IBM Lotus Notes/iNotes/Designer/Domino/Traveler 8.5.1 eGA is coming soon !! In the meantime see this great press that’s leading up to ship!
See this in USA Today - http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/10/ibm-makes-iphone-more-attractive-to-businesses.html
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With Domino 8.5.1, IBM also is making Domino Designer application development software available free of charge. Software developers will be able to download Domino Designer free from IBM’s developerWorks site to build and extend Notes and Domino applications. -IDG News, reproduced in PC World, Macworld
. . .after 6 months or so of using the Design Partner beta builds of 8.5.1 I am very very impressed with what has been achieved for developers, administrators and end users. Amongst the hundreds of new features and improvements, my standout favourite is the iPhone push mail and synchronisation via Lotus Traveler - it rocks! -Stuart McIntyre, Collaboration Matters blog
IBM To Make Lotus Domino Designer Tools Available At No Charge -Dow Jones Headline News
“We are excited about the release of Lotus Notes 8.5.1, which we’re planning to roll out to help improve communications among corporate and retail personnel,” said Dale Sinstead, Director, I.T., Pioneer Petroleums (www.pioneer.ca), Ontario’s largest independent gasoline retailer, which was recently honored for conservation work. -Yahoo Finance Web clip
“It has rich email, attachment support and calendaring capability and is the same user experience a user would get using the iPhone against Exchange or Google,” said Ed Brill, director of product management for Lotus Software. “Clearly the iPhone is increasingly a component of an enterprise strategy. We want to support all the devices out there and this is the next one we have added.” -Network World, reproduced in India Times, CIO.com, The Industry Standard, other outlets
Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1. . .When I say speed, I mean speed -Review, Intranet Journal
Lotus Notes and Domino is the It App Again -LotusUserGroup.com
Delivering business value and innovation are table stakes for Lotus, and the 8.5.1 release is poised to turbocharge the Domino developer community! -LotusUserGroup.com
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ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a major extension of Lotus Notes and Domino collaboration software for the full spectrum of proliferating mobile and Web-connected devices such as the Apple iPhone, Nokia smartphones, thin clients, laptops and desktops used to access corporate applications and business processes. To spur broader growth of Lotus Notes and Domino applications for the increasingly diverse range of devices in corporate use, for the first time, IBM will make Lotus Domino Designer tools available at no charge.
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Lotus Domino 8.5.1 is the first version to natively support the iPhone via Lotus Notes Traveler software. This extends Lotus Domino automatic synching for e-mail, contacts and calendar data to the iPhone, helping address the growing user demand to access Notes and Domino collaboration software on the road. In fact, the IBM Institute for Business Value predicts two billion mobile Web users in the next decade, and a significant shift in the way the majority of people will interact with the Web.
The new features, which include push e-mail, contacts, and calendar, enable iPhone users to work off-line, while allowing confidential data to be erased remotely if an iPhone is lost or stolen. iPhone users can also take advantage of a corporate directory look-up feature which helps them find contact information behind their company firewall.
Updates for the Nokia Symbian platform include remote wipe, device lock, password management and external calendar integration. The IBM software provides all of these capabilities for Windows Mobile devices as well. With the iPhone, Nokia Symbian and Windows Mobile devices, and support for Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry, Lotus Notes and Domino now supports the vast majority of smartphones in the world.
“We are accelerating the delivery of millions of existing Lotus Domino applications to mobile users, and promoting the creation of a variety of new ones to help people work smarter on the go,” said Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president, Messaging and Collaboration, IBM. “No charge Domino Designer will make it easier for organizations to adopt, acquire and manage IBM Lotus Notes and Domino software, and proliferate the development of powerful, new business apps for Lotus Notes and Domino.”
Several hundred organizations globally have tested the new version of Lotus Notes during the past few months.
