Combination feed of all the Collaboration Matters blogs (Collaboration Matters!, Quickr Blog, Connections Blog, Symphony Blog, Lotusphere Blog and LotusLive Blog)
Well I never! Disabling widgets tab
Wed, Feb 8th 2012 12:30a Stuart McIntyre I've been making a point in recent meetings with IBM re: Connections that the Widgets page is a little out of place, particularly on new installs, and that it should possible to disable it for all users. Good idea? Well, it turns out that the option has been in Connections since at least 3.0! Just go to the Connections Homepage features Administration tab (you need the appropriate rights of course), and there it is: Just switch this to 'Disabled' and Save, and the tab goes away. [read] Keywords: administration
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Update strategy for IBM Connections 3.0.1
Mon, Feb 6th 2012 2:20p Stuart McIntyre A very important technote from IBM was released over the weekend - 'Update strategy for IBM Connections 3.0.1':This document describes the recommended strategy and steps for applying maintenance updates to IBM Connections 3.0.1.Detailing the process involved in deploying Component Refresh (CR) updates, it takes the reader through all the necessary steps - from backup through protecting customizations to the actual application of the fix. As an aside, the CR3 update that was released way bac [read] Keywords: connections
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Don’t ever call Lotusphere a ’jolly’!
Sat, Jan 14th 2012 3:10a Stuart McIntyre Here's a snapshot of my schedule for this week. Admittedly some of the clashing appointments in Orange are where there are more than one session that I'd like to go to in that slot. However, there is no doubt that this is going to be one seriously intensive week! [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Lotusphere 2012 - Lotus Quickr sessions
Sat, Jan 14th 2012 3:10a Stuart McIntyre There is no doubt about it, Lotus Quickr is less prominent in the IBM Collaboration Solutions portfolio than it once was - remember in 2007 when Connections and Quickr were both announced at Lotusphere and if anything Quickr was the bigger deal? However, it does still have a significant part to play - arguably Quickr still supports extranet and document collaboration better than any other product that IBM sells. Therefore it's good to see that there are some good sessions featuring Quickr li [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM Connections - a story of two browsers
Mon, Jan 9th 2012 11:57p Stuart McIntyre IBM Connections 3.0.1 is supported on the following browsers: Operating System Browser Windows Internet Explorer 6 (except RSS feeds) internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Mac OS X Safari 5 Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Linux Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 As you can see this is a pretty comprehensive list, across the common OS platforms. It represents a LOT of testing and support. However it is also a little, ermm [read] Keywords: connections
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Just published: Customizing IBM Connections 3.0.1
Tue, Jan 3rd 2012 10:30p Stuart McIntyre Much needed and well-timed, the latest Customizing IBM Connections 'Redbook' content has just hit the Connections wiki:IBM Lotus and IBM Redbooks publications have partnered to create wiki content that explains how to customize, develop, and extend IBM Connections 3.0.1. You can customize IBM Connections to fit your corporate branding and social media needs. This Lotus Redbooks wiki provides examples of how to customize the overall user interface, as well as blogs, communities, and profiles. T [read] Keywords: connections
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So Lo Mo
Mon, Nov 28th 2011 1:10p Stuart McIntyre Sandy Carter outlines IBM's plans for LeWeb '11 next week: Social, Local, Mobile. I like that... [read] Keywords: ibm
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How are you approaching User Adoption? Please take the Survey!
