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    IBM Redbooks
  • IBM Power 750 and 755 Technical Overview and Introduction

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 - Featuring the POWER7 processor providing advanced multi-core technology - Available Power 755 model for High Performance Computing - Designed for leading mid-range performance This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 750 and Power 755 server supporting AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems.
  • IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 - Featuring the POWER7 processor providing advanced multi-core technology - Available Power 780 MaxCore and TurboCore modes redefining performance - Designed to provide Enterprise-level RAS in a midrange footprint his IBM® Redpaper is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power™ 770 and Power 780 servers supporting AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems.
  • Getting Started with the Communications Enabled Applications for WebSphere Application Server V7 Feature Pack

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - Access communication systems from business applications - Use widgets to add telephony and Web collaboration features - Access communication services using Web services This IBM Redpaper provides information on the architecture and implementation of the features in the IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Feature Pack for Communications Enabled Applications, V1.0 (referred to as the CEA Feature Pack).
  • Lotus Redbooks Wiki - Improving Process Efficiency with Business Process Accelerator

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 IBM® Lotus® and IBM Redbooks® publications have partnered together to create this wiki content that explains how to install, configure, and deploy the WebSphere Business Process Accelerator, a Portal accelerator that allows users to integrate Lotus Forms, WebSphere Portal, and WebSphere Process Server.
  • IBM System Storage TS7650 and TS7650G with ProtecTIER

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - Understand the concepts of data De-duplication - Learn about Native Replication and Grid Manager - Reduce your storage hardware requirements This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the IBM solution for Data De-duplication, the IBM System Storage ProtecTIER TS7650G ProtecTIER De-duplication Gateway and ProtecTIER TS7650 De-Duplication Appliance.
 
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    IBM Business Partners News
  • IBM Client for Smart Work Available Through Business Partners in India

    17 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm
    IBM today announced the immediate availability of IBM Client for Smart Work in India through business partners. The IBM Client for Smart Work, IBM and Canonical's popular cloud-and Linux-based desktop package, is designed to help companies do more with less and lower desktop computing costs by up to 50 percent. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Receives SMB Excellence Award From Major Industry Analyst Firm For Express Advantage

    12 Nov 2009 | 6:31 pm
    IBM today announces it has received IDC's first SMB Excellence Award for the effectiveness of its Express Advantage program in helping mid-market businesses thrive in a rapidly changing business environment. IBM, the only firm to receive awards in two categories, was also recognized in the "Innovative Alliances" category for the Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise Solution via IBM Smart Cube. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Honors Global Customers for Outstanding Achievement in Information Management

    28 Oct 2009 | 8:56 pm
    IBM today announced the winners of its annual IBM Information On Demand Client Innovation Awards, recognizing IBM customers that have taken advantage of trusted information and analytics to deliver smarter business decisions. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Keeps Midsize Organizations Flexible with New Offerings for Dynamic Infrastructure

    22 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
    IBM today announced a comprehensive portfolio of offerings to help midsize businesses reduce cost, improve service and manage risk while building the IT infrastructure needed to thrive in today's business climate. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Announces New Software for Managing Data Centers

    19 Oct 2009 | 9:01 pm
    IBM (NYSE:IBM) today introduced ground-breaking new software for managing data centers. The new technology has the potential to dramatically cut the cost of operations while speeding the deployment of new applications from weeks to minutes. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
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    IBM Coporate News
  • IBM Unveils New POWER7 Systems To Manage Increasingly Data-Intensive Services

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    IBM today announced new POWER7 systems designed to manage the most demanding emerging applications, ranging from smart electrical grids to real-time analytics for financial markets. The new systems incorporate a number of industry-unique technologies for the specialized demands of new applications and services that rely on processing an enormous number of concurrent transactions and data while analyzing that information in real time. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • New IBM Data Center in North Carolina Engineered to Support Cloud Computing

    4 Feb 2010 | 12:04 am
    IBM today announced the opening of a new data center designed to support new compute models like cloud computing, in order to help clients from around the world operate smarter businesses, organizations and cities. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Works with Walt Disney Imagineering to Create a New Smarter Planet Exhibit

    29 Jan 2010 | 1:55 am
    IBM today unveiled a new experiential exhibit at INNOVENTIONS at Epcot® at the Walt Disney World® Resort, which invites guests to discover the possibilities of building a smarter planet. The exhibit is powered by a new Smarter Data Center, providing a real-life demonstration of optimized computing that reduces energy costs by up to 25 percent. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Board Approves Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend; Annual Shareholder Meeting Announced

    25 Jan 2010 | 8:06 pm
    The IBM board of directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.55 per common share, payable March 10, 2010 to stockholders of record February 10, 2010. With the payment of the March 10 dividend, IBM will have paid consecutive quarterly dividends every year since 1916. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • Mayo Clinic and IBM Advance Early Detection of Brain Aneurysms

    24 Jan 2010 | 6:53 pm
    Preventing deadly ruptures of the blood vessels in the brain is the aim of a new Mayo Clinic project to help radiologists detect aneurysms with far greater speed and accuracy. The new method uses analytics technology developed by the Mayo and IBM collaboration, Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Center and has proven a 95 percent accuracy rate in detecting aneurysms, compared with 70 percent for manual interpretation. Project findings were reported in the Journal of Digital Imaging (published online Nov. 24, 2009). E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
 
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    IBM Global Funding News
  • Weathering the Storm: IBM Business Continuity Technologies Bring Peace of Mind to Gulf Coast Regional Bank

    2 Feb 2010 | 8:04 pm
    IBM announced today that St. Martin Bank & Trust Company, a mid-sized financial services institution located in St. Martinville, Louisiana, is using IBM's Business Continuity and Resiliency Services (BCRS) to ensure uninterrupted services and protection of crucial data in the event of a hurricane or other disruptive event. The expanded relationship enables St. Martin Bank & Trust Company to meet stringent resiliency requirements and reduce the need for split-second decision making during an emergency. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • JLL and IBM Sign a Seven-Year IT Services Agreement

    1 Feb 2010 | 6:49 pm
    IBM and Jones Lang LaSalle, one of the world's leading financial and professional services firms specializing in real estate and investment management, today announced a seven-year information technology (IT) services deal. IBM will provide full infrastructure support services for JLL across 19 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The contract is similar to an existing agreement with JLL in the United States and Asia-Pacific. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • Karad Urban Co-operative Bank Chooses IBM for State-of-the-Art Modular Data Center Installation

    13 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm
    IBM today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Karad Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd. (KUCB), Maharashtra's leading cooperative bank, for deploying a Scalable Modular Server Room (SMSR), a pre-designed and pre-fabricated data center that is cost, energy and space efficient and can be installed in a fraction of the time compared to traditional data center design and build methods. The deal will enable KUCB to save nearly 75% on resource allocation costs and allow staff to focus on core business activities. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Providing Credit and Financing to Businesses in China

    7 Jan 2010 | 5:39 pm
    IBM today announced that its lending unit has signed a financing deal with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and its distributor network that will begin the flow of cash and credit in an important economic development zone in China. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Financing Agreements With Electronic Healthcare Record Providers Shatter Barriers To Health IT Adoption

    21 Dec 2009 | 5:46 pm
    IBM today announced that its lending arm, IBM Global Financing, has entered into new financing agreements with four leading electronic healthcare records (EHR) providers, highlighting the growing need for private financing for health IT and the pressing challenges hospitals and medical practices face to adopt health IT solutions. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
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    IBM Servers News
  • IBM Unveils New POWER7 Systems To Manage Increasingly Data-Intensive Services

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    IBM today announced new POWER7 systems designed to manage the most demanding emerging applications, ranging from smart electrical grids to real-time analytics for financial markets. The new systems incorporate a number of industry-unique technologies for the specialized demands of new applications and services that rely on processing an enormous number of concurrent transactions and data while analyzing that information in real time. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • Australian Research Organization Selects IBM Technology To Help Develop Smarter Food Crops

    29 Jan 2010 | 4:42 am
    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group and IBM have signed a new agreement that will transform ABB's Information Systems (IS) infrastructure across 17 countries in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. IBM will provide server and network management, as well as end user and help desk services for the majority of ABB's IS infrastructure operations. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • More Than 200 Additional Customers Switch to IBM Systems, Storage From Sun, HP in Fourth Quarter

    26 Jan 2010 | 12:11 am
    IBM today announced that more than 200 customers moved critical business workloads to IBM systems and storage from Sun and HP systems in the fourth quarter of 2009. IBM also unveiled new software that helps customers accelerate and automate their migration projects.</p> E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM and Russian Railways Build Smarter Transportation System

    30 Dec 2009 | 2:11 am
    Russian Railways, one of the largest railway operators in the world, is working with IBM to help optimize its IT infrastructure and is using new technologies to improve its freight and passenger management systems. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Announces System z Solution Edition for Chordiant Applications To Help Clients Offer More Profitable Products and Services

    18 Dec 2009 | 4:05 am
    IBM today announced the addition of a System z “Solution Edition” for Chordiant applications to help clients leverage the mainframe data that currently resides at major companies, such as financial institutions and telecommunications companies. The new offering allows clients to improve revenue through enhanced products and services for customers, to mitigate risk and to increase customer retention. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
 
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    IBM Servers and Solutions News
  • bmi Airline Checks in With IBM

    4 Feb 2010 | 1:30 am
    IBM today announced that UK airline bmi has launched its new look passenger check-in operations which have been transformed using the IBM self service check-in system. IBM has re-engineered bmi's kiosk, web and mobile self service check-in systems to make traveling easier and more convenient for the millions of passengers that use the airline annually E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • New IBM Data Center in North Carolina Engineered to Support Cloud Computing

    4 Feb 2010 | 12:04 am
    IBM today announced the opening of a new data center designed to support new compute models like cloud computing, in order to help clients from around the world operate smarter businesses, organizations and cities. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Delivers New Software and Services for Information Governance

    2 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    In conjunction with its Information Governance Council meeting, IBM today announced new data protection software, a line of consulting services and resources and previewed information monitoring software to help organizations expand their use of trusted information to improve decision making. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM to Acquire Initiate Systems

    2 Feb 2010 | 6:05 pm
    IBM today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations. Initiate's software helps healthcare clients work more intelligently and efficiently with timely access to patient and clinical data. It also enables governments to share information across multiple agencies to better serve citizens. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • JLL and IBM Sign a Seven-Year IT Services Agreement

    1 Feb 2010 | 6:49 pm
    IBM and Jones Lang LaSalle, one of the world's leading financial and professional services firms specializing in real estate and investment management, today announced a seven-year information technology (IT) services deal. IBM will provide full infrastructure support services for JLL across 19 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The contract is similar to an existing agreement with JLL in the United States and Asia-Pacific. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
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    IBM Software News
  • IBM Unveils New POWER7 Systems To Manage Increasingly Data-Intensive Services

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    IBM today announced new POWER7 systems designed to manage the most demanding emerging applications, ranging from smart electrical grids to real-time analytics for financial markets. The new systems incorporate a number of industry-unique technologies for the specialized demands of new applications and services that rely on processing an enormous number of concurrent transactions and data while analyzing that information in real time. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Delivers New Software and Services for Information Governance

    2 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    In conjunction with its Information Governance Council meeting, IBM today announced new data protection software, a line of consulting services and resources and previewed information monitoring software to help organizations expand their use of trusted information to improve decision making. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM to Acquire Initiate Systems

    2 Feb 2010 | 6:05 pm
    IBM today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations. Initiate's software helps healthcare clients work more intelligently and efficiently with timely access to patient and clinical data. It also enables governments to share information across multiple agencies to better serve citizens. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Closes Acquisition of Lombardi Software

    25 Jan 2010 | 5:15 pm
    IBM today announced the closing of its acquisition of Lombardi, a privately held software company based in Austin, Texas. Lombardi, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software and services, helps organizations automate and integrate business processes to increase efficiencies and reduce costs. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Advances Social Everywhere Strategy

    19 Jan 2010 | 10:18 pm
    At the annual Lotusphere conference, IBM today previewed new enhancements with IBM social collaboration software, IBM Lotus Quickr and IBM Lotus Connections, that will help organizations improve efficiency and increase collaboration. With new partner integrations demonstrated at Lotusphere, IBM is delivering on its vision to expand the number of users that can access IBM social software at anytime and from anywhere. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
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    IBM Storage News
  • Australian Research Organization Selects IBM Technology To Help Develop Smarter Food Crops

    29 Jan 2010 | 4:42 am
    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group and IBM have signed a new agreement that will transform ABB's Information Systems (IS) infrastructure across 17 countries in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. IBM will provide server and network management, as well as end user and help desk services for the majority of ABB's IS infrastructure operations. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • More Than 200 Additional Customers Switch to IBM Systems, Storage From Sun, HP in Fourth Quarter

    26 Jan 2010 | 12:11 am
    IBM today announced that more than 200 customers moved critical business workloads to IBM systems and storage from Sun and HP systems in the fourth quarter of 2009. IBM also unveiled new software that helps customers accelerate and automate their migration projects.</p> E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • Made in IBM Labs: IBM Research Sets New Record in Magnetic Tape Data Density

    21 Jan 2010 | 7:28 pm
    IBM researchers today announced they have demonstrated a world record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape - a significant update to one of the computer industry's most resilient, reliable and affordable data storage technologies. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • Navistar Awards IT Services Contract to IBM

    7 Dec 2009 | 5:05 pm
    IBM announced today it has signed a 7-year strategic outsourcing contract with Navistar, Inc. (NYSE: NAV), a leading global manufacturer of trucks, buses, recreational vehicles and engines. Through this agreement, IBM has developed a portfolio of services that will enhance the company's information technology (IT) infrastructure and enable Navistar to be a more competitive player in the industry on a global scale. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Honored in 2009 HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards

    16 Nov 2009 | 8:19 pm
    IBM was recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards, presented at the 2009 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC09) at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
 
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  • IBM Delivers New Software and Services for Information Governance

    2 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    In conjunction with its Information Governance Council meeting, IBM today announced new data protection software, a line of consulting services and resources and previewed information monitoring software to help organizations expand their use of trusted information to improve decision making. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • IBM Fellow John Cohn Explains How Technology Saves Water in New Video

    1 Feb 2010 | 6:29 pm
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  • Australian Research Organization Selects IBM Technology To Help Develop Smarter Food Crops

    29 Jan 2010 | 4:42 am
    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group and IBM have signed a new agreement that will transform ABB's Information Systems (IS) infrastructure across 17 countries in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. IBM will provide server and network management, as well as end user and help desk services for the majority of ABB's IS infrastructure operations. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • Mayo Clinic and IBM Advance Early Detection of Brain Aneurysms

    24 Jan 2010 | 6:53 pm
    Preventing deadly ruptures of the blood vessels in the brain is the aim of a new Mayo Clinic project to help radiologists detect aneurysms with far greater speed and accuracy. The new method uses analytics technology developed by the Mayo and IBM collaboration, Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Center and has proven a 95 percent accuracy rate in detecting aneurysms, compared with 70 percent for manual interpretation. Project findings were reported in the Journal of Digital Imaging (published online Nov. 24, 2009). E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
  • Made in IBM Labs: IBM Research Sets New Record in Magnetic Tape Data Density

    21 Jan 2010 | 7:28 pm
    IBM researchers today announced they have demonstrated a world record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape - a significant update to one of the computer industry's most resilient, reliable and affordable data storage technologies. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this
 
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    IBM PartnerWorld: ISV & Industry Networks
  • Jim Corgel: 2010 begins the decade of smart

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am
    In a previous letter, I talked about a smarter planet, what it means for you as an IBM Business Partner and the value you can bring to a client's entire enterprise, acting as a true consultant and trusted advisor. Today, I'd like to share an overview of the progress we've made in making this world smarter.
  • Updated: IBM Software Access Catalog

    28 Jan 2010 | 1:00 pm
    The Software Access Catalog provides a wide variety of selected IBM software products for demonstration, evaluation, development, testing, education, and internal use. This online catalog enables members of PartnerWorld to obtain the latest level of IBM software products by download at no additional charge or to purchase discounted CD media versions.
  • Software pricing options for SaaS providers

    22 Jan 2010 | 9:00 am
    Since we know that flexibility is critical to our ISV Business Partners, IBM provides you with three ways to acquire the software needed to run your service.
  • Updated: IBM PartnerWorld benefits guide

    19 Jan 2010 | 9:00 am
    Use this short reference document to learn more about all the resources available to ISVs through IBM PartnerWorld. Access this PDF document and other ISV related brochures.
  • Updated benefit: Publish your case study

    19 Jan 2010 | 9:00 am
    Get an effective brochure that will showcase your client's success, featuring your solution with IBM software and hardware. After a small investment of your time, IBM will write and design this color PDF brochure for you at no charge.
 