“Lotus Notes 8.5.1 is way more than ‘just email.’ It is an amazing piece of software. It helps facilitate a much more integrated work environment and allows our teams to share information wherever they are. During our recent response to H1N1 Influenza, we found having all of our collaboration tools integrated into one application enables our teams to work more effectively and cohesively. Lotus Notes 8.5.1 helps us work together in real time, enabling our employees to connect quicker and solve problems more effectively,” said Tim Lorge, Software Architect, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
“We are excited about the release of Lotus Notes 8.5.1, which we’re planning to roll out to help improve communications among corporate and retail personnel,” said Dale Sinstead, Director, I.T., Pioneer Petroleums (www.pioneer.ca), Ontario’s largest independent gasoline retailer, which was recently honored for conservation work.
“Prudential UK beta tested this new Lotus Notes and Traveler software; it was quick and easy to download and use on the iPhone,” said Neil Davis, Messaging Specialist, Prudential U.K. (www.pru.co.uk), a life insurance and pensions provider with nearly seven million customers.
In addition, Lotus Notes Traveler software is also supported by numerous device manufacturers, including Nokia and Samsung. The software also works with carriers such as AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint.
No Charge Option for Domino Designer Software to Unleash Development of New Business Applications
Domino Designer enables Web developers, students, business analysts and other developers to quickly learn to build and extend existing applications for Notes and Domino. Beginning with version 8.5.1, the software development community can download IBM Lotus Domino Designer via IBM’s developerWorks software Web site, IBM Products.
“Domino Designer 8.5.1 and tools like XPages will make it much simpler and faster for us to create Notes applications,” said David Leedy, New Penn Motor Express. A popular Domino Web application development tool, XPages allows IT professionals to create Web 2.0 and a variety of user experiences within their existing applications.
IBM is changing the way it licenses Lotus Domino client software. Users will now be licensed for functional needs rather than client types, with two simple access licenses replacing what were formerly 11 software products.
Domino Designer can help Web developers, students, business analysts and others to quickly develop and use business or productivity applications. These applications can operate within Lotus Domino applications, a browser on a desktop or on a smartphone, as well as directly within the IBM Lotus Notes client. This allows employees to access business information obtained through Notes and Domino, without needing additional software. New developers can join with the existing Lotus application community through OpenNTF.org, an open source organization focused on Lotus Notes and Domino.
“Designer 8.5.1 assists developers in building ubiquitous Web, Notes and mobile access to Domino applications,” said Bruce Elgort, Elguji Software. “The new XPages capability allowed me to quickly extend the IdeaJam application out to the Apple iPhone.”
IBM Lotus Domino Designer software is based on the Eclipse platform to provide a productive experience for a wide range of business applications. Developers gain a readily-available skill set to support any application strategy. Developers new to Lotus Notes and Domino development can enjoy the familiar look and feel of the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
“The new Domino Designer brings many welcome changes that help us develop software at a more efficient pace,” said Corey Davis, founder of IBM Business Partner Conxsys.
“I like that Domino is an open environment based on Eclipse. Offering IBM Designer software for free will help my company help people work better together,” Kjetil Andenas, development executive, Symfoni Software, an IBM Business Partner.
developerWorks is an IBM Web site for software developers and IT professionals. It contains how-to articles and tutorials, code samples and software downloads, podcasts, blogs, wikis, discussion forums and other resources. Subjects covered include open, industry-standard technologies such as Ajax, Linux, service oriented architecture, Java, Web services and development, XML and IBM’s software and services products. Launched in 1999, developerWorks serves several million registered users.
More than half of the largest global 100 corporations use IBM’s flagship collaboration offerings, Lotus Notes and Domino. They include the top nine aerospace and defense organizations; the top nine automotive firms; the top eight banks; the top four makers of consumer products; the top seven electronics firms; the top eight insurance companies; the top seven pharmaceutical organizations; and the top nine telecommunications carriers.
