Kenny Smith I get lots of questions about why RTC over subversion. If you are only interested in source code management, and none of the other features, you still have a compelling reason to use RTC over SVN. Here are few examples (courtesy of jazz.net). Storing source code changes: Rational Team Concert v. Subversion Sharing work: Rational … Read more
Do you have secure passwords? (from lifehacker)
In light of a recent issue I had at a client site, I want to share some simple tips that will greatly help you reduce both the amount of SPAM your receive as well as the amount of SPAM you send through your Lotus Domino systems. Yes, I said SEND. One of the largest culprits … Read more
I have a Kindle and am quite fond of it. I find it easy to devour books and my reading has certainly picked up since I got it for my birthday this summer. I’ve put several IBM Redbooks on it for reference whenever I go to a client site. Its nice to be able to … Read more
Web services can be hacked and information exploited against your company. If your organization has made the move towards a services oriented architecture, then security testing of your web services should be part of your repertoire. This YouTube video shows how AppScan can do exactly that with customizable reporting. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
This will be a bit of a long blog entry, but this is a demonstration of getting Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino up and running on Linux. Lotus recently released this version, and those of us in the community have long awaited a Linux version. Many of our customers who use Quickr are small companies … Read more
Yet another $h17#3@0 virus maker has spawned his evil on the world with this recent “Here you have” virus. This is a version of the old Anna Kournikova virus from 2001, which in turn was a similar variant of the “Love Bug” virus in 2000. I was working at marchFIRST (USWeb ) when the love … Read more
Earlier this year IBM announced that their development environment for Lotus Notes, the Lotus Domino Designer is now free for download. Although it does require a fee to connect to a Domino server, it costs nothing to run local homemade applications. The rapid application development ability of Lotus Notes (yes, it is a development platform), … Read more
Lotus Domino 8.5.2 was released after much development and testing. IBM appears to be going very slowly through the iteration numbers since 8.5.0. Many thanks to all the early adopters who install it at first download! As such, those early adopters are also the first to discover bugs that can really only be captured in … Read more
1 – Get all the latest fix packs after you install You should be prepared to update RFT at least once per quarter. Web browsers are always being patched, and RFT integrates tightly into the browsers. For example, if you download the latest edition of RFT and you have Firefox 3.6, you will not be … Read more