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    IBM Buzz: Lotus Symphony
  • What's new in Lotus Symphony 3 Beta Toolkit

    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    Lotus Symphony 3 Beta Toolkit provides lots of new features and enhancements so that Developers can automate their office applications more efficiently. The new features and enhancements include UI customization APIs, Event Listener APIs and EnhPresentation APIs! UI customization APIs: Developers can add and delete menus, show and hide toolbars, open and close Symphony views by UI customizati...
  • IBM Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 is now available

    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 is now available! Give it a try. Tell us what you think. Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 represents a major new advancement for our Lotus Symphony users. Based on current OpenOffice.org 3 code stream. Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 offers loads of new features and capabilities and improved file fidelity. The Lotus Symphony team is excited to get it out to you and get your feedback.
  • IBM launches Lotus Symphony 3 beta; Office alternatives pile up

    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    IBM on Thursday rolled out the beta of Lotus Symphony 3.0, its free office productivity suite built on the OpenOffice.org code base. The company launched Lotus Symphony as a free alternative in 2007. From that beta, IBM took Symphony to a general release in 2008. Jeannette Barlow, Symphony’s product manager, called the latest release of IBM’s free office suite “the most significant investment and ...
  • IBM Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 is now available

    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 is now available! Give it a try. Tell us what you think. Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 represents a major new advancement for our Lotus Symphony users. Based on current OpenOffice.org 3 code stream. Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 offers loads of new features and capabilities and improved file fidelity. The Lotus Symphony team is excited to get it out to you and get your feedback.
  • IBM Lotus Symphony Developer Workshops at Lotusphere 2010 NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATIONS

    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    Registration for these hands-on labs is required. If you are interested in attending any of these labs DON'T WAIT follow the link below and register while there is still space. Lotus Symphony Toolkit - Bridging Notes and Symphony This lab teaches the participant how to integrate Notes and Symphony with the Symphony LotusScript API. Learn how to take advantage of the Symphony toolkit to automatica...
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    Bob Balfe
  • TODAY! Learn How to Add BIRT Reporting to JSF Apps using Rich Faces web seminar

    Bob Balfe
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:20 am
    Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Time: 11:00am Pacific | 2:00pm Eastern | 7:00pm GMT Duration: 40 minutes, including Q & A Participant Conference Details Conference Title: Learn How to Add BIRT Reporting to JSF Apps using Rich Faces Moderator: Virgil Dodson and Max Katz Company: BIRT Exchange by Actuate and Exadel Conference Login and Dial In Information: Toll free: 1-800-214-0694 Toll: 1-719-955-1425 Participant Passcode: 949872 To Join the live Web conference, click here: 1. https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/vcc/join?id=22HSQD&role=attend&pw=949872 Or, use the following link:…
  • Putting iWidgets in XPages and Domino Web applications

    Bob Balfe
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am
    In case you have not seen this entry (like me) on the Lotus Notes and Domino Wiki, there is an article that explains how to add an iWidget to an XPage application. Enabling iWidgets in IBM Lotus Domino Web applications technorati tags: Domino, iWidget, Notes, xpages
  • Should spell check in Lotus Notes remember your choices when you save as a draft?

    Bob Balfe
    4 Feb 2010 | 6:05 am
    Unfortunately I have family that uses Lotus Notes and because they know I work for Lotus they think I am their personal technical support.  Specifically my cousin has been complaining about this feature for years so I wanted to see who else thinks this would be a good idea.  The behavior is, once you do a spell check, save the email as draft and go back to that email later you should not have to re-check the words you already have signed off on. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. technorati tags: lotus notes, spellcheck
  • Book Review: IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1

    Bob Balfe
    3 Feb 2010 | 5:23 am
    Book: IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1, The Upgraders Guide. I will start by saying this book is a good resource for anyone wanting to know what features are in Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1.  The book pretty much covers most areas you would expect in Lotus Notes and is a great overall summary with many examples.  I really love the format of the book, it was very easy to follow, very well written, and easy to read.  I loved the appendix!  The different chapters about add-on products was a great benefit. There were at times I felt like I read some things in one chapter and almost the same…
  • Online conference for learning Dojo

    Bob Balfe
    1 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    There is an online conference on February 10th through the 12th (next week!).  It only costs $300 and the all day sessions are available after the three day event.  Could this be the Lotusphere format of the future??? http://widespreadconferences.com/dojoconnect.html technorati tags: Dojo, eclipse, xpages
 
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    Ed Brill
  • New Domino CAL pricing is fully in effect as of today

    Ed Brill
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:29 am
    In October, IBM announced that licensing for Lotus Notes/Domino would be changing.  We announced a client access license model for Domino, replacing various software licensing schemes for Lotus Notes, iNotes, Domino Designer, and Notes Traveler.  The two client access licenses defined are the Domino Messaging CAL and the Domino Enterprise CAL.  Domino Designer became a free/entitled product -- free to download and test, entitled in the Domino CAL to connect to Domino.  Lotus Mobile Connect's client became entitled in the Enterprise CAL.  Otherwise, the Enterprise CAL…
  • Lotusphere 2010: Lotus Knows how to help you tell your story

    Ed Brill
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:14 am
    Somewhere in the myriad of offers, giveaways, and promotions at Lotusphere, I missed one we were running ourselves.   I am a huge fan of sites that allow you to create photo books out of digital images, and mypublisher.com and I are good friends.  I've tried Snapfish, iPhoto books, and others.  A site that wasn't on my radar until today is panraven.com.  IBM partnered with Panraven to help you tell your story from Lotusphere 2010 -- and we'll even buy the book. Now Lotus knows many of you created excellent photo imagery from Lotusphere 2010.  Here's a chance to…
  • Richard Schwartz: Better Late Than Never, My Take On Lotusphere 2010 And Project Vulcan

    Ed Brill
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am
    I've read a ton of blog postings on IBM Project Vulcan since Lotusphere a few weeks ago... perhaps because of the iterative thinking in the community, or time to reflect, Richard Schwartz's analysis seems to me to be a good read on the project:Five years ago, IBM introduced something with the potential to be quite revolutionary, but they saw that potential could not be realized on its own. They melded activity-centric collaboration into their Connections offering in order to tie a revolutionary concept into a larger framework of social collaboration first and foremost, and only secondarily…
  • Symphony 3.0 beta now available

    Ed Brill
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:15 pm
    As promised at Lotusphere, the beta of Lotus Symphony 3.0 is now available on symphony.lotus.com... Key new features in Symphony 3.0: VB Macros support ODF 1.2 support for improved file interoperability embedded audio/video allows users to add media directly to slides, documents and sheets autotext support to create "chunks" of text that are used frequently and quickly inserted digital signatures redline support  --- shows edits made to document usability enhancements I know some are asking, "What happened to Symphony 2.0?"  The answer is, since this new release is aligned with the…
  • Michael Sampson: Lotus roadmap and user adoption surveys

    Ed Brill
    3 Feb 2010 | 2:47 pm
    Michael Sampson looks to me like he can see the future.  Though he was never briefed on what was coming at Lotusphere 2010, in January, he published a white paper on the Lotus roadmap:Lotus Notes has been around for a long time. Since its release in 1989 it has always been viewed as a "different" piece of technology, loved by some people and reviled by others. It takes a different approach to information management and collaboration tasks, it looks different from the standard Microsoft offering which many people view as being "authoritatively correct", and it offers capability for being…
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    Steve Castledine
  • Lotusphere 2010 warm up videos

    Steve Castledine
    14 Jan 2010 | 6:57 am
    Found these warm up videos for Lotusphere 2010, getting excited yet?: and of course:
  • XPages Discussion Template - new build available on OpenNTF

    Steve Castledine
    13 Jan 2010 | 7:31 am
    I have uploaded a new build of the XPages Discussion forum to OpenNTF. You can download from here. This update enhances the existing XPage interface allowing more topics to be visible within the views and enhanced discussion thread viewing. Enjoy :)
  • Millies first snowman

    Steve Castledine
    6 Jan 2010 | 4:34 am
    We finally have a winter this year. The rest of the country has had a fair bit of snow, but we have had about 2cm max. But we still have a snowman:
  • For those building Lotusphere Schedule applications

    Steve Castledine
    6 Jan 2010 | 4:27 am
    Can I ask you to add this session to your databases (thank you): Meeting Name: OpenNTF Annual General Meeting Date of Meeting/Function: Tuesday, 1/19 – 6pm – 7pm Hotel: Yacht and Beach Conference Center Room/Function Area Name: Cape Cod C
  • OpenNTF Open Source Lotus Awards nominations close Wednesday

    Steve Castledine
    4 Jan 2010 | 5:25 am
    Just a quick reminder that the OpenNTF Open Source Lotus Awards nominations close Wednesday, see here. A reminder also that there are entries where the submitter has been asked to add a licence file etc and so far have not. These queries by the IP manager will need resolving to qualify for entry.
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    Steve's Weblog
  • It’s like Watergate with a wardrobe department…

    Stevious
    26 Jan 2010 | 4:29 pm
    The same ACORN gotcha man who was honored by 31 Republicans, including John Carter (R-TX31), for his potential wiretapping violation, was among four arrested for attempting to tamper with Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu’s office phones.
  • Get a free “Queer the Census” sticker!

    Stevious
    4 Jan 2010 | 8:16 am
    The census is not necessarily the topic you’ve been waiting to hear about, I know, but bear with me for a moment. It’s coming up in March or April, and while it’s supposed to be an accurate count of everyone in the country, there’s no question that asks if someone is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. This [...]
  • John Carter – Profile in Hypocrisy

    Stevious
    22 Oct 2009 | 3:09 pm
    From the Lone Star Project, comes this tidbit about Republican Congressman John Carter: Texas Republican leads partisan attack while hiding over a quarter million dollars in personal profits Texas Republican John Carter (TX31 – Round Rock) is the lead Republican attack dog in a harshly partisan effort to vilify a senior Democratic member for reporting errors on [...]
  • Kay: please run for governor and quit your day job

    Stevious
    22 Oct 2009 | 2:23 pm
    I sent an email to KayBee asking her to support the Hate Crimes bill, her response is classic Republican: Hate Crimes Legislation: I oppose attempts by some in the Senate to attach legislation that is not germane to these defense measures. One such example is the Hate Crimes Amendment that was introduced by Senate Democrats. I [...]
  • What’s your contribution going to be?

    Stevious
    7 Sep 2009 | 4:02 pm
    From the Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event: The story of America isn’t about people who quit when things got tough. It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best. It’s the story of students who sat where you sit [...]
 
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  • not quite sure

    kellys
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:12 pm
    not quite sure, originally uploaded by kellypuffs. not sure if this is a cupboard, or a window or a piece of furniture. Whatever it is, it’s festively adorned for the holidays, which is kinda surprising, seeing as how I drew it in early January, when I should, by all rights, be heartily sick of Christmas. ball-point in quad-ruled moleskine.
  • that’s not what your girlfriend says ….

    kellys
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm
    I know you have all been waiting with baited bated* breath to hear which was MY favorite Super Bowl commercial. God knows the Nielson folks are going to be banging the door down soon… Anyway, my winner is: You can’t go wrong with Betty White. AND Abe Vigoda. *** Previously: the ONLY reason I watch the Super Bowl Tribute to Super Bowl Commercials #1 Favorite Super Bowl Commercials (con’t) * I stand corrected, as first pointed out by Himself and confirmed by that font of all knowledge The Straight Dope:…
  • waiting for spring

    kellys
    7 Feb 2010 | 8:08 am
    waiting for spring, originally uploaded by kellypuffs. Himself brought home a beautiful bunch of tulips on Friday. I thought they were for me, and so did the cat. This is the first one she claimed.
  • asscat and ladder

    kellys
    6 Feb 2010 | 5:30 pm
    asscat and ladder, originally uploaded by kellypuffs. one advantage to living in an old house that is perpetually under repair is that you needn’t invest in expensive cat toys.
  • Human Dog Sled Championship 2009

    kellys
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am
    Last night. Lowell, MA. Thanks to @aaronmcohen for the Most Excellent video footage. And, for the record, the Boy wishes there was a way to drop off a skid of tissues down to DC. Boo-freakin-hoo. Snowpocalypse, indeed. Late-breaking Update: Aaron reports in from Facebook: The winners from last night go again today. I will be participating today to replace a member of the yukon gold.
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  • Twitter microposts for 2010-02-08

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:59 pm
    @CHview because the carrier may have request a specific change to the firmware, e.g. removal of a app/service that the carrier already has # Powered by Twitter Tools.
  • Twitter microposts for 2010-02-07

    7 Feb 2010 | 2:59 pm
    Watching BBC’s click # Eye on earth cloud environment monitoring # Smart phones to be a platform to monitor climate, can see that, more use to provide environment information than gimmicky foursquare. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
  • Twitter microposts for 2010-02-06

    6 Feb 2010 | 2:59 pm
    Great night, eldest sick all night and now just threw up her dry toast breakfast over the wife, the joys of parenthood # @maninsuitcase @HTC you’ve had same issue as me, more free RAM too & keyboard improvements, battery life looks better too, some some upside # @StephenBeynon not that I’m aware of, but I may be wrong, our network is bigger than the others so we don’t need them # Getting the cars washed. The salt can’t be too good for them, but there’s a queue though.. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
  • Twitter microposts for 2010-02-05

    5 Feb 2010 | 2:59 pm
    At the Dentist, still can’t stand them # @edwardgamble they do email you your appointments and SMS reminders, but if they DM’d me I’d panic # @CHview Orange is the brand used by France Télécom . It is the fifth largest telecom operator in the world. # @maninsuitcase I had the same had to switch to an XP laptop, but don’t worry you’re not missing much, more ram, that’s it. # @SnudgeB great device, had ot for months now and still fun to use, integration with social media is great, battery is fine, camera ok too # @SnudgeB music to my ears # @3dbloke I…
  • Twitter microposts for 2010-02-04

    4 Feb 2010 | 2:59 pm
    cool, my #SeeSaw invite came through, will give it a whirl this evening # RT @coolsmartphone: Orange HTC Hero ROM Upgrade appears online: OK, unless our eyes are deceiving us it appears… http://goo.gl/fb/jlXn # updated #HTC #Hero’s Orange firmware to version 2.73.61.66, still firmware version 1.5, so minor updates only # one improvement to the new firmware for the Orange HTC Hero, is more free memory, 135mb free after installing my apps, compared to 85mb b4 # mum just told me her accelerator stuck 4 times on her Toyota..yikes..she’s talking to the dealer tomorrow #recall #…
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  • Watch IBM’s Information Governance Launch live (today, 12:30 ET)

