I’ve just recently completed a server upgrade for a customer where they had a single R5 server and were ready to upgrade. Yes, R5. That version has been out of maintenance now since September 2005. The upgrade was a success, but I’d like to throw out a gotcha or two. In this case we added … Read more
I am listening to the webcast on the release of Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.1. Lots of new features in the release. For one, it has 4 times the fixes of any standard maintenance release. IBM has today announced the launch of long awaited Notes 8.5.1. One of the major themes for this point release is on … Read more
Lotus Domino 8.5 introduced a new feature call DAOS. This tool is designed to reduce attachment duplication by externalizing the attachment and leaving a pointer in the Notes application or mail file. This presentation is courtesy of the NELotus user group . Its yet another reason to upgrade to the latest version! Daos Technical Overview … Read more
A very old trick that us old-hats know. If you want to see the contents of a view that is hidden in Lotus Notes, hold down CTRL+SHIFT and select “View – Go To”. The list of available views will show all the hidden ones (denoted by parentheses). You can also do this with creating views. … Read more
Ed Brill noted today that IBM has chosen to drop plans for future support of DAMO from the Lotus Domino roadmap. Its an interesting position that IBM is taking. As a consultant, I’ve always had some various compatibility issues with DAMO, particularly in the corner cases that Ed mentions. Now that the Notes client has … Read more
Lotus has launched its own channel on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/collaboration4you There are 25 short videos that describe how Lotus solutions address actual business needs. Here’s a great sample: If any of these technologies sound of interest, give us a buzz to find out more. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
Yep, you heard it right… here’s the scoop. Introducing IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: ibm lotus) ©2016 Strongback Consulting
This note contains links (URLs) to technical support documents regardingIBM Lotus Notes & Domino, as well as links to key information helping youderive the most value from your software licenses, and helping you be thebest possible system administrator. This month’s mailing has six sections: Announcements Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Open Mics/Webcasts & devWorks articles … Read more
For those that missed it, IBM release 8.0.2 to Notes on Friday of last week. This release is highly focused on performance. IBM’s goals were to reduce the startup time of the Notes client and improve the overall performance of the Domino server. For some real world measurements, Darren Duke has posted some of his … Read more
As Ed Brill pointed out on his blog. the beta 1 of Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 is now available. Of not is that Designer is now delivered on the Eclipse platform. I have not looked yet, but I hope that this will also be delivered on the Linux platform. I’m also hoping that it … Read more