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Roland Reddekop has posted a great entry titled Mainstreaming Lotus Notes in 2009. It is well worth your read! I will leave you with his two steps that we should leave with and do now!
Strategy A. There needs to be more articles put out in
mainstream publications that clearly and succinctly bring out the
feature/benefits of Notes Domino. Use of graphics, interviews, case
study examples, and convincing arguments need to communicate the
essential benefits of Notes. Emphasize that, as the world has evolved,
so has Notes, especially of late. The frequency of these releases needs
to be high enough so that the average IT professional will run across
4-6 Lotus articles a year minimum, which itself goes a long ways to
demonstrate the legitimacy of the product.
Strategy B. The
Lotus community needs to get involved in commenting on these articles
in a genuine, non-defensive manner. Rebut the argument not the person.
Point out the true benefits you and your org, and your customers have
experienced with Notes Domino and let those speak for themselves.
Engage the trolls only on the concrete points they offer. Ignore the
crude, nonspecific comments which any intelligent reader will bypass
anyway.
Thanks for this Roland - we are on the offensive now and we should act like it!
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I'm excited to announce that I will be co-presenting two sessions at Lotusphere 2009!! One of the sessions will be related to Lotus Connections and will be given with Mitch Cohen. The other session will be given with Kim Greene. I have presented with Kim in the past at the Lotusphere and COMMON conferences in 2006. It will be great to present with her again! I've never presented with Mitch, but our session should be fun and challenging! Hey, both sessions will be that way, actually! :) Details below.
Title: Getting Your Feet Wet with IBM Lotus Connections (as Mitch said, this will be a lot more than just getting your feet wet!! You'll see a complete Lotus Connections environment be installed and configured in less than 2 hours on stage!)
Speakers: Mitch Cohen and Chris Whisonant
Track: Show and Tell - SHOW302
Abstract: If you're a Domino admin, there is no reason to be intimidated by Lotus Connections. Let us guide you, live on stage, from a single-server Domino environment up to a full, integrated Lotus Connections 2.0 implementation, in less time that it takes to watch a movie. You'll be provided with step-by-step instructions to build their own environment in the labs, giving you the valuable skills needed to launch Connections inside your own organization.
Title: Go Green! Reducing Your Collaboration Carbon Footprint
Speakers: Kim Greene and Chris Whisonant
Track: Best Practices - BP203
Abstract: Is your company looking to reduce power consumption
and maintenance costs? Then this session is for you. Learn how to
utilize the Lotus offerings such as Bluehouse, Sametime, Quickr, and
Connections to reduce resource consumption. See how Domino 8 and beyond
further helps in reducing resource requirements. And don't forget your
applications that may be over-utilizing resources - you may not need
that new hardware after all! We will also show you details about
finding and alleviating bottlenecks, and will shed some light on
consolidation and virtualization possibilities that can have a huge
impact on your business and address problems related to server sprawl.
You will walk away from this session with the knowledge of how to make
your company more green from both an environmental and monetary
perspective.
If anyone out there has any stories related to these session topics, feel free to share them with me!
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