    Adam Gartenberg
    3 Feb 2010 | 7:44 am
    IBM will be making some significant announcements later today regarding Information Governance, and you're welcome to watch the launch keynote and panel discussion live today at 12:30pm ET.   Link:  IBM Information Governance Launch Live Feed If you can't make it, check back on my blog later in the day for an updated post on the announcements and its significance, or you can follow along on Twitter with #ibminfogov
  • IBM fosters healthcare information sharing with Initiate Systems acquisition

    Adam Gartenberg
    3 Feb 2010 | 7:18 am
    IBM today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a privately held company that helps healthcare providers and governments overcome the challenge of integrating and sharing accurate information.   This is a significant challenge for these organizations, as they struggle with inconsistent, inaccurate or incomplete data spread across hundreds of sources spanning hospitals, doctors' offices, insurance providers, and government organizations. From the press release: In healthcare, hospitals, integrated delivery networks, insurers and governments are seeking to create…
  • Why the iPad just looks like a supersized iTouch

    Adam Gartenberg
    27 Jan 2010 | 6:00 pm
    Let me get it out of the way... Yes, I'd like an iPad.  Not yet, though... I'll wait for a built-in camera, background apps, the memory to double or triple and the price to go down.  But it is the surf-from-the-couch, catch-up-on-news-at-breakfast device I've been waiting for. That said, like a lot of people, my first reaction on seeing pictures is that it looks a lot more like an oversized iTouch than I was expecting. And I think the reason behind that is that it looks like they enlarged the buttons on the home page and spread them out so that the sense of perspective of the size…
  • Register Today: Breaking Away with Business Analytics Virtual Leadership Exchange

    Adam Gartenberg
    25 Jan 2010 | 1:17 pm
    If you haven't already registered for this Thursday's virtual leadership exchange, please do head over and do so today.  The event (Breaking Away with Business Analytics: A Virtual Leadership Exchange) will highlight how leading companies are growing their business faster than their competitors through a focus on information management and business analytics. This is a unique opportunity to hear first-hand from IBM experts on these topics and dive into details from companies that have been successful with these techniques already, all without having to leave your office. Click through…
  • Mayo Clinic and IBM Advance Early Detection of Brain Aneurysms

    Adam Gartenberg
    25 Jan 2010 | 7:11 am
    IBM issued a press release today (Mayo Clinic and IBM Advance Early Detection of Brain Aneurysms) on collaboration with the Mayo Clinic around new analytics technology that has proven a 95 percent accuracy rate in detecting aneurysms, compared with 70 percent for manual interpretation.   Already saving patients’ lives, the project has examined more than 15 million images from thousands of patients since the project began in early July. It uses technology that combines advanced imaging with analytics to highlight likely aneurysms for faster detection. This helps radiologists identify…
 
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  • Big Iron gets Social

    Mac Guidera
    28 Jan 2010 | 11:50 am
    Support for Linux on IBM System z is being added to IBM Lotus Connections 2.5IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 supports a broad spectrum of operating systems, directories, databases, and clients. This deployment flexibility is now expanded to include support for Linux on IBM System z. Providing a company with a range of deployment options permits them to choose the mix of operating system, directory, database, and client that best matches their unique IT needs and preferences. We are not tied to any one platform or topology. We just want to connect your enterprise. <link rel="stylesheet"…
  • Lotusphere 2010 Session Wordle

    Mac Guidera
    7 Jan 2010 | 12:44 pm
    Nothing is better at bringing the titles and abstracts of some 300 sessions at the best collaboration event of the year into a single viewable place than Wordle. Thanks to the work of Ben Langhinrichs, I was able to pull data from Genii Software's 10th Annual Lotusphere Agenda Database to create this 250 word count session art.
  • Designing Lotus Connections 2.5

    Mac Guidera
    26 Oct 2009 | 6:59 am
    On the Design @ IBM site, the IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 designers tell the story about how they created its exemplary user experience. http://www.ibm.com/software/ucd/gallery/connections_software.htmlThis is a great overview of the design themes for Lotus Connections 2.5. In the video, Ethan Perry, Lead Product Designer for Lotus Connections, has a great quote on one of the core features of Lotus Connections.<quote>Social software let's people connect directly to each other...no matter where you are in Lotus Connections there is a focus on people.</quote>
  • Extending Lotus Connections to WebSphere Portal

    Mac Guidera
    30 Sep 2009 | 11:14 am
    Prior to Lotus Connections 2.5 a single portlet was offered from IBM that allowed for read access to the Lotus Connections services (Activities, Blogs, Dogear, Profiles). For this release, we've created a new set of portlets that are aimed at making your Portal more Social!IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 Portlets for IBM WebSphere PortalThe IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 Portlets for WebSphere Portal delivers the Lotus Connections rich set of social software services for use within a WebSphere Portal environment. WebSphere Portal users can integrate the Activities, Blogs and Bookmarks services of Lotus…
  • Extending Lotus Connections to Microsoft products

    Mac Guidera
    28 Sep 2009 | 11:46 am
    We are committed to bringing the value of social software to the enterprise and realize that work happens everywhere. With that goal in mind, the Lotus Connections team has been hard at work this year updating our plug-ins for the 2.5 release. Available now as a free download on the IBM Lotus Business Solutions Catalog are the following plug-ins for Microsoft SharePoint, Office and Windows.The IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 Plug-in for Microsoft SharePointThe IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 Plug-in for Microsoft SharePoint is intended to enhance Microsoft SharePoint environments with additional social…
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  • using maven to generate your project’s scala classpath

    DrScofield
    15 Jan 2010 | 7:49 am
    one thing i quite like about scala is that ability to run it in “interpreted” mode via the scala command. that allows me — similiar to python or ipython — to experiment and quickly try things out or even test my classes and objects. what was a bit of a pain was getting the proper classpath constructed so that not only target/classes was picked up but also all the required dependencies. poking a bit around in maven’s plugin documentation i came across the dependency plugin and in particular the dependency:build-classpath mojo, armed with that information i came up…
  • deploy a maven package locally

    DrScofield
    13 Jan 2010 | 7:55 am
    note to self: maven differentiates between installing and deploying a package (which might have been built via a mvn package): install — just installs the JAR file and the POM file, if the -DcreateChecksum=true flag is provided it will create the SHA1 for the JAR only deploy — install JAR and POM and all necessary meta data along with SHA1s to install a package to a shared repository a deploy is to be preferred over an install as with an install we’ll get missing checksum errors later in life. so, this works like this (using the lift-ldap package as an example): $ mvn…
  • OpenSim Zurich Lunch (r6)

    DrScofield
    13 Jan 2010 | 4:39 am
    for over a year we’ve been meeting more or less once a month or two over lunch to discuss and chat about all things OpenSim — very creatively volker gässler and i called them OpenSim Zurich Lunches back then when. for the past year we’ve been having lunch at the cafeteria of the IBM Research — Zurich lab, this month’s OpenSim Zurich Lunch will be the first time we meet closer to the downtown zurich area: monday, january 25th, 12:30h — 14:00h (approx) king’s kurry, freyastrasse 3, zürich (close to the train station wiedikon) so, if you are around,…
  • maven resource filtering: dealing with path names on linux & windows

    DrScofield
    12 Jan 2010 | 4:48 am
    in one of our projects we are using maven to build our web application. part of our build process involves maven resource filtering, in particular, we need to insert path names into resources controlling the build process. since our team uses both linux and windows, we need to be able to generate file: URLs that work irrespective of the underlying platform. using a construct like file://${project.build.directory}/path/to/stuff didn’t really work: on linux the resulting file: URL was usable, on windows it was not: there was a missing plus all occurences had been escaped. after trying a…
  • debianized rezzme

    DrScofield
    5 Jan 2010 | 2:50 am
    the latest rezzme now contains the necessary code to build debian/ubuntu dpkgs — making it as easy to install rezzme packages on the latest debian/ubuntu systems as it already is for windows and mac OSX machines as the dpkg format allows me to explicitly specify the prerequisites (such as PyQt4). while working on the dpkg support i also found out that debian/ubuntu has the very useful /etc/firefox-3.0, /etc/firefox-3.5, and /etc/thunderbird directories that allow me to provide package specific javascript to, for example, add a protocol handler for the rezzme: URI scheme. that along with…
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  • First week in the new office

    Damien Katz
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:56 pm
    Last week was our first week in our new office in Old Downtown Oakland. It's a really neat area with lots of restaurants and bars, and hardly any murders. Oh yeah, we've changed our name to Couchio. Our new blog will be here http://blog.couch.io/ soon. Our office: Our office manager Claire: Chris and Mikeal: Claire and Jan: Nitin: Super Awesome Art by Julie Armbruster: Me: My Office: So far we are really disorganized and discombobulated. But I'm are working on it! I even bought Management for Dummies. Things will be running smoothly in no time ;) Also we are looking hard for someone to help…
  • Preschools in/near Piedmont?

    Damien Katz
    16 Dec 2009 | 1:31 pm
    Anyone know of a good preschool in/near Piedmont CA accepting applications for January? This is for our 2 year old girl, born Aug 2007.
  • Relaxed Inc.

    Damien Katz
    12 Dec 2009 | 8:20 pm
    So something interesting happened recently. I, Jan, and Chris are building a startup around Apache CouchDB and Redpoint Ventures has invested $2 million. Pretty cool huh? What are we going to do with that? Well, we are still figuring that out. For the most part we are going to try to grow a large and healthy CouchDB ecosystem and then build our own business(es) within that. We are working with Satish Dharmaraj on some basic strategy stuff right now, and we aren't trying to be secretive or "stealthy" as TechCrunch said. It's just very early and I'm also very busy planning a move. Which bring…
  • Koala on the loose!

    Damien Katz
    29 Oct 2009 | 12:40 pm
    Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala has just been released. This is big news as this version includes Apache CouchDB, used as a replicable database by desktop apps. This means CouchDB will be on over 10 million desktops. Nice :)
  • "CouchDB Implements a Fundamental Algorithm"

    Damien Katz
    29 Oct 2009 | 12:12 pm
    Chris Anderson, an Apache CouchDB contributor, writes a great article about the core design of CouchDB: CouchDB Implements a Fundamental Algorithm
 
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  • List of IBM IT architects on Twitter

    Per Henrik Lausten
    18 Jan 2010 | 11:33 am
    I have created a Twitter list of IBM IT architects. If you are interested in following IBM IT architects on Twitter then follow this list. If you are an IBM IT architect and not on the list, then let me know on Twitter. Remember that when you follow a list, you do not follow every user on the list. So tweets from the users on the list will not show up in your main Twitter stream. You will have to visist the list to see the tweets. This makes lists a very useful way of keeping up with a group of people when you find it convenient. Related posts:IT architect accreditation accomplishedDana…
  • New Redbook: Building Domino Web Applications using Domino 8.5.1

    Per Henrik Lausten
    16 Jan 2010 | 12:28 am
    As stated on the XPages Blog, a new Redbook has been published on the Lotus Notes and Domino Application Development wiki on building Domino web applications using Domino Designer 8.5.1: Building Domino Web Applications using Domino 8.5.1. The objective of the Redbook is to "provide guidance on Best Practices for Domino Web Development, with emphasis on the new XPages design element. We introduce the key new features of XPages and discuss how and why these are meaningful within the context of Domino Web Development." The Redbook serves as a great tutorial on how to use the latest Domino…
  • Getting a book to Lotusphere 2010

    Per Henrik Lausten
    6 Jan 2010 | 2:07 pm
    Recently Chris Toohey held a contest/giveaway where the price was his review copy of the "Lotus Notes Domino 8: Upgrader's Guide: What's new in the latest Lotus Notes Domino Platform" book - courtesy of Packt Publishing. I have also received a review copy of the same book - and I admit: I never got to write my review of the book (but read the book with great interest). So I offered Chris my review copy as well so that his contest/giveaway could have two winners. The lucky winners are Chuckalicious and John James. Chris has already sent his review copy to Chuckalicious and I am going to…
  • Getting Things Done (GTD)

    Per Henrik Lausten
    6 Dec 2009 | 3:20 am
    I have recently read David Allens Getting Things Done with great interest and immediately saw the benefits from following the GTD method. A top priority for me was to find a suitable GTD tool that works across Windows, Mac and iPhone in order to be able to collect and capture my ideas and actions no matter where I am. I looked at the following tools: Text file with synchronization using tools like Dropbox GTD for Lotus Notes: either Eric Macks complete eProductivity suite or Brett Philps GTD template. Remember The Milk Toodledo Let me share my thoughts on these before I tell you what system I…
  • Speaking at the September Lotus Technical Information and Education community meeting

    Per Henrik Lausten
    16 Sep 2009 | 11:23 am
    I am on the agenda for the September Lotus Technical Information and Education community meeting at September 29. I will be speaking about my experiences with the Lotus community, with blogging and with creating content for the Lotus Notes and Domino wiki. Please feel free to comment if you have anything in particular that you would like me to talk about. The community meeting is hosted by Joyce Davis and Chris Toohey. At the meeting Carlos Casas from The Rock Team will also share his story - and Niklas Heidloff from IBM and Ludwig Nastansky from PAVONE AG will introduce the OpenNTF Alliance.
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  • Starting a Journey at BSM Review Portal

    doug
    22 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am
    I’ve been asked to contribute to the efforts shaping up over at BSM Review. Their vision is sound and the things they’d like to achieve for the community are desperately needed. They are lock step in tune with things that have been talked about on my blog and with many of you for years. While the appearance today may be slanted and lofty, their intentions are right for the long haul. I’ll be helping BSM Review keep firmly grounded in helping real people succeed with Business Service Management (BSM) where others have struggled in the past. I’ll keep their focus on real…
  • Interesting Links for January 12th

    delicious
    12 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm
    Links that I have found interesting for January 12th: WSO2 launches new Business Activity monitoring – Application Development & SOA : News – Open source SOA firm WSO2 has launched Business Activity Monitor (WSO2 BAM) that provides real-time visibility into service-oriented architecture (SOA) processes, transactions and workflows. The company claims that the new BAM system is designed to support the heterogeneous SOAs that dominate the enterprise landscape, providing a lightweight and easy-to-deploy alternative to traditionally large business activity monitoring offerings.
  • Looking Back at Business Service Management (BSM) in 2009

    doug
    12 Jan 2010 | 5:00 am
    As I look back at how the BSM industry evolved in 2009, my thoughts focus around 2009 as the year of “Hybrid BSM” players coming into their place in the market. Another term I use here is “BSM for SMB” or even “BSM Lite” to some degree but I feel “Hybrid BSM” is best fitting as it describes what these solutions provide. I see a “Hybrid BSM” product as a single product that incorporates many aspects of fundamental infrastructure, application and service management and monitoring along with some fundamental and foundational BSM…
  • Bookmarks for January 8th through January 9th

    delicious
    9 Jan 2010 | 4:00 pm
    These are my links for January 8th through January 9th: IBM Education Assistant – WebSphere software – The IBM WebSphere Business Process Management Suite contains a comprehensive set of collaborative, role-based capabilities that help you model, simulate, run, change, monitor, and optimize core business processes. The IBM BPM Suite brings together capabilities from across IBM that make it easier for you to get started with BPM. Learn BPM BlueWorks – This demo provides an overview of some of the new features in WebSphere BPM v7. Find demonstrations of new features from the…
  • Interesting Links for January 7th

    delicious
    7 Jan 2010 | 2:00 pm
    Links that I have found interesting for January 7th: Four Key Trends in the Network Monitoring Market – Network performance monitoring solutions are not one of those “cool” technologies that get a lot of coverage in the media and these products are sometimes perceived as using an old approach to solve new problems. It’s all about capturing and analyzing packet flow data, right? Well, not really. Not many people realize how much this market has changed over the last 3-4 years. It is About Applications on the Network, Not the Network Itself Between these two rounds of…
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  • IBM Launches POWER7 processor and server line

    az990tony
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:21 pm
    In addition to dominating the gaming world, producing chips for the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation, and Microsoft Xbox 360, IBM also dominates the world of Linux and UNIX servers. Today, IBM announced its new POWER7 processor, and a line of servers that use this technology. Here is a quick [3-minute video] about the POWER7. While others might be [Dancing on Sun's grave], IBM instead is focused on providing value to the marketplace. Here is another quick [2-minute video] about why thousands of companies have switched from Sun, HP and Dell over to IBM. To learn more, see the IBM [Press Release]…
  • Am I Dreaming? EMC citing standard benchmark results?

