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Wish list for Apple’s announcement on September 1, 2010
Tue, Aug 31st 2010 8:47p Christopher Pepin On Wednesday, September 1, 2010, Apple is hosting a music-centric event in San Francisco. Rumors are running far and wide on what Apple will announce. The following is my personal wish list: Cloud-based iTunes service. It's WAY to difficult to sync multiple devices with multiple iTune librarie ... [read] Keywords: apple
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Initial Impressions of Sprint HTC EVO Google Android smartphone
Tue, Aug 24th 2010 8:44p Christopher Pepin I've been testing the Sprint HTC EVO Google Android smartphone and I wanted to share some initial impressions. Like many other enterprise customers, RIM BlackBerry is IBM CIO's corporate standard but we've been deploying additional platforms (e.g. Apple iOS, Nokia S60, Windows Mobile, Google Andro ... [read] Keywords: ibm
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Initial Impressions of the new BlackBerry Torch
Wed, Aug 18th 2010 11:13a Christopher Pepin I was fortunate to attend the RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 launch event in New York city last week. It was a great event with the following in attendance: Jim Balsillie - co-CEO of RIM. Jim provided an overview of the new features of the Torch smartphone Mike Krzyzewski: coach of Duke University M ... [read] Keywords: blackberry
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My gadgets
Wed, Jun 16th 2010 7:17p Christopher Pepin I recently switched from using CNET My Tech on Facebook to using Gdgt to track all my gadgets. As part of my job for IBM, I get the opportunity to test various laptops, netbooks, tablets and smartphones. In addition, I have a fair amount of gadgets at my home as well :-) I was fortunate to get ... [read] Keywords: ibm
facebook
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Bing for Windows Mobile updated to support turn-by-turn navigation
Thu, May 13th 2010 8:44p Christopher Pepin I installed the new version of Microsoft Bing for Windows Mobile on my HTC Tilt 2 (AT&T) smartphone to take advantage of the new turn-by-turn navigation feature. I'm impressed and the price was right - free! I've used it a couple of times now and the directions were spot on. I was able to u ... [read] Keywords: microsoft
mobile
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ATT Microcell
Tue, May 11th 2010 5:44p Christopher Pepin I just completed installing an AT&T microcell in my home. A microcell (also referred to as a femtocell) improves cellular coverage in home/small business environment. At my home in New Fairfield, CT, I have poor/no cell phone service from any of the major carriers due to the hilly terrain. ... [read] Keywords:
Amazon.com Widgets
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IBM doubles number of iPhone applications in the Apple app store
Mon, May 10th 2010 4:44p Christopher Pepin Earlier today, IBM doubled the number of IBM applications in the Apple App Store by releasing the LotusLive Mobile Meetings application. This free application allows you participate in a LotusLive meeting from your iPhone. This application compliments the Lotus Notes Traveler Companion applicatio ... [read] Keywords: ibm
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Impressions of RIM Wireless Enterprise Symposium
Wed, May 5th 2010 3:15a Christopher Pepin While I didn't attend RIM's annual conference, Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES), last week in Orlando, FL, that won't stop me from providing my impressions. I did, however, participate remotely via VirtualWES, followed the press releases as well as connected with colleagues who attended. My i ... [read] Keywords: enterprise
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National Engineers Day 2010
Sun, May 2nd 2010 10:43p Christopher Pepin I was fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in National Engineer's Week again this year at the New Fairfield, CT Middle School. IBM, along with many other corporations, sponsor in the event which is designed to increase awareness of math and science in schools. I spent last Friday alon ... [read] Keywords: ibm
community
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Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview
Wed, Mar 24th 2010 9:14a Christopher Pepin Last week, Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview. Short of a full beta, the preview provides a glimpse into what's coming with IE9. Here's a snapshot: Not a full beta, it installs along side your current version of Internet Explorer Support for HTML5 Fast, very fast Lacks a ... [read] Keywords: microsoft
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IBM publishes 2009 annual report
Tue, Mar 9th 2010 1:44p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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The Future of Smartphones in the Enterprise
Mon, Mar 1st 2010 2:43p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: enterprise
mobile
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Apple announces the iPad
Mon, Feb 1st 2010 8:43p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
apple
enterprise
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IBM Releases its first iPhone Application in the Apple App Store - Lotus Traveler Companion
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:07a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: domino
ibm
lotus
traveler
apple
application
iphone
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Sametime 8.5
Thu, Dec 17th 2009 8:48a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
lotus
sametime
unified communications
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Microsoft Office 2010 Betas
Wed, Dec 9th 2009 8:28p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: microsoft
office
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BlackBerry Bold 9700
Mon, Dec 7th 2009 8:48a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Windows 7 Power Management
Tue, Nov 24th 2009 8:24a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
enterprise
microsoft
vista
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It’s a Free Country... ...So why can’t I pick the technology I use in the office?
