Here is a deck that I have used to present and demonstrate Lotus Connections. The deck is split into three areas: 1. Potential 2. Practicality 3. Reality Potential looks at what can be achieved using Social Software tools. This section is delivered as a story of my work day flying to Wellington NZ for a customer [...]

I  *heart* Lotus Connections v2.5 communities and get a massive amount of personal value from being a member of the communities within IBM.  I suffer from an interesting problem in that I belong to about 25 communities which makes it difficult to access the community I want as soon as I access the communities area!  Maybe we [...]

While sending a quick email to a group of colleagues I wanted to add a simple link. e.g. Blogged it here.  I think other options might be useful. Here is a short video explain a UI option within Lotus Notes v8.5.

As a new user of SUT which I think is WOW!  I noticed from RWW an article about some of the new Start-ups  specifically CallSpark. The application is a dynamic address book that lets you search for people across multiple accounts and social networks as well as in the popular CRM system, Salesforce, Whitepages, Yellowpages, and Yelp. But CallSpark [...]

Question What is the status of Lotus Extended Search Answer Lotus Extended Search was “end of life” in April 2008. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=807&context=SS5LUA&q1=Lotus+Extended+Search&uid=swg27013012&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8〈=en If a customer is looking for a search solution that covers multiple directory repositories including nsf databases then you should check out Omnifind.

Question Does Lotus Notes 8.5 support the setup in a pure Windows Terminal Services environment (without making use of Citrix)? Answer No IBM Lotus Notes Supported configurations and support policy for Citrix products link Extract from link below Deploying Notes 6 clients on Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition or Windows Server with Terminal [...]

Question What is Lotus Foundations Reach? Answer It is an extension to Lotus foundations (linux collaboration appliance) which adds Instant messaging, presence awareness, VoIP. and video chat. A number of vendors are also integrating to Lotus Foundations Reach EnVision Solutions LLC is combining IBM Lotus Foundations Reach with its current suite of applications to deliver [...]

Question: How to create a Lotus Forms Template Answer ….from infocentre You can save forms as custom templates and share them with team members to create several forms that have the same layout and functionality.To create a custom form template: Create a directory to store your form templates. Save a form into that directory. To [...]

Question How do I get urls in an email to open in an external browser rather than the embedded browser? Answer Check out this short video on where this configuration setting is.

Question Where can i see the availability of my team e.g. their calendars? Answer Have a look at this very short video showing group calendars