Time running out to enter the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge
Tue, Apr 1st 2014 9:00a Ed Brill In my last blog entry, I covered the announcement of the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge. The Watson Mobile Developer Challenge is designed to catalyze mobile developers to explore the opportunity around mobile cognitive computing - bringing the power of Watson to a smartphone or other mobile device. Entrants submit proposals for mobile apps, and the finalists - to be announced at IBM Impact 2014 - will receive access to IBM Interactive Studios experts and Watson APIs in order to bring the [read] Keywords: ibm
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The IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge
Mon, Mar 3rd 2014 8:30a Ed Brill IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivered the Wednesday keynote last week at Mobile World Congress. The speech was wide-ranging and covered a number of key thoughts around data, cloud, and engagement as the three major trends in enterprise technology that will change the way we work. At the conclusion of her speech, Rometty announced the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge, and nominations are now open. What is the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge?The IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge will e [read] Keywords: ibm
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Today at Mobile World Congress and Pulse, IBM has announced "Codename: Bluemix"
Mon, Feb 24th 2014 7:00a Ed Brill Today is a busy day for IBM MobileFirst. We started the day here in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress, a conference with 80,000 attendees from all over the world. IBM's presence at Mobile World Congress (#IBMMWC) starts with a magnificent trade show booth, continues with hundreds of meetings, accelerates with a 1/2 day mini-conference Tuesday afternoon, and culminates with a keynote from CEO and Chairman Ginni Rometty on Wednesday evening. I've heard all the stories about MWC, which is [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Connect 2014: IBM MobileFirst report
Thu, Jan 30th 2014 2:20p Ed Brill I'm on my way home from my 18th trip to Orlando in January, leaving behind friends and memories from IBM Connect 2014. This was my first time at the event outside of the brand/division running it, and it definitely felt a little bit different. I didn't know what was being announced or previewed in the general sessions, had no dog of my own in the hunt. Of course, I continue to be enthusiastic about IBM's Collaboration Solutions, but I watched from the perspective more of an alumnus with far l [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM Connect 2014, PartnerWorld Leadership Conference, Mobile World Congress
Wed, Jan 15th 2014 10:50p Ed Brill What a difference a year makes. It's just over a week away from the start of IBM Connect 2014. Though this will be my 18th time in Orlando in January, my agenda is a bit different this time. My friend David Marshak and I are presenting SB303: The Mobile Enterprise: Business In Motion with IBM MobileFirst on Wednesday, January 29, at 3 PM in Dolphin S. Hemisphere III. It'll be a great session; our goal is to give an overview of all the mobile enterprise tools and capabilities available in th [read] Keywords: ibm
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Forbes: IBM’s New ’Presence Zones’ Help Retailers Transform In-Store Experience
Mon, Jan 13th 2014 11:30a Ed Brill At this week's National Retail Federation, IBM is showcasing Presence Zones, a new solution for bringing together in-store and mobile marketing. Combined with our recent acquisition of Xtify, IBM now is offering an extensive set of capabilities for integrated, immersive retail shopping expereinces -- benefitting both consumer and retailer. Mobile and retail has some pretty compelling use cases, basically the mass customization that Lotus CTO John Landry talked about two decades ago is really co [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM to acquire Fiberlink, establishes lead in enterprise mobility management market
Wed, Nov 13th 2013 7:50a Ed Brill This morning, IBM announced its intent to acquire Fiberlink, a market-leading provider of enterprise mobile management capabilities. Fiberlink's MaaS360 is one of the leading mobile device management solutions, and demonstrates the power of software-as-a-service in scaling down to the smallest organizations while scaling up to large enterprises. Fiberlink is a critical addition to the IBM MobileFirst portfolio, and this move is recognition that enterprise mobility management (EMM) is rapidly be [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM 2014 Beacon Awards: Outstanding mobile enterprise solution
Wed, Nov 6th 2013 8:50a Ed Brill Nominations are open until November 15, 2013 for the IBM 2014 Beacon Award for Outstanding mobile enterprise solution: This award recognizes an IBM Business Partner who has helped customers become a mobile enterprise, by providing business-to-employee (B2E) or business-to-consumer/business (B2C/B2B) solutions designed for mobile, first. Nominated solutions will be comprised of IBM MobileFirst solutions, with a primary focus on the MobileFirst platform. IBM offerings that are considered as the [read] Keywords: ibm
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Myanmar
Mon, Oct 28th 2013 7:10a Ed Brill October has been an incredibly busy month. I am headed to Europe now for the third time in a 75-day period; the intervening time has also featured trips to Austin and Toronto. Additionally, I had the opportunity to be part of IBM InterConnect 2013 in Singapore earlier this month, my first time over to Asia this year. As such, I was determined to make the best of it. The InterConnect conference was excellent. Our IBM MobileFirst sessions went well, drawing several hundred attendees to learn a [read] Keywords: ibm
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Busy week: Two mobile acquisitions and a major new market study
Thu, Oct 3rd 2013 7:10a Ed Brill When it rains, it pours. This week has been a busy one in the IBM MobileFirst arena, with two acquisitions plus a new market study out today. All of these are wind in the sails of activity heading into two key core events next week: IBM InterConnect in Singapore (where I will be), and Gartner IT Symposium. The first acquisition, announced Tuesday, is The Now Company of Dublin, Ireland. The Now Company offers analytics tools for Communications Service Providers (CSPs, or typically, teleco [read] Keywords: ibm
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Thanks, Bruce
