Now that the dust is settling after IBM Connect, it's time for a brief review. Last week was a hectic time, my fourth Lotusphere/IBM Connect. During my first, I was shy and finding my feet, so my main takeaways were technical. For my second I was a speaker and made contact with a number of people I was familiar with online from blogs etc. For my third I didn't have a session, but was an IBM Champion and heavily involved with Team Social. This time I had a session (It's Not Herculean: Twelve Tasks Made Easier with IBM Domino XPages) with ...
Late yesterday Ed Brill announced the new IBM offering, the IBM XWork Server. It's been in the planning for a long time now and has been, on the whole, well received by the community. There's a lot of discussion about what it is and what it is not. But the one thing people agree is that it's good news. The IBM branding is not intended to presage an end to Lotus. Yes, the splash screens are rebranded. Yes, it has a blue logo, not yellow. But anyone who knows Domino will know it's Domino. You still administer the server ...
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from IBM Press about Sandy Carter's new book 'Get Bold'. Shortly afterwards, my copy arrived. I'm not one for reading many IT books - most of my library comprises fiction, often based in the Classical world. But I was interested to get a bit more of a background on social business, one of the main IBM Collaboration Solution themes in 2011. I will freely admit that although I get social - I blog, I take part in forums, I am one of the hosts of The XCast, and I speak ...
Today myself and the other IBM Champions were notified of the 2011 IBM Technology Trends Survey. To support the survey, 100 people who respond will receive a gift certificate for $20. Not bad for 10-15 minutes of your time. Why do I think this is important? I'm sure the results will get picked up again by analysts, so it's an opportunity to have input into information that senior IT professionals may be using to base strategy decisions. Below is a brief description that Joyce Davis sent out: "What is the survey? In the 2010 IBM Tech Trends Survey, more than 50% of the respondents told ...
