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 …

What is LotusLive Cloud?

IBM has introduced LotusLive in 2009 and since that has been building its reputation and portfolio. IBM’s LotusLive cloud environment not only competes with Microsoft and Google Cloud  but provides more features in its offerings. LotusLive is a business networking and collaboration internet-based services hosted by IBM and integrates following services together: IBM LotusLive Notes service …

Lotusphere 2011: LotusLive is a Direction Small Business Needs to Follow

The Lotusphere 2011 was closed on 2/3/11 and I am still trying to organize my thoughts on a lot if information presented at the conference. The first thought that come to my mind is the Lotusphere’s 1 slogan “Go Social. Do Business”. It well defines the latest trend across all industry segments and applies to …

5 open source groupware suites to watch

ComputerWorld (2010-11-30) – Messaging and groupware is at the heart of business and applications most people use everyday. While the big names like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and Google Apps are increasing their influence, enterprises have several viable open source options. Of course, there plenty of complaints about the quirks and complications of the bi- …