Mon, Nov 28th 2011 5:10a Stuart McIntyre Many of you will be aware that I work on occasion with Michael Sampson, esteemed Collaboration Strategist and author of 'User Adoption Strategies' and the upcoming 'Collaboration Roadmap'. Michael and I have also submitted an abstract for Lotusphere 2012, but that's a topic for another post. Michael has previously surveyed business users on the use and effectiveness of the various strategies that he covers in the User Adoption Strategies book, and the data has been used in various pres [read] Keywords: collaboration
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UK IBMers and bloggers share perspectives on Social Business
Mon, Nov 28th 2011 5:10a Stuart McIntyre Good friends Jon Mell, Ofer Guetta and Jon Machtynger join with key UK-based bloggers to discuss Social Business:Leading UK bloggers Chris Turner (Springwise), David Terrar (Biz Two Zero), Matt Alder (Recruiting Futurology), David Cushman (Faster Future) and Johnnie Moore (The Johnnie Moore Weblog) come together with IBM experts Jon Mell, Jon Machtynger and Alex Bray to give their perspective on the concept of Social Business.Leading UK bloggers David Terrar (Biz Two Zero) and Kathryn Corrick (K [read] Keywords: ibm
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UK IBMers and bloggers share perspectives on Social Business
Mon, Nov 28th 2011 4:54a Stuart McIntyre Good friends Jon Mell, Ofer Guetta and Jon Machtynger join with key UK-based bloggers to discuss Social Business:Leading UK bloggers Chris Turner (Springwise), David Terrar (Biz Two Zero), Matt Alder (Recruiting Futurology), David Cushman (Faster Future) and Johnnie Moore (The Johnnie Moore Weblog) come together with IBM experts Jon Mell, Jon Machtynger and Alex Bray to give their perspective on the concept of Social Business.Leading UK bloggers David Terrar (Biz Two Zero) and Kathryn Corrick (K [read] Keywords: ibm
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How are you approaching User Adoption? Please take the Survey!
Mon, Nov 28th 2011 4:30a Stuart McIntyre Many of you will be aware that I work on occasion with Michael Sampson, esteemed Collaboration Strategist and author of 'User Adoption Strategies' and the upcoming 'Collaboration Roadmap'. Michael and I have also submitted an abstract for Lotusphere 2012, but that's a topic for another post. Michael has previously surveyed business users on the use and effectiveness of the various strategies that he covers in the User Adoption Strategies book, and the data has been used in various prese [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM Sametime hits the iOS App Store
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 10:32p Stuart McIntyre Ed Brill has previously discussed the upcoming IBM Sametime native mobile client for iOS. It is now available in the App Store:We are very excited to bring you the IBM Sametime Mobile Client for iOS! This gives you access to IBM's award-winning platform for Unified Communications on today's hottest devices – the iPhone and iPad. The client gives you the following cool features : ● 1/1 and Group chat ● Send and receive photos ● Background message notification [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Sametime hits the iOS App Store
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 9:11p Stuart McIntyre Ed Brill has previously discussed the upcoming IBM Sametime native mobile client for iOS. It is now available in the App Store:We are very excited to bring you the IBM Sametime Mobile Client for iOS! This gives you access to IBM's award-winning platform for Unified Communications on today's hottest devices – the iPhone and iPad. The client gives you the following cool features : ● 1/1 and Group chat ● Send and receive photos ● Background message notification [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Demonstrating Social in Action
Fri, Nov 18th 2011 11:15a Stuart McIntyre Just uploaded today, these are terrific demos... First up, Suzanne Livingston demonstrating Connections 3.0.1: Then, even more impressively, Jason Dumont showing off the upcoming Social Mail functionality, due to ship in 2012: Whilst Social Mail has been shown off at various conferences, LUGs and customer briefings over the past few months, it is fantastic to see IBM showing this in a genuinely open forum. I am massively excited by Social Mail and think it will really take IBM [read] Keywords: connections
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IBM Demonstrating Social in Action
Fri, Nov 18th 2011 10:10a Stuart McIntyre Just uploaded today, these are terrific demos... First up, Suzanne Livingston demonstrating IBM Connections 3.0.1: Then, even more impressively, Jason Dumont showing off the upcoming Social Mail functionality, due to ship in 2012: Whilst Social Mail has been shown off at various conferences, LUGs and customer briefings over the past few months, it is fantastic to see IBM showing this in a genuinely open forum. I am massively excited by Social Mail and think it will really take I [read] Keywords: connections
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Pick my brain. Please.