IBM also offers hosting services for Lotus Notes Traveler through its Mobile Enterprise Services. For more information on other new Lotus offerings announced today, including new packaging and pricing for IBM Domino Designer 8.5.1, visit Hybrid cloud software for a smarter business | IBM.
Contact: Michelle McIntyre, IBM Global Media Relations, m: 408-483-6681, mc@us.ibm.com
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ARMONK, NY - 06 Oct 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a major extension of Lotus Notes and Domino collaboration software for the full spectrum of proliferating mobile and Web-connected devices such as the Apple iPhone, Nokia smartphones, thin clients, laptops and desktops used to access corporate applications and business processes. To spur broader growth of Lotus Notes and Domino applications for the increasingly diverse range of devices in corporate use, for the first time, IBM will make Lotus Domino Designer tools available at no charge.
Lotus Domino 8.5.1 is the first version to natively support the iPhone via Lotus Notes Traveler software. This extends Lotus Domino automatic synching for e-mail, contacts and calendar data to the iPhone, helping address the growing user demand to access Notes and Domino collaboration software on the road. In fact, the IBM Institute for Business Value predicts two billion mobile Web users in the next decade, and a significant shift in the way the majority of people will interact with the Web.
The new features, which include push e-mail, contacts, and calendar, enable iPhone users to work off-line, while allowing confidential data to be erased remotely if an iPhone is lost or stolen. iPhone users can also take advantage of a corporate directory look-up feature which helps them find contact information behind their company firewall.
Updates for the Nokia Symbian platform include remote wipe, device lock, password management and external calendar integration. The IBM software provides all of these capabilities for Windows Mobile devices as well. With the iPhone, Nokia Symbian and Windows Mobile devices, and support for Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry, Lotus Notes and Domino now supports the vast majority of smartphones in the world.
“We are accelerating the delivery of millions of existing Lotus Domino applications to mobile users, and promoting the creation of a variety of new ones to help people work smarter on the go,” said Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president, Messaging and Collaboration, IBM. “No charge Domino Designer will make it easier for organizations to adopt, acquire and manage IBM Lotus Notes and Domino software, and proliferate the development of powerful, new business apps for Lotus Notes and Domino.”
Several hundred organizations globally have tested the new version of Lotus Notes during the past few months.
“Lotus Notes 8.5.1 is way more than ‘just email.’ It is an amazing piece of software. It helps facilitate a much more integrated work environment and allows our teams to share information wherever they are. During our recent response to H1N1 Influenza, we found having all of our collaboration tools integrated into one application enables our teams to work more effectively and cohesively. Lotus Notes 8.5.1 helps us work together in real time, enabling our employees to connect quicker and solve problems more effectively,” said Tim Lorge, Software Architect, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
“We are excited about the release of Lotus Notes 8.5.1, which we’re planning to roll out to help improve communications among corporate and retail personnel,” said Dale Sinstead, Director, I.T. , Pioneer Petroleums (www.pioneer.ca), Ontario’s largest independent gasoline retailer, which was recently honored for conservation work.
“Prudential UK beta tested this new Lotus Notes and Traveler software; it was quick and easy to download and use on the iPhone,” said Neil Davis, Messaging Specialist, Prudential U.K (www.pru.co.uk), a life insurance and pensions provider with nearly seven million customers.
In addition, Lotus Notes Traveler software is also supported by numerous device manufacturers, including Nokia and Samsung. The software also works with carriers such as AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint.
No Charge Option for Domino Designer Software to Unleash Development of New Business Applications
Domino Designer enables Web developers, students, business analysts and other developers to quickly learn to build and extend existing applications for Notes and Domino. Beginning with version 8.5.1, the software development community can download IBM Lotus Domino Designer via IBM’s developerWorks software Web site, IBM Products.
“Domino Designer 8.5.1 and tools like XPages will make it much simpler and faster for us to create Notes applications,” said David Leedy, New Penn Motor Express. A popular Domino Web application development tool, XPages allows IT professionals to create Web 2.0 and a variety of user experiences within their existing applications.
