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Tuesday 6th, January 2009
Exchange to Notes 8 Migration Case Study - Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited06/01/2009 01:27 PMLocation : Office
IBM and ISW has just published a great case study on Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited migrating from Exchange and Outlook 2007 to Notes & Domino 8 as well as their adoption of Workflow-Xpress.
More information here...
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More information here...
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Friday 5th, December 2008
TripIT and Lotus Notes 8.5 Federated Calandars05/12/2008 10:55 AMLocation : Home Office
I have been using the Notes 8.5 beta for a month or so now and one of the best features is the federated calendars.
Essentially this feature allows you to overlay additional calendars with your own. For example you might want to add some of your colleagues calendars or you might have an events calendar for your organisation. Well with Notes 8.5 you can simply select which calendars you want to overlay with your calendar. On the left hand panel of your calendar go to Show Calendars and you can choose to Add a Calendar...
You choose a calendar to add and you have the option of using a user's calendar, Notes Teamroom Calendar, and even a Notes application Calendar. The ability to bring together disparate calendars is awesome. We have been able to look at shared calendars in the past and use Group Calendars to kind of compare different calendars but this is just seamless calendar overlays.
An example of how I am using this new feature is leveraging TripIT. TripIT is a new Web 2.0 type service that enables me to forward all my airline and accommodation bookings to it. When I email a booking to it the clever team at TripIT somehow automagically reads the itinerary and adds it to my TripIT Calendar. Now I can access my TripIT calendar directly via a web browser or via my Blackberry Bold's browser but I can also subscribe to an iCal feed.
So all I do is Add a Calendar, select an iCalendar Feed as the source, enter the URL to my TripIT feed, select a colour, and their you go. Your flights etc are automatically added to your calendar!!
So all I do now is email all my flights to TripIT, there secret sauce reads the document, and they add it to my calendar!! Now there is a reason to upgrade to Notes 8.5 when it arrives!
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Essentially this feature allows you to overlay additional calendars with your own. For example you might want to add some of your colleagues calendars or you might have an events calendar for your organisation. Well with Notes 8.5 you can simply select which calendars you want to overlay with your calendar. On the left hand panel of your calendar go to Show Calendars and you can choose to Add a Calendar...
You choose a calendar to add and you have the option of using a user's calendar, Notes Teamroom Calendar, and even a Notes application Calendar. The ability to bring together disparate calendars is awesome. We have been able to look at shared calendars in the past and use Group Calendars to kind of compare different calendars but this is just seamless calendar overlays.
An example of how I am using this new feature is leveraging TripIT. TripIT is a new Web 2.0 type service that enables me to forward all my airline and accommodation bookings to it. When I email a booking to it the clever team at TripIT somehow automagically reads the itinerary and adds it to my TripIT Calendar. Now I can access my TripIT calendar directly via a web browser or via my Blackberry Bold's browser but I can also subscribe to an iCal feed.
So all I do is Add a Calendar, select an iCalendar Feed as the source, enter the URL to my TripIT feed, select a colour, and their you go. Your flights etc are automatically added to your calendar!!
So all I do now is email all my flights to TripIT, there secret sauce reads the document, and they add it to my calendar!! Now there is a reason to upgrade to Notes 8.5 when it arrives!
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Thursday 18th, September 2008
Video Case Study - Lotus Notes 8 Upgrade18/09/2008 10:40 AMLocation : Office
Further to the recent release of a case study ISW is pleased to publish (with IBM) this video case study:
Please feel free to rank the video well:)
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Tuesday 5th, August 2008
Anglican Church of Australia - Case Study05/08/2008 12:47 PMLocation : Office
ISW has just published a new case study with IBM on the recent Sydney Diocese Secretariat upgrade and migration to Lotus Notes & Domino 8.
Have a read here.....
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Have a read here.....
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Tuesday 8th, July 2008
IceTV Guide Via Notes Sidebar08/07/2008Location : Home Office
I just purchased a BeyonWiz DP-S1 PVR. It is a Dual HD receiver with 250 GB drive, wireless access, etc etc. For those in overseas etc reading this it probably isn't a big deal but PVR's are relatively new devices in Australia. In particular ones with downloaded TV program guides. The great thing about the BeyonWiz is that it supports IceTV's Interactive service which allows you to program the recorder via a web site. The Beyonwiz then periodically connects to the IceTV service and downloads the current schedule of things to record. So for someone that travels as much as I do and constantly rings home to ask for something to be recorded that is just great.