Wed, Nov 16th 2011 8:50a Stuart McIntyre Well look at that.... IBM puts its Champions on the front page at ibm.com: Whilst not rolled out worldwide just yet, the main site in the US has this as the default panel (ibm.com/us). Very exciting! Great to see IBM recognising and then promoting its experts in the community. As an aside... Also of note, Lotusphere 2012 is the third panel on that page: [read] Keywords: ibm
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Pick my brain. Please.
Wed, Nov 16th 2011 7:42a Stuart McIntyre Well look at that.... IBM puts its Champions on the front page at ibm.com: Whilst not rolled out worldwide just yet, the main site in the US has this as the default panel (ibm.com/us). Very exciting! Great to see IBM recognising and then promoting its experts in the community. As an aside... Also of note, Lotusphere 2012 is the third panel on that page: [read] Keywords: ibm
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The sun sets on The Lotuslive Blog
Thu, Nov 10th 2011 8:43a Stuart McIntyre Due to my every increasing workload, shift away from exclusive focus on IBM/Lotus products and the creation of new blogs/news sites elsewhere, this blog is being sunset as of today, 10th November 2011, and will no longer be maintained. All posts and comments have been copied over to the Collaboration Matters blog at blog.collaborationmatters.com, and any links will be redirected there. Thank you to all our readers and contributors over the past 2.5 years (the first post was on 1st March [read] Keywords: collaboration
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The sun sets on The Symphony Blog
Thu, Nov 10th 2011 8:43a Stuart McIntyre Due to my every increasing workload, shift away from exclusive focus on IBM/Lotus products and the creation of new blogs/news sites elsewhere, this blog is being sunset as of today, 10th November 2011, and will no longer be maintained. All posts and comments have been copied over to the Collaboration Matters blog at blog.collaborationmatters.com, and any links will be redirected there. Thank you to all our readers and contributors over the past 3.5 years (the first post was on 1st February [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Outside the Inbox - now *this* is how to tell the Social Business story
Thu, Nov 10th 2011 2:42a Stuart McIntyre Woke up to see a great new campaign doing the rounds this morning, led by IBM Benelux and the great Luis Suarez: Timed to coincide with No Email Day tomorrow (11/11/11), this is a terrific way to explain the benefits of leaving the inbox behind and starting to work socially. Luis is just a great example to all those that want to leave the binding ties of email, and the team behind this site has done a super job of presenting the story and the related information in a really appealing and [read] Keywords: ibm
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Outside the Inbox - now *this* is how to tell the Social Business story
Thu, Nov 10th 2011 1:20a Stuart McIntyre Woke up to see a great new campaign doing the rounds this morning, led by IBM Benelux and the great Luis Suarez: Timed to coincide with No Email Day tomorrow (11/11/11), this is a terrific way to explain the benefits of leaving the inbox behind and starting to work socially. Luis is just a great example to all those that want to leave the binding ties of email, and the team behind this site has done a super job of presenting the story and the related information in a really appealing a [read] Keywords: ibm
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Great new Twitter widget from JustNudge
Mon, Nov 7th 2011 9:32a Stuart McIntyre Michael Ransley from JustNudge has released a fantastic twitter widget to extend the connections profile. The IBM® Connections Twitter widget allows a user to share their twitter feed from within their profile. The widget uses a profile extension to capture the twitter username and then calls the twitter API when a user clicks on the widget. An additional twitter tab is added to the user profile A new profile extention is added to hold the Twitter name The [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM Connections app for iOS - iPad version now available