IBM is changing the way it licenses Lotus Domino client software. Users will now be licensed for functional needs rather than client types, with two simple access licenses replacing what were formerly 11 software products.
Domino Designer can help Web developers, students, business analysts and others to quickly develop and use business or productivity applications. These applications can operate within Lotus Domino applications, a browser on a desktop or on a smartphone, as well as directly within the IBM Lotus Notes client. This allows employees to access business information obtained through Notes and Domino, without needing additional software. New developers can join with the existing Lotus application community through OpenNTF.org, an open source organization focused on Lotus Notes and Domino.
“Designer 8.5.1 assists developers in building ubiquitous Web, Notes and mobile access to Domino applications,” said Bruce Elgort, Elguji Software. “The new XPages capability allowed me to quickly extend the IdeaJam application out to the Apple iPhone.”
IBM Lotus Domino Designer software is based on the Eclipse platform to provide a productive experience for a wide range of business applications. Developers gain a readily-available skill set to support any application strategy. Developers new to Lotus Notes and Domino development can enjoy the familiar look and feel of the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
“The new Domino Designer brings many welcome changes that help us develop software at a more efficient pace,” said Corey Davis, founder of IBM Business Partner Conxsys.
“I like that Domino is an open environment based on Eclipse. Offering IBM Designer software for free will help my company help people work better together,” Kjetil Andenas, development executive, Symfoni Software, an IBM Business Partner.
Developerworks is an IBM Web site for software developers and IT professionals. It contains how-to articles and tutorials, code samples and software downloads, podcasts, blogs, wikis, discussion forums and other resources. Subjects covered include open, industry-standard technologies such as Ajax, Linux, service oriented architecture, Java, Web services and development, XML and IBM’s software and services products. Launched in 1999, developerWorks serves several million registered users.
More than half of the largest global 100 corporations use IBM’s flagship collaboration offerings, Lotus Notes and Domino. They include the top nine aerospace and defense organizations; the top nine automotive firms; the top eight banks; the top four makers of consumer products; the top seven electronics firms; the top eight insurance companies; the top seven pharmaceutical organizations; and the top nine telecommunications carriers.
IBM also offers hosting services for Lotus Notes Traveler through its Mobile Enterprise Services. For more information on other new Lotus offerings announced today, including new packaging and pricing for IBM Domino Designer 8.5.1, visit Hybrid cloud software for a smarter business | IBM.
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Here is the screen a Nokia user sees after configuring the new Lotus Notes Traveler software.The new version of IBM Lotus Notes Traveler software provides the Nokia Symbian devices with these features: remote wipe; device lock; password management; and external calendar integration.
Lotus Notes Traveler for the iPhone
The new features of Lotus Domino software, which include push e-mail, contacts, and calendar, enable iPhone users to work off-line.
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Lotus Domino Adds Native IPhone Support
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The latest version of IBM’s Lotus Domino, set to be announced Tuesday, will natively support the Apple iPhone, allowing users to automatically synchronize e-mail, contacts and calendar data to the popular handset over the air.
Domino 8.5.1 supports the iPhone through Lotus Notes Traveler software and is the first version of the collaboration software to do so, according to IBM. The addition of push e-mail, contacts and calendar will allow iPhone users to automatically get the latest data from their enterprise Notes system and work with that content on the phone while they are out of coverage or otherwise offline. If an iPhone is lost or stolen, the Notes data can be wiped from it remotely for security, IBM said.
The new version will also let iPhone users look through corporate directories behind a firewall with a corporate directory lookup feature.
With the addition of native support for the iPhone, Domino and Notes are supported on the vast majority of the world’s smartphones, IBM said. The software already works with the Microsoft Windows Mobile, Research In Motion BlackBerry, and Nokia Symbian platforms. On Tuesday, IBM also added features for Symbian, including the ability to lock a device, wipe data remotely, manage passwords and integrate with external calendars. Those features are already available for Windows Mobile, the company said.