    az990tony
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:08 pm
    Am I dreaming? On his Storagezilla blog, fellow blogger Mark Twomey (EMC) brags about EMC's standard benchmark results, in his post titled [Love Life. Love CIFS.]. Here is my take: A Full 180 degree reversal For the past several years, EMC bloggers have argued, both in comments on this blog, and on their own blogs, that standard benchmarks are useless and should not be used to influence purchase decisions. While we all agree that "your mileage may vary", I find standard benchmarks are useful as part of an overall approach in comparing and selecting which vendors to work with, and…
  • IBM Information Archive v1.1 Announcement

    az990tony
    26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 am
    Hey everyone, its Tuesday, and that means IBM announcements! Last October, IBM [unveiled their plans to take over the world] of archive solutions, and today, we make good on that threat with the announcement of the [Information Archive (IA) v1.1]. (Insert evil villain laugh here) To avoid overwhelming people with too many features and functions, IBM decided to keep things simple for the first release. Let's take a look: Frames The base frame (2231-IA3) supports a single collection, from as small as 3.6 TB to as large as 72 TB of usable capacity. You can attach one expansion frame (2231-IS3)…
  • Breakthrough in Magentic Data Density Recording

    az990tony
    22 Jan 2010 | 2:38 pm
    IBM makes another breakthrough today with an announcement about tape data density. Unlike hard disk drive technologies that are hitting physical limits, IBM is proving that tape technology still has plenty of life in its future. When I first started working for IBM in Tucson, back in 1986, a 3420 tape reel held only 180MB of data, and a 3480 tape cartridge improved this to 200MB of data. Today's enterprise tapes, like 3592 cartridges for the TS1130 drives, or LTO4 cartridges for the IBM TS1040 drives, are half-inch wide, half-mile long, and can store 1 TB or more of data per cartridge,…
  • ISS Data Security Services

    az990tony
    19 Jan 2010 | 9:07 am
    Last week's earthquake in Haiti reminds us all how fragile systems can be. Part of a complete Information Infrastructure is Information Security. Back in 2006, IBM [acquired Internet Security Services]. This week, IBM announces two sets of ISS Data Security Services: These services can include assessments of your current environment, running workshops to help gather requirements, help design security policies, and even follow through with implementation. Endpoint Data Protection Here "endpoint" refers to laptops, desktops, PDAs and smart phones. Not surprisingly, more and more…
 
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  • There, and back again

    Andy Piper
    19 Jan 2010 | 2:16 am
    Things have been quiet as I took nearly a month off(line) over the Christmas and New Year periods. It was well worth getting away from it all. Hong Kong was amazing and vibrant. Bali was beautiful, relaxing, varied, and hot (and a hair cut cost less then £2, which was crazy!); we dived and watched manta rays dancing just in front of us, and explored our first wreck. Singapore is probably one of my favourite cities in the world, based on just the one visit. And Britain… Britain… is home, but utterly rubbish at dealing with snow, floods, heatwaves, and indeed more-or-less any…
  • The Social Factor

    Andy Piper
    26 Nov 2009 | 4:04 am
    Around this time last year, I was asked to help some colleagues who were contributing to a book by IBM VP Maria Azua about innovation and collaboration in the workplace. In particular I spent some time reviewing a chapter by Laurisa Rodriguez, who I’d been working with for several years and had met up with along with many of the other contributors at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin a month or so earlier. I was aware that the book was due to be published during 2009 but I’d been so busy with the day job that it had dropped off my radar. Then I noticed a couple of incoming links from…
  • Living in a sweet shop

    Andy Piper
    12 Nov 2009 | 7:40 am
    When my friend Suzanne Minassian-Livingston described IBM as “like a candy store” at last year’s Web 2.0 Expo conference in Berlin it immediately struck a chord with me; and I’ve reused her slide (based on a Creative Commons-licensed image from a Flickr contributor) many times over the last year. One of the things I’ve learned about the company I work for (particularly as a result of getting involved with social software, networks and communities both internally and externally) is the massive diversity the organisation has and the enormous strength that it…
  • WebSphere Message Broker. Seven.

    Andy Piper
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:12 am
    Seems there’s a whole “7” theme going on around here lately… Barcamp London 7, WebSphere Connectivity v7… I’m very excited that WebSphere Message Broker version 7 has shipped today. I have a huge amount of respect for my colleagues in IBM Hursley and the other labs that made this possible. How did I find out that the eGA (electronic GA i.e. downloadable media) was available? Guess what, it was via Twitter. I mentioned the highlights of the release in my recent post about the general WebSphere Connectivity v7 family: further simplification of components and prerequisites, a much…
  • Barcamp. London. Seven.

    Andy Piper
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:17 am
    This past weekend saw a first for IBM South Bank as it played host to Barcamp London 7, the seventh time a the Barcamp unconference had been held in London (I know this, because I asked @thehodge why it was called Barcamp London 7, and he said it was because it was the seventh one… cunning!). South Bank is not often used for events at the weekend, and certainly not for events of 200 excited techies, creative types and those wanting to run their own talks on subjects as diverse as Failure, the TV series Lost, CSS design, niche bands you should be listening to, a photography project involving…
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  • Being an Actor or a Spectator?

    stefano
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:57 pm
    One of the things that we all loved from the Web was that it allowed, over time, the empowerment of us. If you want, you can become an actor; you do not need big means, you do not need PR, you do not need to be a famous star. You just behave the way you are, you just express what you think, you just irradiate out of your brain and heart. So, after the very initial period, we saw the dawn of personal web sites which, then moved to blogs, and then to the myriad of social networking sites. And, in addition, we were finding the possibility to influence (little parts of) the outstanding economy…
  • Once upon a time…. Firefox

    stefano
    19 Jan 2010 | 1:53 pm
    A couple of months ago, my son was struggling with the old laptop from his elder sister. Old laptop, running the same original Vista since 4 years…. you know what I am talking about, right? Bad, very bad perfomances. The kind of performances where you cannot event enjoy surfing the web…. The teen-ager was not so hot on the fact that his old IT daddy would try to fix something… …but, once he asked me an opinion on something he was doing and I saw something unexpected on his laptop: “Hey, are you running Chrome?“. “Yes, dad, it is the only way I can use…
  • Microsoft paving the road to Google towards a common target?

    stefano
    13 Jan 2010 | 6:40 am
    Couldn’t resist from posting this after having read the artcile “The 5 best, and 5 worst, features of Google Chrome OS“. At page 2 of the article, we can read the following: A surprising way to support Microsoft Office. If you ask a Google executive any question involving Microsoft, you’ll hear the cliche answer — that they company thinks only of users and not of its perceived competitors. But in one of the giggle-inducing moments of Thursday’s demo, Pichai, showed how Chrome OS would handle Office documents — via Microsoft Office Live, the free Web…
  • On the browers again

    stefano
    13 Jan 2010 | 6:36 am
    An article on ZDNet UK reports the following: …Silverlight 4 will also host HTML content using a control that supports media plug-ins — so Flash will run inside Silverlight applications. Business applications written in Silverlight will become more like ordinary applications, Guthrie said, and will now be able to print, access the Windows clipboard, and use more mouse actions, including context menus. Access is also extended to low-level Windows features such as the Windows Communication Foundation, and Silverlight 4’s development tools will work with the upcoming Visual Studio…
  • Google may pull out of China

    stefano
    13 Jan 2010 | 5:39 am
    If what I am reading today in this article is true, it is certainly going to be something significant. I would rollback all my criticisms to the egemonic position that Google took so far and will openly, franly and wholeheartdly applaude this move. It proves to be courageous and deserves the maximum respect!
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  • Nexus One

    gpoul
    25 Jan 2010 | 11:29 am
    Vowe’s thoughts on the Nexus One sound very positive, but I’m still not convinced I want a $520 phone.
  • SPECjEnterprise2010

    gpoul
    17 Jan 2010 | 10:12 am
    We published our first two results for a new benchmark called SPECjEnterprise2010 a few weeks ago. This new benchmark covers Java EE 5, which makes it much more applicable to today’s applications than the old SPECjAppServer2004. We’re the first vendor to publish results, which demonstrates our commitment and leadership. – Of course these results will only make sense in context compared to benchmark results submitted by other vendors. Update 1/19: A press release covering this is also available in the IBM press room.
  • Panasonic moves 100,000 to LotusLive

    gpoul
    14 Jan 2010 | 9:25 am
    Panasonic outsources email to IBM in record deal.
  • Smarter Cities

    gpoul
    10 Jan 2010 | 1:17 am
    During this year’s IBM Technical Leadership Exchange we had a keynote session about CityForward, that really piqued my interest about our Smarter Cities initiative. Maybe you’ve already seen the video below, about how IBM makes cities smarter? It’s a very intriguing video, but it’s not explaining the vision behind this initiative or why it’s important. A few days ago I found something called TheSmarterCity. It presents a vision of what’s possible with today’s technologies, it links to interesting follow-up material, and it’s a great way to learn…
  • A few toys

    gpoul
    27 Dec 2009 | 3:34 am
    Should you have some more time over the holidays and want to play with a few toys, you might want to take a look at these: irssi MacVim Vimperator Muttator They’re not exactly new, but I’ve recently noticed they existed while reading a blog post and I definitely intend to try them :-)
 
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  • CardioLog Roadmap for 2010

    Dvir Reznik
    4 Feb 2010 | 5:36 pm
    A month into 2010 and we’re working hard on making CardioLog better. Following a successful 2009, with numerous new customers, we sat down – product and marketing teams, trying to prioritize the requests we received from our customers, our partners, our own vision regarding the product, analysts perspective on analytics and Microsoft’s direction with SharePoint 2010. Not an easy task. From all of that input we compiled our roadmap for 2010, which is available here. We welcome your feedback, and will take any request under consideration, but we cannot promise it will find its…
  • Apple iPad: No one better gift it to me

    Dvir Reznik
    28 Jan 2010 | 5:15 am
    The Hitler parodies are spreading fast, with numerous versions to daily news. This time, they were very quick in the production (although it’s probably on a template), but crazy hilarious: Hitler responds to iPad. And thanks to Ayelet for facebooking this and making me laugh! Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Linkedin Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Share this on FriendFeed Email this to a friend? Subscribe to the comments for this post?
  • Sneak peak: CardioLog 2010 for SharePoint

    Dvir Reznik
    25 Jan 2010 | 4:12 am
    With hundreds of customers around the world, CardioLog has become one of the leading usage reporting solutions for SharePoint. In the very near future we’ll introduce CardioLog 2010, for our 3 subscription editions: Standard, Professional and Enterprise. CardioLog 2010 Lite will be introduced shortly after. CardioLog 2010 will include some UI changes, introduce new reports, planned integration with SharePoint 2010 and (as with any software) hotfixes for known issues. Most of the additions we included in the reports and UI came from our customers, and we thank you for helping us make…
  • I know you want me – iPhone love song

    Dvir Reznik
    19 Jan 2010 | 7:31 am
    Seen it at Mizbala, at Room404, tweeted about it, so why not spread the word around with a blog post? Moran Lavie took her iPhone love to the next step with this ‘I know you want me’ spoof (by Pitbull). Although the lyrics are in Hebrew, I’m sure you’ll be able to enjoy it.. And, in case you’re not one of the 449,116 people who’ve seen this already, here is NYTimes’s David Pogue, with his own iPhone love song, from 2007: Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Linkedin Stumble upon something good? Share it…
  • Men are from Mars, Women from Venus

    Dvir Reznik
    11 Jan 2010 | 3:43 am
    Saw this post over at Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational blog (a recommend addition to your RSS reader). Dan is a Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University and a visiting Professor at MIT. His book, Predictably Irrational is on my read list at LinkedIn. Dan used Google in a way most of us (me at least) haven’t thought of yet – researching human behavior. We do use Google to search for stuff, but Dan haven’t searched for anything. He merely started typing and waited for Google’s predictions – the drop-down list that opens up, suggesting you…
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  • Facebook’s PHP doesn’t really compete with Zend

    Savio Rodrigues
    5 Feb 2010 | 4:21 am
    Facebook recently open sourced HipHop for PHP. According to Facebook engineers, the technology has been used to reduce Facebook Web server CPU usage by an average of 50 percent. Reading about HipHop for PHP I was reminded about a post from Redmonk’s Stephen O’Grady titled “When Your Customer is Your Competitor: The Return of Roll Your Own“. Stephen argues that the traditional definition of a “software company” is far too narrow. “Why do you think Facebook would sponsor the Apache Foundation? Because, like Amazon, they’re in the business of producing…
  • Does Firefox have a future on smartphones?