Mon, Oct 31st 2011 7:35a Stuart McIntyre Version 3.1 of the IBM Connections app for iOS has shipped today, featuring the follow enhancements:Universal app - new native iPad interface Ability to upload documents to the IBM Connections server from other apps that support the "Open In..." feature of iOS Upload email attachments directly to the IBM Connections server Enables round trip editing of documents. Allows you to download a document from the IBM Connections server, open it in another editor app, then upload the updated docu [read] Keywords: connections
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Web Conferencing Services: LotusLive vs. WebEx
Sun, Oct 30th 2011 12:41a Stuart McIntyre Business2community.com reviews two of the web-conferencing heavyweights:Beyond initial connectivity, LotusLive is the easier product to use and is less expensive. Our reviewer found the variety of features offered by LotusLive Meetings to be best in class compared to others reviewed, as well as among the easiest to use, and at a lower price point. WebEx, on the other hand, was found to be a bit more complex and pricey. As our reviewer advised, WebEx is best for users with at least moderate le [read] Keywords:
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Web Conferencing Services: LotusLive vs. WebEx
Sat, Oct 29th 2011 11:28p Stuart McIntyre Business2community.com reviews two of the web-conferencing heavyweights:Beyond initial connectivity, LotusLive is the easier product to use and is less expensive. Our reviewer found the variety of features offered by LotusLive Meetings to be best in class compared to others reviewed, as well as among the easiest to use, and at a lower price point. WebEx, on the other hand, was found to be a bit more complex and pricey. As our reviewer advised, WebEx is best for users with at least moderate le [read] Keywords:
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Web Conferencing Services: LotusLive vs. WebEx
Sat, Oct 29th 2011 11:28p Stuart McIntyre Business2community.com reviews two of the web-conferencing heavyweights:Beyond initial connectivity, LotusLive is the easier product to use and is less expensive. Our reviewer found the variety of features offered by LotusLive Meetings to be best in class compared to others reviewed, as well as among the easiest to use, and at a lower price point. WebEx, on the other hand, was found to be a bit more complex and pricey. As our reviewer advised, WebEx is best for users with at least moderate le [read] Keywords:
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Frustrated by Google account restrictions (especially Apps vs Plus)?
Fri, Oct 28th 2011 9:05a Stuart McIntyre As anyone who follows me on Twitter will vouch, I have been getting increasingly narked with Google's accounts recently! As you may know, many of Google services do not support Google Apps (i.e. paid) accounts - most notably Google+. Hence switching from Docs to Plus to Feedburner to Analytics has been a real trial, as multiple accounts are involved. Add in the option to merge some data from one account to another having to use a temporary login account, and I've been close to throwing the [read] Keywords: email
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Frustrated by Google account restrictions (especially Apps vs Plus)?
Fri, Oct 28th 2011 8:54a Stuart McIntyre As anyone who follows me on Twitter will vouch, I have been getting increasingly narked with Google's accounts recently! As you may know, many of Google services do not support Google Apps (i.e. paid) accounts - most notably Google+. Hence switching from Docs to Plus to Feedburner to Analytics has been a real trial, as multiple accounts are involved. Add in the option to merge some data from one account to another having to use a temporary login account, and I've been close to throwing the [read] Keywords: email
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If there’s one book to read this year...
Fri, Oct 21st 2011 2:48p Stuart McIntyre So looking forward to this: Due out on October 24. For me, this is definitely one to order in hardback - Kindle is great for a lot of material, but this will stay on my shelf... [read] Keywords:
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If there’s one book to read this year...
