The business value of social collaboration software
Wed, May 5th 2010 3:30p Scott Hooks
In preparing for today's debut GROUP Talk Webcast on Lotus
Connections & Quickr, I did a lot of research about the value of
"Social Collaboration" in a business setting. The concept is
essentially what happens when social networking concepts are applied to
getting tasks done in a business setting.Just a few of the areas where
social collaboration can add value to a business include: Knowledge Capture & Discovery:
That is, as social interactions occur, they are being retained i [read] Keywords: collaboration
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RT Gmail 2010 = Lotus Notes 1995?
Fri, Jan 15th 2010 2:59p Scott Hooks Alternate titles for this article included: "Gmail - For those who yearn for the email equivalent of the disco era." "Google finally converts their mail to the age of the DeLorean." "If you still think parachute pants, Genera, and Converse all starts are cool, you'll love Gmail." "Finally, something more like PROFS!" "Coming soon, day glow skins!" http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2010/01/15/gmail-2010-lotus-notes-1995/ [read] Keywords: lotus
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I recommend the Lotusphere 2010 Online Session Scheduler
Tue, Jan 12th 2010 11:50a Scott Hooks I'm usually not a big fan of Lotusphere Online, mainly because it has such a short life. This year though, it has a few features that may not be *new*, but are at least easier to use. One is the session scheduler. You can look at the sessions in each time slot, view the description (and the speaker's profile if they have bothered to fill it out) and easily add sessions to your personal schedule. Many of the sessions even already have the slides attached so you can get a sneak peek at the conte [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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So, who is GROUP?
Mon, Jan 11th 2010 8:47a Scott Hooks Maybe you remember seeing GROUP Business Software at Lotusphere last year, or maybe you noticed the name on this year's Knowledge level sponsors list. Maybe you recall hearing about GROUP acquiring Relavis or the IT Factory assets over the past couple of years, or about a recent strategic alliance with Unify Corporation for email archiving. Maybe you've heard some recent buzz, or maybe you've never heard of them and you're wondering why I would even bring it up. GROUP was one of the world' [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Gives Thanks to Lotus Customers with Big Discounts on Lotus Live Services
Tue, Nov 24th 2009 11:54a Scott Hooks Looking for a great deal on cloud-based email, web meetings, file sharing, or online collaboration? For a limited time, existing Lotus software customers are exclusively eligible to purchase any combination of Lotus Live services up to the total number of active Lotus user licenses at the following prices: Lotus Live iNotes email: less than $2/user/monthLotus Live Web Meetings: less than $5/user/monthLotus Live Connections: less than $7/user/monthLotus Live Engage: less than $10/user/month Con [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Public Service Announcement: Outbound MIME Conversion
Thu, Nov 5th 2009 12:25p Scott Hooks Unless someone tells me a good reason NOT to, I'd recommend that everyone set the "Message Content" value in the MIME - Conversion Options - Outbound tab of your Domino server configuration document(s) to "from Notes to Plain Text and HTML." It will create a higher fidelity experience for your recipients on the internet. That is all. [read] Keywords: domino
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Warning About Smart Upgrade
Wed, Oct 14th 2009 11:27a Scott Hooks Smart Upgrade is a way of pushing Notes client updates to targeted end users via server side configuration. Nevermind the fact that it is hampered by 458 MB client distro, it can be useful in certain circumstances. HOWEVER, I just learned a lesson the hard way. According to the documentation, you basically create a Smart Upgrade database based on a specific template, attach or link to the client installation package of your choice, specify source and target versions, link to this database in the [read] Keywords: administration
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Lotus Notes 8.5.1 Client: New Features due Oct. 2009
Tue, Aug 18th 2009 11:46a Scott Hooks Notes 8.5.1 is going to be chock full of new features for end users. I have listed my Top 10 favorites below: Lots of new iNotes policy controlsAbility to automatically attach a vCard to your email signature.New business card access on name type-ahead.Distinct archive template and a "Recently Archived" folder which can contain stubs of the archived documents.Drag email messages to Calendar or Day-at-a-Glance to copy there.Click and drag to resize or reorder table rows/columns in rich text fiel [read] Keywords: inotes
lotus
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Does consumer mind share influence business decisions?
Sat, Aug 15th 2009 1:16p Scott Hooks Several years ago I convinced myself that one of the reasons for
Microsoft's success in the business software world was at least partly
due to its success in the consumer space. In other words, "everyone has
it at home, so they want it at work." This seemed particularly apparent
to me with Windows, Internet Explorer, and Outlook. You could argue
that Microsoft Office also benefits by being adopted in so many
academic institutions. This concept of consumer and academic adoption
driving busines [read] Keywords: ibm
lotus
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email
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instant messaging
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networking
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Quick Tip for End User Mail Search
Fri, Aug 14th 2009 1:06p Scott Hooks You may have noticed that the syntax for the search box has changed a bit in Notes 8.x. For example typing in free assessment returns all documents containing both words rather than just documents containing the phrase free assessment (as it would have done in Notes 7.x and prior), which now requires that you search for "free assessment". There are some other subtle changes too. You can of course also use the search builder in the search bar accessible via the view header to build searches bas [read] Keywords: notes
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If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the blogosphere.
Tue, Jul 28th 2009 9:02p Scott Hooks I was in the midst of preparing a response to comment on Ben Langhinrich's public implication that Lotus 911 does not care about our reputation as much as he does about his company's when he chose to disable comments on his entry. Not cool Ben. I merely wanted to say that I predict six "greater good" results from the dialog there. 1. StackOverflow.com will see a lot of new interest from the Lotus community. 2. Elguji will see more interest in IQJam from the Lotus community, as well as more [read] Keywords: lotus
xpages application
archive
community
development
enterprise
google
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Just one month until IamLUG! Why you should attend.