    Savio Rodrigues
    2 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am
    Mozilla announced the availability of a mobile Firefox browser for Nokia smartphones built off the Maemo platform. Reading this news I began to wonder if Firefox has as bright a future on smartphones as it does on PCs, laptops and Netbooks. I’m a happy Firefox user on my PC and sometimes on my Mac, but browser market dynamics don’t seem to be as advanced on mobile devices as they are on traditional PCs today. Users tend to use the native smartphone browser an order of magnitude more than they use the native browser on a PC, laptop or Netbook. If this trend continues, the leading…
  • Oracle’s strategy for GlassFish, MySQL, OpenOffice & Solaris

    Savio Rodrigues
    27 Jan 2010 | 1:01 pm
    Earlier today Oracle executives laid out their strategy for integrating Sun’s assets with Oracle.  The whole event spanned over 4 hours.  I’ll just update readers on the section that related to Sun’s open source assets. The GlassFish application server will be repositioned to address departmental needs while the strategic Oracle WebLogic Server product will remain targeted at enterprise customers requiring performance and scalability.  Long-time readers will recognize this strategy as one we’ve been using in the application server market with WebSphere Application…
  • Responding to the open source R opportunity

    Savio Rodrigues
    27 Jan 2010 | 1:08 am
    I received a press release announcing that REvolution Computing, a provider of software and support for the open source “R” statistical programming language had appointed R co-creator, Robert Gentleman, to its board of directors. The press release was a great impetus for me to look at R again. For background about R, Ashlee Vance wrote: “…R is a popular programming language used by a growing number of data analysts inside corporations and academia. It is becoming their lingua franca partly because data mining has entered a golden age, whether being used to set ad…
  • Red Hat executive comments on Oracle’s Java opportunity

    Savio Rodrigues
    26 Jan 2010 | 4:07 pm
    Red Hat’s CEO Jim Whitehurst kicked off his third year at Red Hat with a State of the Union address.  In his post, Jim discussed Red Hat’s efforts within the Java community: “Late last year the Java Community Process (JCP) reached a significant milestone when they approved the specification for the next generation of Enterprise Java; JavaTM Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6). We believe that the approval of this specification starts a new chapter in the story of Java and we are proud to have contributed and acted in a leadership role in the formation of this…
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  • Rails 3.0 Beta

    Sam Ruby
    P P David Heinemeier Hansson: You thought we were never going to get to this day, didn’t you? Ye of little faith. Because here is the first real, public release of Rails 3.0 in the form of a beta package that we’ve toiled long and hard over.  It’s surely not perfect yet, but we were out of blockers on the list, so here we go. Please give it a run around the block, try to update some old applications, try to start some new ones, and report back all the issues you find. For those who have purchased (or who have yet to purchase) Agile Web Development with Rails, Edition 3, I’ve begun a…
  • Rails 3.0 on Cygwin

    Sam Ruby
    Rails 3.0 requires 1.8.7 or later. Both InstantRails and the (current, released) version of RubyInstaller bundle Ruby 1.8.6.  The files on the Ruby site seem to be a scavenger hunt.  While the next release of RubyInstaller will address this, we can run today with Cygwin. On the right of the Cygwin page you will find a link to “Install Cygwin now”.  The UI for the installation is a little unusual, the basic process is documented here. When you get to step 15 (yes, step 15), you will want to select the following: ruby sqlite3 libsqlite3-devel wget make gcc git curl Hint: I find it is…
  • FireBug + Ubuntu + AMD64

    Sam Ruby
    Tools => AddOns => Extensions => Firebug 1.5.0 => Uninstall => Uninstall => Restart Firefox sudo apt-get install firebug Restart Firefox Fixes bug 449744.
  • Evolution of Tinkering

    Sam Ruby
    Jim Stogdill: The automobile went through a similar evolution. From eminently hackable to hood essentially sealed shut. When the automobile was new, you HAD to be a mechanic to own one. Later, being a mechanic gave you the option of tinkering and adapting it to your specific interests. In fact, that’s how most people up until about 1985 learned to be mechanics. How many people out here have changed an alternator?  (I have, twice) Replaced spark plugs (ditto, several times) or spark plug wires? (once).  Not to mention batteries and other parts.  As a teenager in the 70’s, this was not…
  • Secretary Workflow

    Sam Ruby
    The next step of automating the workflow of the Apache Software Foundation secretarial task went operational today.  The current flow now looks like this: Person prints and signs a document Said document is scanned, photographed, faxed, or sent via postal mail to the ASF.  In all but the latter case, this results in an email to both myself and to Craig Russell.  In the case of postal mail, it eventually arrives at my house, where I simply scan the document, and proceed to Step 5. All such email is archived in mbox format on minotaur.apache.org. I have a cron job which detaches the…
 
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  • Howto boot ISO images via grub2 with ubuntu

    Ansi
    6 Feb 2010 | 10:59 am
    Moin I am using Ubuntu “Daily builds” for some time inside Suns VirtualBox. Unfortunately the daily builds are not longer booting inside VirtualBox for more then 2 weeks now. Christian told me about a new feature of Grub2. You can boot ISO images directly from your hard disk without burning them on CD or USB. Awesome feature and I had to try it today. Here is the description on how to do it with Ubuntu 9.10. First I am using this tiny script to update all daily builds with the zsync tool. It transfers only the changed parts of the ISO so you and the Ubuntu teams save a lot of…
  • Chrome extentions

    Ansi
    20 Dec 2009 | 11:02 am
    Moin I just run through several Chrome Extensions and here is my list of extensions I can recommend. Please write some comments if you have additional  recommendations. Read It Later, very usefull to store webpages for later reading: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bkikpncfbjndhfkipijhdoddiadaipaa Gmail Notification: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/mihcahmgecmbnbcchbopgniflfhgnkff Use Gmail as default mailer: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/pgphcomnlaojlmmcjmiddhdapjpbgeoc Forecastfox:…
  • Qype: Weinstube Trollinger in Stuttgart

    Ansi
    18 Dec 2009 | 5:07 am
    Stuttgart – Essen & Trinken – Restaurants – Weinbars & Weinstuben Letzte Woche auf der Suche nach einem netten Abendrestaurant durch Stuttgart gelaufen und durch “Zufall” ins Trollinger geraten. Aber sehr ueberrascht worden. Das Essen war sehr lecker, das Fleisch sehr zart, die Portionen uebergross und die Bedienung war superfreundlich und sehr schnell. Obwohl ein “Zufallstreffen” werden wir oefters vorbei schauen. Kann ich sehr empfehlen. Mein Beitrag zu Weinstube Trollinger – Ich bin AnsgarSchmidt – auf Qype
  • HTC Hero earphone jack problem and howto solve

    Ansi
    29 Nov 2009 | 5:18 am
    Moin Last week I had some problems with my HTC Hero Android phone. The mobile is awesome no question about that, but there is one funny “feature” which I don’t need at all and what caused me some trouble. The Hero (maybe other mobiles too) has the nice feature to switch from build-in loudspeakers to external earphones (via the jack on top) via software switch and not like other devices via hardware switch. This causes a problem when the process is not responding when you plug in the earphone. First impression is “hardware error” and you want to send back your…
  • Qype: Ackermanns in Stuttgart

    Ansi
    15 Nov 2009 | 2:11 pm
    Stuttgart – Essen & Trinken – Bars & Kneipen – Kneipen – Essen & Trinken – Bars & Kneipen – Bars Eigentlich waren wir auf der Suche nach einer Tatort Kneipe und sind haben das “Maulwurf” mit dem Ackermanns verwechselt (ist die gleiche Internetseite). Leider gab es dann in diesem Ackermanns kein Tatort. Aber dafuer haben wir eine sehr sehr schoene Kneipe entdeckt. Lecker und guenstiges Essen. Nette Atmosphere und super nette Bedienung. Wir werden da wohl oefters hingehen. Die Bier und Whisky Karte ist super und sehr sehr lecker.
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    Who said supply chains are boring?
  • Vintage IBM Logistics

    Christopher Sciacca
    26 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am
    A few years ago I came across some vintage photos of IBM shipping hardware in Italy, including on a gondola in Venice.  Thanks to my colleague in Haifa another great photo featuring the now defunct PAA or Pan American Airways. Below is the IBM 305 RAMAC, the first 'SUPER' computer with a hard disk drive (HDD).  The HDD weighed over a ton and stored a 'whopping' 5 MB of data. Compare that to your
  • Goodbye Manfacturing Business Technology Magazine

    Christopher Sciacca
    7 Jan 2010 | 1:17 am
    As reported by Jim Brown on his blog, the veteran magazine, Manufacturing Business Technology is closing shop. I've been a big fan of this trade magazine since I came into SCM back in 1996. Back then I first met some of the MBT team including Kevin Parker, Sid Hill and Roberto Michel at NDES in Chicago and I always recall great discussions and insightful viewpoints. While I don't think this
  • Manufacturing the World Cup Ball

    Christopher Sciacca
    27 Dec 2009 | 6:09 am
    I've seen the manufacturing process behind cars, PCs and large mainframes and I think the making of something as simple as a football (soccer for my American readers) takes the cake.  The most surprising to me is the level of touch or people that is required to make the ball. Also the level of material waste.  Watch at :57 seconds when the triangular shape is cut from the large white square of
  • Swisscom Doesn't Get Customer Fulfillment or Green Supply Chains

    Christopher Sciacca
    14 Dec 2009 | 4:54 am
    As many of you know I am now living in Zurich and as one should do in a new country, I am trying to learn the local language.  To help, everyone tells me that I should get a TV with cable to watch programs in German to support the classes and DVDs I am using.  Easier said then done. Swisscom, the local provider of everything related to communications, including mobile phones, cable TV, internet
  • Are supply chains disappearing?

    Christopher Sciacca
    30 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    I certainly hope not, what would I blog about? But today in the Wall Street Journal an article highlights the trend that many companies, including Oracle, Pepsi, General Motors and Boeing, are all buying their suppliers and/or partners or investing in them for one reason or another.While this doesn't signal the end of the global supply chain it is a shift worth noting. As some readers have
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  • Are Blog Comments Worth It? Treasure the Conversations

    Luis Suarez
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:42 pm
    WebWorkerDaily has got a very interesting and thought-provoking blog post where they are actually questioning the worthiness of having comments turned on in a blog, whether for personal or business use, given the recent happenings of very popular blogs finally deciding to turn comments off for now. That WebWorkerDaily article surely is a good read providing lots of insightful thoughts on what are some of the pros and cons of such a bold move. Well, here’s my take: keep them! Turn comments on. They are worth it. And here is why. As most of you folks know already, I have been blogging for…
  • How IBM Uses Social Media to Spur Employee Innovation

    Luis Suarez
    4 Feb 2010 | 1:54 pm
    I have mentioned already a couple of times how my first contact with social software tools inside IBM, my current employer, was around the year 2000, when one of the communities I still belong to (And still one of my favourite ones, too!) decided to put together a wiki where we could all contribute and share our knowledge across. From there onwards, the continuous learning experience of transitioning from traditional collaboration and knowledge sharing tools to these social tools has been quite exciting, to say the least. But I am sure you may be wondering when did IBM *really* got started…
  • A World Without Email – Year 2, Weeks 49 to 51 (EMail Is Where Knowledge Goes to Die)

    Luis Suarez
    2 Feb 2010 | 3:11 pm
    It has been nearly a month since the last time I put together a blog post over here on how I’m doing living "A World Without Email" and, while looking into the last few weeks, I have just realised that I’m almost on the closure of the second year experiment of giving up on corporate email altogether. So I thought I would write down today the one before last blog entry for Year #2 of those weekly (Now probably more monthly) progress reports sharing some further insights on the state of things at this point, as I am about to close the second year of this my new reality.
  • The Unconsidered Life by A.C. Grayling

    Luis Suarez
    1 Feb 2010 | 5:44 am
    One of the reasons why I have always enjoyed Twitter quite a bit is how sometimes serendipity does its magic and it helps you bump into a URL link that will make you think quite a bit and / or WOW you in the process. It doesn’t happen too often, and probably that’s a good thing, too! (So that you don’t get overwhelmed by the whole thing), but when it does you just can’t stop thinking about the content you have just kindly been provided by those social networks you nurture and cultivate preciously through something so trivial as Twitter. Check the latest example; a…
  • The Web in Twenty

    Luis Suarez
    31 Jan 2010 | 8:27 am
    A few days back my good friend, and fellow IBM colleague, Aneel Lakhani, tagged me on an on-going meme that’s been going around for a little while now called "The Web in Twenty" where participants have to eventually provide answers to three different questions: How has the Web changed your life? How has the Web changed business and society? What do you think the Web will look like in 20 years? So, since it’s been quite a while that I have last embarked on chiming in on one of those blogging memes I thought it would be a good time to do that over the course of the weekend…
 
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  • Power to the Planet

    turbotodd
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:31 am
    IBM is announcing today the first of its Power7 processor-based systems and the Power7 processor itself at an event in NYC. This new chip is a major step forward in chip design from IBM, integrating eight processing cores in one chip package, and with each core being capable of executing four tasks or “threads.” Intel’s Xeon processors, [...]Read more at Turbo’s personal blog
  • SuperBad SuperBowl

    turbotodd
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:29 am
    Who dat? First, take dem bags off yo heads.  You aint got no reason to wear dem no bags no more, N’awlins Saints!  Congratulations on your first ever SuperBowl victory!  And what a great victory it was for the great city of New Orleans!  The amigos watching the game at my house and I couldn’t have [...]Read more at Turbo’s personal blog
  • The Art of the Online Corporate Video

    turbotodd
    5 Feb 2010 | 7:50 am
    Turbo reveals a recent interview by social media guru David Meerman Scott and Tim Washer to discuss corporate comedy videos.Read more at Turbo’s personal blog
  • Some Sporting Predictions

    turbotodd
    3 Feb 2010 | 3:51 pm
    Scott and Turbo recently sat down to interview Gibby McCaleb, COO of sports forecasting firm AccuScore, about this year's SuperBowl and predicting sport outcomes.Read more at Turbo’s personal blog
  • IBM to Acquire Initiate Systems

    turbotodd
    3 Feb 2010 | 6:34 am
    IBM has announced its intent to acquire Initiate Systems, a privately-held data integration software provider for the healthcare and government sectors.Read more at Turbo’s personal blog
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  • % complete is a useless measure

    Stephan H Wissel
    7 Feb 2010 | 8:50 pm
    At least when it comes to software development. Rather use "tasks/units of work left to do". Geek and poke sum it up nicely: Do you want to know more®? Read a book and sign the manifesto
  • Latest Banking Scam?

    Stephan H Wissel
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:41 am
    The phone rings. He: Hello this is [name changed to protect the innocent] from [insert a big bank]. Can I speak to Mr. Stephan? Me: Hello there, Stephan speaking He: This is regarding [pretty usual transaction] Me: OK He: Let me ask you some questions to establish your identity Me: OK He: What is your account # and [secret question about pets, sports, cities, keywords - you know] Me: Ah - why would I tell you that? He: To establish your identity Me: You called my mobile, so? How should I know you are from the bank He: Sir I work for [insert a big bank] Me: Yeah, how should I know that you are…
  • The power adaptors in my "RoadWarrior Toolbox"

    Stephan H Wissel
    2 Feb 2010 | 5:23 pm
    I kissed a lot of frogs before I found the optimal travel power adaptor. Finally the Mitch & Mark travel adaptor available from the Krisshop made it. These are my criteria: Must support all countries (a no brainer) Must have an indicator light (places I go often have dead sockets) Must have a USB outlet for charging devices or powering one or the other gadget. Must not have any fragile pieces sticking out, so it can survive my chronical equipment mistreatment The Mitch & Mark fulfils all these criteria, all plugs retract for transport mode (I also carry a slim minimalistic adaptor…
  • New addition to my "RoadWarrior Toolbox" - GR1102

    Stephan H Wissel
    2 Feb 2010 | 5:03 pm
    I'm using a 3G modem for a while now. Works well as long as I'm in Singapore, once leaving it becomes an extortionist tool (30$ per MB is 10x more expensive than SMS and that's a rip off already). So typically I borrow the local modem from my colleagues in the country I visit, leaving me with guilt of depriving them from salvation in boring meetings. Not any more. I just added a Sapido GR1102 mobile hotspot to my toolbox. It's a bit bulky compared to dedicated devices like the Huawei E5 and even doesn't have 3G connectivity. However it has 2 USB ports where you can plug-in your off-the-mill…
  • When reality catches up with fiction

    Stephan H. Wissel
    2 Feb 2010 | 6:48 am
    Walking military vehicles were a novelty in the earlier Starwars® and I always wondered what are they good for other than stumble over rebel wires. Now Boston Dynamics is actually building them (and they are much smarter than me, so they know what they are good for): Boston Dynamics has a wide range of really kewl robots and it probably is fun to work there, even if some of the robots are outright creepy and really small.
 
