Lotusphere Comes To You - Cleveland - Part II05/06/2008Location : Cleveland, OH
Is it really "better to be late than never?" Apologies to those that thought that I would never post this.
Notes/Domino 8.0.1 and 8.5 Update and Futures, presented by Lisa Sarkardy, Lotus Central Region Technical Sales Leader. As you may know, at least I hope so, Notes/Domino 8.0.1 is out. Now. Release 8.5 should be released in the second half of 2008. Release "Next" in 2009. Lisa went over the new features/updates in R8.0.1. In case you were sleeping, some of them are:
- Widgets
- Traveler
- DWA Lite
- Quota Gauge
- Default Reply is without Attachments
- Quickr plug-in
- Secondary time zone in Calendar, for those that travel a bit.
- Citrix 4.5 Support
Someone asks: "What is Quickr? Answer: "Evolution of TeamRoom," "comparable to Sharepoint," and "user created spaces/folder structure."
Lisa then went into a demo of creating a widget in R8. I got the feeling that Lotus expects a "normal" user to do this. The wizard is easy, I have my doubts that a "normal" user will do this unless they are trained. And if they are trained in doing this, and they come to expect this type of functionality, how will a competing messaging platform hope to replace the functionality? Further, if you do train the users and they take advantage of this, who will be monitoring widget creation?
Lisa followed this up with a demo/explanation of Quickr. There were a few questions, like: "Do you need a server for this?" "What's the difference between Personal and Standard?" And, "How can Admins turn this off?"
Domino Web Access 8.0.1. AJAX. Web 2.0 framework. There is a Lite version, specifically for those that have low bandwidth or don't need all of the bells and whistles. DWA 8.0.1 has autocomplete of e-mail addresses. In fact, it is "intelligent type-ahead" which means that the client knows the last 2,000 addresses that you have used. There is a single template that incorporates both the Lite and Full versions.
Lotus upgraded the UI in blog template in 8.0.1.
Compression. Two new application properties are Design Note Compression and Document Compression. You should see 14-70% disk savings by enabling one/both of these settings. It is transparent to the user and it helps with I/O in addition to the disk savings.
There are two new Compact switches to enable/disable compression:
-V
-v
Native 64-bit support:
- Win2003 x64
- AIX 5.3 and 6.1
- i5 OS V5R4 and V6R1
There was a conversation concerning how to save additional disk space which brought Lisa to talk about "My Attachments," an application that is an additional cost from ISSL.
8.0.2 or 8.0.3 will support Win2008
Traveler
Win Mobile devices only at this point. Notification to do a synch. Lotus/IBM doesn't want to say "push." You can use Traveler in R7.0.2 and above. She then showed a few screen shots.
iPhone. DWA Lite to run using the iPhone browser. A low cost mobile solution. "Has anyone heard from another IBMer about iPhone plans?" asked Lisa.
Lotus Protector Family. Security and compliance to Domino e-mail. Anti-spam/anti-virus, encryption, secure access. Will be integrated with the Domino Administration Client.
Lisa then talked about Release 8.5
- Calendar enhancements
- ID Vault
- Use of alternative directories
- Reduction in storage costs
- Modernize Domino application development
- iCal subscriptions and federation (must be the new term). Overlay your work calendar with your personal calendar.
- An 8.5 on Mac screenshot
- Additional group calendar views (week/month/day/two day)
Question: "Can Admins control 'calendar federation?" Much laughter.
Alternative directories. Lisa made sure that we understood that the Domino Directory is still supported and will be supported. There will be tools available to help with migrations from DD to an alternative directory. Active Directory will be first, followed by LDAP.
New Templates! Release 8.5 will introduce the new templates for Domino. It was a long time coming.
- AJAX
- Built in editors
- Tools to assist you to modernize your old web applications.
Designer 8.5 will be in Eclipse. Editors to be included in Designer 8.5:
- HTML
- JavaScript/CSS
- Java
- LotusScript
Integration of Lotus Components Designer into Designer 8.5. RAD for Portal.
<break for lunch>
I took an extended break, missing the IBM Lotus Social Software Strategy and Roadmap, presented by Heath McCarthy, Portal and Collaboration Architect, as I caught up with a few IBM employees.
The next session, "The Business Value of Web 2.0 and Collaborative Portal Solutions," presented by Brian Aylward, wasn't one where I took any notes. I think that I just allowed Brian his time, without concentrating on taking notes.
The final session, "Lotus Quickr 8.1 and Team Collaboration" was presented by Chris Blatnick, Lotus Senior Technical Sales Leader.
Quickr 8.1 Release:
- Symphony Connector
- Windows Explorer Connector. With this, you can drag and drop from anywhere.
- Sametime Connector
- Outlook Connector
Templates:
- Out-of-the-box there are 25 templates. Using them is a two step process: Select the template, and give your page a name. Done.
- SNAPPS templates. Free and very nice. Includes a Survey.
Two versions of Quickr:
J2EE based and Domino based.
Not the same, but reaching parity.
Do you have e-mail with a lot of attachments? Detach to a Quickr page and slim down your mail file.
They are still working on the UI, but your users will find it fast use and understand.
RSS enabled.
The wikis "aren't fully baked yet. They are close but not 100%"
Google gadgets integrated in Quickr. Showed a demo of a mashup with Google Maps and Locations of people.
"Empower your users to document their systems using a wiki."
There is no integration between the Quickr calendar and the Notes calendar. Yet. Keep asking for it.
Quickr becomes middleware to your back-end ECM systems.
Quickr Content Integrator to grab content from SharePoint and migrate it to Quickr. An additional cost.
Quickr Entry - Simple entitlement.
[Editor's note: It was 'strange' to see Chris present outside of a UI session. It may take me a few more sessions seeing him in his new role for me to accept that he is more than the Interface Matters guy. That's my problem, not Chris'. But he brings his usual easy presentation style to the presentation.]
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Comment posted by Charles Robinson05/07/2008 09:13:05 AM
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Designer 8.5 will be in Eclipse. Editors to be included in Designer 8.5...
It is important to note these are ONLY the full-screen editors. Meaning only script libraries and agents, and possibly shared actions. Everything else (views, forms, pages, outlines, etc.) will use the same editor that has been in place since R5. At least that was the plan at Lotusphere, with full parity coming in the NMFR after 8.5.
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