With Domino 8.5.1, IBM also is making Domino Designer application development software available free of charge. Software developers will be able to download Domino Designer free from IBM’s developerWorks site to build and extend Notes and Domino applications.
Lotus Notes Traveler, which provides real-time replication between mobile devices and Notes, is supported by several device manufacturers, including Nokia and Samsung, and by carriers including Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint Nextel.
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IBM/Lotus said next week it will ship the long-anticipated real-time access support for the iPhone on its Domino messaging platform.Lotus Domino support for the iPhone uses the Apple device’s mail, calendar and contact application and synchronizes data between the two platforms in real time using Microsoft’s ActiveSync protocol.
In January, IBM announced that it would add support for ActiveSync to its Lotus Notes Traveler, a server add-on that provides real-time replication between mobile devices and Notes. It is the updated Traveler software in Domino 8.5.1, which was released Tuesday, that provides the iPhone support.
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Traveler already works with devices based on Windows Mobile and Symbian. Updates to Traveler in Domino 8.1.5 add remote wipe, device lock, password management, and external calendar integration to the Symbian platform.
Lotus is playing a bit of catch-up as Microsoft and other vendors such as Kerio who offer push e-mail for the iPhone.
Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Sony Ericsson, Symbian also support ActiveSync on their mobile devices.
Also from Network World: Lotus goes after Microsoft’s ‘ridiculous and fabricated’ figures
The only thing iPhone users have to add to their device is a configuration file that tells the iPhone how to find the user’s mailbox on the Domino server. For initial set-up, the iPhone’s Safari browser is used to access the Domino server and download the configuration file.
When the user signs onto Domino to get the configuration file, the user’s sign-on credentials are captured by the iPhone. Those credentials are stored on the device so the iPhone and Domino can trade data without further user intervention.
Lotus Notes users have had to suffer with e-mail access via the iPhone’s Safari browser and the Notes Web Access client. With that configuration, users have to manually connect to the Domino server and go through each individual e-mail via the browser.
“It has rich email, attachment support and calendaring capability and is the same user experience a user would get using the iPhone against Exchange or Google,” said Ed Brill, director of product management for Lotus Software. “Clearly the iPhone is increasingly a component of an enterprise strategy. We want to support all the devices out there and this is the next one we have added.”
The Domino iPhone support also features limited management capabilities, including the ability to remotely wipe data if the device is lost or stolen.
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ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a major extension of Lotus Notes and Domino collaboration software for the full spectrum of proliferating mobile and Web-connected devices such as the Apple iPhone, Nokia smartphones, thin clients, laptops and desktops used to access corporate applications and business processes. To spur broader growth of Lotus Notes and Domino applications for the increasingly diverse range of devices in corporate use, for the first time, IBM will make Lotus Domino Designer tools available at no charge.
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Lotus Domino 8.5.1 is the first version to natively support the iPhone via Lotus Notes Traveler software. This extends Lotus Domino automatic synching for e-mail, contacts and calendar data to the iPhone, helping address the growing user demand to access Notes and Domino collaboration software on the road. In fact, the IBM Institute for Business Value predicts two billion mobile Web users in the next decade, and a significant shift in the way the majority of people will interact with the Web.
The new features, which include push e-mail, contacts, and calendar, enable iPhone users to work off-line, while allowing confidential data to be erased remotely if an iPhone is lost or stolen. iPhone users can also take advantage of a corporate directory look-up feature which helps them find contact information behind their company firewall.
Updates for the Nokia Symbian platform include remote wipe, device lock, password management and external calendar integration. The IBM software provides all of these capabilities for Windows Mobile devices as well. With the iPhone, Nokia Symbian and Windows Mobile devices, and support for Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry, Lotus Notes and Domino now supports the vast majority of smartphones in the world.