Wed, Oct 2nd 2013 12:53p Ed Brill Bruce Elgort has been a friend of mine for nearly fifteen years. He has been a mentor, an advocate, a sounding board, a cheerleader, and even a therapist. :-) Today, Bruce is stepping down as chairman of the IBM Notes-related open source community called OpenNTF.org. Bruce and Nathan Freeman conceived of OpenNTF a dozen years ago. I didn't quite know what to make of the guy and the idea, and at the time wasn't in a position where I could put any of IBM's energy into the effort (other than hav [read] Keywords: ibm
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Continental and IBM Enter Connected Vehicle Collaboration
Tue, Sep 10th 2013 4:30a Ed Brill This morning, at the Frankfurt IAA International Auto Show, Continental AG and IBM announced a collaboration agreement to jointly develop fully-connected mobile vehicle solutions for car manufacturers around the world. From the press release: Dirk Wollschläger, General Manager Global Automotive Industry, IBM said: "Realization of the fully connected vehicle requires technology expertise across Big Data, embedded intelligence and the ability to deliver services over a highly scalable cl [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Tweetchat this Thursday- Catching the Mobile Wave, Thinking Beyond the Device
Sun, Sep 8th 2013 7:50p Ed Brill I've, uh, tweeted some info about this, but thought it might be useful for those of you watching the blog to know about this upcoming Tweetchat. I've never actually hosted a Tweetchat before, so I'm excited to be the emcee for a People for a Smarter Planet Tweetchat this Thursday, 12 September, at 12:00 noon US EDT (6 PM CEDT). The Tweetchat is, as you might expect, about the future of enterprise mobility. Specifically, the questions we will examine include: What's your definition of a [read] Keywords: ibm
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Six months in
Thu, Aug 1st 2013 7:20a Ed Brill It was January 31 at IBM Connect 2013:This week has served to remind me what a special community we have built, and continue to grow, around these products. You are all like family to me, and I will remain a part of the family as I move into the mobile space. I hope you will likewise all take the opportunity to come along on that journey, one of the most exciting areas of technology across the entire IBM portfolio. Six months ago. Time has flown. IBM Notes and Domino 9 Social Edition shipp [read] Keywords: domino
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Debrief: IBM at MobileBeat 2013
Thu, Jul 11th 2013 8:10a Ed Brill I'm just headed off from San Francisco after a successful two days at MobileBeat 2013. This conference brought together a few hundred people from across the mobile market spectrum - startups, venture capitalists, established vendors, and corporate customers. For me, the demographic was very different than any other conference I've attended before, and while I was skeptical about whether there was a role for IBM in the event, I'm happy to say the time and money was well-spent. Exhibiting at [read] Keywords: connections
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IBM Worklight 6 is now available!
Mon, Jun 24th 2013 7:40a Ed Brill Last week, IBM released the latest version of our mobile application development platform, IBM Worklight 6. Worklight 6, available as a no-charge download for developers, is a leading mobile app plaform for building apps on the full range of mobile devices and interfaces - native, HTML5, or hybrid. The new release includes key innovations and enhancements such as a new approach to geo-location in apps, integrated functional testing, and insight into application usage. IBM® Worklight® help [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM MobileFirst partner voices
Tue, Jun 18th 2013 2:43p Ed Brill At IBM's Impact 2013, we captured thoughts from some of the leading business partners and alliances who have embraced the opportunity for building mobile enterprise solutions. I wanted to highlight the video here specifically because part of my daily effort is to help expand the IBM MobileFirst ecosystem...whether through our messages, programs, or partnerships. We are in the process of making it easier for partners to get involved in IBM MobileFirst. New IBM ASL pricing for solutions like [read] Keywords: ibm
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Some new resources - Worklight trial on IBM SmartCloud at no charge
Fri, Jun 7th 2013 4:00a Ed Brill The mobile space is so busy that I haven't had a chance to write blogs. Definite difference in the new role. I want to talk about IBM's research project Presence Zones, the announcements we've made recently with MongoDB and others, and some of the new technologies I'm working with. All in due time. This morning I want to highlight an announcement we made earlier this week that should help make adoption of IBM Worklight even easier. Worklight is already free for developers to download, now [read] Keywords: ibm
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Several European IBM MobileFirst events upcoming, my first tour
Fri, May 17th 2013 5:30a Ed Brill About a hundred days since the launch of IBM MobileFirst, we are still pretty busy creating market awareness of IBM's leadership in enterprise mobility. Thus, there are a huge number of events upcoming, including a number of them in Europe. I will be at the Utrecht and Madrid events. June 4, Utrecht Netherlands: IBM SolutionsConnect. June 5, Vienna Austria: IBM BusinessConnect. June 6, Madrid Spain: Encuentro en IBM MobileFirst. Tengo muchas ganas de volver a Madrid. ¿Nos encontrarem [read] Keywords: ibm
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Forrester Total Economic Impact of IBM Worklight: 363% five-year ROI
Wed, May 15th 2013 5:20a Ed Brill Earlier this month, Forrester released a new Total Economic Impact study, "The Total Economic Impact Of IBM’s Worklight Platform: Cost Savings In The Development And Maintenance Of Multiplatform Mobile Apps." The study shows that the cost of creating and managing a single multi-platform app is significantly less expensive when using IBM Worklight than when using native tools alone. From the study:The cost of developing and maintaining apps increases with the number of platforms suppor [read] Keywords: ibm
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CRN: Solution Provider Perficient Launches Mobile Computing Practice
Thu, May 2nd 2013 9:50a Ed Brill Part of my role in IBM MobileFirst is developing an ecosystem of partners around IBM's market-leading enterprise mobility solutions. This week at IBM Impact, I met dozens of partners who are entering or fully into the mobile market, on the second wave of mobile. One common question is, what's different now? Mobile has been around for years. The answer is that the market is maturing rapidly, and now is the time for organizations to adopt a mobile strategy, rather than just a series of tac [read] Keywords: ibm
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News from IBM Impact 2013
