With all of the announcements this week, I have received inquiries about my thoughts and more specifications on the Social Mail and embeddable browser client experiences I got to see launched. In this episode I express my thoughts until I can fully read all the technical specifications.
IBM Websphere Portal 8 launch announcement
Tue, May 22nd 2012 2:12p Chris Miller IBM had a launch event in Paris and Yves Darnige, IBM Marketing Manager, had the following confusing comment Portal V8 brings in social network services on top of the Portal framework to enable a multi-channel approach of the market for a deepen customer relationship. Anyone care to comment on what they think this means? I am slightly confused what a multi-channel approach is [read] Keywords: ibm
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Webcast tomorrow: Kathy Brown and Jess Stratton presenting
Tue, May 22nd 2012 10:13a Chris Miller There are still spaces left for this awesome session from Kathy Brown and Jess Stratton was given at Lotusphere 2012 and we are happy to have them present Collaboration, Party of One : When You Are Both the Dev and the Admin to the Consultant In Your Pocket series on May 23rd at 1pm EST. When your administrator and your developer are one and the same, and they’re both you, things can get confusing. As the administrator, you’ve got a lot of power. Frequently, the role of administrato [read] Keywords: admin
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Demystifying the Cloud - a great free download ebook
Tue, May 22nd 2012 6:12a Chris Miller Apparently the success of free ebook downloads last week prompted another offer from the publishers for Demystifying the Cloud. NOTE: This one has a maximum of 200 downloads or two weeks, whichever comes first. This time I bring you Demystifying the Cloud by Janakiram MSV of GetCloudReady.com. He is an independent cloud consultant with a terrific 55 page ebook I was able to get downloads for my readers. Janakiram was the Web Services Evangelist for Amazon and a Technology Architect i [read] Keywords: lotus
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IdoNotes Episode 124 - IBM PureSystems
Wed, May 16th 2012 6:12a Chris Miller IBM has launched a large initiative called PureSystems which offers built-in expertise, integration by design and simplified experience. Expert integrated systems combine the flexibility of general purpose systems, the elasticity of cloud and the simplicity of an appliance tuned to the workload. I was able to get access to a demo account, which by all means did not showcase all of the physical capabilities and on demand sclaing. It was more of a layer inside of the IBM SmartCloud which was di [read] Keywords: ibm
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Cloud for Dummies by IBM - Free download ebook
Thu, May 10th 2012 9:28a Chris Miller I had the chance to get the new Cloud for Dummies (IBM Midsized Company Limited Edition) compliments of IBM. It is a quick roadmap helper and looks at the economics and security of working with cloud services. A quick read you should get your hands on. The book is ~70 pages in 6 chapters and was written by Judith Hurwitz, Marcia Kaufman and Fern Halper with the assistance of a bunch of IBM names we know. It stars with why cloud computing should be investigated by your organization an [read] Keywords: foundations
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Webcast Invite: Collaboration, Party of One
Wed, May 9th 2012 2:19p Chris Miller This awesome session from Kathy Brown and Jess Stratton was given at Lotusphere 2012 and we are happy to have them present Collaboration, Party of One : When You Are Both the Dev and the Admin to the Consultant In Your Pocket series on May 23rd at 1pm EST. When your administrator and your developer are one and the same, and they’re both you, things can get confusing. As the administrator, you’ve got a lot of power. Frequently, the role of administrator is to lock things down, keep [read] Keywords: admin
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Connectria announces the opening of our fourth data center
Wed, May 9th 2012 9:54a Chris Miller I am happy to finally announce that Connectria is opening our fourth data center, this time in Dallas, TX to meet our expanding cloud services. Connectria Hosting, a global managed hosting provider, today announced that it secured a new location in a Tier 4 CyrusOne data center in Lewisville, Texas. The CyrusOne facility, a Tier 4 designated facility according to the Telecommunications Infrastructure Standards for Data Centers (TIA 942), is now the fourth data center location for Connectria [read] Keywords: ibm
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