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  • Technology, Leadership and Innovation in the Service Economy

    IWB
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:58 am
    At the end of January I gave a half-day seminar at MIT on Technology, Leadership and Innovation in the Service Economy.  I offered the seminar as part of MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP), a four week informal learning interlude between the fall and spring semesters that offers a variety of experimental short courses and seminars.For a while now, I have been thinking about how technology and innovation can best be applied to services.  It is a subject I come back to repeatedly in this blog.  My interest started several years ago, when we launched a number of…
  • Disruptive Innovations and Organizational Change

    IWB
    1 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    Over the last few years I have given a number of seminars on Technology-based Business Transformation.  In these seminars, I examine how companies can leverage disruptive innovations to go after new business opportunities or to significantly transform themselves.  Often, the transformations are needed because the business is in crisis, such as happened to IBM in the early 1990s or is the case with a number of media companies today.  The seminars are generally organized into three section.  The first two focus on strategy formulation and execution respectively. …
  • Cuba, the Internet and Social Media

    IWB
    25 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am
    Last week I attended the Cuba, IT & Social Media Summit in New York City.  The summit brought together leaders in the field to discuss the use of these technologies and capabilities in Cuba,  today and in the future.  Many, but not all, of the participants were of Cuban heritage, either directly born on the island like me or whose parents were.  The meeting was not political in nature.  I suspect that most attendees hold views similar to mine regarding Cuba, bemoaning both the repressive nature of the Cuban regime as well as the ineffectual, anachronistic US…
  • JumpStart NYC: Talent in Transition

    IWB
    18 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am
    As we well know, many talented people have lost their jobs as a result of our ongoing Great Recession, - the worst financial crisis we have lived through since the 1930s.  The US unemployment rate has doubled from 5% in December of 2007 to 10% in December of 2009.  The number is significantly higher, about one out of every six workers, when taking into account underemployed and discouraged workers who have had no success in finding a full time position.Hopefully, the economy will soon improve and unemployment rates will start to come down.  But in the meantime, it is very…
  • Economic Performance and Social Progress

    IWB
    11 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am
    I continue to be very interested in the study of highly complex organizational systems, that is, systems involving communities of people and the services they perform for each other in pursuit of collective goals.  Enterprises, healthcare systems and cities are prime examples of such highly complex organizational systems.Advances in information and communications technologies are enabling us to better understand the characteristics of these systems.  We now have the ability to gather huge amounts of information about their behavior, which we can then analyze and model with…
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  • SAVE THESE DATES: Special Lotus Web Conferences for Partners

    Mary Hall
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:53 am
     Make sure to save these dates on your calendar: Feb. 11th and Feb 18th.   Two important enablement sessions are just around the corner for Lotus Business Partners that you won't want to miss.February 11 - Lotusphere 2010 - Wrap Up, A Partner-Focused PerspectiveSpeakers: Tim Kounadis, Director of Worldwide Channels and Industry, and Scott Galin, Director Sales WPLC General Business & Partners Sales Leader A week of Lotusphere gives Business Partners a tremendous amount of news to synthesize and weave into their respective go-to-market and overall business strategy. Let us help. In this…
  • The Performance Perspectives Blog: Super Bowl ads, unstructured data, opportunities for insight

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    9 Feb 2010 | 7:47 am
    The big game may be over, but for Super Bowl advertisers, the work is only just beginning.With online activities an increasingly important component of their campaigns, viewers' responses to the latest from Dockers, Doritos and Dr. Pepper will no doubt fuel important marketing decisions throughout the year. Sentiment analysis - the measure of your customers' attitudes toward your product or service and its effect on their buying behavior - is an increasingly important marketing metric. And unstructured data - the vast sea of blog posts, Tweets and YouTube comments that stem from these ads -…
  • Re: See Tivoli Storage Management - and me - in action at Pulse 2010

    Tiffeni Woodhams
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:54 am
    In response to: See Tivoli Storage Management - and me - in action at Pulse 2010 Rich, thanks for the recap of some important sessions that will be presented at Pulse. Additional Storage and Information Infrastructure tracks can be found on the Tivoli Storage Blog.
  • See Tivoli Storage Management - and me - in action at Pulse 2010

    Richard Vining
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:56 am
     IBM’s Pulse 2010 starts on Feb 21 in Las Vegas, and I’ll be there with many of my storage management software peers, representing development, product management, services, marketing and yes, sales. There will be new products and features unveiled, as well as a large number of real customers speaking about their experiences and best practices in taking advantage of IBM’s storage solutions. Many of these technologies will also be on display in the mid-market and storage zones in the Exhibit Area; as well as in the hands-on labs.Wednesday, the 24th is my big day. I’m presenting a…
  • Thoughts on the new Forrester blog policy

    Tiffany Winman
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:21 am
     There were two big topics of conversation in my Twitter streams this weekend--the missed opportunity of the sponsors of the Super Bowl ads to engage in and leverage the conversation in the digital commons (so sad) and the controversy over Forrester's new and upcoming blog policy.Several social media enthusiasts started decrying the fall of all that was good and holy about Forrester due to this new policy. I love social media and the amazing power it brings to the masses, but I think we conflate too many issues too quickly when we judge Forrester in this case.Social media=democracy,…
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    developerWorks : Information Management Articles
  • Integrate content repositories from multiple platforms with IBM Content Integrator for z/OS

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    IBM Content Integrator (ICI) provides function that enables integrating content, such as documents and images, from different content repositories on different platforms. While ICI itself can be installed on different platforms, this article outlines the steps to configure ICI for z/OS to manage multiple content repositories on different platforms. This article also describes the ICI tools and samples that can be used to perform certain operations without having to access repository-specific APIs.
  • Understanding InfoSphere Federation Server codepage conversion

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Get an introduction to the overall architecture of codepage conversion in IBM InfoSphere Federation Server. Understand codepage conversion configuration respective to different wrappers and data sources, and get the answers to common questions from some frequently used scenarios.
  • PostgreSQL to DB2 porting guide

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    This technical guide describes the process of enabling a PostgreSQL database application to operate under IBM DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. It addresses the differences between PostgreSQL and DB2, both in functionality and syntax, and provides the details needed to visualize the scope of effort and to address technical issues.
  • Manage XML Schemas in DB2, Part 1: Manage XML schemas and validate XML data

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    XML schemas come in various types, including an XML schema with or without a namespace, XML schemas consisting of multiple definitions, and XML schemas consisting of multiple namespaces. This article takes those kinds of XML schemas, and introduces ways to register XML schemas, ways to validate XML data, ways to get the XML schema used for validating XML data, and so on. This article is described based on DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX and Windows.
  • DB2 9.7: IBM Data Movement Tool

    27 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Here we present a very simple and powerful tool to enable applications from Oracle and other DBMS to DB2.
 
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    developerWorks : Information Management Tutorials
  • Using Cognos 8 BI with Rational Portfolio Manager

    28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    This tutorial provides a sample scenario that shows how to create reports by using IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence software suite with the Open Data Access tool in Rational Portfolio Manager. Open Data Access is a new feature that provides an easier to understand database model to help you create reports.
  • Deploy your database applications and projects on the cloud

    27 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Cloud computing is an increasingly popular paradigm that can significantly accelerate development and prototyping cycles. In this tutorial, you will learn how you can easily deploy your database applications and projects on the cloud in just minutes using IBM DB2 data server and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). No prior cloud computing or DB2 experience is necessary.
  • Introducing entity subtypes in IBM InfoSphere Master Information Hub

    27 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    In this tutorial, learn how to implement entity subtypes and supporting services for IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server and InfoSphere Master Information Hub. Using an entity subtyping framework allows you to introduce new entities that may be processed by the services of their parent entities, which helps achieve service interoperability and extensibility for a new domain created using Master Information Hub.
  • Text Analysis Perspective for IBM InfoSphere eDiscovery Analyzer V2.1.1

    13 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Gain an understanding of Text Analysis Perspective and its integration with IBM InfoSphere eDiscovery Analyzer, Version 2.1.1. With this feature, you can quickly and easily configure simple text analysis engines and deploy them to IBM InfoSphere eDiscovery Analyzer. This tutorial discusses the installation steps and procedures required to deploy the text analysis engine as a new facet in IBM InfoSphere eDiscovery Analyzer using a sample scenario.
  • Manipulate CSV data with Python and pureXML

    21 Dec 2009 | 9:00 pm
    IBM DB2 pureXML allows you to store XML data natively in a relational database management system, giving you the power and flexibility to report on this data without disturbing the advantages that its XML format offers. In this tutorial, you will learn how to connect to a DB2 database from the Python programming language, importing data about population from the United States Census Bureau. You will use Python to convert this CSV file into XML, before inserting this XML data natively into DB2. Finally, you will use Python to create a command-line application that produces some informative…
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    developerWorks : Java technology
  • Develop a Java application that uses pureQuery annotated methods, Part 3: Gather performance data and bind the SQL

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    This three-part demo series introduces you to some of the features in Optim Development Studio available to develop a Java application that uses pureQuery annotated methods. The demo series uses the GSDB sample database, which is the sales database for a fictional company called Great Outdoors. In this demo, learn how to gather SQL performance data, view it in the SQL Outline, and bind the SQL for static execution.
  • Debugging and testing Swing code

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    When you need to use or maintain other Java developers' code, debugging and testing can help you understand how it works. In the case of visual code though, these powerful practices are more difficult unless you have the appropriate tools. The two open source tools that this article introduces - Swing Explorer and FEST-Swing - can make debugging and testing of Swing UIs simple and reliable. Alex Ruiz shows how to use them to understand a UI's structure, test how it functions, and troubleshoot issues.
  • Introduction to the eSWT mobile extension, Part 3: Use advanced dialogs and device-related features for mobile applications

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    As mobile platforms become increasingly sophisticated, the demand for mobile computing will increase. In this "Introduction to the eSWT mobile extension series, learn about the embedded Standard Widget Toolkit (eSWT). You can use eSWT to develop native-looking Java applications for a variety of mobile phones. In this article, learn how to use more of the mobile controls: MultiPageDialog, QueryDialog, TimedMessageBox, MobileDevice, Screen, and Input.
  • Compare JavaScript frameworks

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Modern Web sites and Web applications tend to rely quite heavily on client-side JavaScript to provide rich interactivity, particularly through the advent of asynchronous HTTP requests that do not require page refreshes to return data or responses from a server-side script or database system. In this article, you will discover how JavaScript frameworks make it easier and faster to create highly interactive and responsive Web sites and Web applications.
  • Develop a Java application that uses pureQuery annotated methods, Part 2: Modify and test the interface

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    This three-part demo series introduces you to some of the features in Optim Development Studio available to develop a Java application that uses pureQuery annotated methods. The demo series uses the GSDB sample database, which is the sales database for a fictional company called Great Outdoors. In this second demo, learn how to modify the generated interface, test it, and use the SQL Outline to navigate between the Java source code and SQL.
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  • Learn Linux, 101: Search text files using regular expressions

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Learn how to use regular expressions, and then use them to find things in files on your filesystem. You can use the material in this article to study for the LPI 101 exam for Linux system administrator certification, or just to learn for fun.
  • Learn Linux, 101: A roadmap for LPIC-1

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Use this roadmap to find IBM developerWorks articles that will help you learn and review basic Linux tasks. And if you're also pursuing professional certification as a Linux system administrator, these articles can help you study for the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) exam 101 and exam 102. This roadmap is organized according to the 43 objectives in the 101 and 102 exams, which you are required to pass for LPI level 1 certification.
  • Learn Linux, 101: Process execution priorities

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Learn how to set and change process priorities so that applications get as much processing time as they need. You can use this material in this article to study for the LPI 101 exam for Linux system administrator certification, or just to learn for fun.
  • Learn Linux, 101: Create, monitor, and kill processes

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Learn about process management on Linux: how to shuffle processes between foreground and background, find out what's running, kill processes, and keep processes running after you've left for the day. You can use the material in this article to study for the LPI 101 exam for Linux system administrator certification, or just to learn for fun.
  • Virtio: An I/O virtualization framework for Linux

    28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The Linux kernel supports a variety of virtualization schemes, and that's likely to grow as virtualization advances and new schemes are discovered (for example, lguest). But with all these virtualization schemes running on top of Linux, how do they exploit the underlying kernel for I/O virtualization? The answer is virtio, which provides an efficient abstraction for hypervisors and a common set of I/O virtualization drivers. Discover virtio, and learn why Linux will soon be the hypervisor of choice.
 
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  • Best practices: Developing IBM Lotus Forms for Webform Server

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Developing IBM Lotus® Forms for Webform Server is different from developing forms for IBM Lotus Forms Viewer and can consume more development effort. By understanding the nature of Webform Server and applying the practices listed in this article, you can resolve the potential issues during the development phase.
  • Configuring IBM Tivoli Access Manager SSO for IBM Lotus Connections 2.5

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    This white paper explains how to configure IBM Tivoli Access Manager as a single sign-on (SSO) solution for IBM Lotus Connections 2.5. Though this is an optional configuration, it is recommended in order to provide a more secure environment, especially if users are accessing Lotus Connections from a wide area network (WAN).
  • Configuring single sign-on for IBM Lotus Connections in the Kerberos environment

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    In this article, we discuss the configuration of a Kerberos-based single sign-on solution from a Microsoft® Windows® desktop to IBM® Lotus® Connections running on IBM WebSphere® Application Server.
  • Mash active and archived data using IBM Mashup Center and Optim

    20 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    For cost, operational efficiency, and regulatory requirements, enterprises are required to archive transactional data. But that data might still be useful for reporting purposes. This article shows how easily you can use IBM Mashup Center to modify a reporting mashup to combine data from a DB2(R) relational database with data that was archived using the Optim(TM) Data Growth Solution.
  • Monitoring availability, performance, infrastructure, and beyond using IBM Lotus Sametime

    19 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Ever wonder how to really know what the status of your IBM Lotus Sametime environment is? Discover how Lotus Sametime can be monitored, in terms of both function and performance, from the user perspective. This article describes (and provides) a simple lightweight proactive tool to assist administrators in better understanding the Lotus Sametime user experience to reduce outages, respond to issues more quickly, and improve the customer experience. In addition to monitoring capabilities, this tool can assist in debug collection and take the burden off users for problem recreates and data…
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    developerWorks : Open source
  • Search and update Google Base with PHP

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Google Base allows users to store any type of content online in Google's version of a massive online database. Web application developers are able to access and search this content through the Google Base Data API. This article introduces the Google Base Data API and demonstrates it in the context of a PHP application, explaining how to use SimpleXML and the Zend_Gdata module to search, retrieve, add, and edit different types of data on Google Base.
  • OpenLaszlo -- A platform to rapidly build and deploy rich Internet applications

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Meet OpenLaszlo, an open source platform, released under the Common Public License (CPL), for the development and delivery of rich Internet applications (RIAs). OpenLaszlo is based on LZX, which is an object-oriented language utilizing XML and JavaScript. Rich-client applications written with OpenLaszlo run across browsers and across platforms. In this article, we look at the architecture and APIs of OpenLaszlo with several examples. We also cover the basic debugging tools.
  • Python basics for PHP developers

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Are you an experienced PHP developer who needs to learn Python? This article approaches the world of Python development from a PHP developer's perspective, translating familiar PHP concepts, such as variables, lists, and functions, into their Python equivalents.
  • Connect your data to the outside world with SugarCRM connectors

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    SugarCRM is the world's leading open source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software provider, with over 5,000 customers and 500,000 downloads of the SugarCRM application all around the world. SugarCRM has long had a very useful Web Services framework, allowing applications to access the SugarCRM instance and work with data on it. But new to SugarCRM 5.2 is a framework for accessing other outside Web services from inside the application itself. SugarCRM 5.2 ships with a LinkedIn connector by default that uses this framework. Thus, users of the SugarCRM instance can check on the…
  • Introduction to the eSWT mobile extension, Part 3: Use advanced dialogs and device-related features for mobile applications

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    As mobile platforms become increasingly sophisticated, the demand for mobile computing will increase. In this "Introduction to the eSWT mobile extension series, learn about the embedded Standard Widget Toolkit (eSWT). You can use eSWT to develop native-looking Java applications for a variety of mobile phones. In this article, learn how to use more of the mobile controls: MultiPageDialog, QueryDialog, TimedMessageBox, MobileDevice, Screen, and Input.
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    developerWorks : Rational Articles
  • Modeling with SoaML, the Service-Oriented Architecture Modeling Language: Part 5. Service implementation

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The example in this final article of this series uses the IBM Rational Software Architect UM- to-SOA transformation feature to create a Web service implementation that can be used directly in IBM WebSphere Integration Developer to implement, test, and deploy the completed solution.
  • How to customize your profile tooling model to support association classes

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Profile tooling enables you to generate tooling from existing or user-created profiles. This article explains how you can modify a tooling model in order to generate profile tooling code for stereotypes on association classes. Profile tooling helps enable you to generate tooling from existing or user-created profiles. Currently, it is possible to generate tooling for stereotypes and associations; however, stereotypes on association classes are not supported. This article explains how you can modify a tooling model in order to generate profile tooling code for stereotypes on association…
  • Integrating IBM metadata repositories, Part 2: Governing the metadata lifecycle in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Learn how to enable asset-based development by integrating your applications with IBM Rational Asset Manager. In Part 2, you'll learn how to use WebSphere Service Registry and Repository for governing the metadata lifecyle.
  • Requirements traceability verification using the IBM Rational RequisitePro and IBM ClearQuest Test Manager integration

    27 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    If you're a project manager, business analyst or tester looking for ways to improve the requirements traceability of your projects, this article will show you how. Using a real-world deployment as a model, this article offers a how-to approach to integrating your IBM Rational RequisitePro and IBM Rational ClearQuest Test Manager environments. Included are best practices, troubleshooting and solutions to common issues. After outlining how to set up this integration, the collaboration benefits for key personnel such as testers, test leaders, business analysts and project managers are…
  • Modeling with SoaML, the Service-Oriented Architecture Modeling Language: Part 4. Service composition

    27 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    This fourth article of this five-part series covers how to assemble and connect the service participants modeled in "Part 3. Service realization" and then choreograph their interactions to provide a complete solution to the business requirements. The resulting service participant will assemble the services provided by the Invoicer, Productions, and Shipper participants in a services value chain to provide a service capable of processing a purchase order. It also shows how this service participant fulfills the original business requirements.
 