Thu, Jul 2nd 2009 10:07a Scott Hooks I am really looking forward to the upcoming North American Lotus User Group meeting (IamLUG) August 3-4 in St. Louis, and I am honored, nay humbled, to be included among the distinguished speakers - a real who's who of Lotus gurus. I hope we see a lot of new faces, whether it is because you are new to working with Lotus software or because you haven't been able to attend any other events the past few years. I sincerely believe that there is valuable content whether you are a developer, adm [read] Keywords: collaboration
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How Bing.com helped me make at least one decision today
Mon, Jun 29th 2009 9:44a Scott Hooks With all the publicity (OK, TV ads ) I've seen about Microsoft's new search (err... "decision" ) engine, bing.com the past couple of weeks, I finally gave it a try today. The query on my mind happened to be the $99 iPhone 3G. So first, I typed "$99 iPhone" into bing.com. The top result was a link to a "Boy Genius Report" article from December, 2008 (that'd be six months ago ) SPECULATING about a $99 iPhone. The rest of the results weren't any better. Then, I went over to Google and [read] Keywords: apple
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Lotus Notes Sucks? Not so much
Thu, May 14th 2009 12:59p Scott Hooks I have recently been watching the public twitter stream of the word Lotus (some might say obsessing). First, it is amazing how many people twitter about the lotus flower, lotus position, clubs called "Lotus", and the Lotus automobile line. Side note: If you want a decent Twitter search string, try lotus -position -elise -flying -flower -yoga -lounge I was specifically looking for complaints about Lotus software. There are far fewer than I thought there would be. I am only finding about 3 or 5 [read] Keywords: lotus
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Too funny
Wed, Apr 29th 2009 5:30a Scott Hooks For anyone who despises Microsoft or Vista or just needs a laugh, check out the featured video at checkoutlotus.com (a youtube channel). [read] Keywords: microsoft
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checkoutlotus.com
Fri, Apr 24th 2009 5:12a Scott Hooks I have created a channel on youtube at checkoutlotus.com where I have posted and linked to some videos about Lotus collaboration software. I envision this as more of a marketing site than a technical site, but I'm open. I will be posting videos that are created by the community, as well as linking to videos posted by others. If this interests you, check it out and subscribe to be notified when new videos are created. [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM Announces Lotus Foundations 1.1
Tue, Mar 24th 2009 8:18a Scott Hooks Foundations 1.1 was announced today, finally making the Foundations platform a more broadly applicable solution. Lotus Foundations 1.0 was a great concept, combining Lotus Notes with an autonomous Linux-based platform that also included anti-virus, anti-spam, file sharing, and integrated backup with autonomic recovery and an easy-to-use browser-based management console. It allowed businesses without a formal IT staff to benefit from all of these capabilities seamlessly. Unfortunately, 1.0 could [read] Keywords: domino
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How Google Sync Screwed Me and Notes 8.5 Saved Me: BEWARE!
Sun, Jan 18th 2009 4:54p Scott Hooks I love Chris Toohey. I really do. In fact, he saved my butt this very morning by helping me correct some broken links in my blog entry. But he also posted this blog entry, which caused me a bit of hearburn, not because of him, but because of the technology he wrote about. Since I trust Chris implicitly, I got excited when I saw his entry about using Google Sync to publish his Notes Calendar to the web for internet users to see using my Blackberry as middleware. So I immediately signed up for a g [read] Keywords: lotus
lotusphere
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blackberry
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BleedYellow 2.0
Sun, Jan 18th 2009 5:42a Scott Hooks Last year BleedYellow.com was a smash hit,
and the community has continued to thrive over the past 12 months with
over 3,000 members, 220 blogs, and 70 communities. This year, we have
added some of Lotus 911's new social networking solutions onto the
Bleed Yellow site to make it even better, including Squawk™ micro-blogging (including a widget for the Connections Home Page), Crowded Wisdom™ idea collaboration for site feedback, and the BleedYellow Marketplace™, where Lotus business partne [read] Keywords: collaboration
connections
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bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
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Someone please explain Lotusphere to my mother
Sat, Jan 17th 2009 11:59a Scott Hooks My mom, a most-of-the-time-workaholic herself, called me last night and was concerned about "how hard [I have] been working lately." Admittedly, I have had several 16, 20, and even 24 hour days of "work" over the past few weeks and I took very little time off for the holidays (and I continue to work today), but looking back on it, I don't resent it. Everyone else at Lotus 911 has been doing the same thing. Lotusphere is our annual celebration of our passion for the amazing and transformat [read] Keywords: lotus
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DAOS: 'Nuff Said
Fri, Jan 16th 2009 9:05p Scott Hooks Yes folks, that's an 87% disk space recovery (from the active production files). Your mileage may vary .Maybe we just have a lot of attachments, but the mere potential is worth the upgrade.
User
Before DAOS
After DAOS
Allen
66,664,348
13,369,344
Colin
121,686,570
27,262,976
Chris
504,170,773
115,867,648
David
660,534,209
158,859,264
Jennifer
124,751,321
44,302,336
Jimmy
7,821,658,977
796,917,760
Luz
237,849,503
26,738,688
Mike
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News Update: Last .com Domain Name Registered
Thu, Dec 18th 2008 10:46a Scott Hooks US World and News Report, the New York Times, and the Uskawilla Penny Pincher picked up a story from the Associated Press this morning confirming that all possible .com domain names had finally been registered. "I realized it when I tried to register yellowskunk.com this morning and it was taken," said former Lotus Notes Developer turned sales executive Scott Hooks of Lotus 911. "I figured, 'hell if THAT is registered, everything else must be,' so I whipped up a quick Domino app to try ever [read] Keywords: domino
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