Mon, Apr 29th 2013 12:20p Ed Brill This morning at Impact 2013, IBM has announced several updates to our MobileFirst initiative. The first is the announcement of IBM MessageSight, a high-volume transactional message delivery appliance, designed to enable/accelerate M2M (machine-to-machine) communications for the Internet of Things. Here at Impact, as discussed in a recent New York Times article, one of the key examples of how MessageSight manifests is in the connected car. In the Focus Electric car, he said, Ford wants to get [read] Keywords: ibm
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Three topics in mobile that come up in conversations so far
Wed, Apr 24th 2013 9:56a Ed Brill Next week will mark three months in for my new role as head of market management for IBM MobileFirst. As mentioned yesterday, I'll spend that 90th day among thousands of IBM clients, partners, and employees at Impact 2013. I realize I have not been blogging as much about the topics that are part of my every day conversations in this role. Thus, with the conference at hand, it seemed timely to start to share. Here are some enterprise mobility topics that I expect to be talking a lot about dur [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM MobileFirst sessions at Impact 2013
Tue, Apr 23rd 2013 12:50p Ed Brill In three days, I will be on a plane to Las Vegas, for a bigger-than-Lotusphere-sized IBM conference, IBM Impact. IBM MobileFirst will be out in full force at Impact, with over 100 mobile-focused sessions on the agenda. The list below are just some of those sessions, which hopefully provides an idea of the level of focus on this category and market. In addition to sessions, there are a lot of other IBM MobileFirst activities: - A hackathon - An unconference - Exhibitions - Workshops [read] Keywords: ibm
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Book review: Attack of the Customers by Paul Gillin
Wed, Apr 17th 2013 5:50a Ed Brill Nothing like meeting someone in person as a catalyst to finish reading their book :-) I'm in Austin today, where I will be working with longtime industry figure Paul Gillin on a webcast tomorrow morning. The topic is BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), and it is hosted by Spiceworks.com. Please join us if you'd like to talk about IBM MobileFirst management and IBM's solutions in this space such as Endpoint Manager for mobile devices. Recently, Paul graciously took the time to read and revie [read] Keywords: connections
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IBM X-Force 2012 Trend and Risk Report
Wed, Apr 3rd 2013 8:06a Ed Brill Last week, IBM published the latest in its series of security threat assessment reports, the IBM X-Force® 2012 Trend and Risk Report. Mobile is clearly a place where emerging threats need attention; products like IBM AppScan are designed to meet this challenge head-on. The report is notable for some of the predictions around the mobile space, including: Prediction: Mobile computing devices should be more secure than traditional user computing devices by 2014. This is a bold prediction t [read] Keywords: ibm
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BLUG and IBM MobileFirst debrief
Mon, Apr 1st 2013 7:54a Ed Brill A little over a week ago, I had the good fortune to be in Europe during the 2013 edition of BLUG. I caught the morning train from Paris to Brussels, a quick connection from there to Leuven, and after a short taxi ride arrived just in time for lunch in a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Faculty Club. Why was I there? Scott Souder is doing a perfectly awesome job as the new public face of IBM Notes/Domino, so that wasn't it. IBM Notes/Domino 9 Social Edition had shipped the day before, so the [read] Keywords: domino
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Social Media Club of Chicago, March 25 meeting recap
Wed, Mar 27th 2013 8:10a Ed Brill First of two event recap blog entries...the other will be shortly about last week's BLUG event. Last night, I had the opportunity to be part of a panel discussion at the Social Media Club of Chicago. The topic happened to be "What Happened at South by Southwest", and it happened to be that IBM exhibited/sponsored/participated at SXSWi in a big way. But it also happened to be my first opportunity to participate with the Chicago edition of Social Media Club, and I was honored to be part of [read] Keywords: ibm
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Two new IBM MobileFirst videos: Marie Wieck at IBM Pulse, and freedomone’s adoption of IBM Worklight
Mon, Mar 18th 2013 9:40a Ed Brill The above two videos show the momentum that is building for IBM MobileFirst. The first is an interview with IBM General Manager Marie Wieck, conducted with Todd "Turbo" Watson at IBM Pulse two weeks ago. I'm now part of Marie's organization; in the video, you can hear her enthusiasm for the new initiative and the mobile enterprise opportunity. She discusses market reaction to IBM MobileFirst, the combination of mobile and cloud, the new mobile messaging (transactional messaging) applianc [read] Keywords: ibm
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Huffington Post: Social Media and the Mature Organization
Mon, Mar 11th 2013 7:49a Ed Brill Huffington Post contributor Phil Simon and I met at IBM's Partnerworld conference, and had a chance to discuss the premise behind Opting In. An example Q&A: What is the perception of IBM and social media today? IBM has transformed over the last six or seven years into a culture of participation. We have one of the largest presences on LinkedIn and Twitter, and IBMers continue to explore the leading edge of both inbound and outbound usage of social media. More importantly, we have recogniz [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Worklight...with a B2E application center
Thu, Mar 7th 2013 8:13p Ed Brill OK dipping a toe in the water of writing about a product :-) Two weeks ago we launched IBM MobileFirst -- a set of six solution portfolios unifying IBM's market-leading mobile enterprise story. One of the portfolios is an application platform, and the centerpiece of that is IBM Worklight. In my first month with the team, what I've learned is that Worklight addresses the need for reusability in mobile apps better than any other approach. While we offer many ways to deliver mobile web applica [read] Keywords: ibm
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Opting In, a month in
Sun, Mar 3rd 2013 3:40p Ed Brill OK technically it has been about six weeks since the book really shipped, but a month since launch at IBM Connect 2013. Close enough either way. My first book, Opting In: Lessons in Social Business has already hit many of my personal goals. Just having a book in print checked it off the bucket list. Some of the more memorable moments since publication have included making various Amazon "hot seller" and bestseller lists, the book signing at IBM Connect, and presenting a session about the bo [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM MobileFirst in the Wall Street Journal, and more coverage