Mon, Nov 16th 2009 6:06p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: email
laptop
office
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AT&T Announces BlackBerry Bold 9700
Mon, Nov 16th 2009 5:25p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: blackberry
research in motion
rim
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The Appeal of Cloud-Based E-Mail
Thu, Nov 12th 2009 8:29p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
inotes
lotus
notes
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All the flavors of cloud computing
Wed, Nov 11th 2009 5:25p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: web 2.0
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IBM CEO Sam Palmisano Talks with Information Week
Wed, Nov 11th 2009 10:24a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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Smarter Cities on CNBC
Tue, Oct 6th 2009 8:46a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM named to Information Week 500 Most Innovative Business Technology Organizations for 2009
Wed, Sep 23rd 2009 12:26p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Annual CIO Study Published
Mon, Sep 14th 2009 11:46a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM’s Desktop Cloud
Fri, Sep 11th 2009 10:25a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
citrix
desktop
vmware
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US Open Tennis 2009
Mon, Aug 31st 2009 11:45p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords:
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Blogging less, Microblogging more
Thu, Jul 30th 2009 1:06p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: connections
ibm
lotus
blogging
twitter
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Apple iPhone 3G S
Thu, Jul 2nd 2009 4:25p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: apple
iphone
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Upgrade to Apple iPhone 3.0 software
Wed, Jun 17th 2009 6:49p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: apple
iphone
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Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference 2009 and what it means to IBM
Tue, Jun 16th 2009 9:45a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
apple
iphone
mac
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Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.1 beta now live on the Lotus Greenhouse
Tue, May 26th 2009 9:08a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
domino
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lotus
notes
traveler
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IBM Sticks With Earnings Guidance
Sun, May 17th 2009 9:45p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Lotus Notes/iNotes/Domino 8.5.1 Code Drop 5 now available to Design Partners
Tue, May 12th 2009 7:45a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: domino
ibm
inotes
lotus
notes
quickr
symphony
traveler
apple
iphone
ipod
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RIM WES Blackberry 2009 Opening General Session
Tue, May 5th 2009 9:29a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: blackberry
enterprise
research in motion
rim
wireless
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New Job
Wed, Apr 29th 2009 11:09a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
connections
domino
ibm
notes
quickr
networking
office
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IBM "Watson" System to Challenge Humans at Jeopardy!
Tue, Apr 28th 2009 9:05a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotus Mobile Connect 6.1.3 Now Available
Fri, Apr 10th 2009 6:04p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: lotus
apple
applications
macintosh
microsoft
mobile
security
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Key Themes for Lotus Connections 2.5
Mon, Mar 9th 2009 9:09a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: connections
lotus
community
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Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.16 upgrade
Mon, Mar 2nd 2009 10:29a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
bes
blackberry
email
enterprise
rim
server
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Cisco VPN for iPhone
Thu, Feb 26th 2009 6:33p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
lotus
apple
iphone
mac
mobile
network
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IBM and Amazon Web Services have joined forces
Thu, Feb 19th 2009 3:11p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
db2
server
websphere
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New Domino Wiki on OpenNTF.org
Thu, Feb 19th 2009 1:10p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: domino
lotus
template
xpages openntf
websphere
websphere portal
wiki
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LotusLive Engage Training
Tue, Feb 17th 2009 8:28a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: forms
instant messaging
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LotusLive Engage Sametime Instant Messaging
Sat, Feb 7th 2009 4:05p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: lotus
sametime
community
instant messaging
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Lotusphere 2009 Community to Continue in LotusLive
Wed, Feb 4th 2009 3:46p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
lotusphere
community
network
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Lotusphere 2009 Opening General Session Webcast
Sat, Jan 31st 2009 10:09p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
lotusphere
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IBM CIO’s Top 5 Priorities
Wed, Jan 28th 2009 2:26p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
enterprise
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate Now Available
Tue, Jan 27th 2009 2:50p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
firefox
microsoft
vista
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Quickr Upgrade
Mon, Jan 26th 2009 4:46p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
quickplace
quickr
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Lotusphere 2009 Summary
Mon, Jan 26th 2009 1:26p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
lotusphere
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Lotusphere 2009 Ends Today
Thu, Jan 22nd 2009 9:25a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: lotusphere
lotusphere2009
blogging
twitter
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Symphony 1.2.1 for the Apple Mac now available for free download
Mon, Jan 19th 2009 8:45a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: lotus
symphony
apple
interface
mac
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Windows 7 Supports Open Standards - Open Document Fdrmat (ODF)
Wed, Jan 14th 2009 2:49p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: document
lotus
odf
symphony
microsoft
office
ooxml
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Tools to make it easier to plan Lotusphere 2009
Tue, Jan 13th 2009 10:05p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: domino
lotusphere
lotusphere2009
database
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Lotus Software on Windows 7 beta and Ubuntu 8.1
Sat, Jan 10th 2009 7:25p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
lotus
notes
sametime
microsoft
office
ubuntu
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2008 Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2009
Mon, Jan 5th 2009 9:25a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: domino
ibm
lotus
notes
sametime
symphony
instant messaging
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Putting the power of Web 2.0 into practice.
