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 presentation
Practicality goes into feature function [...]
Posted on October 22nd, 2009 in Communities, Innovation
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.
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 in Unified Commuications
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 isn’t [...]
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 Services alone, without Citrix MetaFrame [...]
Posted on September 02nd, 2009 in Communities, Document Management, Electronic Forms, Foundations, Instant Messaging, Lotus, Open Source, Questions, email
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 an enhanced collaboration package of [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2009 in How to Series
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 add a custom form template:
Click Window > Preferences [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2009 in How to Series, Lotus
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