Mon, Feb 25th 2013 5:20a Ed Brill IBM MobileFirst is off and running! Thursday's initial announcements of our new IBM MobileFirst solutions portfolio were met with some really positive press and analyst reports, with more on the way. Some examples: New York Times, IBM to take big step into mobile: "I.B.M.’s announcement also signals a realization among many companies that employees and customers are accessing corporate data and services via mobile devices from lots of places, any time of day." All Things Dig [read] Keywords: ibm
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ibm.com: IBM Cited as a Leader in Enterprise Mobility Services by Leading Independent Research Firm
Mon, Feb 18th 2013 2:00p Ed Brill Forrester Research has named IBM a leader - with the highest score possible - in enterprise mobility services. The Forrester Wave report - published earlier this month - indicates IBM has a nearly perfect score in all areas, and has breadth and depth in capabilities and global presence. IBM Interactive is specifically called out as a world-class design agency providing solutions in enterprise mobility, and IBM's research and development in all areas of mobile is recognized. From the press r [read] Keywords: ibm
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Register now for IBM live from Mobile World Congress
Thu, Feb 14th 2013 8:50a Ed Brill Want to learn about my new focus, IBM's mobile enterprise solutions? Here's an opportunity to hear it straight from the IBM team, along with several industry experts, straight out of the biggest mobile market event of the year:Mobile World Congress is the industry's largest event and the best place to learn about the latest in mobile technologies and how to build a sound mobile strategy. If you're not able to attend in person, IBM will bring the event to you in a 30-minute broadcast featurin [read] Keywords: ibm
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I’ll be at IBM PartnerWorld Leadership Conference
Tue, Feb 12th 2013 3:00p Ed Brill Today is day seven in my new role, and I'm already behind. It will sound trite, but IBM is doing so much in the mobile enterprise space that my first week+ has been the proverbial "drinking from a firehose." New products to learn about, new team to meet, and new activities to jump right into. I'll have a lot more to say about those activities in the next ten days -- but I like the hand I've been dealt. Meanwhile, my first public surfacing in the new role will be at IBM's PartnerWorld Le [read] Keywords: connections
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My new role: Moving to IBM Mobile Enterprise marketing
Tue, Feb 5th 2013 7:08a Ed Brill Yesterday, my new IBM role as Director of Market Management - IBM Mobile Enterprise was announced internally, effective immediately. In this role, I will be responsible for some of the marketing activities for IBM's enterprise mobile initiative, which spans a huge breadth and depth of products and services -- the strongest mobile story in the entire industry. You know some of the products today as IBM Worklight, Endpoint Manager, and of course, Notes Traveler. As part of a great group of profes [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM Connect 2013: Messaging and Collaboration Roadmap
Tue, Jan 29th 2013 7:20a Ed Brill It has been noticed that I didn't have the opportunity to blog anything yet from IBM Connect 2013. The conference has been going great and there is a ton of activity. My Twitter followers have certainly seen many updates from the conference, but I haven't had a chance to put any real thoughts together in writing. Part of the reason has been distraction. On Sunday, just as the conference was getting underway, a tragic accident occurred, which involved a customer attending the conference. Se [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Where to find me, or my book, at IBM Connect 2013
Thu, Jan 17th 2013 4:53a Ed Brill Leaving for Orlando in eight days... At IBM Connect 2013, you can find me in the following key sessions or events, at least so far: INV101: IBM Messaging and Collaboration Strategy - Monday, January 28, 11:15 AM, Dolphin North Hemisphere INV201: Opting In: Social Business to Get Smarter Work Done with Marcia Conner, Principal, SensifyWork - Monday, January 28, 3:45 PM, Swan 5-6 Ballroom Book release/signing: Opting In: Lessons in Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product [read] Keywords: collaboration
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SmartCloud for Social Business: Trust and Security
Mon, Jan 14th 2013 9:00a Ed Brill One of the most common lines of questioning for IBM's SmartCloud for Social Business is, how secure is the service and in turn, my data? In an effort to address that question, the SC4SB website now features a library page focused on trust and security. The page addresses security-related standards, business controls, data ownership and privacy. There are webcasts and white papers available. All the details, here - Link: ibm.com: SmartCloud for Social Business: Trust and Security [read] Keywords: ibm
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"Opting In" - four minutes on YouTube explain what the book is about
Fri, Jan 11th 2013 7:00a Ed Brill The first 48 hours on-sale for Opting In: Lessons in Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product Manager are leading me to want to type a "fortunate product manager." Thank you all for the support for the e-book release! In two days, I have already claimed the #10 position on Amazon's Business | International | Global Marketing bestseller list. Not lost on me is the fact that the list is comprised of both books and Kindle titles, so in two days of Kindle sales alone, I'm floating up the l [read] Keywords: ibm
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New SocialBizUG.org user group website online!
Fri, Jan 11th 2013 6:50a Ed Brill Earlier this week, IBM and WISPubs launched the new SocialBiz User Group website. The new site replaces LotusUserGroup.org, though your username/password credentials from the old site will work just fine on the new one. Why upgrade? Take a quick visit and it will be obvious: New community features based on IBM Connections 4 New user interface and capabilities based on IBM Domino XPages Social links to resources on ibm.com, SocialBizUG.org, and all over the collaboration solutions community [read] Keywords: collaboration
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"Opting In: Lessons in Social Business" ebook now available! Kindle and Nook too.