“We are accelerating the delivery of millions of existing Lotus Domino applications to mobile users, and promoting the creation of a variety of new ones to help people work smarter on the go,” said Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president, Messaging and Collaboration, IBM. “No charge Domino Designer will make it easier for organizations to adopt, acquire and manage IBM Lotus Notes and Domino software, and proliferate the development of powerful, new business apps for Lotus Notes and Domino.”
Several hundred organizations globally have tested the new version of Lotus Notes during the past few months.
“Lotus Notes 8.5.1 is way more than ‘just email.’ It is an amazing piece of software. It helps facilitate a much more integrated work environment and allows our teams to share information wherever they are. During our recent response to H1N1 Influenza, we found having all of our collaboration tools integrated into one application enables our teams to work more effectively and cohesively. Lotus Notes 8.5.1 helps us work together in real time, enabling our employees to connect quicker and solve problems more effectively,” said Tim Lorge, Software Architect, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
“We are excited about the release of Lotus Notes 8.5.1, which we’re planning to roll out to help improve communications among corporate and retail personnel,” said Dale Sinstead, Director, I.T., Pioneer Petroleums (www.pioneer.ca), Ontario’s largest independent gasoline retailer, which was recently honored for conservation work.
“Prudential UK beta tested this new Lotus Notes and Traveler software; it was quick and easy to download and use on the iPhone,” said Neil Davis, Messaging Specialist, Prudential U.K. (www.pru.co.uk), a life insurance and pensions provider with nearly seven million customers.
In addition, Lotus Notes Traveler software is also supported by numerous device manufacturers, including Nokia and Samsung. The software also works with carriers such as AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint.
No Charge Option for Domino Designer Software to Unleash Development of New Business Applications
Domino Designer enables Web developers, students, business analysts and other developers to quickly learn to build and extend existing applications for Notes and Domino. Beginning with version 8.5.1, the software development community can download IBM Lotus Domino Designer via IBM’s developerWorks software Web site, IBM Products.
“Domino Designer 8.5.1 and tools like XPages will make it much simpler and faster for us to create Notes applications,” said David Leedy, New Penn Motor Express. A popular Domino Web application development tool, XPages allows IT professionals to create Web 2.0 and a variety of user experiences within their existing applications.
IBM is changing the way it licenses Lotus Domino client software. Users will now be licensed for functional needs rather than client types, with two simple access licenses replacing what were formerly 11 software products.
Domino Designer can help Web developers, students, business analysts and others to quickly develop and use business or productivity applications. These applications can operate within Lotus Domino applications, a browser on a desktop or on a smartphone, as well as directly within the IBM Lotus Notes client. This allows employees to access business information obtained through Notes and Domino, without needing additional software. New developers can join with the existing Lotus application community through OpenNTF.org, an open source organization focused on Lotus Notes and Domino.
“Designer 8.5.1 assists developers in building ubiquitous Web, Notes and mobile access to Domino applications,” said Bruce Elgort, Elguji Software. “The new XPages capability allowed me to quickly extend the IdeaJam application out to the Apple iPhone.”
IBM Lotus Domino Designer software is based on the Eclipse platform to provide a productive experience for a wide range of business applications. Developers gain a readily-available skill set to support any application strategy. Developers new to Lotus Notes and Domino development can enjoy the familiar look and feel of the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
“The new Domino Designer brings many welcome changes that help us develop software at a more efficient pace,” said Corey Davis, founder of IBM Business Partner Conxsys.
“I like that Domino is an open environment based on Eclipse. Offering IBM Designer software for free will help my company help people work better together,” Kjetil Andenas, development executive, Symfoni Software, an IBM Business Partner.
developerWorks is an IBM Web site for software developers and IT professionals. It contains how-to articles and tutorials, code samples and software downloads, podcasts, blogs, wikis, discussion forums and other resources. Subjects covered include open, industry-standard technologies such as Ajax, Linux, service oriented architecture, Java, Web services and development, XML and IBM’s software and services products. Launched in 1999, developerWorks serves several million registered users.
