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Dublin bound!
21349 days
by Simon Scullion
in Lotus
As many others, today I am off to Dublin to attend .
I get in this evening before heading to check-in at the . I hope to arrive in time for a pint or two of the black stuff, so hope to meet some of you later!
I am really looking forward to getting over there, never been to Dublin before, and hoping to meet some of the people behind all the blogs I have been reading for so long!
So if you see a lost-looking, self-confessed ILUG newb, please go easy on me and say hi!
Whitepaper – Performance basics for IBM Lotus Notes developers
01374 days
by Simon Scullion
in Lotus
This should be a must read for all Lotus developers, even those of us who consider ourselves experienced.
There are so many badly designed and developed Notes applications out there, giving the technology – and by implication also us as developers – a bad name, that sometimes I think it wise that we revise even the most basic concepts from a best practice perspective.
This white paper addresses the most important and most serious factors affecting IBM® Lotus® Notes® and Domino® application performance. It is intended for developers of Notes client applications, to help them maximize performance by identifying problem areas and by offering solutions.
In this article:
- Introduction
- General principles
- Database-level performance considerations
- Formula performance
- Form design
- Views
- Code
- Testing
- Use Profile documents
- Conclusion
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Registered for ILUG2008
01447 days
by Simon Scullion
in Lotus
Registered and recieved my email confirmation already, wow, that was quick guys!
So, looking forward to it all ready, now to book flights and hotel!
Dublin here we come! 
IBM Lotusphere Comes to You 2008
41468 days
by Simon Scullion
in Lotus
Warning, this is a bit of a gripe post!
Why is it that the dates for Lotus events in Spain always seem to be the last to appear!? Spain isn’t even on , which I hope that is just temporary!
It could go quite some way to explain why the Lotus community here in Spain has struggled for so long. I just hope that all the effort of late from those behind , are matched by IBM Lotus.
Incredible Lotus Notes on the iPhone coverage!
31486 days
by Simon Scullion
in Lotus
By Thomas Ricker
If you’re looking to gain respect for your gear as a serious business-class tool, there’s no better way than to infiltrate those Big Four accounting firms still using Lotus Notes. According to a piece carried by the Associated Press, …
According to a piece carried by the Associated Press, Lotus Notes eMail is coming to Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch.
By Alan Lepofsky
Philippe Poupeleer of Lotus Business Partner EASI, has posted a nice 3 minute video of using Sametime mobile.
By iDunzo
Existing users of Lotus Notes Web-access system will be able to use the iPhone version for free with their current license. New users will have to pay $39 per year for the Lotus license. Not a bad deal at all. …
IBM is poised to announce a version of Lotus Notes e-mail for the iPhone at its Lotusphere conference in Orlando, Fla., next week. Those who already have a Lotus Web-access license will get the software for free. …
By Bryan Gardiner
According to the AP, the Lotus Notes e-mail package will start infecting Apple’s portable devices as soon as next week, when the company is expected to formally announce its availability at the Lotusphere conference. …
By Cyrus Farivar
Lotus Notes, one of the collaborative software mainstays for nearly two decades, is now going to be released for the iPhone and the iPod. While I can’t say that I’ve ever used Lotus Notes, I do know that a lot of other people do. …
By Al Sacco
Though most IT folks agree that the iPhone is not yet suited for deployment in corporate environments, Apple’s uber smartphone may soon get one step closer to becoming a viable business device. read more.
By Bryan Gardiner
According to the AP, the Lotus Notes e-mail package will start infecting Apple’s portable devices as soon as next week, where it is expected to be formally announced at the company’s Lotusphere conference. …
All this from just some google alerts!
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How true is this!
01516 days
by Simon Scullion
in Lotus
IBM, more than other enterprise software outfits, groks the new naming conventions. “syn.chron.ous” etc
now it just needs to understand the business models…
, via , comenting on the debate surrounding the announcement of .
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ChiefTech: Out on the SharePoint Frontier
01518 days
by Simon Scullion
in Lotus
This post has been in a “draft” status for too long, I meant to get it out there ages ago!
A few of my colleagues having been commenting on some Sharepoint news thay have noticed lately, which for a number of reasons I found interesting.
Firstly, James over on his blog a claiming that:
“although Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 brings improved collaboration facilities over previous editions, it comes at the cost of a dearth of enterprise management services, leading to rampant, viral proliferation and instances of uncontrolled content, as well as major compliancy risks.
Which seems to be bourne out if we are to believe the numbers via (but presumeably quoting the same CMS Watch article):
CMS Watch says its clients include a North American bank that found “more than 5,000 uncontrolled and unaudited instances of SharePoint,” and a major energy company that “reported finding more than 15,000 previously undetected instances of SharePoint.”
But lets not worry too much, that Microsoft is here to save the day with their new “SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool”!
The SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool is a set of free models of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) which allow you to explore the necessary infrastructure based on usage requirements. This tool uses the System Center Capacity Planner 2007 (SCCP) as an engine to provide for data collection, visualization, simulation and report writing. The tool can be used in pre-sales and feasibility study of a deployment project to give you a rough estimate of hardware requirements.
Isn’t that good of them!
Hang on a sec, let me read that again….
“The tool can be used in pre-sales and feasibility study of a deployment project to give you a rough estimate of hardware requirements.”
Ah! So that would be before the viral proliferation then, it just ensures we splash out on a big enough box to make sure this virus can spread! 
But in all seriousness, this does remind me of the early days with Lotus Notes, when databases were created by users, before the IT department came in and put controls in place. Controls which I assume will be coming soon, to a Sharepoint installation near you.
I wonder whether these controls and things like departmental charge-back will have the same effect at stifling this virus, as it did on the adoption of Lotus Notes applications?
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