Thu, Jan 10th 2013 4:10a Ed Brill I was a little unprepared yesterday morning when Jim Casale emailed me and said, "Ed, your ebook is out!" Sure enough, IBM Press Books had released the ebook download of Opting In: Lessons in Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product Manager (use discount code BRILL if you are buying here). My book had been published! Within a few hours, the Kindle edition was available, as well as the Nook book. (The paper copy can still be pre-ordered on any of those sites as well). I wasn't [read] Keywords: ibm
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Resemble Systems is doing it right
Sat, Dec 22nd 2012 11:03a Ed Brill I'm not sure I know anyone at Resemble Systems, an Indian and Saudi Arabian business partner, but I like their marketing department. In my inbox this morning was an email from Resemble Systems promoting the public beta of IBM Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition: Of course, marketing IBM's product is primarily IBM's responsibility. Thousands of companies around the world have downloaded the public beta of Notes/Domino 9.0 Social Edition - more than 10,000 non-IBMer downloads in the fi [read] Keywords: domino
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IBM XWork Server, chanages for 2013 underway
Tue, Dec 18th 2012 6:23a Ed Brill This morning, a somewhat-confusing channel announcement letter on IBM XWork Server appeared:Effective on the date listed below, IBM® will withdraw from marketing, part number from the following product release licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement: 5725-E32 8.5.3 03/14/13 IBM XWork Server V8.5.3Huh? I realize this is very confusing. IBM XWork Server is offered with a fixed term license (FTL). An FTL bills annually, versus the more typical model of buying [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition public beta now available!
Thu, Dec 13th 2012 1:59p Ed Brill It's the holiday season, and I brought you a present a little early. This morning, we posted the public release of IBM Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition beta. I've been running this build for a couple of weeks, and it's singing to me. According to a survey of our Design Partner Program, two-thirds of the Notes/Domino Design Partners plan to deploy the new Social Edition release within three months of eGA. It may say 9, but this is anything but a "dot zero" release. For many of [read] Keywords: domino
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Notes Traveler 8.5.3 Upgrade Pack 2 available today...iOS app coming...
Tue, Dec 11th 2012 8:00a Ed Brill This morning, IBM has released Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.3 Upgrade Pack 2. The new release includes some fixes, especially for Android "Jelly Bean" and a rollup of fixes since UP1. There is also an update to the version of DB2 that is entitled as part of the Traveler HA configuration. The new server version provides support for to-dos/tasks on Android. We also expect to release an iOS client for to-dos/tasks in the app store..."soon, very soon." I'll add more details to this post as the r [read] Keywords: ibm
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Notes Traveler 8.5.3 Upgrade Pack 2 available today...iOS app coming...
Tue, Dec 11th 2012 7:30a Ed Brill This morning, IBM has released Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.3 Upgrade Pack 2. The new release includes some fixes, especially for Android "Jelly Bean" and a rollup of fixes since UP1. There is also an update to the version of DB2 that is entitled as part of the Traveler HA configuration. The new server version provides support for to-dos/tasks on Android. We also expect to release an iOS client for to-dos/tasks in the app store..."soon, very soon." I'll add more details to this post as the r [read] Keywords: ibm
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Endorsements for "Opting In: Lessons in Social Business"
Sat, Dec 8th 2012 10:43a Ed Brill This might be the last blog post on the topic of the book prior to its release! Earlier this week, I finished up edits on the "proof" copy of Opting In: Lessons in Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product Manager. One final look coming on December 17, and then it's off to print/ebook production. Availability date is on track for just before IBM Connect 2013. Answering an FAQ: Yes, I will be doing a couple of signing sessions for the book during Connect. I also will be doing a session on [read] Keywords: ibm
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Maybe we could do this kind of survey at IBM Connect 2013
Fri, Dec 7th 2012 4:53a Ed Brill For the last couple of weeks, my inbox has been flooded with copies of an email that salesforce.com sent to IBM customers depicting how one organization moved their Domino applications to force.com and supposedly benefitted from the move. I rarely comment on the specifics of such examples, as there often is a lot of missing data -- what version of Notes, what kind of apps, etc. I'm also not even sure if that email is really having any impact; haven't had any customers ask me about it directly, [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM Docs now available in SmartCloud for Social Business!