More than half of the largest global 100 corporations use IBM’s flagship collaboration offerings, Lotus Notes and Domino. They include the top nine aerospace and defense organizations; the top nine automotive firms; the top eight banks; the top four makers of consumer products; the top seven electronics firms; the top eight insurance companies; the top seven pharmaceutical organizations; and the top nine telecommunications carriers.
IBM also offers hosting services for Lotus Notes Traveler through its Mobile Enterprise Services. For more information on other new Lotus offerings announced today, including new packaging and pricing for IBM Domino Designer 8.5.1, visit Hybrid cloud software for a smarter business | IBM.
Contact: Michelle McIntyre, IBM Global Media Relations, m: 408-483-6681, mc@us.ibm.com
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Michael Masterson, Product Manager; Lotus Application Development
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Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 Coming Soon
By John Roling
9/23/2009
The release of the latest version of Lotus Notes and Domino is slated to happen in early October, bringing with it speed enhancements, bug fixes and loads of new features. I’ve been using the beta versions for a couple of months, and Lotus has lifted the NDA so we can let you know what is coming.
That said, I’m basing my observations on what I see currently in the 8.5.1 beta, and it is subject to change. IBM Lotus makes no guarantees that the functionality I discuss here will make the shipping product in a couple of weeks. Now that the lawyers are happy, let’s get you up to speed.
When I Say Speed, I Mean Speed
When Notes 8.0 was released, it was a beautiful update to a very stale looking client. It looked great, and had features users had been clamoring for, but unfortunately it was slow. With each point release since, the speed has gotten better, but with 8.5.1 is really feels like they finally got it right. The client uses less memory than it did in 8.5, so there’s more left for other system processes. In addition, everything from startup, to switching between apps is much faster. Simply upgrading a user to 8.5.1 should really alleviate previous speed issues.
In addition to speed increases, lots of little annoying bugs have been fixed. Also, some things that would crash the client have been fixed as well. So overall there should be a much better, more stable experience for the end user.
Client Improvements
Notes 8.5.1 is more than bug fixes, it adds a bunch of features, and brings back features that users missed. One example of the latter is unread marks. In Notes 8.0 and 8.5 unread marks in the client were bold and black in color. In all previous versions of Notes, those unread marks were red in color. You could change those in 8.0 and 8.5, but it would have required IT help to change and update CSS files and the like. With 8.5.1, they have added a preference to make it simple for users to make the change themselves.
The new unread mail preference in Notes
There are also enhancements to spell checking. You can tell Notes to correct common errors such as changing the misspelled “teh” to “the” and you can have Notes automatically correct when you accidentally start a word with two capital letters. Notes can also be set to capitalize the first letter of every sentence automatically. These are all checkboxes under a section entitled “Instant Corrections” within the Spell Check Preferences.
Instant Correction Preferences in the Notes client
The Calendar gets a huge overhaul in 8.5.1 as well. Federated calendars was something introduced in 8.5, but didn’t work really well. Basically the concept was that you could subscribe to an external calendar (through things like Google Calendar and the like) and they would show up in a different color on your calendar. They kinda worked, but subscribing could be problematic and the information wouldn’t pass through to your mobile device.
That’s changed with 8.5.1. Subscribing to calendars is much easier, works well, and passes information through to your Blackberry or iPhone if you check the “View this calendar when off-line or on a mobile device” box.
There is also decent support for clicking Add to My Calendar links on the web. In the past it just didn’t work well, and the team at IBM Lotus worked hard to make this go off without a hitch. If there is a theme that Lotus has really focused on, it’s making things easier overall for the end user.
