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EVENT UPDATE: Mobile Collaboration with Lotus Software
Posted by holliwagner in Education on January 27, 2010
Smartphone users send or receive emails more than any other business activity. And you may have guessed that accessing calendar information is a close second. We all know how critical mobile access has become in today’s workplace. IBM and WorkFlow Studios invite you to see the great possibilities when you include these mobile devices in your collaboration strategy.
At this session we will discuss and demo various Lotus products on the iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices.
The goal is to encourage you to consider including these types of devices in your strategy and to show you how your employees can have access to their mail, calendar, PIM and other applications using these devices.
Discussion Topics:
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Lotus mobility solutions for Blackberry devices
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Lotus mobility solutions for Windows Mobile devices
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iPhone Application development for mobile devices
San Francisco, CA – February 9
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
IBM San Francisco Innovation Center
425 Market Street, Room #20-280
San Francisco, CA 94105
Costa Mesa, CA – February 11
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
IBM Costa Mesa 600 Anton Blvd, 2nd Floor Room #209
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Space is limited REGISTER NOW
For more information:
David Stephens
WorkFlow Studios
Director of Interactive Sales and Marketing
949-212-5396
No More MS Office – only Lotus Symphony – Did I look back? Not Once!
Posted by holliwagner in Education, Lotus Notes Domino on November 11, 2009
A few months ago I was one of the lucky ITS @ IBM to get a laptop refresh. I was so very excited, even though it always takes sometime to upgrade, transfer all your files, install all your plugins, and to customize the machine to fit my person demo preferences and make sure I have all the bells and whistles to show my customers what IBM Lotus has to offer. It was great to get hardware refresh.
I was so very surprised to see one piece that I was not expecting. The laptop was shipped to me without MS Office on the desktop. I had Lotus Notes 8.5 of course, Sametime, Connections plugins and SYMPHONY.
So here is my thoughts after the first 90 days without MS Office.
The first thing that I thought was… ok… now I can really cut the cord and use Symphony only. I had been using it for over a year… but not exclusively. IBM has been offering all of our templates, forms and presentations in the Symphony formats, but I was still using the Office Suite. Well really it was the default on my old laptop. But I do have to say that I have been using MS Office since it’s inception, so it is hard to make a complete cut over without taking some action.
To be honest… I am enjoying this much more. The fact that when I do a file save, my machine does not freeze, most of the capabilities are not that different, in presentations I can add animation, manage groups, combine objects, add text effects, so many things that you can do in Powerpoint. My favorite thing is the ease of use (more logical in my opinion) for the Masters – Slides, Notes and Handouts and controlling the Page Layouts. I tend to use presentations the most, but really there are great things about the Document and the Spreadsheet tools as well. Really tables are so much easier, formating is easier too… no pesky hidden code to make you mad and hard to control.
It is also so very easy to save documents into Office formats to share with my customers, and to easily export in one click to PDF / HTML format.
Here is the point: I am just one person and with little to no effort this upgrade saved IBM $350. You can do the math for your own organization and see how much money you can save.
I am really happy… and I have not looked back once! Give it a try yourself for free… BE FREE AND WORK SMART!!
Smarter Collaboration Event comes to San Francisco November 5th, 2009
Posted by holliwagner in Education, Innovation, Lotus Notes Domino, SmarterPlanet, Social Networking on October 23, 2009
In a world of on-line collaboration, sometimes there’s nothing like meeting face-to-face! So we’re kicking off a new series of events aimed at helping you and your teams better understand how to embrace the power of collaboration, regardless of where you are in the process, or which Lotus software products you currently use.
Get up close and personal with our executive team and product experts for a day of interactive sessions, demos and one-on-one meetings, and even some sneak peaks of what we’ll be showing at Lotusphere in January. Come see us at one of of our upcoming events we have planned this fall. We have a lot up our sleeves!
If you want to learn how to benefit from your existing collaboration infrastructure, or maybe even looking for some new ideas — you’ll want to be here.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
* Chicago: October 6th
* New York: October 22nd
* San Francisco: November 5th
Register today at: ibm.com/software/lotus/events/smarter-collaboration/live/
Get Smart. Start the conversation. Be the visionary. Shape the future. See you there!
Why IBM Lotus Loves Microsoft.
Posted by holliwagner in Education on October 19, 2009
Did I get your attention?? Hmmmm… you are wondering how this is possible?
IBM Lotus is very focused on integration in your environment. We do not believe that you should be locked down with a technology, that you should be able to blend the technologies to create the best work space for your end users. Lotus specifically leaves the door open for you to integrate the technologies that you need. Each of our technologies offer complimentary touch points into and with the Microsoft environments to provide the best capabilities. See for yourself. Interested in learning more? Please feel free to contact me @ holli_konig@us.ibm.com
Here are some great links to show you how! 
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- IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 Plug-in for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows
- IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 Plug-in for Microsoft SharePoint
- IBM Lotus Quickr Content Integrator
- IBM® Lotus® Sametime® with Microsoft Office, allows you to collaborate, create meetings, and chat with co-workers from Microsoft Office
- IBM Websphere Portal – Collaboration and Messaging portlets
- IBM Lotus Traveler support for Windows CE
- IBM Lotus Symphony and Microsoft Office
Collaboration without boundries – Salt Lake City UTAH
Posted by holliwagner in Education, Social Networking on October 14, 2009
Lotus Knows Bus Tour Comes To San Francisco – Be There to see it!!