Tue, Dec 4th 2012 6:10a Ed Brill This morning, IBM SmartCloud for Social Business offers a number of new enhancements. The service now offers blogs, including ideation blogs, and wikis. SmartCloud Notes has some administrative updates. The overall service now has Safe Harbor certification, both for the European Union and for Switzerland. And IBM Docs is now available as IBM SmartCloud Docs, either at US$3/user/month or at no additional charge as part of the SmartCloud Engage Advanced package (US$10/user/month). My team is tr [read] Keywords: collaboration
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A perfect IBM Connections Mail demonstration
Thu, Nov 29th 2012 8:00a Ed Brill I am sitting in the concluding session of the DanNotes conference in Kørsor, Denmark. About a hundred delegates have been here for a couple of days with an agenda featuring Mikkel Heisterberg, Mat Newman, Paul Mooney, Abigail Roberts, Frank van der Linden, and several other domestic and international speakers. This morning, I presented an updated messaging and collaboration roadmap. I realize I need to post these slides, now that we are out of stealth mode on IBM Notes/Domino Social Editio [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM Mobile Connect 6.1.5 now available
Mon, Nov 26th 2012 4:41p Ed Brill Missed this during the US holidays last week...a new release of IBM Mobile Connect is now available. Mobile Connect is a VPN solution, very resilient and has the added advantage of a client-less approach (e.g. for iOS). The client access license is included in the Domino Enterprise Client Access license along with the IBM Lotus Communications CEO bundle. new features in Mobile Connect 6.1.5: Native client for Android V4 64-bit Mac OS X support 64-bit Connection Manager support Awareness for [read] Keywords: connections
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Whatever we call it, part 2
Mon, Nov 26th 2012 3:13a Ed Brill Up early as I am about to embark on what potentially could be my second round-the-world trip of the year, in equally short time. First stop, New York City. Then Copenhagen and the DanNotes event. Then, perhaps, Seoul. All great stuff and worth the trip. Two weeks ago, I hosted a webcast to unveil the public beta of IBM Notes and Domino Social Edition. Viewed live by 2000 people, and thousands since, the feedback on the upcoming release and its key messages was nearly 100% positive. Over 1000 [read] Keywords: collaboration
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"Opting In" update: production, foreword, target date
Mon, Nov 12th 2012 2:00p Ed Brill My last blog post about Opting In: Lessons In Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product Manager was about six weeks ago. At that time, the manuscript was complete, the title and table of contents was announced, and the contributors were recognized. Since that time, the publishing process has accelerated quickly. A peer review cycle took place, with my colleagues Luis Suarez, Jennifer Okimoto, and Jeanne Murray providing feedback. Grammar/spelling/punctuation editing has begun, with that pro [read] Keywords: ibm
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New IBM study: The business of social business
Fri, Nov 9th 2012 11:20a Ed Brill Earlier today, the IBM Institute for Business value released a new study, "The Business of Social Business: What works and how it's done." This comprehensive study interviewed over 1,100 participants and executives from across several industries globally. The analysis discovered that there are three clear areas where social business is transforming organizations: Creating valued customer experiences Driving workforce productivity and effectiveness Accelerating innovation. The study recognize [read] Keywords: ibm
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Updating entitlements in Notes/Domino 8.5.3
Wed, Nov 7th 2012 8:51p Ed Brill When IBM Connections 4 shipped eight weeks ago, I was frequently asked, "When will the Connections Files and Profiles entitlement in Notes/Domino be updated?" Based on what I knew then, the answer was, "When we ship Notes/Domino Social Edition in Q1 2013." With all credit due to my colleagues on the IBM WebSphere Portal product management team, I have good news. Next week, on November 13, we plan to update the entitled version of Connections Files and Profiles to IBM Connections 4. Two [read] Keywords: connections
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November 13- Notes and Domino Social Edition webcast
Mon, Oct 29th 2012 2:50p Ed Brill Mark your calendars and register today!!!! Calling all IBM Lotus Notes and Domino customers, Business Partners and developers! Join IBM on November 13th at 10am Eastern Time US for an important series of announcements and previews. Learn how IBM Lotus Notes® and IBM Lotus® Domino®, better than any other platform investment, positions you to create a more effective workforce. During this special broadcast, we will introduce our new IBM Notes and Domino Social Edition beta program, [read] Keywords: collaboration
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EasySync Pro?
Thu, Oct 18th 2012 11:40a Ed Brill Do you still use EasySync Pro? IBM® Lotus® EasySync® Pro is a personal productivity solution that provides data synchronization between your IBM Lotus Notes® desktop and handheld devices running PalmOS and Windows CE/Pocket PC operating systems. We are thinking about its future and trying to determine where/if it is still in active use today. Anyone? Email, tweet, or comment here with thoughts. Thanks. [read] Keywords: ibm
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OpenOffice graduates to Apache Top-Level Project (TLP)
Thu, Oct 18th 2012 5:40a Ed Brill Earlier this morning, the Apache Software Foundation announced that Apache OpenOffice has graduated from the Apache Incubator and become a Top-Level Project. This is significant recognition of the community effort around OpenOffice since it became an Apache project in June, 2011. "The OpenOffice graduation is the official recognition that the project is now able to self-manage not only in technical matters, but also in community issues, said Andrea Pescetti, VP Apache OpenOffice. "The 'Apac [read] Keywords: collaboration
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October webcasts on IBM Docs
Mon, Oct 15th 2012 4:10p Ed Brill Three upcoming and one recorded webcast are available on IBM Greenhouse regarding the soon-to-be-released IBM Docs....Come and join us for these hands-on sessions where you'll learn about the rich capabilities in IBM Docs, how to leverage the social features to work in a more collaborative and efficient way, and understand the integrations with IBM Connections, Lotus iNotes, and IBM SmartCloud. Speakers: Nikhil Parekh, IBM; Wei Gao, IBM; Da Peng Deng, IBM; Sean Brown, IBM. Next sessions on Oct [read] Keywords: connections
