The IBM XWork server is an IBM Lotus Domino 8.5x server with an entirely different license approach, different packaging, and different branding (installer). If it’s basically the renamed IBM Domino server then why should small and medium size businesses look into the XWork server solution? First and foremost ,the IBM XWork server is IBM software …
Is Lotus Notes Still Here to Stay?
What triggered my few nostalgic thoughts about Lotus Notes this evening was a blog post published in Nevermind.dk “Lotus Notes and Domino have been able to survive for 20 years, how?”. Once well known as Lotus Notes, a widely popular collaboration and email platform has been experiencing tough times during the past few years. It seems …
What’s New in New Version of Lotus Notes 8.5.3
Based on IBM description of the new version 8.5.3 of Lotus Notes, the following enhancements were delivered in a new version: Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.3 includes entitlement to the IBM Connections files and profiles components adding significant capabilities to help clients become a social business Enhanced new mail notification which optionally provides a pop up preview (containing both …
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Tampa’s IBSI announce new customer facing website
IBSI, Innovative Business Systems aren’t exactly a new company: they are well known for their computer support services and lotus notes support in Tampa Florida, this is by no means all they do though and a new website for the business is set to be launched in order to make it easier for Florida businesses …
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Konica Minolta rebuild Business process management system with Open Source option
Konica-Minolta sell much of their hardware at the higher end of the market, in fact much of it they lease as is common with more expensive equipment for businesses large and small. Leasing may work well for both Konica Minolta as an alternative to financing and work well for clients who do not wish to …
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Lotus Notes Platform to Stay at Flexcon
One Positive News came out this week about IBM Lotus Notes Technology. Based on Computer World, Flexcon (www.flexcon.com/) will keep Lotus Notes technology in house as an email platform after upgrading its Lotus Notes and Domino environment to the current software version. “We had not done any upgrades in quite a while, and we patched [only] …
IBM Lotus Domino Utility Server for LotusLive Has Arrived
IBM has announced today availability of the IBM Lotus Domino Utility Server for LotusLive. This is a really great news for Notes and LotusLive community. No more headache with administering your Lotus Domino server, not more headache (I assume) with backups, security and hardware issues. The IBM Cloud will take care of it all. The only question …
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What IBM Needs to Do to Retain its Lotus Notes Customers
I wish I knew what is going at the IBM head quarters in regards to this topic. I got a bit disappointed when I saw a news post “Steinhoff drops Lotus Notes …” confirming that 1,050 Lotus Notes seats will be replaced by Microsoft’s BOPS and not by LotusLive Cloud solution. When I see news …
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LotusLive Offers BlackBerry Hosted Service
Great news for the LotusLive community. As of 2/22/2011 IBM LotusLive Notes 1.3 gets the additional hosted service offering for BlackBerry Enterprise Server, both with and without optional Mobile Data Services from RIM. LotusLive Notes subscription also supports Traveler application via Apple iPhone and iPad, Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian and Android devices. Source: IBM
Get Certification if You Plan to Resell Lotus Notes
Based on CRN, IBM will require training and certification for resellers of a number of the vendors’ Lotus messaging and collaboration products, channel partners were told at Lotusphere 2011 conference in Orlando earlier this month. Great idea IBM! I’m 100% agree that Lotus messaging resellers need to be competent in what they are reselling. This would save …
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