Posted by holliwagner in Education, Lotus Notes Domino, SmarterPlanet, Social Networking on October 13, 2009
Do you know what IBM Lotus knows? Come join in some fun and learn more! IBM Lotus is hosting a tour of the Lotus Knows bus which houses demonstrations, videos and experts who will share with you what IBM Lotus knows about collaboration and communication. We will also be hosting a delicious lunch, live demos, video vignettes and discussions at the IBM office at 425 Market Street. So come check it out. See you there!
WHAT? Lotus Knows Bus Tour WHEN? Tuesday, October 13, from 11 to 2
WHERE? The bus will be parked at Market Street and the Embarcadero. And we will also be hosting lunch, live demos, video vignettes and discussions at the IBM Office (425 Market St, Floor 20, Room 420)
WHY COME? Free lunch! Prizes! Check out the cool bus! And learn more about what Lotus knows regarding collaboration and communication To RSVP, please email Steve Bauer bauerst@us.ibm.com or 303 570 5511
ND8.5 Upgrade class added for Salt Lake City – November 11th and 12th 2009
Posted by holliwagner in Education on September 25, 2009
INTRODUCTION
Presentations and Hands-on Lab Exercises for a 1 or 2 day Proof of Technology (PoT), with materials focusing on Notes ® End User, Domino® Administration, and Domino Application Development enhancements in version 8.5.
OBJECTIVE
The Notes & Domino 8.5 Upgrade PoT is intended to provide the customer with an in-depth examination of the new capabilities of version 8.5 of the products. For existing customers, this exploration will help them assess the additional value and potential impact to their existing environment. For new customers, this exploration will not only give them a hands-on experience with a product new to them but it will also reinforce our advantages over the competition, such as the power of applications. At the conclusion of the Proof of Technology, the customer will leave with an excitement about the business problems this new version can help solve.
AUDIENCE
This Proof of Technology is targeted for IT Managers, Application Developers, System Administrators and Architects evaluating IBM Lotus Notes / Domino. No prerequisite knowledge of Notes or Domino is required; however, it is recommended that participants have an understanding of their business needs and current IT technologies.
COST
This session is offered free of charge. Complimentary refreshments including continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. However, participants
are responsible for their own business travel expenses.
SCHEDULE
For your convenience, registration and continental breakfast will begin at 8:00 AM. The session on day 1 will start at 8:30 AM and end at approximately
6:00 PM. On day 2, breakfast will start at 8:30 AM, the session will start at 9:00 AM and end at approximately 5:00 PM.
CONTACT FOR INFORMATION
This Proof of Technology is on a nomination process, please send johnny_smith@us.ibm.com an email to register by November 1st 2009.
The Man who should have used Connections – Part 2
Posted by holliwagner in Education, Innovation, Social Networking on September 21, 2009
Email is like so last week…..
Posted by holliwagner in Education, Social Networking on September 9, 2009
This is a great video… that went viral last week inside IBM and now is going viral oursite of IBM…. A must have!
Invitation to Open Mic Call on Install and Configuration of Lotus Sametime
Posted by holliwagner in Education on September 9, 2009
A message from the Sametime Development Team
You are invited to participate in an IBM Open Microphone call with IBM Development & Support Engineers to discuss Install and Configuration of Lotus Sametime 8.0. There is no charge for participating. The topic and dial information for this call is:
Title: Install and Configuration of Lotus SametimeDate: Septemer 16
Time: 10:00 am eastern US time (3 pm Dublin/London, 4 pm Copenhagen/Berlin/Paris/Rome)
Toll free US:
866-617-1526 Toll call US:
1-210-795-0624 International Numbers:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=477&uid=swg21396561Pass code: 6896288
The IBM Open Mic calls are intended to provide you the opportunity to interact directly with the IBM Lab developing IBM software products, i.e. the Lotus Sametime 8.0 in this case, to have product questions answered. We announce a topic for each call in order to ensure we have the appropriate expertise available to participate. Questions outside the announced topic area will only be answered if time allows and to the extent we have the appropriate expertise represented. The format of the call will be discussion-based question and answer. There is no formal presentation. After a brief introduction, the call moderator will lead a Question and Answer session, so please bring your questions to the call, or submit them in advance via the
Questions should be of general interest and by their nature help you install, configure, manage or optimize your environment or processes. Troubleshooting of specific problems should still be handled by Technical Support, not by Open Mic calls. We will collect questions, which have been posted to the forum and address as many of them as possible on the call. We will also take questions not submitted in advance. If you are interested in learning more about Sametime 8.0 product before joining this call please see the latest
You will be asked to provide your name and company affiliation when joining the call and you will need a touch tone phone to be able to ask questions. The calls will be recorded and posted to our Support web site as podcasts.
In the event you are familiar with the Knowledge Transfer calls for Premium Support customers, please note that the Open Mic calls differ by focusing on more basic topics. If you find the IBM Open Mic calls helpful, you might want to consider joining our Premium Support program to participate fully in our customer enablement activities covering advanced topics and more complex environments. If you are interested in finding out more about IBM’s Software Group Premium Support Program, please visit
You are receiving this invitation because you are a Lotus Sametime customer, who has contacted us for technical support in the past. If you do not wish to receive mails like this one from IBM, please use this
Please remember to book your calendar for this call. We look forward to talking with you!
The IBM Lotus Sametime Team
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