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New Sametime client update for Android
Thu, Oct 11th 2012 10:50a Ed Brill Chris Reckling has posted an update on the IBM Sametime mobile client for Android devices:Today IBM released new Sametime Chat apps for Android tablets and phone. This is the first release of Sametime to have an experience designed specifically for the Android tablet. Tyler Walters, on my team, is the designer. Great job by him and the development team to produce this. This design is in line with the Notes Traveler tablet design, so you can use them side by side and have a great experience. It [read] Keywords: ibm
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Updates from the Social Business Leadership Alliance
Mon, Oct 8th 2012 7:30a Ed Brill Last week I was in Boston, meeting with customers and partners as part of the annual invite-only Social Business Leadership Alliance. The event contents are covered by non-disclosure agreements, which gives us a chance to "let our hair down a bit" and discuss concepts and decisions ahead with the opportunity to garner candid input and feedback. We take the non-disclosure very seriously, and I am pleased to see that even some of the most provocative thoughts shared in Boston stayed in Boston. T [read] Keywords: connections
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Notes/Domino 8.5.x supported for at least four more years
Fri, Sep 28th 2012 7:29a Ed Brill About once a day right now, I am getting questions about the longetivity of the current release of Notes/Domino. It turned out our support page was caught between two policies; an old one that said that we supported a release for a minimum of five years and then had extended support for an additional three years, and a new one being phased in that says that a product will be supported for its current and the previous two feature releases. The old policy could have concluded Notes/Domino 8.5 supp [read] Keywords: domino
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Opting In: Lessons in Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product Manager - the manuscript draft is complete
Wed, Sep 26th 2012 7:50a Ed Brill I wrote a book! Last night, I finished the draft of the concluding chapter for my forthcoming book, which I announced in July. Opting In: Lessons in Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product Manager now moves from authoring to editing. Having never written a book before, I had no real expectations of how the process of drafting would proceed, especially as a nights-and-weekends project. The first few chapters unfolded slowly. I had to adjust to writing in book style and voice, rather [read] Keywords: ibm
SMBNation: Life After SBS: The IBM Approach to SMB IT
Tue, Sep 25th 2012 2:40p Ed Brill A very complete review of IBM SmartCloud Engage, which was recently recognized as a leader in cloud collaboration by Forrester Research...10 second takeaway: IBM's SmartCloud Engage platform for small business provides a powerful cloud-based, small business server replacement at a competitive price. ... Like any good productivity and communications suite, SmartCloud Engage starts with email. The SmartCloud Notes webmail client includes all the same basic features as Gmail and Outlook for Off [read] Keywords: collaboration
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New beta 2 of IBM Docs now on Greenhouse
Tue, Sep 18th 2012 4:03a Ed Brill The beta of IBM Docs, IBM's forthcoming browser-based productivity suite, has been updated on IBM Greenhouse...IBM Docs is a social document platform that allows organizations, both inside and outside the firewall, to simultaneously collaborate on word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents in the cloud to improve productivity. IBM Docs Beta users will be able to store and share documents in IBM Connections on Greenhouse, co-edit documents in real time or assign users sections of th [read] Keywords: connections
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IBM Connect 2013, now with more Lotusphere; registration open!
Tue, Sep 4th 2012 12:40p Ed Brill Earlier today, IBM officially kicked off awareness and registration for the Connect 2013, January 27-31 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Connect is not a new name or conference, but rather an expansion of mission and scope for the Lotusphere events of the past two decades. For the last few years, IBM has offered parallel events as part of the Lotusphere conference, including Connect 2012. The Connect 2012 sessions were focused on solutions and adoption, and attracted a line-of-business managemen [read] Keywords: ibm
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Raj Patil: What about installation of the Notes Browser plug-in?
Fri, Aug 31st 2012 11:40a Ed Brill I'm back from a ten-day around-the-world trip, during which I allocated my free time to book writing so haven't been blogging. Lots of great customer and partner meetings in France, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan. Some good food at every stop, too. Now that I'm back, I am catching up...including Raj Patil's blog. Raj is a senior technical staff member on the Notes team, but I think his blog isn't on PlanetLotus because not many people have seen it. This week he posted an update on the Notes b [read] Keywords: admin
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Bethann Cregg: A Marriage of Social and the Cloud: New Report Cites IBM as a Leader in Cloud Strategy
Tue, Aug 21st 2012 2:43p Ed Brill Bethann Cregg, IBM's Vice President of SmartCloud for Social Business, blogged earlier today on the Social Business Insights Blog:New research from Forrester Research shows online collaboration tools are increasingly becoming a key part of enterprise deployments. IBM was among the select companies that Forrester Research, Inc. invited to participate in the August, 2012 report: “The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Strategies of Online Collaboration Software Vendors, 3Q 2012”. In this [read] Keywords: collaboration
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"See you in less than 72 hours"
Mon, Aug 20th 2012 8:53a Ed Brill Sort of surprised when I typed that sentence this morning. It was directed to a colleague in Thailand, and yes, I really will be there that soon. Later today, I'm leaving for a round-the-world tour, the first one I've done in over a decade.... With a first stop in Paris, unfortunately only 36 hours on the ground which is long enough to prepare for and meet a key customer, as well as attend calls back with my team in the US to see if we are ready to ship IBM Connections Mail and other upcomi [read] Keywords: connections
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SmartCloud Notes new sixth release now available!
