What is happeningThe certificate for some Java applets in Lotus Domino 6.5.x, Domino 7.0.x, Domino 8.0.x, and Domino 8.5 have an expiration date of May 18, 2009. Starting May 19th, Web users will see a dialog with a message similar to one of the following when loading a Web page that contains a Java applet … Read more
Lotus has launched its own channel on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/collaboration4you There are 25 short videos that describe how Lotus solutions address actual business needs. Here’s a great sample: If any of these technologies sound of interest, give us a buzz to find out more. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
Lifehacker.com had an article on a Forrester Research survey of companies asking them what their default internet browser standard is. I was shocked…yes…shocked to see that IE6 still accounts for 60% of the corporate install base. Does anyone reading this have a justifyable reason why this is so? What is it that keeps your organization … Read more
For those customers who have not seen this, its time to upgrade. If you don’t upgrade you will find you won’t get the software support you need for applications running on these OS versions. Calling IBM support and getting PMR is hard enough, don’t let this become an obstacle in the future. IBM Global Technology … Read more
A little hokey, but has some interesting tidbits. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/maxpress/websphererevolution/ ©2016 Strongback Consulting
For those who are running WAS 7, IBM released the latest fixpack yeserday (March 24th). This is a highly recommended fix. You can get the fix from IBM’s FTP site. This is the easiest way as you don’t have to rat through their support web site. For Windows 32 bit (about half of you out … Read more
IBM just confirmed my speaking role. I’m speaking with Alisa Morse, Product Manager for IBM Rational HATS, SCLM AE, and HACP. We’ll be presenting an introduction and case study for HATS for one of my large customers. Here is the synopsis below (subject to change). The Rational Conference has typically been more technical that some … Read more
In IBM Rational’s HATS product, you will often see reference to the cursor position, or absolute cursor position. The simple cursor position is simply the row (comma) column number: i.e. 4,67. The absolute cursor position is a single number that is a calculation of the row and position. The formula is as follows: [(actual rows-1) … Read more
Lotus Notes 8.5 version to version comparison View more presentations from Ed Brill. (tags: ibm notes) ©2016 Strongback Consulting
This post is really for the Linux newbies. Most sys admins are already familiar with Windows services to automagically start and stop an application. Frequent readers know that I am a Linux advocate, so here is a tip for those who may be interested in moving to a Linux platform for their WebSphere or Lotus … Read more