But it gets even better. IceTV have a service for mobile devices at http://remoterecord.com.au that allows me to log on from a Blackberry browser for instance. But even cooler is that using my Lotus Notes 8.0.1 Sidebar I have created a Widget that automatically logs onto the site and shows me the TV Guide. I can simply select what I want recorded from my sidebar and the Beyonwiz is updated!
Now that is a great use of the Notes 8 Sidebar Widgets if you ask me!
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But it gets even better. IceTV have a service for mobile devices at http://remoterecord.com.au that allows me to log on from a Blackberry browser for instance. But even cooler is that using my Lotus Notes 8.0.1 Sidebar I have created a Widget that automatically logs onto the site and shows me the TV Guide. I can simply select what I want recorded from my sidebar and the Beyonwiz is updated!
Now that is a great use of the Notes 8 Sidebar Widgets if you ask me!
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Tuesday 1st, July 2008
Wordle01/07/2008 03:40 PMLocation : Home Office
Friday 6th, June 2008
Sametime Status - Invisible06/06/2008 08:41 PMLocation : Melbourne
Just a thought that it would be great to have a sametime status of Invisible for all those times when you still want to log on but don't want people to see you. ie You might want to access a sametime bot or just do some work at night without being hassled.
Idea Jam link
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Idea Jam link
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Wednesday 19th, March 2008
Quickr 8.1 New Features19/03/2008 10:23 AMLocation : Home Office
Quickr 8.1 has just been released. The announcement letter is here.
The new features are:
New features in Lotus Quickr Standard 8.1
I am particularly looking forward to having the Notes 8.0.1 sidebar connector. I have been using the beta sidebar for a while and it is great but was always a little buggy (which you would expect off course). Now that it is released I will be able to get all our staff using it. I think that this feature alone dramatically increases the usability of the product for file sharing. It is so simple and accessible having Quickr in your sidebar.
The other thing I am interested in understanding better is the Personal File Sharing feature. Not quite sure how this works yet but am interested how easy it is to share files across boundaries. This is where Quickr needs to compete with the ease of say MS Groove file sharing capabilities. The benefit that I see Quickr having over Groove is that Groove requires each user sharing to install Groove whereas Quickr is accessible from the browser.
The Symphony Connectors are also a big step.
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The new features are:
New features in Lotus Quickr Standard 8.1
- Usability enhancements to the browser experience:
- Improved navigation and breadcrumbs throughout
- Streamlined context menus
- Simplified check-in/check-out and version control
- Single-page member management
- Note: These usability enhancements apply to Lotus Quickr services for Domino
- Lotus Connections integration:
- From a Lotus Quickr place, access an individual's Lotus Connections profile (in place of the "person card")
- Lotus Notes 8.0.1 connector:
- View and access Lotus Quickr places from the Notes side shelf
- Drag and drop attachments and entire e-mail contents
- Lotus Symphony connector:
- Context menu within editors to contribute and share content in Lotus Quickr places
- Microsoft Outlook connectors:
- View and access Lotus Quickr places
- Drag and drop attachments and entire e-mail contents
- Personal file sharing:
- Streamlined place for an end user to store important files and share them with others
- Available separately (with the Lotus Quickr connectors) as Lotus Quickr Entry
- Administrator enhancements:
- Policy settings for places (maximum size, days inactive before locking)
- Easy-to-use browser interface for administrators with improved reporting
- Note: These administrator enhancements apply to Lotus Quickr services for Domino.
- Simple personal file sharing improves personal productivity and reduces space required for e-mail attachments.
- Single personal place for storing and sharing content accessible from any of the Lotus Quickr connectors or a Web browser.
- Content moves seamlessly from Lotus Quickr entry places to standard Lotus Quickr team places.
I am particularly looking forward to having the Notes 8.0.1 sidebar connector. I have been using the beta sidebar for a while and it is great but was always a little buggy (which you would expect off course). Now that it is released I will be able to get all our staff using it. I think that this feature alone dramatically increases the usability of the product for file sharing. It is so simple and accessible having Quickr in your sidebar.
The other thing I am interested in understanding better is the Personal File Sharing feature. Not quite sure how this works yet but am interested how easy it is to share files across boundaries. This is where Quickr needs to compete with the ease of say MS Groove file sharing capabilities. The benefit that I see Quickr having over Groove is that Groove requires each user sharing to install Groove whereas Quickr is accessible from the browser.
The Symphony Connectors are also a big step.
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