Tue, Aug 14th 2012 1:59p Ed Brill Today marks the announcement of our sixth major release of the IBM SmartCloud Notes service. The new release incorporates the following enhancements: • Support for IMAP clients (supported clients include: Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007, Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0.1, Apple Mail 4 and 5) • Additional mail management settings for precise control over the deletion of email messages • In SmartCloud Notes web, support for Domino database Notes links R [read] Keywords: domino
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USA Today: Social-media tools can boost productivity
Sun, Aug 12th 2012 7:53p Ed Brill Monday morning's USA Today features a good market overview of social business platforms. It highlights Newly Weds Foods, who use IBM Connections:[T]he chefs who develop recipes at Chicago-based Newly Weds Foods, a wholesale food supplier to restaurants and institutions, use a similar social-media suite — IBM Connections — to carry out time-sensitive projects with experts scattered in several nations, says Bob Brindza, Newly Weds' director of management information systems. [read] Keywords: connections
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Book project update
Thu, Aug 9th 2012 2:03p Ed Brill As I announced last month, I am writing a book on social business and the discipline of product management for IBM Press. I've let out an occasional tweet about the effort since then, but thought it might be useful to provide an overall update. The book is going to be about ten chapters long. The outline covers standard themes like what it means to be a social product manager, what tools to use, and how to work with community, but the book is peppered with "lesssons learned" from the last [read] Keywords: connections
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SmartCloud Social announcements in the UK and Japan
Tue, Aug 7th 2012 7:01a Ed Brill First, in Japan, NEC has announced that it is adopting the IBM SmartCloud for Social Business service and making it available to customers worldwide.NEC Corp. is enhancing its lineup of cloud services for telecommunications carriers by adopting the IBM SmartCloud for Social Business service to help its small and midsize clients improve internal communication, NEC announced on Aug. 6. Services are scheduled to begin in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific regions in the [read] Keywords: calendaring
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Lotus Notes and OS X Mountain Lion
Fri, Jul 27th 2012 6:24a Ed Brill With heavy travel the last couple of weeks, I hadn't had a chance to get this blog posted before Apple released Mountain Lion earlier this week. Lotus Notes 8.5.3 has some challenges running on Mountain Lion, which we have documented in IBM technote 159984. IBM has been working with Apple for several months in an effort to address these issues, but unfortunately there was no simple path to resolution prior to Apple's release. Our plan is to support Notes 8.5.3 on Mountain Lion "soon" - [read] Keywords: domino
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ibm.com: Hendricks Regional Health builds apps to meet high standards
Thu, Jul 26th 2012 7:43a Ed Brill An XPages case study is now available on IBM.com...To maintain its high operational and quality of care standards, HRH created six new Lotus Domino applications over the past two years, led by HRH application development supervisor Kim Kiefer. All were built using the XPages web development framework available in the 8.5 release of Lotus Domino Designer software. XPages lets developers build web applications faster and with more functionality than possible before.It's a very extensive case stud [read] Keywords: domino
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Summer project: My first book
Mon, Jul 16th 2012 7:23a Ed Brill It's time to come out of stealth mode on my summer project this year. I'm writing a book, specifically a book about social business and product management. If all goes well, the book will be published in the first quarter of 2013, though that somewhat depends on you. I have felt like I have a book to write for a long time. For me it is a bit of full circle -- my first real job in high school was at Waldenbooks, and until the day that I started a part-time summer job installing TCP/IP route [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM and Trust Factory expanding partnership
Mon, Jul 9th 2012 11:14a Ed Brill The market ecosystem around Lotus Notes and Domino is filled with numerous business partner wares designed to improve the experience of owning/deploying/managing a Notes and Domino infrastructure. Over the years, we have seen many of these partner tools become de rigeur best-in-class componentry for making the lives of Notes/Domino admins, architects, and developers easier while improving the bottom line costs of the environment. For the last couple of years, IBM's salesforce in North Ameri [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.4 Social Edition: A single release
Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 9:34a Ed Brill About six weeks ago, I posted a graphic that showcased the "OneUI" look of the Notes 8.5.4 Social Edition client as a teaser of the work going on towards this year's new Lotus Notes/Domino release. The feedback was a little surprising, though consistent with a thought I had started to hear on the road. Put simply, the strategy of releasing both a Notes/Domino 8.5.4 "maintenance release" and a Notes Social Edition "feature release" simultaneously was confusing. Questions abounded as to [read] Keywords: domino
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Notes and Domino 8.5.4 Social Edition: A single release
Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 9:22a Ed Brill About six weeks ago, I posted a graphic that showcased the "OneUI" look of the Notes 8.5.4 Social Edition client as a teaser of the work going on towards this year's new Notes/Domino release. The feedback was a little surprising, though consistent with a thought I had started to hear on the road. Put simply, the strategy of releasing both a Notes/Domino 8.5.4 "maintenance release" and a Notes Social Edition "feature release" simultaneously was confusing. Questions abounded as to the d [read] Keywords: domino
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New Android client features in Notes Traveler 8.5.3 UP1
Thu, Jun 28th 2012 3:14p Ed Brill Earlier this week, we released Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.3 Upgrade Pack 1. As I blogged earlier in the month, this release includes the new Traveler High Availability solution, but there are additional goodies. In the Traveler client for Android, two new monthly calendar views are available, as well as a tablet-oriented view for both mail and calendar. The Android client also features several back-end enhancements, including security features prohibit camera prohibit copy to clipboar [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Android client features in Notes Traveler 8.5.1 UP1
Thu, Jun 28th 2012 3:03p Ed Brill Earlier this week, we released Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.1 Upgrade Pack 1. As I blogged earlier in the month, this release includes the new Traveler High Availability solution, but there are additional goodies. In the Traveler client for Android, two new monthly calendar views are available, as well as a tablet-oriented view for both mail and calendar. The Android client also features several back-end enhancements, including security features prohibit camera prohibit copy to clipboard [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM SmartCloud Notes Entry
Tue, Jun 26th 2012 4:33p Ed Brill Last week, IBM announced SmartCloud Notes Entry, a new member of the SmartCloud for Social Business family. From the announcement: IBM SmartCloud Notes Entry caters specifically to the messaging needs of the unserved, boundary, or seasonal worker. SmartCloud Notes Entry is a browser-only experience that delivers email, calendaring, and contact management capabilities at a price point compelling enough to include email for all of an organization's employees.Our idea with SmartCloud Notes Entry w [read] Keywords: calendaring
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The three-peat: IBM again named leader in enterprise social software by IDC
Mon, Jun 18th 2012 6:37a Ed Brill This morning, IBM is announcing the results of the most recent IDC market share report in the enterprise social software market and it's a three-peat! IBM again leads this fast-growing market segment and is growing faster than both the market and the nearest competitor. According to IDC, the enterprise social software market grew nearly 40 percent between 2010-2011 and is expected to reach $4.5 billion by 2016. Our own research at IBM bears this out: IBM's 2012 CEO Study of 1,700 CEO's rev [read] Keywords: connections
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