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    developerWorks : Tivoli Articles
  • Configuring IBM Tivoli Access Manager SSO for IBM Lotus Connections 2.5

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    This white paper explains how to configure IBM Tivoli Access Manager as a single sign-on (SSO) solution for IBM Lotus Connections 2.5. Though this is an optional configuration, it is recommended in order to provide a more secure environment, especially if users are accessing Lotus Connections from a wide area network (WAN).
  • Using ITCAM for SOA to monitor BPM Systems: Part 3: Using Service-to-Service topology view

    2 Dec 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The Service-to-Service topology view exposes the application invocation transaction and execution path by topology diagram view. This article explains what is the Service-to-Service topology and how to read the Service-to-Service topology. The Service-to-Service topology view is very clear and simple for small systems with few apllications, processes and simple service invocation styles. However, the topology diagram would become very complex if there are many applications in WDPE and the invocations are complex. This article also described some best practices and methodologies to filter and…
  • Ajax in a network: Security and topology challenges of aggregating content from multiple sites in an Ajax architecture

    29 Sep 2009 | 9:00 pm
    There can be challenges when introducing Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) programming techniques into a network environment. This article looks at security and topology scenarios that you might be trying to solve when creating Ajax style architectures that aggregate content from multiple sites. This article explores these scenarios using the IBM Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL product in conjunction with the IBM WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0 for developing Ajax style architectures for WebSphere Application Server.
  • High scalability and availability of AIX secldapclntd using the Tivoli Directory Server proxy

    31 Aug 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The secldapclntd daemon provides and manages connection between the AIX security LDAP load module of the local host and an LDAP server, and handles transactions from the LDAP load module to the LDAP server. Simple configuration steps do not allow us to specify highly available and scalable LDAP servers at the back end. This article lists the steps to configure a highly available and scalable back-end LDAP for the secldapclntd daemon using the Tivoli Directory Server proxy.
  • Using ITCAM for SOA to monitor BPM Systems: Part 2: How ITCAM for SOA monitors service-oriented architectures

    27 Aug 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The metrics collected by ITCAM for SOA are gathered from SCA messages, in this article, we will analyze the metrics, compare and map metrics to the WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition (WDPE) and runtime behaviors. We also explain how to read, understand and analysis the metrics, and how to aware the WDPE applications from the metrics.
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    developerWorks : WebSphere Articles
  • OpenLaszlo -- A platform to rapidly build and deploy rich Internet applications

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Meet OpenLaszlo, an open source platform, released under the Common Public License (CPL), for the development and delivery of rich Internet applications (RIAs). OpenLaszlo is based on LZX, which is an object-oriented language utilizing XML and JavaScript. Rich-client applications written with OpenLaszlo run across browsers and across platforms. In this article, we look at the architecture and APIs of OpenLaszlo with several examples. We also cover the basic debugging tools.
  • A technical deep dive into the global process monitor model

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Get an in-depth look at a monitor model for BPEL processes running on WebSphere Process Server. Understanding this model will enable you to customize it by adding metrics, KPIs and dashboard views for specific business needs. You can also extend the model to monitor processes running on different engines. Finally, the article contains many tips for advanced monitor model development.
  • Integrating IBM metadata repositories, Part 2: Governing the metadata lifecycle in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Learn how to enable asset-based development by integrating your applications with IBM Rational Asset Manager. In Part 2, you'll learn how to use WebSphere Service Registry and Repository for governing the metadata lifecyle.
  • Customizing with WebSphere CloudBurst, Part 5: Maintaining virtualized WebSphere Application Server environments

    26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance provides the capability to create highly customized IBM WebSphere Application Server environments and then deploy them into their own cloud. However, the job of the appliance does not end once the environments have been deployed. WebSphere CloudBurst delivers users function that helps you update and maintain these environments. This article discusses how to use WebSphere CloudBurst to apply WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition iFixes, fixpacks, and your own fixes to both images and actual WebSphere Application Server virtual system…
  • Mediation policy for target services: Constructing a dynamic mediation for WebSphere ESB V7 based on which target service has been selected

    26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    This article shows you how to use the extended mediation policy function in WebSphere ESB V7 to apply mediation policy conditionally, depending on the target service invoked, and how to attach and use mediation policies at target services, both at a service and an operation level. This article includes a scenario based on the service gateway pattern, an ideal pattern for target service mediation policies, and one that shows these mediation policies simplify the mediation flow.
 
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    developerWorks : XML
  • Creating a NIEM IEPD, Part 2: Map and subset NIEM

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Part 1 of this series described the process of creating a UML model of an XML information exchange to be implemented in the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). In this article, take the next step -- map the model to NIEM to determine what parts of NIEM the exchange can reuse. Also learn how to create a subset of the NIEM model to include in an IEPD.
  • Search and update Google Base with PHP

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Google Base allows users to store any type of content online in Google's version of a massive online database. Web application developers are able to access and search this content through the Google Base Data API. This article introduces the Google Base Data API and demonstrates it in the context of a PHP application, explaining how to use SimpleXML and the Zend_Gdata module to search, retrieve, add, and edit different types of data on Google Base.
  • Creating a NIEM IEPD, Part 1: Model your NIEM exchange

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is rapidly becoming the most important XML exchange standard for the U.S. government and its information partners. This article, the first in a four-part series, provides an overview of the process for defining a NIEM information exchange. It then takes you through the first step -- modeling your exchange using UML -- with special considerations for NIEM modeling concepts. A simple case study is used to illustrate the process.
  • Manage XML Schemas in DB2, Part 1: Manage XML schemas and validate XML data

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    XML schemas come in various types, including an XML schema with or without a namespace, XML schemas consisting of multiple definitions, and XML schemas consisting of multiple namespaces. This article takes those kinds of XML schemas, and introduces ways to register XML schemas, ways to validate XML data, ways to get the XML schema used for validating XML data, and so on. This article is described based on DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX and Windows.
  • Connect your data to the outside world with SugarCRM connectors

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    SugarCRM is the world's leading open source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software provider, with over 5,000 customers and 500,000 downloads of the SugarCRM application all around the world. SugarCRM has long had a very useful Web Services framework, allowing applications to access the SugarCRM instance and work with data on it. But new to SugarCRM 5.2 is a framework for accessing other outside Web services from inside the application itself. SugarCRM 5.2 ships with a LinkedIn connector by default that uses this framework. Thus, users of the SugarCRM instance can check on the…
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    IBM Redbooks | BladeCenter
  • QLogic 20-port and 10-port 4 Gb SAN Switch Modules

    1 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 The QLogic 20-port and 10-port 4 Gb SAN Switch Modules enable high performance 4 Gb Fibre Channel SAN solutions, and allow IBM BladeCenter integration with any open-standards-based storage area networks utilizing full fabric switching functionality.
  • QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter

    14 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 The QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module is another example of how IBM has been at the forefront of offering new technology to clients.
  • IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager

    8 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) is a tool for simplifying deployment, failover, and repurposing of blade servers.
  • Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 for IBM BladeCenter

    30 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 The Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3012 is a Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module in a standard switch-bay form-factor for use in all BladeCenter chassis.
  • IBM BladeCenter HS22 Technical Introduction

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redpaper, published: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 The IBM® BladeCenter® HS22 is a two-socket blade server running the latest Intel® Xeon processors.
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    IBM Redbooks | IBM System i
  • IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 - Featuring the POWER7 processor providing advanced multi-core technology - Available Power 780 MaxCore and TurboCore modes redefining performance - Designed to provide Enterprise-level RAS in a midrange footprint his IBM® Redpaper is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power™ 770 and Power 780 servers supporting AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems.
  • IBM Power 750 and 755 Technical Overview and Introduction

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 - Featuring the POWER7 processor providing advanced multi-core technology - Available Power 755 model for High Performance Computing - Designed for leading mid-range performance This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 750 and Power 755 server supporting AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems.
  • Getting Started with DB2 Web Query for i

    3 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - Follow the best practice guides to simplify report development - Take your reporting to the next level of Business Intelligence - Learn DB2 Web Query by using the easy-to-follow tutorials The DB2® Web Query for i product is a Web-based query and report writing product that offers enhanced capabilities over the IBM® Query for iSeries® product (also commonly known as Query/400).
  • IBM i 6.1 Technical Overview

    16 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - Manage complexity and risk with new Web-based management and security functions - Boost efficiency with virtualization and dynamic workload management - Realize innovation with open application design choices This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces a technical overview of the main new features, functions and enhancements available in IBM i 6.1 (formerly called i5/OS® V6R1).
  • IBM i 6.1 Independent ASPs: A Guide to Quick Implementation of Independent ASPs

    10 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 - Take advantage of the IBM i 6.1 support for independent ASPs - Improve your uptime by using IASPs - Easily install and configure IASPs for your environment This IBM® Redbooks® publication explains how to configure and manage independent disk pool (IASP) functionality of IBM i 6.1.
 
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  • IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 - Featuring the POWER7 processor providing advanced multi-core technology - Available Power 780 MaxCore and TurboCore modes redefining performance - Designed to provide Enterprise-level RAS in a midrange footprint his IBM® Redpaper is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power™ 770 and Power 780 servers supporting AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems.
  • IBM Power 750 and 755 Technical Overview and Introduction

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 - Featuring the POWER7 processor providing advanced multi-core technology - Available Power 755 model for High Performance Computing - Designed for leading mid-range performance This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 750 and Power 755 server supporting AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems.
  • PowerVM and SAN Copy Services

    21 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redpaper, published: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 - Real-world data center scenarios with procedures for AIX, Virtual I/O Server, and storage devices - A key reference for SAN-based storage in a virtualized environment - EMC, Hitachi, and IBM storage examples included This IBM® Redpapers™ publication is a guide to Copy Services as managed by AIX® in a IBM PowerVM™ virtualized environment.
  • PowerVM Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage

    5 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 - Moving to a Virtual I/O Server managed environment - Ready-to-use scenarios included - AIX operating system based examples IT environments in organizations today face more challenges than ever before.
  • IBM System Storage/Brocade Multiprotocol Routing: An Introduction and Implementation

    10 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 - Read about the basics of the IBM/Brocade approach - Learn about the IBM/Brocade products and solutions - Understand how to install routers The rapid spread and adoption of production storage area networks (SANs) has fueled the need for multiprotocol routers.
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    IBM Redbooks | IBM System Storage
  • IBM System Storage TS7650 and TS7650G with ProtecTIER

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - Understand the concepts of data De-duplication - Learn about Native Replication and Grid Manager - Reduce your storage hardware requirements This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the IBM solution for Data De-duplication, the IBM System Storage ProtecTIER TS7650G ProtecTIER De-duplication Gateway and ProtecTIER TS7650 De-Duplication Appliance.
  • IBM Midrange System Storage Implementation and Best Practices Guide

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - Managing and using the Midrange System storage with SVC - Advanced configuration and performance tuning - Performance measurement using TPC for Disk This book represents a compilation of best practices for deploying and configuring IBM midrange system storage servers which include the DS4000 and the DS5000 family of products.
  • IBM System Storage DS8700: Architecture and Implementation

    5 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 - New dual POWER6 based controllers with up to 384 GB of cache - Uses PCI-e for internal I/O components interconnect - Enhanced availability and resiliency This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the concepts, architecture, and implementation of the IBM System Storage™ DS8700 storage subsystem.
  • IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 with R1.6

    3 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - Four Way Hybrid Configuration enhancements - Logical WORM support - Learn about new TS7700 management capabilities The IBM® Virtualization Engine TS7700 provides tape virtualization for the IBM System z® environment.
  • ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3

    2 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - DFSMS, Data set basics, SMS - Storage management software and hardware - Catalogs, VSAM, DFSMStvs The ABCs of z/OS System Programming is an eleven volume collection that provides an introduction to the z/OS operating system and the hardware architecture.
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  • Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x

    2 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x is a member of IBM's comprehensive networking portfolio of 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet adapters and delivers industry-leading performance and scalability per watt, reducing requirements for power and cooling.
  • IBM NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet Adapters

    11 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 The NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter is a high performance PCI Express, quad-port, copper Gigabit Ethernet network adapter supporting both NIC/TOE and iSCSI over a single network connection.
  • IBM System x Business Intelligence Solutions for Small to Large Businesses with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

    25 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redpaper, published: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 - Second paper in the series on Business Intelligence solutions from IBM System x - Shows how IBM System x3950 M2 configurations are an ideal match for small, medium and large BI customer requirements - Shows the improvements possible with right hardware and software configuration Business Intelligence (BI) is defined as the technology used to extract useful information from the vast amount of data that a business has been collecting over time.
  • IBM 1U 17-inch and 19-inch Flat Panel Console Kits

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 These cost-effective Flat Panel Console Kits offer a powerful and convenient way to manage space constrained rack environments from a single console.
  • ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller for System x

    3 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 The ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x is an entry-level 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 RAID controller.
 