Fri, Oct 21st 2011 2:35p Stuart McIntyre So looking forward to this: Due out on October 24. For me, this is definitely one to order in hardback - Kindle is great for a lot of material, but this will stay on my shelf... [read] Keywords:
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Did you know? (iPhones on O2)
Tue, Oct 18th 2011 4:30a Stuart McIntyre I phoned up O2 today to get my iPhone 3GS unlocked as I'm taking it off the O2 network, and was astonished to learn:Pay Monthly and Business customers Your iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 can be unlocked at any time, free of charge. If you unlock your iPhone and put a non-O2 sim into it, you will still have to honour the remainder of the minimum term of your O2 contract. Pay & Go customers You can unlock your iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 for a one-off £ [read] Keywords: iphone
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Did you know? (iPhones on O2)
Tue, Oct 18th 2011 4:06a Stuart McIntyre I phoned up O2 today to get my iPhone 3GS unlocked as I'm taking it off the O2 network, and was astonished to learn:Pay Monthly and Business customers Your iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 can be unlocked at any time, free of charge. If you unlock your iPhone and put a non-O2 sim into it, you will still have to honour the remainder of the minimum term of your O2 contract. Pay & Go customers You can unlock your iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 for a one-off £ [read] Keywords: iphone
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The compelling returns from IBM Connections in support of social business - five stories
Tue, Oct 18th 2011 12:00a Stuart McIntyre I blogged about this a while ago on the Connections Blog but came across it again today. It's still a really interesting whitepaper and doesn't seem to have been widely circulated:A social business transforms itself by activating networks of people. Whether through online communities and meetings, team spaces, blogs, wikis, profiles or other social tools, people can explore new ways to build and leverage their networks beyond those dictated by traditional organizational structures or means of [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Platforms vs. products and Google vs. Amazon. You need to read this.
Thu, Oct 13th 2011 4:28a Stuart McIntyre This amazing post was shared on Google+ yesterday, and you need to read it:This post was intended to be shared privately and was accidentally made public. Thanks to Steve Yegge for allowing us to keep it out there. It's the sort of writing people do when they think nobody is watching: honest, clear, and frank. The world would be a better place if more people wrote this sort of internal memoranda, and even better if they were allowed to write it for the outside world. Hopefully Steve will [read] Keywords: google
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Platforms vs. products and Google vs. Amazon. You need to read this.
Thu, Oct 13th 2011 4:24a Stuart McIntyre This amazing post was shared on Google+ yesterday, and you need to read it:This post was intended to be shared privately and was accidentally made public. Thanks to Steve Yegge for allowing us to keep it out there. It's the sort of writing people do when they think nobody is watching: honest, clear, and frank. The world would be a better place if more people wrote this sort of internal memoranda, and even better if they were allowed to write it for the outside world. Hopefully Steve will [read] Keywords: google
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My perspective on iOS 5
Wed, Oct 12th 2011 2:54a Stuart McIntyre As most of you will know by now, Apple iOS 5 becomes available for download later today after a beta test period of approximately 4 months. As Collaboration Matters is a member of the Apple developer program, we've been running iOS5 previews on a mixture of iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches since June. It's fair to say that I'm a fan, a big fan. In particular, notifications is a massive step forward. I know, I know, Android has had a similar feature for a while now ( [read] Keywords: collaboration
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My perspective on iOS 5
Wed, Oct 12th 2011 2:38a Stuart McIntyre As most of you will know by now, Apple iOS 5 becomes available for download later today after a beta test period of approximately 4 months. As Collaboration Matters is a member of the Apple developer program, we've been running iOS5 previews on a mixture of iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches since June. It's fair to say that I'm a fan, a big fan. In particular, notifications is a massive step forward. I know, I know, Android has had a similar feature for a while now ( [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Another LotusLive case study - Newly Weds Foods
