I have been waiting for a good YouTube demo of Lotus Connections.  Finally, I have seen one.  I never care for background music, but the topic, content, and visuals are good in this video.

Lotus Connections 3.0 has been out long enough to give it a go.  I recommend waiting a few months before going to production with the latest version, and did so with this.  The bugs have been worked out by the first movers.

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Thoughts From the Exceptional Web Experience Conference Wed, May 23rd 2012 3:09p Tom Simmons [read] Keywords:

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Lotusphere 2012 Review – Connections Next Rocks Tue, Jan 31st 2012 10:10a Tom Simmons Lotusphere 2012. I have had a week now to think about Lotusphere 2012. I usually blog during the event, but sometimes it is better to sit back a week and collect your thoughts. I’ll start with the Opening General Session (OGS). The OGS sets the tone for the entire conference. I noticed last year when the OGS was bad. That was the talk of the conference over the next several days. Attendees were expecting big news. We were expecting that, “one more thing.” We tho [read] Keywords: collaboration connections domino ibm lotus lotusphere notes notes client symphony application email mac office social software websphere websphere portal widgets

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Phase 2 Announces Lotus Notes Files and Profiles Entitlement Hosting Wed, Dec 28th 2011 12:11p Tom Simmons As I mentioned in a previous post, with your Notes and Domino licenses, you are entitled to receive IBM Connections Files and Profiles for all of your current users at no additional charge. I started talking to our customers about this entitlement last month and I kept getting the same feedback. Customers are excited about the new entitlement, but they are not sure how to deploy and support the Connections environment. For those of you that are not familiar with IBM Connections, it is a Java [read] Keywords: connections domino ibm lotus notes application java server websphere

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Project Management Tool Added to LotusLive Thu, Dec 15th 2011 10:10a Tom Simmons There has been a lot of news recently in the Lotus brand. There have been updates to the LotusLive offering with the addition of ProjExec, over the wire mailbox transfers, and updated Files functionality. For this Blog, we are going to focus on the ProjExec news. This is exciting because we have used ProjExec in the past to work with our clients. For those of you not familiar with ProjExec, it is a social Project Management tool built by the Trilog Group, a long time Lotus partner. Last year [read] Keywords: ibm lotus facebook

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Webcast: How to Deploy and Use IBM Connections Files and Profiles – Dec 6 @1PM ET Fri, Dec 2nd 2011 4:10p Tom Simmons The word is taking some time to get out. With your Notes and Domino licenses, you are entitled to receive IBM Connections Files and Profiles for all of your current users at no additional charge. Join this webcast to learn how to get started with these new tools as you journey with your team to become a more collaborative Social Business. View today’s IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 demo to find out how easy it is to stay productive and connected without leaving your inbox. This demo will show you [read] Keywords: connections domino ibm lotus notes social software

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Whitsell Consulting Hiring Permanent Lotus Notes/Domino Developer Sun, Nov 6th 2011 9:11p Tom Simmons Our friends at Whitsell Consulting are looking for a Lotus Notes/Domino Developer. I respect the work of Whitsell and believe it would be a good place to work. Whitsell Consulting is currently looking to add a full-time, permanent Lotus Notes/Domino developer to our staff. We are looking for someone that enjoys working in our team environment and will use their creativity while bouncing ideas around our Ping-Pong conference table. Whitsell Consulting strives to maintain a laid-back yet produ [read] Keywords: domino ibm lotus lotusscript notes notesdomino xpages ajax applications consulting css development dojo javascript mobile xml

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Transform Your Business with Social Business in the Cloud Webinar, November 1, 2011 Thu, Oct 27th 2011 2:12p Tom Simmons IBM announces Social Business Webinar for November 1, 2011 @ 2PM ET. See how Russell’s Convenience and Newly Weds Foods are putting social to work The era of social collaboration is here. Across industries, business leaders are driving initiatives that strategically integrate social collaboration tools with business processes. Being a social business means that you embrace technology to enhance relationships between employees, customers, and partners – and as a result, things can ge [read] Keywords: collaboration ibm consulting soa

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Breaking News: Phase 2 and Alacrinet to Merge Thu, Oct 27th 2011 2:12p Tom Simmons Phase 2 and Alacrinet to Merge October 28, 2011 For Immediate Release Palo Alto, CA/Honolulu, HI Phase 2 International (PHASE 2) and Alacrinet Consulting Services, Inc. (Alacrinet) announced today that their respective Boards have reached an Agreement in Principal to merge the two businesses. The companies anticipate that the transaction will close within 30 days. PHASE 2 is a pioneer in the Cloud computing space hosting the full suite of collaboration tools from both IBM and Microsoft. Thei [read] Keywords: administration collaboration connections ibm notes quickr sametime applications consulting development enterprise integration microsoft network office security websphere

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Lotusphere is Coming Fri, Oct 21st 2011 12:10p Tom Simmons For some reason, I have not heard too much about Lotusphere 2012. It is into October, and I usually start seeing more information going out. For 2012, Lotusphere is planned for January 15-20. This is IBM’s premier Collaboration, Social Business, and Portal event of the year. This year, I am sure there will be a huge focus on mobility, social business, and cloud. We hear at least two of these topics with almost every customer. I am also seeing many more RFIs and RFPs requesting Cl [read] Keywords: collaboration connections ibm lotus lotusphere email websphere websphere portal

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Socialize Me – Leverage the IBM Connections Entitlements with Lotus Notes 8.5.3 Mon, Oct 10th 2011 6:12p Tom Simmons It was a pleasant surprise to see that IBM is including certain services from IBM Connections with the Lotus Notes 8.5.3 release. This is a very important development. These services by themselves would be more than a company is likely to pay for the Lotus Notes CAL renewal. This is not to minimize the great services that you do get. Lotus Notes 8.5.3 entitles users to free use of IBM Connections micro-blogging, profiles, and file sharing. Most clients have Lotus Notes licenses for the e [read] Keywords: connections ibm lotus notes blogging development network