin2010
Wed, May 12th 2010 5:25p Chris Miller Live from Admin2010 I sit with the Nerd Girls to talk about their BOF, Skype chat, LinkedIn group, Twitter hashtag, sessions and tons of woman in tech issues. Join myself and: Mary Beth Raven Jess Stratton Kathy Brown Susan Bulloch They also are passing out buttons all over Admin2010 as hope you catch them coming up at other events like IamLUG and Lotusphere. Get in touch with any of them to get involved with the chats, #nerdgirls hashtag or LinkedIn group. Or to become a Nerd Girl ! Spe [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Admin2010 keynote with Alistair Rennie, demos by Ron Sebastian
Wed, May 12th 2010 9:34a Chris Miller Great news for all third party plug-in developers for Lotus Notes an Sametime as the keynote kicked off with demos of Gist, Tungle, TripIt and more. For help in learning how to deploy these plug-ins I would catch the Consultant In Your Pocket webcast on Jun 2 right here. LotusLive is a key push with the ability for any enterprise to get involved in the beta early on. We all know that Sametime 8.5 is picking up steam and they want companies to start looking at migrating and upgrading to [read] Keywords: lotus
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Missing Admin2010? Catch webcasts online the next few weeks from Consultant In Your Pocket
Wed, May 12th 2010 8:25a Chris Miller If your company was unable to send you to Admin2010 or Developer 2010 in Boston this week, do not fear. Consultant In Your Pocket has a slew of webcasts coming starting May 19th through June bringing content right to your desktop. May 19 - Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) for Administrators with Tom Duff and Marie Scott May 26 - eDiscovery In Your Enterprise (title might change) with Bill Malchisky Jun 2 - Deploying Plug-ins for Lotus Notes and Sametime with myself There are one or two more [read] Keywords: lotus
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Live broadcasting, streaming and blogging from Admin2010
Tue, May 11th 2010 7:29p Chris Miller If you are unable to attend Admin2010, I will be performing all of the above, live from Admin2010 on Wednesday. You can catch the stream at http://www.IdoNotes.com/live The blog will also update all day. Some podcasts will be recorded, but I hope to get a bunch live. I opened the stream to pretty much unlimited attendees at once. If we are not live, you will see some other videos playing as holders. I will try and tweet when we go live throughout the day, as well, for quick notice. [read] Keywords: blogging
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Custom Blogger Search is now expanded
Thu, May 6th 2010 10:28a Chris Miller Apparently the custom blogger search engine (above and in the upper right sidebar) was needed because you guys are using it quite frequently!! I went ahead and refreshed a ton of sites at your requests. I also added new sites that came in (including the Lotus Knows blog announced yesterday). If you don't understand what it offers, here is a quick description: The custom blogger search is based on the Google CSE and now includes over 350 Lotus related blogs, wikis and technical sites. It on [read] Keywords: lotus
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Univ of California dumps Gmail for faculty and staff due to security concerns
Wed, May 5th 2010 11:28p Chris Miller This article just hit the wires, but the comments sum up the issue. They just didn't get the best way to use and secure the information. I do not consider this a strike against cloud computing. Reading the article deeper showed that they felt it was against the compliance of the Electronic Communications Policy. I question whether the location of the mail content was the issue or that is was not on university controlled hardware. Most of these cloud initiatives are not well planned or tho [read] Keywords: community
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Sametime audio chat services and it’s issues and compliments
Wed, May 5th 2010 12:28p Chris Miller We have been heavily testing Sametime audio services inside the firewall for a side project and found some nuances along the way I wanted to share as well as some compliments. 1) If you open an audio call with someone and then decide to chat with them, the chat is closed when you close the call. Losing all the chat data. Unless you already have multiple chats open in a vertical or horizontal list. Then all is well. But just a single chat with that person on the call and poof, it goes away [read] Keywords: notes
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TackItOn registration is open - iPhone development, XPages 101 and Domino Optimization Tour
Tue, May 4th 2010 10:23a Chris Miller The team at IamLig is announcing TackItOn for the day following IamLUG. You will be able to choose one of any of the single-day events for a low price. If you are a confirmed IamLUG attendee, the price is even lower. The amount of information in each of these events is extraordinary, from top names in the Lotus community. Here is a sample of what you can expect: Make sure you register yourself and notify your friends about this new and exciting event, taking place immediately af [read] Keywords: domino