Tue, Oct 11th 2011 9:20a Stuart McIntyre You wait for ages, then two come along at once! ;-) I really like this reference, this food products organisation (Newly Weds Foods) show significant travel cost reductions as a result of using IBM LotusLive and becoming a more Social Business. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Another LotusLive case study - Newly Weds Foods
Tue, Oct 11th 2011 9:04a Stuart McIntyre You wait for ages, then two come along at once! ;-) I really like this reference, this food products organisation (Newly Weds Foods) show significant travel cost reductions as a result of using IBM LotusLive and becoming a more Social Business. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Another LotusLive case study - Newly Weds Foods
Tue, Oct 11th 2011 9:04a Stuart McIntyre You wait for ages, then two come along at once! ;-) I really like this reference, this food products organisation (Newly Weds Foods) show significant travel cost reductions as a result of using IBM LotusLive and becoming a more Social Business. [read] Keywords: ibm
Email - Searching beats filing. IBM says so
Mon, Oct 10th 2011 4:31a Stuart McIntyre Fascinating paper from IBM Research, 'Am I wasting my time organizing email? A study of email refinding.':We all spend time every day looking for information in our email, yet we know little about this refinding process. Some users expend considerable preparatory effort creating complex folder structures to promote effective refinding. However modern email clients provide alternative opportunistic methods for access, such as search and threading, that promise to reduce the need to [read] Keywords: connections
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Email - Searching beats filing. IBM says so
Mon, Oct 10th 2011 3:56a Stuart McIntyre Fascinating paper from IBM Research, 'Am I wasting my time organizing email? A study of email refinding.':We all spend time every day looking for information in our email, yet we know little about this refinding process. Some users expend considerable preparatory effort creating complex folder structures to promote effective refinding. However modern email clients provide alternative opportunistic methods for access, such as search and threading, that promise to reduce the need to [read] Keywords: connections
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Lotus Notes advertised at Dublin Airport
Mon, Oct 10th 2011 3:22a Stuart McIntyre Shame it had to be in a Nokia advert for an already obsolete mobile OS... Seriously though, it is good to see Nokia putting Traveler/Notes in the same list as key social apps like Facebook and Skype. It makes me wonder whether IBM should be committing to Windows Phone 7 just to maintain that relationship? However, you do have to worry just what state Nokia will be in by the time those devices come to market? (Thanks to Neil Burston for the image.) [read] Keywords: ibm
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Crazy Ones
Fri, Oct 7th 2011 2:27a Stuart McIntyre I've posted the Apple "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits..." ad many times across my blogs - for me, it's always best summed up what makes Apple different from the other vendors and technology. However, somehow I had missed this version before now. Steve himself narrates the ad: Just beautiful and awe-inspiring. So the question, do you think Steve saw himself as one of the Crazy Ones? [read] Keywords: apple
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Obama on Steve
Thu, Oct 6th 2011 2:55a Stuart McIntyre What ever you think about President Barack Obama's politics, you can't doubt his talent as an orator. On the passing of Steve Jobs:Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our [read] Keywords: apple
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Goodbye Steve Jobs. An insanely great man.
Thu, Oct 6th 2011 12:04a Stuart McIntyre Crazy isn't it? A garage inventor and founder of one of the first tech startups. Owner of a stunningly successful animation house. Leader of the most remarkable comeback in business history. A CEO of one of the most valuable companies in the world. Take any one of those elements and you'd have an amazing story. Yet Steve did all that and so much more. A man that very few of us will ever have met, yet one that so many of us felt like we knew, and one that has fundamentally changed [read] Keywords: apple
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A great IBM Connections story