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  • Performance Test of Virtual Linux Desktop Cloud Services on System z

    5 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redpaper, published: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 Cloud computing is an evolutionary deployment model for IT and business assets.
  • Introduction to the System z Hardware Management Console

    4 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 - Large scale hardware systems management concepts - Design and implementation of a management controller - Practical operational techniques and scenarios NOTE: THIS PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE IN SOFTCOPY ONLY.
  • z/VSE Using DB2 on Linux for System z

    3 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - See the advantages for z/VSE applications using DB2 on Linux - Plan a migration of DB2 data to Linux for System z - Use a sample scenario for your implementation Data is one the most critical and valuable assets of a business.
  • ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3

    2 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - DFSMS, Data set basics, SMS - Storage management software and hardware - Catalogs, VSAM, DFSMStvs The ABCs of z/OS System Programming is an eleven volume collection that provides an introduction to the z/OS operating system and the hardware architecture.
  • z/OS Distributed File Service zSeries File System Implementation z/OS V1R11

    2 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - Defining and installing a zSeries File System - Performing backup and recovery, sysplex sharing - Migrating from HFS The z/OS® Distributed File Service zSeries® File System (zFS) is a z/OS UNIX® file system that can be used like the Hierarchical File System (HFS).
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    IBM Redbooks | Information Management software
  • Leveraging IBM Cognos 8 BI for Linux on IBM System z

    1 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - Consolidate your BI environment using Cognos 8 BI for Linux on System z - Assess the benefits of Cognos for Linux on System z - Compare OLAP processing techniques In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we describe the role Cognos® plays in an Information On Demand (IOD) solution for IBM System z® and detail the functions of IBM Cognos 8 BI for Linux® on System z in current deployment scenarios.
  • DB2 9 for z/OS: Using the Utilities Suite

    30 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 - Description of the Utilities and recent enhancements - Recommendations for best performance and availability - Advice for operational scenarios IBM continues to enhance the functionality, performance, availability, and ease of use of DB2 utilities.
  • Federated Content Management: Accessing Content from Disparate Repositories with IBM Content Federation Services and IBM Content Integrator

    31 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 - Overview federated content management - Install and configure Content Federation Services - Configure Content Integrator connectors and understand the client APIs In today's ever-changing environment, it is common for businesses to have valuable operations data spread across multiple content management systems, either through company mergers, acquisitions, or through normal departmental growth.
  • Developing Applications with IBM FileNet P8 APIs

    30 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 - Content Engine basic and advanced APIs - Process Engine basic and advanced APIs - REST API, ECM Widgets, sample applications, and more This IBM® Redbooks® publication can help you develop content and process management applications with IBM FileNet® APIs.
  • DB2 9 for z/OS: Resource Serialization and Concurrency Control

    22 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 - See how DB2 allows concurrent accesses to data with integrity - Understand the locking parameters for your applications - Tune interactions between applications and utilities Locking is the generic term used to refer to the database management system function that is required for managing interprocess concurrency and maintaining data integrity.
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  • Security for Linux on System z

    22 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 - Securing the System z infrastructure - Securing z/VM - Securing Linux guests No IT server platform is 100% secure and useful at the same time.
  • Tuning IBM System x Servers for Performance

    4 Aug 2009 | 6:30 am
    Redbook, published: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 - Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks in key subsystems - Expert knowledge from inside the IBM performance labs - Covers Windows, Linux, and VMware ESX This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes what you can do to improve and maximize the performance of your business server applications running on IBM System x® hardware and either Windows®, Linux®, or VMware® operating systems.
  • Using Linux-HA to Create a Highly Available J2EE Environment Running on Linux on System z

    6 May 2009 | 6:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Wed, 6 May 2009 This IBM Technote describes the configuration that has been set up to create a highly available Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application serving environment using Debian on an IBM S/390 system, Tomcat, and Linux-HA, to demonstrate Linux high availability (Linux-HA) solutions during a customer workshop.
  • WebSphere Commerce Best Practices in Web 2.0 Store

    29 Apr 2009 | 6:30 am
    Redbook, published: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 - Understanding the technologies behind Web 2.0 - Applying Web 2.0 to an e-commerce site - Implementing a Web 2.0 Store This IBM Redbooks publication positions Web 2.0 Store and demonstates how Web 2.0 is applied to an e-commerce site.
  • Master Data Management: Rapid Deployment Package for MDM

    20 Apr 2009 | 6:30 am
    Redbook, published: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 - RDP for MDM overview - MDM overview - Financial services scenario IBM InfoSphere Rapid Deployment Package (RDP) for MDM provides a rapid deployment approach to implementing MDM solutions that provide immediate return on investment.
 
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  • Lotus Redbooks Wiki - Improving Process Efficiency with Business Process Accelerator

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 IBM® Lotus® and IBM Redbooks® publications have partnered together to create this wiki content that explains how to install, configure, and deploy the WebSphere Business Process Accelerator, a Portal accelerator that allows users to integrate Lotus Forms, WebSphere Portal, and WebSphere Process Server.
  • Creating External Facing Web Sites Using IBM WebSphere Portal

    11 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 This IBM® Technote links to a wiki that addresses considerations for creating external facing Web sites by using IBM WebSphere® Portal Version 6.1.5.
  • Self Assessment and Strategy Guide for Migrating from Domino Document Manager

    22 Sep 2009 | 6:30 am
    Redbook, published: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 - Assessing your Domino Document Manager Environment - Understanding your migration options - Best Practice considerations and tools for migrating This IBM® Redbooks® publication is intended to help your organization plan and prepare for a migration away from Lotus® Domino® Document Manager (formerly known as Domino.Doc).
  • IBM Lotus Wiki: Managing WebSphere Portal 6.1 Environments

    8 May 2009 | 6:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Fri, 8 May 2009 This IBM Technote links to a wiki that discusses best practices for building and managing the WebSphere Portal v.
  • IBM Lotus Wiki: Customizing Quickr 8.1

    14 Jan 2009 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 Lotus Quickr software provides online team spaces where members can share and collaborate and use team calendars, discussion forums, Web logs (blogs), wikis, and other collaboration tools for managing projects and creating content.
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    IBM Redbooks | Networking
  • Identity Management for IBM Cognos 8 with IBM Tivoli Identity Manager

    3 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 In this IBM Redpaper we describe how IBM Tivoli Identity Manager can be used as a comprehensive identity management solution for IBM Cognos 8.
  • IBM z/OS V1R11 Communications Server TCP/IP Implementation Volume 4: Security and Policy-Based Networking

    24 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 - Discusses z/OS Communications Server TCP/IP security and policy capabilities - Includes z/OS Communications Server security and policy implementation examples - Provides information about protecting your z/OS networking environment [Note: This PDF is over 900 pages, so when you open it with Adobe Reader and then do a "Save As", the save process could time out.
  • IBM z/OS V1R11 Communications Server TCP/IP Implementation Volume 2: Standard Applications

    22 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 - Provides information about z/OS Communications Server TCP/IP standard applications - Discusses how to take advantage of TCP/IP standard applications to meet your needs - Includes TCP/IP standard application implementation examples For more than 40 years, IBM® mainframes have supported an extraordinary portion of the world's computing work, providing centralized corporate databases and mission-critical enterprise-wide applications.
  • Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller V5.1

    19 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 - Install, use, and troubleshoot the SAN Volume Controller - Learn about and how to attach iSCSI hosts - Understand what SSD has to offer This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage™ SAN Volume Controller (SVC), a virtualization appliance solution that maps virtualized volumes visible to hosts and applications to physical volumes on storage devices.
  • IBM z/OS V1R11 Communications Server TCP/IP Implementation Volume 1: Base Functions, Connectivity, and Routing

    11 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - Discusses important z/OS Communications Server TCP/IP base function capabilities - Includes z/OS Communications Server base function implementation examples - Provides useful verification techniques For more than 40 years, IBM® mainframes have supported an extraordinary portion of the world’s computing work, providing centralized corporate databases and mission-critical enterprise-wide applications.
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  • Identity Management for IBM Cognos 8 with IBM Tivoli Identity Manager

    3 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 In this IBM Redpaper we describe how IBM Tivoli Identity Manager can be used as a comprehensive identity management solution for IBM Cognos 8.
  • IBM z/OS V1R11 Communications Server TCP/IP Implementation Volume 4: Security and Policy-Based Networking

    24 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 - Discusses z/OS Communications Server TCP/IP security and policy capabilities - Includes z/OS Communications Server security and policy implementation examples - Provides information about protecting your z/OS networking environment [Note: This PDF is over 900 pages, so when you open it with Adobe Reader and then do a "Save As", the save process could time out.
  • IBM z/OS V1R11 Communications Server TCP/IP Implementation Volume 2: Standard Applications

    22 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 - Provides information about z/OS Communications Server TCP/IP standard applications - Discusses how to take advantage of TCP/IP standard applications to meet your needs - Includes TCP/IP standard application implementation examples For more than 40 years, IBM® mainframes have supported an extraordinary portion of the world's computing work, providing centralized corporate databases and mission-critical enterprise-wide applications.
  • Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller V5.1

    19 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 - Install, use, and troubleshoot the SAN Volume Controller - Learn about and how to attach iSCSI hosts - Understand what SSD has to offer This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage™ SAN Volume Controller (SVC), a virtualization appliance solution that maps virtualized volumes visible to hosts and applications to physical volumes on storage devices.
  • IBM z/OS V1R11 Communications Server TCP/IP Implementation Volume 1: Base Functions, Connectivity, and Routing

    11 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - Discusses important z/OS Communications Server TCP/IP base function capabilities - Includes z/OS Communications Server base function implementation examples - Provides useful verification techniques For more than 40 years, IBM® mainframes have supported an extraordinary portion of the world’s computing work, providing centralized corporate databases and mission-critical enterprise-wide applications.
 
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    IBM Redbooks | Tivoli
  • Identity Management for IBM Cognos 8 with IBM Tivoli Identity Manager

    3 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 In this IBM Redpaper we describe how IBM Tivoli Identity Manager can be used as a comprehensive identity management solution for IBM Cognos 8.
  • IBM System Storage Data Encryption

    1 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 Data can be encrypted by means of special software programs, hardware adapters, facilities, or outside of the device where the data is stored.
  • Certification Guide Series: Tivoli Storage Productivity Center V4.1

    30 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 - Prepare for certification in theory and practice - Gain practical experience with provided examples and tips - Learn details of V4.1 features and functions This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a study guide for IBM Tivoli® Storage Productivity Center Version 4.1.
  • Tivoli Storage Manager V6.1 Technical Guide

    31 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 - Learn the new features and function in Tivoli Storage Manager V6.1 - Detailed installation, upgrade and customization provided - Monitoring and reporting enhancement examples This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides details of changes, updates, and new functions in IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager Version 6.1.
  • IBM Lotus Domino Integration Using IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator

    31 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redpaper, published: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 In this IBM® Redpaper™ publication we take you step-by-step through a series of integration scenarios to help you start building your own solutions with IBM Tivoli® Directory Integrator.
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    IBM Redbooks | WebSphere
  • Getting Started with the Communications Enabled Applications for WebSphere Application Server V7 Feature Pack

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redpaper, last updated: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 - Access communication systems from business applications - Use widgets to add telephony and Web collaboration features - Access communication services using Web services This IBM Redpaper provides information on the architecture and implementation of the features in the IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Feature Pack for Communications Enabled Applications, V1.0 (referred to as the CEA Feature Pack).
  • Leveraging Precision Marketing in WebSphere Commerce

    2 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - Enable your Precision Marketing objectives - Exploit use of marketing tools in IBM Management Center - Documented scenarios and customizations This IBM Redbooks publication positions WebSphere Commerce V7 in today’s marketplace and discusses its enhanced features to enable business users to achieve their vision for Precision Marketing.
  • Proven practices for enhancing performance: A Q&A for IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules 7.0.x.

    21 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redpaper, published: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 Many different aspects should be considered when addressing performance questions for a business rule management system (BRMS).
  • Building Multi-Channel Applications with WebSphere Commerce

    12 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Draft Redbook, last updated: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 - Commerce order and inventory management systems and DOM - MapQuest and Google Maps integration into Commerce - E-Marketing spots and promotions for mobile users This Redbooks® publication discusses the value proposition of cross channel solutions, where we describe the IBM® solution: IBM Retail Integration Framework, Commerce Product Strategy, and service-oriented architecture (SOA) as an enabler.
  • Application Development for CICS Web Services

    11 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Redbook, published: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - Overview of Web services in CICS updated for CICS TS 4.1 - Experience using RDz for development - New SOA patterns for CICS TS V4.1 This IBM® Redbooks® publication focuses on developing Web service applications in CICS®.
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  • Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x

    2 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 The Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x is a member of IBM's comprehensive networking portfolio of 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet adapters and delivers industry-leading performance and scalability per watt, reducing requirements for power and cooling.
  • IBM NetXtreme II 1000 Express Ethernet Adapters

    11 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 The NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter is a high performance PCI Express, quad-port, copper Gigabit Ethernet network adapter supporting both NIC/TOE and iSCSI over a single network connection.
  • IBM System x Business Intelligence Solutions for Small to Large Businesses with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

    25 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Redpaper, published: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 - Second paper in the series on Business Intelligence solutions from IBM System x - Shows how IBM System x3950 M2 configurations are an ideal match for small, medium and large BI customer requirements - Shows the improvements possible with right hardware and software configuration Business Intelligence (BI) is defined as the technology used to extract useful information from the vast amount of data that a business has been collecting over time.
  • IBM 1U 17-inch and 19-inch Flat Panel Console Kits

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 These cost-effective Flat Panel Console Kits offer a powerful and convenient way to manage space constrained rack environments from a single console.
  • ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller for System x

    3 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Web Doc, published: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 The ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x is an entry-level 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 RAID controller.
 
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  • The WildFire Is Spreading...And It's Hot! Update Your Status Across Multiple Networks From Lotus Notes!

    Chris Blatnick
    12 Jan 2010 | 2:57 pm
    A new OpenNTF project hit the ground running today and it is hot! I installed it this morning and think it's a great piece of work. The project is WildFire, a Lotus Notes 8.5 sidebar application that allows the user to update status messages across a ton of different social platforms. Networks supported in this initial release include Facebook, Twitter, Lotus Sametime, Lotus Connections and many more! While this type of client for allowing simultaneous updates of your micro-conversations is not new, the implementation, interface and integration with the Notes client is top notch. Installation…
  • Folder Name Issue Causing Java UI Rendering Problem In Notes 8 Mail File

    Chris Blatnick
    8 Jan 2010 | 1:54 pm
    I was working with one of my customers and was told about an interesting problem. They are currently in the process of upgrading to Notes 8.5.1 and so far, most of the client upgrades have been nice and smooth. One user had an unusual issue that was causing a bit of angst. After being upgraded and getting the new mail template, most of his folders were not visible in the UI. Here's what it looked like. Notice anything odd?A quick check using File - Go To confirmed that the folders were indeed still in the database. However, this was the only way the user could navigate to these folders.
  • Changes Ahead For Interface Matters

    Chris Blatnick
    18 Dec 2009 | 5:49 am
    The winds of change are blowing here at Interface Matters and in my opinion are way, way overdue. The only excuse I have is lack of time to devote to these changes (or at least lack of desire to devote the time since other things have been occupying my attention of late). I have been wanting to make some changes here for quite some time, and as the new year rolls around, it's probably as good a time as any to make the leap.First, I want Interface Matters to expand beyond a single voice. This has always been my plan and I have just failed to execute. This site was never designed to be my…
  • On Productivity: My Paper Processing Workflow

    Chris Blatnick
    17 Dec 2009 | 7:44 am
    I've always been a fan of performing tasks as efficiently as possible and eliminating the drudgery of those tasks that don't add a lot of value to my work or personal life. One of those tasks which is a necessary evil is the maintenance of paper-based documents. Everyone has them...bills that need to be paid, bank statements, tax documents, owner's manuals, receipts. As much as possible, many of us have tried to digitize these things so we don't receive them as paper in the first place. I've pretty much successfully eliminated any kind of bill coming to me in the mail and have turned every…
  • Forgive Them...For They Know Not What They Do...With Your App

    Chris Blatnick
    8 Dec 2009 | 12:26 pm
    If you've been following along with the home game, then you are aware that there are many excellent UI patterns that you can use to improve the user experience you deliver to your users in your applications.  Today, I wanted to explore another simple yet powerful pattern: "Forgiving Formats".  This pattern is perfect for those applications in which speed to data entry is key (or at least desirable in most circumstances).  I know in many of the business applications I have encountered over the years, we tend to develop nice, complex forms to capture all of the data the customer says they…
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