This series of articles on Intranet Journal will discuss the various methods of implementing and expanding your corporate intranet solution utilizing Lotus Notes and Domino, provide an overview of various Notes and Domino-based applications, and is intended to ultimately provide its readers with a single point of access to everything intranet via IBM Lotus Notes/Domino.
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Lotus Traveler Comes to the iPhone
Ever since Apple's iPhone was introduced, fans of Lotus Notes lamented the fact that there was no push email solution that supported the IBM Lotus product.
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XPages: The Time is Now
This new technology will pretty much change how you will build Lotus Notes web apps (and soon Notes apps themselves) forever.
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In this column, John Roling focuses on what you, a Lotus Notes and Domino professional, can do to keep yourself employable and weather the current economic storm.
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In this column, John Roling focuses on what you, a Lotus Notes and Domino professional, can do to keep yourself employable and weather the current economic storm.
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With businesses looking to cut costs whenever possible, John Roling shares some ways that products from Lotus can help you reduce costs in some obvious, and not-so-obvious ways.
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Lotusphere Ends with Aggressive Stance from IBM
The conference wraps up with Big Blue touting more than 12,000 new customers, including Nationwide, Southern California Edison, Global Hyatt Corp., and the Coca-Coca Company.
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Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 On the Way This release adds many things that will give you an immediate return on investment, and the new development features will change the way your intranet is created and maintained.
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IBM Lotus Opens the Bluehouse Bluehouse is a software as a service offering that allows your business to rent project rooms outside the firewall so you can collaborate with external sources.
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The Same Lotus App Inside, Outside the Firewall Have you ever had a web application that you wanted to allow anonymous access to inside the firewall, but outside the firewall you wanted to require passwords? John Roling shows you how to do both.
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Lotus Beefs up Linux, SAP Support One of the biggest announcements at Lotusphere was the strategic partnership with SAP. Lotus also made a commitment to Linux users with support for Ubuntu, Red Hat, and Novell.
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IBM and Novell Team Up, Release Open Client
Big Blue bolsters its position in the open standards world, announcing its Open Collaboration Client at LinuxWorld in San Francisco.
A Quickr Way to Enhance Your Intranet
Quickr, the evolution of Lotus Quickplace, adds Web 2.0 features and integration to a variety of software products.
My Life with the Dolled Up Lotus Notes 8 Beta
Notes used to be your smart, albeit ugly, date. But now, pastel colors, rounded edges, new icons, and a cleaner look make her the belle of the ball.
Enhance Your Intranet with Sametime 7.5.1
Lotus Sametime consists of two pieces -- instant messaging and web conferencing -- which can be invaluable parts of your collaboration infrastructure.
Blogging at Work With Lotus Notes
John Roling explains how to quickly add blogs to your Domino intranet and why blogs can add value to many aspects of your business.
Lotus Conference Ends on High Note
Attendance was up 11 percent this year, with nearly 7,000 attendees. IBM Lotus also reported a 30 percent revenue growth in the fourth quarter.
Lotus Notes 8 Beta Set for Next Month
Notes 8 is a strongly client-focused release, with new features, functionality, and a vastly updated graphical user interface.
Enhance Your Mail Template in Lotus Notes
Although the mail template is robust, some cool features tend to be hidden in menus, and some default behaviors of buttons might not be to your company's liking.
Lotus Sametime Embraces Public IM Networks
Users of IBM Lotus Sametime instant messaging will now be able to chat with users of the AOL Instant Messenger and Google Talk.
Lotus Notes for Newbs: Where To Get Help
There are tons of great places to find information, both within the Notes client and in the growing Lotus Notes blogosphere.
Setting Up the Lotus Notes Client, Part 2
Once you install the Notes client, there are many ways to configure it for your environment. John Roling walks you through the steps.
Notes for Newbs: Installing the Lotus Notes Client (Part 1)
To help new Lotus Notes users or people considering moving to Notes, we are introducing a new column called Notes for Newbs. Notes for Newbs. This installment starts at the beginning: installing and configuring the client.
Is That a Lotus in Your Pocket?
The most recent update of IBM's Lotus Notes and Domino lets users pocket their Lotus Notes desktop in a flash drive or iPod.
Let's Talk: Add domBulletin to your Intranet (Part 1)
Many users aren't satisfied with the discussion board that ships with the Lotus Domino-based intranet. But you'll find a full-featured open-source alternative in domBulletin.
Lotus Adds Blog, RSS, Other Features to 7.0.2
John Roling reports that the major news with version 7.0.2 is that IBM Lotus truly gets the value in blogs and how they can be used to improve your business.
Replication: Your Domino Intranet on Steroids
Unlike a static setup, much of the information on a Domino-based intranet can be made securely portable on a per-user and per-application basis.
Building an Intranet with Lotus Database Templates
The base installation of Lotus Notes and Domino offers several "built-in" applications alongside its messaging solutions. Chris discusses how you can utilize these applications as organizational, departmental, and project-level intranet solutions.
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