Wed, Oct 5th 2011 7:07a Stuart McIntyre Susan Scrupski blogs about a tremendous case of serendipity leading to profit:This vignette comes from our member Andrew Carusone at Lowe’s Companies, Inc. who told the story at our workshop this summer. Lowe’s on-boarded 100% of its employee base to its collaborative platform, IBM Connections last year. That’s every executive, store manager, retail clerk, and stock boy on the payroll. The entire Lowe’s workforce of 289,000 employees have access to Connections. What&# [read] Keywords: collaboration
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IBM XWork Server 8.5.3 announced
Tue, Oct 4th 2011 2:32a Stuart McIntyre Here's the announcement letter for IBM XWork Server:IBM XWork Server 8.5.3 is a competitively priced offering that leverages IBM XPages technology. It allows an application developer to quickly and easily create rich web applications with a Web 2.0 application look and feel. With XWork Server, business partners and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) get a low cost rapid application development platform that provides: A tailored solution that rapidly delivers business objectives Access to coll [read] Keywords: domino
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A few notes on the IBM XWork Server
Mon, Oct 3rd 2011 5:50a Stuart McIntyre Ed and others have started to blog about the new IBM XWork Server offering. First up, I think the new IBM XWork Server licence deal is GREAT for customers and ISVs alike. I think IBM has made some super decisions on how it will be licensed and Ed and the team should be congratulated. They've listened and delivered. KUDOS! So, a few points from me: If you need more than the 4 x apps (4 x NSFs per app, total 16 x NSFs) on your IBM XWork Server, you can purchase a second XWork lice [read] Keywords: domino
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IBM topples Microsoft after 15 years
Fri, Sep 30th 2011 12:30a Stuart McIntyre International Business Machines Corp passed Microsoft Corp to become the world's second-most valuable technology company, a reflection of industry changes including the shift away from the personal computer. IBM's market value rose to $214 billion today, while Microsoft's fell to $213.2 billion, the first time IBM has exceeded its software rival based on closing prices since 1996, according toBloomberg data. IBM is now the fourth-largest company by market value and, in technology, trails [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM launches new Social Media Aggregator
Thu, Sep 29th 2011 9:10a Stuart McIntyre SMA provides a consolidated view of real-time social activity on specific topics or events, based on hashtags and keywords. While you've probably seen a couple of custom-built pilots used for Pulse, IOD, Impact, IBM@100, Watson, and Lotusphere in the last year, this new service is a huge step forward. SMA is: build on a service that is scalable and now able to support the needs of our enterprise implemented as an "off the shelf" offering, and very easy to create and administer packaged to [read] Keywords: ibm
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Mapping the road ahead
Thu, Sep 29th 2011 2:24a Stuart McIntyre I've been asked this by a few customers recently, but have not been able to track anything down. Is there a formal published roadmap for Lotus Quickr for Domino available beyond version 8.5 (the current release)? I know there is certainly the option to get one outlined under NDA, but the request is for a public version, so I wanted to see what is out there. Any help gratefully received. [read] Keywords: domino
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Atlassian Confluence 4.0 released - ’Introducing a New Standard in Content Collaboration’
Tue, Sep 20th 2011 4:47a Stuart McIntyre Confluence 4.0 is here! After more than a year of development, and many more years of listening to your feedback, Atlassian is stoked to deliver you Confluence 4.0 - the fastest, richest, most intuitive collaboration experience ever. Boost Adoption with a Brilliantly Simple Editor The new editor in Confluence 4.0 is brilliantly simple, intuitive, and yet still packed with powerful features. A new streamlined toolbar puts new users at ease with familiar editing operations exac [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Sametime Unified Telephony Lite announced
Tue, Sep 20th 2011 3:32a Stuart McIntyre One definition of 'Lite' = 'a simplified or less challenging version'IBM Sametime Unified Telephony Lite Client 8.5.2 simplifies telephony integration into a social business environment IBM Sametime Unified Telephony Lite Client 8.5.2 simplifies telephony integration into a social business environment as an excellent entry point to step into a full unified communications solution: A new licensing option that enables telephony and video calls from the Sametime software already installed o [read] Keywords: ibm
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Hey, I know these people!
