Lotusphere: Many sessions, much still
to be digested.
Going through my Lotusphere notes this
evening, I realized that I haven't said anything about the Future of Domino
(Releases 8.0.1 and 8.5). From what I could discern from my scratchings,
here are some highlights (additions/corrections are more than welcome):
Policies:
Addition of more granularity. You will
have four choices for "how to apply this setting:" 1) Don't set
value; 2) Set initial value; 3) Set value whenever modified; 4) Set value
and prevent change.
The UI is getting improved and simplified.
Addition of new policy content. The
biggee here is that they will be adding replication settings. They
also announced that 95% of the Preferences settings can now be controlled
by policies.
They introduced "Dynamic Policies."
Set policies based on groups of users, home mail server, or adding names
directly to a policy. These will also move if group membership changes,
home mail server changes, etc. Which brings me to:
A new type of Policy. Currently, you
have Organizational and Explicit. They are adding "Explicit with Dynamic
Membership."
New for Release 8.5:
Notes Shared Login. Removes the Notes
ID password prompt. Replaces Notes Single Logon. Passwords cannot get out
of synch.
ID Vault. This is Password Recovery
the way it ought to be. You will get a new Notes Application that will
securely store your User IDs, that will encrypt them. One place to store
your IDs as well as provide a mechanism to recover lost passwords. The
way I remembered this, you send a request to the ID Vault, and it sends
you an e-mail with the ID and the password. Not just anyone can do this,
of course. Extremely cool!
Directory Independence. You will be
able to store users and groups in an external directory. Supporting Active
Directory first, then LDAP.
Database Redirection. Markers are created
for databases that are moved from one server to another or deleted. Workspace
icons, or bookmarks, are replaced or removed on the client. Only available
for Notes 8 (and above) clients. No more worrying about how to notify users
of a change or sending a button. The Administrator will take care of this
for your users.
Two items for improving the messaging
portion:
SMTP Outbound Authentication
Mail journaling of all recipient names.
Journaling will now explode the group names in the addresses.
A couple of cool tools for the Administrator:
Directory Lint Tool. Will find issues
with your Directory like missing group members, bad naming hierarchies,
and more.
Domino Configuration Tuner (DCT). This
will be available for download, as a separate tool from IBM. It checks
and analyzes your Domino configuration and provides you with solutions.
You run it from your client against your Domino servers and it creates
reports, with recommendations and links to appropriate TechNotes. Runs
only on Release 7 and above servers. This is one tool you will want to
add to your toolbox. As soon as it is available.
They are rearchitecting AdminP. Much
better and faster.
Document and design compression. This
new database property can save you 15-70% of disk space.
So many new things to consider that
I find it hard to think that you will stay on Release 6 or 7. Lotus is
spending some serious time with the Administration of the Domino server,
and there is so much great stuff coming out, that you will have much better
control of your environment. And the tools! DCT, from what I saw, will
be a must have. Configure ID Vault to get rid of the passable, but unwieldy
Password Recovery.
I can't wait for 8.0.1. And I am really
forward to 8.5.
IBM Adds 200 Partners to LotusLive Cloud Services
Fri, Mar 19th 2010 6:10p Gregg Eldred It appears that IBM Lotus may be striking at Microsoft and its end-of-life for Essential Business Server with a recent press release announcing 200 partners who "plan to sell LotusLive."
IBM today announced more than 200 partners are planning to sell to their customers LotusLive cloud services. The news comes in just two months since the introduction of the LotusLive partner program as evidence of increasing migration to the cloud for collaboration capabilities.
. . . As part of today's ne [read] Keywords: collaboration
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A Dumb Thing That Gets Me Emotional - Marine Corps Advertising
Mon, Mar 15th 2010 4:00p Gregg Eldred For the most part, a lot of advertising just flows over me without eliciting a response. However, when I see an ad for the Marine Corps, there is a response, usually a very emotional one. Sitting in a semi-darkened movie theatre this weekend with family, Number One Son sitting next to me, this ad appeared on the screen:
Green Zone isn't supposed to be a tear jerker, but it started out that way. *sigh* [read] Keywords: application
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Selecting the Right Smartphone - Flowchart
Mon, Mar 15th 2010 11:50a Gregg Eldred After reading Guy Wakely's post concerning the selection of a new smartphone, I found this flowchart that may provide some assistance. Funny, but Palm is not represented. [read] Keywords:
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ITWire: Big Lego Blackberry built
Sun, Mar 14th 2010 11:50a Gregg Eldred Lego artist/sculpter/genius Nathan Sawaya has created the ultimate in geek toys, a giant Lego RIM Blackberry Tour 9360 complete with working LCD screen. The 'artwork' stands at about 1.5 metres high and follows one of his previous projects, a similarly giant Lego iPhone. Clearly Sawaya has no particular loyalty to either.
More > The photo accompanying the article: [read] Keywords: blackberry
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IBM Whitepaper: Administering IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 servers for beginners
Thu, Mar 11th 2010 10:40p Gregg Eldred IBM Lotus has published a whitepaper on administering Domino 8.5. From the abstract:
This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of how to administer IBM Lotus® Domino®, explaining the fundamental components and terminology so that new administrators can feel familiar with the product. Specifically, we explain key features and functionalities such as the Notes.ini file, the Data Directory, IDs, server commands and documents, and server activities. Also included are discussions of [read] Keywords: admin
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Redbook: Best Practices for Building Web Applications for Domino 8.5.1
Tue, Mar 9th 2010 11:00p Gregg Eldred This IBM Redbooks wiki has the following objectives:
Provide guidance on Best Practices for Domino Web Development, with emphasis on the new XPages design element. This wiki introduces the key new features of XPages and discusses how and why these features are meaningful within the context of Domino Web Development.
Provide hands-on tutorials and sample code, which give you the opportunity to work with XPages and to understand the improvements in Domino 8.5 Web application development. As a fou [read] Keywords: domino
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The Husband Store
Tue, Mar 9th 2010 10:10p Gregg Eldred A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:
You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to t [read] Keywords:
