Amazon.com: Just Enough Governance for Notes

New book on how to approach governance with Lotus Notes: “In today’s regulatory climate, companies cannot afford to have applications developed, or data housed, outside the boundaries of corporate oversight. Application failures lead to business process interruptions and lost revenue, and Lotus Notes applications address real needs. Their […]

Martin White on SharePoint 2007 in 2009

Martin shares some observations about SharePoint 2007 activity, and sounds the warning bell for some customers: “At one meeting recently the European intranet manager of a $11billion company with one of the most widely recognised brands in the world said to me that they were looking forward to […]

BlackBerry Storm Launches; Draws Lines

Verizon Wireless released the new BlackBerry Storm in the US on Friday, but lacked sufficient devices to satisfy the immediate demand. “Hundreds of people lined up at some Verizon Wireless stores on Friday to buy the BlackBerry Storm, the first touch-screen phone from Research In Motion that aims […]

Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to Notes 8.5

Mikkel lists the top 10 reasons to upgrade to Notes 8.5 and Domino 8.5. #10, calendar federation, is particularly good. Here’s the Notes 8.5 list: “Drag/Drop of Text within rich text editor Offline support for Activities Choose from multiple addresses for a person in typeahead Ability to make […]

Effective User Adoption = 70%

Focus on securing effective user adoption of new IT systems; it’s the biggest contributor to overall success. “According to a study done by the Sand Hill Group and Neochange, the most critical factor (70% listed as number 1) for software success and return-on-investment is effective user adoption. Software […]

DocuSign Integration with Salesforce.com

DocuSign announced an integration with Salesforce.com, for supporting document signing processes using DocuSign when the documents are stored in Salesforce. “Completely in-line with this sort of ‘interconnect for the best of the best’, DocuSign quietly demonstrated an integration of leading Electronic Contract Execution platform ‘Cloud’ service to Salesforce. […]

BlackBerry gets Documents To Go

Documents To Go meets the BlackBerry, in the latest release from DataViz. “Dataviz has unveiled a new version of its Documents To Go suite for the BlackBerry which enables users to work with Microsoft Office files on their mobile handset. Documents To Go Premium edition for BlackBerry is […]

Lotus Notes Email on Nokia Devices

IBM and Nokia announced support for Lotus Notes email on the S60 Nokia devices. “Nokia and IBM today announced IBM Lotus Notes support for a number of Nokia’s S60-based mobile phones, meaning that millions of Lotus Notes users are now able to access email with their Nokia devices. […]

EtherPad: Dead Simple Real Time Collaboration

EtherPad is a new real-time collaborative writing web service. “EtherPad allows you to instantly create a workspace for text documents that you can then share with your colleagues, clients, or friends. Every edit to the document will immediately appear on your co-workers’ screens in real-time. EtherPad acknowledges that […]