Mon, Dec 29th 2008 5:09p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: expeditor
ibm
lotus
applications
portlet
web 2.0
web2.0
websphere
websphere portal
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Lotus Symphony named Best Desktop Application
Mon, Dec 22nd 2008 2:49p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
lotus
symphony
application
applications
desktop
microsoft
office
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How IBM intends to kill chaos in 2009
Mon, Dec 22nd 2008 1:12p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
integration
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iNotes Ultralite on the iPhone
Wed, Dec 17th 2008 6:29p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
inotes
apple
blackberry
iphone
rim
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IBM Delivers New Cloud Service for Web Conferencing
Mon, Dec 15th 2008 2:26p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
sametime
network
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Sametime Unyte 8.2b Now Available
Mon, Dec 8th 2008 4:48p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: document
lotus
odf
sametime
firefox
microsoft
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IBM’s internal Sametime service upgraded
Sat, Nov 29th 2008 9:08p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: domino
ibm
sametime
instant messaging
server
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Nokia and IBM announce Lotus Notes Traveler for S60 devices
Thu, Nov 20th 2008 12:28p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
lotus
notes
traveler
enterprise
mobile
office
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Building A Smarter Planet
Thu, Nov 6th 2008 11:29a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotus Symphony 1.2 now available
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 10:08a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
ods
symphony
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Business Mashups
Fri, Oct 24th 2008 4:09p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
mashup
mashups
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zBoost - Extending Cell Phones
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 8:09p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: mobile
wireless
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HP Blackbird Memory Problems
Sun, Oct 19th 2008 9:29p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: desktop
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Relationship Building and Social Networking Software
Fri, Oct 17th 2008 3:08p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
networking
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Windows Home Server to the Rescue
Sun, Oct 12th 2008 10:09p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: notes
archive
server
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Premium Support Seminar in Washington, D.C.
Wed, Oct 8th 2008 5:29p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: domino
ibm
lotus
notes
laptop
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Open Beta of Lotus Bluehouse Announced
Mon, Oct 6th 2008 10:29a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: bluehouse
lotus
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iPhone Impressions
Fri, Oct 3rd 2008 9:29p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: apple
desktop
iphone
laptop
mac
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Instant Messaging with IBM employees
Thu, Oct 2nd 2008 10:29a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
sametime
exchange
exchange
instant messaging
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IBM Innovation Jam October 5-8
Tue, Sep 30th 2008 6:08p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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Top Challenges of Enterprise Mobility
Thu, Sep 25th 2008 9:49a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
enterprise
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Back from my hike in New Hampshire’s White Mountains
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 4:49p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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Hiking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains
Wed, Sep 17th 2008 5:08p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
blogging
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Lotusphere 2009 Registration is now open
Tue, Sep 9th 2008 7:30a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
lotusphere
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Lotus Collaboration Maturity Model
Sun, Sep 7th 2008 7:32a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
lotus
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US Open Tennis 2008
Tue, Sep 2nd 2008 9:49a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Global CEO Study
Tue, Aug 26th 2008 12:30p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
enterprise
4
Notes and Domino 8.0.2 ships
Tue, Aug 26th 2008 8:29a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: domino
lotus
lotusnotes
notes
bug
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Companies banning the use of FaceBook and Twitter
Thu, Aug 14th 2008 9:48a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
applications
enterprise
facebook
myspace
twitter
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IBM’s Journey to Unified Communications and Collaboration Renders Client Value Webcast
Wed, Jul 30th 2008 1:59p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
sametime
unified communications
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Aligning Business and IT Strategy
Wed, Jul 30th 2008 10:54a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
office
5
Characteristics of a Unified Communications Solution
Mon, Jul 28th 2008 7:27p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: unified communications
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Achieving Tangible Business Benefits with Social Computing
Thu, Jul 24th 2008 5:07p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: networking
web2.0
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IBM announces 2Q2008 Results - Earning up 28%
Thu, Jul 17th 2008 6:27p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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Back from vacation in Montauk, Long Island
Sun, Jul 13th 2008 6:23p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
blogging
office
3
Back from Vacation in Narragasett, RI
Fri, Jun 27th 2008 11:06p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Lotus Sametime Wiki built on Domino
Wed, Jun 18th 2008 12:45a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: domino
ldd
lotus
sametime
wiki
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Web Conferencing Services: Companies Embrace New Uses
Tue, Jun 17th 2008 1:44p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: ibm
sametime
microsoft
5
Lotus Connections 2.0
Thu, Jun 12th 2008 6:03p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: connections
ibm
lotus
blogging
enterprise
planetlotus
planetlotus.org
web2.0
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How IBM Software Products Support Web 2.0
Thu, Jun 5th 2008 10:35a Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: connections
ibm
lotus
web 2.0
web2.0
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Case Study for Unified Communication and Collaboration at IBM
Wed, Jun 4th 2008 4:23p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
sametime
instant messaging
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Lotus Symphony 1.0 and Notes 8.5 beta now available
Fri, May 30th 2008 4:10p Christopher Pepin [read] Keywords: lotus
lotusnotes
notes
symphony