Tue, Sep 20th 2011 2:20a Stuart McIntyre A very pleasant surprise when perusing the IBM UK site today: This is terrific - recognised IBM experts being put front and centre on the site! It has been well publicised that IBM UK has lost some key individuals over the past year or so. However, folks like Steve, Jon, Ports, Ofer and Andy are well known in the community, excellent speakers and are terrific advocates for their brands and products. The next step is that they need to be better known by customers, analysts, journ [read] Keywords: connections
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if this then that
Tue, Sep 13th 2011 11:20p Stuart McIntyre Stunningly brilliant, utterly simple, totally powerful.I realized that the key to unlocking the creative potential of our existing digital tools might be to build a service that simplifies and consolidates the way those tools can be connected. Even with the recent increase in technical understanding and the divergence of functional applications, the useful properties of software will forever remain abstract when compared to a physical object. This is where ifttt can help. By providing a simp [read] Keywords: notes
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IBM Connections search results ranking
Mon, Sep 12th 2011 1:26a Stuart McIntyre Some IBM technotes definitely go into the 'Interesting - may prove useful in the future' category. This one on IBM Connections search ranks highly for geekiness...Question When you search all IBM Connections components, the results are returned based on relevance. How does Connections determine which documents are most relevant? Answer The simplified explanation is the more times a search term appears in a document, wiki, blog article etc. the more relevant that content becomes. T [read] Keywords: connections
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IBM Connections 3.0.1 CR3 fixes released
Sat, Sep 10th 2011 1:20p Stuart McIntyre Whilst the release of fixes and fixpacks for IBM Connections 3.0.x has been mercifully slower than with Connections 2.5, there is still a steady stream of key updates that you should at least evaluate for use in your environment. Today sees CR3 updates for all the Connections 3.0.1 applications: Fix: Description: 3.0.1.0-LC-Multi-BLOGS-CRLO63035 BLOGS: CR3 FOR LC301 3.0.1.0-LC-Multi-COMMUNITIES-CRLO63039 COMMUNITIES: CR3 FOR LC301 3.0.1.0-LC-Multi-HOMEPAGE-CRLO63044 HOMEPAGE: CR3 FOR LC3 [read] Keywords: connections
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Will advertising changes signify that Apple are losing the plot post-Steve? And what can IBM learn from Apple’s success until now?
Wed, Aug 31st 2011 3:08a Stuart McIntyre Fascinating blog post over at The Ad Contrarian detailing a slightly pessimistic view that Apple will struggle after Steve Jobs' exit:The story line went like this - while Jobs will be missed, he is no longer essential to the future of the company and it will go on brilliantly without him. I don't buy this for a second. Genius is non-transferable.The author goes on to suggest that changes in Apple's advertising may be the litmus paper that tells us that things are going downhill:Here are [read] Keywords: ibm
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The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic
Wed, Aug 31st 2011 2:20a Stuart McIntyre Amazing stats, presented in an effective graphic... Source: The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic Disappointed but not surprised that 49% of Twitter users never or rarely check their Twitter feeds! [read] Keywords: twitter
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Social Connections 2 event announced!
Tue, Aug 23rd 2011 3:53p Stuart McIntyre The second Social Connections event has been scheduled and registration is now open! The Date... Social Connections 2 will take place on 9th December, 2011. It will be a one-day event with a formal agenda running from 9am to 6pm, with an informal social gathering scheduled for the evening. The Location... Cardiff University have graciously offered to host the event. They have a wonderful conference facility known as the Glamorgan Building, formerly the offices of the Glamorgan County [read] Keywords: connections
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IBM Connections 3.0.1 now supports WAS 7.0.0.15
Wed, Aug 17th 2011 4:13p Stuart McIntyre The Detailed System Requirements document for IBM Connections 3.0.1 has been updated in the last week, with the most notable change being: Yes, Connections 3.0.1 now has been validated against a newer release of WebSphere Application Server, 7.0.0.15, on all supported operating systems (just Windows is shown here). This is a big deal for a lot of environments where more than just Connections is run on the WAS platform, e.g. Sametime 8.5.2 is supported on 7.0.0.15, as is Portal 7.0.1. [read] Keywords: connections
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A question for all ActiveDirectory administrators
Wed, Aug 10th 2011 7:47a Stuart McIntyre The question:Can you give a single combination of LDAP search base and query that will identify every real human user in your organisation (excluding all roles/mailboxes/test IDs etc.)?If not, I would posit that you are failing your organisation right now... [read] Keywords: wireless
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IBM Connections native app for iOS now available
Wed, Aug 10th 2011 3:12a Stuart McIntyre Hot on the heels of the Android and Blackberry apps, we finally have the official IBM Connections app for iOS: Initially for the iPhone and iPod touch, this is IBM's app for accessing IBM Connections data on Apple devices. Whilst the app will work on the iPad in 2x mode, full support for that device is coming later. It requires iOS 4 or later. Great to see these apps live and available for free (yes, did I mention, FREE!) download. Nice job Baan Slavens and team... [read] Keywords: connections
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