Adding an iCal feed to your Notes calendar
Simplification
Even the way things are labeled has undergone subtle changes. The Replicator tab is now called Replication and Sync which was done to make it easier for end users to understand what is going on. In addition, a button labeled Application-Specific Options was added for users to figure out where to update settings for individual applications within the Replicator.
Another minor tweak is with tables. If you use tables a lot within your email messages, you know that in order to resize the table in the past, you had to view the ruler and then set margins within that ruler bar. Now you can simply drag and drop the borders on the table itself. It’s a minor thing, but something that will save new users time, and work the way people new to the product expect it to.
When viewing your inbox, calendar invitations now have action buttons inside the preview pane. This allows you to accept or decline meeting invites without having to leave the inbox preview. In the past, you had to open the message itself for those buttons to show up. Once again, little things like this are making a big difference.
Making Notes work the way everyone is used to in other applications is something the UI team focused on quite a bit. There are numerous minor changes and tweaks in addition to what I’ve written above that create a better user experience. They’ve tried to streamline how things are done and simplify how things are labelled to make everything as easy as possible.
For the Designers
If you have read my series for awhile, you know that one of the best new features of 8.5 is XPages. XPages is a new tool for designing robust web applications with many of the AJAX qualities you are used to in current Web 2.0 apps. 8.5.1 will have the first support for XPages in the Notes client itself. This allows your design team to create applications that will work the same within the Notes client as they do in the web browser. This eliminates double-work, and allows the cool new features to be used within Notes-only applications as well.
In addition, the Domino Designer for Eclipse software is finally usable. DDE 8.5 was well intentioned, but very buggy, very slow, and very crash prone. In 8.5.1 these issues have been eliminated. It’s now fast and stable and is finally a development environment you would want to live in every day.
But they didn’t stop with stability, Lotus added additional programability features to the environment along the way. Type-ahead code with linked help, the ability to better customize the designer client much like Eclipse, Lotuscript code templates, customization by color coding your types of code, ability to add line numbers to the code, better integrated spell check, and much more. This is truly a strong client, and one that you’ll want your developers on as soon as possible.
For the Server Administrators
Administrators aren’t left out in the cold on this release either. There have been a ton of policy enhancements and additions that make it easier for you to manage your environment. For example, new iNotes policies allow you to manage auto refresh, unread counts, scroll hints, archiving, attachment warnings and more. There are also some new notes.ini settings that give you additional capabilities as well.
Of course recent features like DAOS and ID Vault have matured a bit, but the main draw of this release will be Lotus Traveler. Lotus Traveler brings push email, calendaring, and contact sync to the iPhone. I’ve been using it for months on my iPhone and the ability to have your email and calendar at your fingertips is something people have been requesting since the iPhone was first released. It’s finally a reality, and is an additional install on your server. I’ll have more on this in a future article.
Get Ready
While Notes and Domino 8.5 was a great release feature wise, 8.5.1 really improves on it in every imaginable way. This is likely to be what many organizations will consider to be their standard Lotus version to build upon.
If you are looking to upgrade your Notes environment right now, I would wait a few weeks for 8.5.1 to hit. If you are already at 8.5, upgrading to 8.5.1 is a no-brainer. The speed and reliability pieces alone are worth it, and you’ll have a lot of goodwill gains with your end users.
And trust me, it will make your life easier as well.
About this Series
This series of articles on intranet solutions with IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and its companion products is intended to help readers understand the fundamental methodology and capabilities of the product and how to utilize it to deliver a feature-rich, secure, and functional corporate intranet solution. It will include implementation strategies, case studies, industry-tested tips and tricks, and, with your input, true value to the administrator or developer who wants to utilize IBM Lotus technologies to deliver winning intranet solutions.
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About the Author
John Roling is the Manager of Information Technology for a North American trade-show exhibit company and a certified Lotus Notes Administrator, Developer and all-around geek. You can keep up with him at his blog (www.greyhawk68.com) or drop him an e-mail at jroling@gmail.com.
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