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TDI for Developers - the webcast tomorrow
Tue, Apr 27th 2010 10:37a Chris Miller Tom Duff and Marie Scott are doing an awesome developer session on Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) for Consultant In Your Pocket. There are a few slots left to attend (really just a few) for some of the best tips to utilize TDI in your dev planning.. Join Marie Scott and Thomas Duff as they introduce you to the fundamentals of Tivoli Directory Integrator and then show you how you can set up your own TDI jobs to take your data synchronization requirements to the next level. In this session [read] Keywords: development
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Announcing the Lotus Custom Blogger Search Engine
Fri, Apr 23rd 2010 11:56a Chris Miller I had this in the works for some time, but the list was not fully up to date. It is now updated with all the Lotus blogs I could find. I built a Google Custom Search Engine to weed out sites that try to use keywords to draw some of the search focus away. This way we can quickly sort through all of the blogger and technical Lotus content with a narrow focus of a half a thousand sites. You will always find this engine in the search section on the right side of my IdoNotes blog homepage. I we [read] Keywords: lotus
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IdoNotes Episode 76 - Lotus Protector Mail Encryption
Thu, Apr 22nd 2010 11:25a Chris Miller Sean Brown, Product Manager for Lotus Protector product family, joins me again to introduce the new appliance for Mail Encryption. This goes beyond the boundaries of Notes encryption into a user to user Internet encryption using a public/private key technology, secure web interface or even encrypted PDF files. We have talked about the Lotus Protector family a few times in Episodes 48 and 69. The entire IdoNotes podcast family is part of Spiked Studio Productions. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotus Developer Tips Every Dev Should Know - webcast tomorrow
Mon, Apr 19th 2010 11:25a Chris Miller Just a reminder that there is a very few seats left for the webcast with Tom Duff and Kathy Brown tomorrow at 10am CST. I think it is a great topic for any level or developer: Ever wish you had a list of all the top mistakes to avoid when developing for Domino? What about all the tips you need to know to create successful applications? Join Tom and Kathy as they show what EVERY Domino developer needs to know. They’ll explain what you need to know and why you need to know it. TheyR [read] Keywords: domino
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IdoNotes Episode 75 - Exclusive with FewClix
Mon, Apr 19th 2010 10:25a Chris Miller I talk with Madan, the CEO of Synaptris and maker of FewClix, about their Lotus Notes application and mailfile integration. They have provided excellent training videos on the features. Their slogan of "email made easy" isn't far from the truth. Their inclusion of Symphony document types in filtering jumps them ahead of the pack. I first looked at them in Episode 70 and love the changes they made for Beta 2, including the archive support. The entire IdoNotes podcast family is part of [read] Keywords: lotus
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April 2010 Sys Admin Tips is out
Fri, Apr 16th 2010 3:22p Chris Miller In this April 2010 issue I talk about filtering yourself (or not) and the following: IN THIS ISSUE #57 * From the Editor: Chris' 0.140515 BOB * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Our Notes Client Welcome Page Clocks Are One Hour Off * Sametime 8.5 Gets Its First Cumulative Fix * Quick Tip: End of Service Is Coming Quickly for Domino and Notes Versions * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Integrated Windows Firewalls and Sametime Don't forget to visit CertFX from the banner above and use the co [read] Keywords: admin
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Gist plugin for Lotus Notes successful - thoughts before screencast
Thu, Apr 15th 2010 3:25p Chris Miller I have been a user of Gist for some time. Here is a screencast of their web feature and interface before we talk Lotus. Disclosure: I have no other disclosure to make around that. I am not an advisor to them, not a stakeholder or have not been paid. Now that we have that out of the way. Gist gets contact meta management! This is something the Notes Personal Address Book (PNAB or names.nsf) should have been doing long ago. Even the new OpenNTF initiative doesn't address some of this (yet [read] Keywords: domino
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IdoNotes Episode 74 - Doodle Around
Thu, Apr 15th 2010 10:25a Chris Miller I talk with Reto, Product Manager of Doodle, about their Lotus Notes plug-in and integration. They have provided a great Slideshare presentation on the steps to integrate and some of the features. Doodle connects multiple calendars together, including branding for your company. The entire IdoNotes podcast family is part of Spiked Studio Productions. [read] Keywords: lotus
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IamLUG 2010 registration is open to the public!
Wed, Apr 14th 2010 11:25a Chris Miller Yes, it is official. IamLUG 2010 registration is open to the public. It will be Aug 2-3 2010 in St Louis, MO. See the site for all the details and share with your friends, user groups, management, co-workers (except the horrid ones) and more. Slots are limited for delgates. Sponsorship and speaking slots are open for submission as well. If you are having trouble registering, see Paul Mooney's excellent video since we use the same template. [read] Keywords:
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Awesome new Consultant InYour Pocket webinars and site redesign
Tue, Apr 13th 2010 1:56p Chris Miller April is turning out to be a big month. Consultant In Your Pocket webinars are going strong the next two weeks with the following: Comparing LotusLive, Domino Hosting, Disaster Recovery and More - April 15th. This is great for admins and managers alike to see how to compare and what the differences are. Lotus Developer Tips Every Dev Should Know - April 20th. This is with Tom Duff and Kathy Brown, sponsored by the good folks at Ytria Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) the Best Free Tool You h [read] Keywords: domino
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TheSocialGeeks Episode 25 with special guest Alan Lepofsky himself @alanlepo
Thu, Apr 8th 2010 1:28p Chris Miller No need for long blog posting introduction. If you are slightly interested in social media and social networking then you should already be listening to TheSocialGeeks podcast. However, Episode 25 has Alan jump in with some great feedback and insight into the following: Google tests a new Google Voice desktop app Location awareness and Foursquare cheaters Daniel Brusilovsky steps down from Teens In Tech LooptPulse for Blackberry Farmville causes real debt Parents rights over their kid' [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Lotus Notes plug-in provisioning in Windows 7 just isn’t working
Thu, Apr 8th 2010 12:04p Chris Miller I have been patient with trying this across multiple plug-in providers. Not a single one is installing following these steps: Have Notes 8..5.x on your desktop Open widget panel Drop in a widget and it works without issue Drop in a widget that then calls a plug-in to be provisioned from a remote or local site The plug-in will get to the prompt to show the vendor and version, I say go for it The provisioning begins and the following non-descript, nothing online except Eclipse coding, PIA error [read] Keywords: domino
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Webinar - Comparing LotusLive, Domino Hosting, Disaster Recovery and More
Wed, Apr 7th 2010 8:44a Chris Miller Why pay for all that expensive travel cost? Join us for another quality webinar next week on April 15 2010. Soon, the subscription webcast series will open with deep technical content, so pay close attention for discounts and early registration as full series subscribers will be limited. Are you having difficulty understanding all the differences in LotusLive iNotes, Notes, Notes Web and other packages? How does integration work with my current environment? How does LotusLive compare to [read] Keywords: domino
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Public widgets for the Notes clients - take one leave one
Mon, Apr 5th 2010 10:09a Chris Miller I read an interesting topic in a forum about the growth of a public widget catalog. Gabriella and I put that together some time ago (on the same server you get the annual Lotusphere database from Link), The idea was to have the general public create and take away useful widgets for the Lotus Notes client. It did well for a while as we showed it at conferences and blogged about it some. Then it lapsed in new activity. Activity=access and updates Are there no enterprises or developers creat [read] Keywords: domino
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IamLUG registration opening this week - start your engines
Mon, Mar 29th 2010 4:58p Chris Miller It seems that someone bribed and beat a bunch of people into having IamLUG again this year. Don't tell anyone, but registration for attendees, speakers and sponsors opens this week. If you want in early as a sponsor (please sponsors only) click here and let them know. [read] Keywords:
New survey on support from RIM frightened me today
Fri, Mar 26th 2010 11:28a Chris Miller I received a request to fill out a survey from RIM on support. I imagined it to be a check on how well they are doing in responding to our needs, tickets, issues and more. Instead, I got a small chill when the crux of the questions hit me. The questions were driven heavily to make you decide which was more important from a list of options. Then each option was compared one against one in further questions. These included: faster response time core hour or 24x7 phone support software upda [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Lotusphere Comes To You - if you came ( #LCTY in St Louis) live blogging
Tue, Mar 23rd 2010 11:24a Chris Miller Registration looked good, plenty of badges. Awesome room and presentation center I have had the pleasure of being at previously inside of Washington University at the Charles Knight Executive Center. All the presentation material will be available on LotusLive for attendees which was nice. I wonder if they will create a new account or use our existing one? Ed Brill - Keynote The Collaboration Agenda (I dissected it here back in January at Lotusphere) mentioned at Lotusphere was the opening [read] Keywords: collaboration
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