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Replay for "Moving to Sametime 8.5.x"

Chris Miller — Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:37:54 -0500

This is a live presentation from NLLUG in 2010 about decisions and the steps needed to move to Sametime 8.5.x from previous versions. You may also watch the video in HD on YouTube.

Brought to you by Connectria, you leader in IBM software and hardware hosting.

Replay for "What’s New in 8.5.3 Notes, Domino, Traveler & IBM XWork Server"

Chris Miller — Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:04:32 -0500

We are happy to announce that the full recording of the "What's New in 8.5.3 Notes, Domino, Traveler & IBM XWork Server" from Consultant in Your Pocket is online and ready for streaming.

Look for details surrounding IBM XWork Server, the entitlement for IBM Lotus Connections and mobility discussions around iOS, Android and Symbian.

8.5.3 system requirements from Mitch Cohen
Lotus Connections entitlement area from Ed Brill
Mobile client screenshots from Inside Lotus Blog

Brought to you by Connectria, you leader in IBM software and hardware hosting.

What’s New In Notes, Domino & Traveler 8.5.3 on Oct 4th

Chris Miller — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:10:20 -0500

We are pleased to announce the What's New in Notes, Domino & Traveler 8.5.3 webcast from Consultant In Your Pocket. This webcast will feature a panel of IBM business partners giving their opinions on enhancements, features and more.

Registration for the webcast is open! It will be held Oct 4, 2011 at 10am CST.

You can stream any previous webcast at the Consultant In Your Pocket site. Recent webcasts include:

Replay for "DDM & DCT: What a Team"

Chris Miller — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:12:31 -0500

Watch the replay as we discuss:

Have you fully dipped into Domino Domain Monitoring with modular documents, collection hierarchies, event workflow and reducing the noise through filtering? Have you completed a run of the Domino Configuration Tuner ? Explore all the DDM options, choices and variables to get the most out of your Domino environment. Use DCT to find out what areas to improve and what to monitor closely with DDM. Use some of the new automation in DDM to correct problems before you even know they existed.

Replay for "What’s New in Sametime 8.5.2"

Chris Miller — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:00:29 -0500

Join a panel of experts from IBM and business partners as Sametime 8.5.2 launches. They cover all the new enhancements, changes and more. Live questions and answers were provided during the webcast.

Carl Tyler of Epilio
Gabriella Davis of Turtle Partnership
Chris Miller of Connectria
Lisa Harris, Sametime Offerings Manager from IBM
Dave Marshak, IBM Sametime

Also, thanks to our bandwidth sponsor, GSX.

Replay for "Social Business & Online UX Lab"

Chris Miller — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:41:49 -0500

Have you ever wanted input into how IBM develops parts of the user experience in the software? The Online UX Lab allow you to participate, suggest, take surveys and more. Join two UX (useability) Lab senior people from IBM, Mary Beth Raven and Velda Bartek, as they discuss how the lab works and what it means to start becoming a social business with IBM.

Social Business & the Online UX Lab webcast May 3rd

Chris Miller — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:12:11 -0500

Join Velda Bartek and Mary Beth Raven, senior members of the Lotus User Experience team, in a conversation on doing business by getting social in the new Online UX Lab. They will share with you how you can take part in this new approach to discussing your ideas and thoughts on the Lotus portfolio.

You can register for this event right here!

IdoSphere agenda (v1) is up and ready

Chris Miller — Wed, 9 Feb 2011 12:30:08 -0500

IdoSphere is one week away, February 15-16th, 2011. While the amazing list of sessions has been up, the agenda is finalizing and we are happy to provide you V1. All the sessions are being recorded, so if you have to step out, have no fear. Everyone that registers now for the $35 fee will have unlimited access to the recordings.

So download the Version 1 agenda and sign up for IdoSphere (I bet some speakers even have a discount on the fee if you search).

IdoSphere Session Schedule 2011 v1.pdf

Replay for "Seeing Shapes in the Clouds"

Chris Miller — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:43:20 -0500

The following information was covered on the webcast:

Enterprise decisions around implementing Lotus software in the cloud is becoming a hot topic. This webcast will dive into the following:

Defining the difference in hybrid, cloud and on-prem deployments
Architecture decisions for cloud deployment
Security considerations
The right questions to ask the providers
Administrative controls
Reporting and status

Seeing Shapes in the Clouds - Jan 12th 2011

Chris Miller — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:57:07 -0500

Consultant In Your Pocket will start the new year webcast series off with Seeing Shapes in the Clouds on January 12, 2011 at 10am CST. While investigating numerous cloud solutions, including LotusLive, you need to understand how this fits into your business plans both technically and functionally. Explore architecture pitfalls from ten years of Lotus software hosting and learn the right questions to ask about data security and retention, geographic location and more. Understand TCO and ROI while shaping your infrastructure for the cloud.

Lotus is currently undergoing a major shift to cloud solutions and lines of business need an understanding of the architecture decisions surrounding the multiple directions. In this session the business cases as well as simplified pictures will be presented from over ten years of Lotus hosting experience.

Enterprise decisions around implementing Lotus software in the cloud is becoming a hot topic. This webcast will dive into the following:

Defining the difference in hybrid, cloud and on-prem deployments
Architecture decisions for cloud deployment
Security considerations
The right questions to ask the providers
Administrative controls
Reporting and status

You can register now for the event right here

Replay for "What’s New in Domino 8.5.2 Administration"

Chris Miller — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:56:40 -0500

The following information was covered in this webcast on new Domino 8.5.2 administration enhancements:

Managed mail replicas
Forced client ODS upgrades
Domino diagnostic probe
Administrative accounts for plug-in deployment
Detecting corrupt databases
Directory assistance changes
Miscellaneous changes included!

A special thanks to GSX, the sponsor for this webcast.

What’s New In Domino 8.5.2 Administration - November 17 2010 10am CST

Chris Miller — Fri, 5 Nov 2010 17:18:05 -0500

Domino 8.5.2 introduced enough new administration features a webcast was requested from us. Join this webcast, for free, at 10am CST on November 17 2010. We will cover such topics as:

Managed mail replicas
Forced client ODS upgrades
Domino diagnostic probe
Administrative accounts for plug-in deployment
Detecting corrupt databases
Directory assistance changes
Miscellaneous changes included!

This webcast will run for one hour and fifteen minutes as usual. You can register right here!

Replay for "Lotus Protector for Mail Security" with Victor Toal

Chris Miller — Sun, 5 Sep 2010 19:42:36 -0500

Victor Toal, of Toalsys, joined us to present an amazing overview on Lotus Protector for Mail Security. You can download a copy of the presentation file in pdf below the sponsor.

Lotus Protector for Mail Security - a comprehensive webinar about this do-it-all appliance

Some of the topics we will cover:

What is Lotus Protector for Mail security: capabilities and functionality
Architectural options - where can it fit in my environment?
Installation and configuration - how to make it work for you
Lotus Protector and the Domino integration - the part your users will love

This webcast was brought to you by Connectria.

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Replay for "Sametime: A User’s Perspective sponsored by Plantronics

Chris Miller — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:56:04 -0500

Tom Duff and Marie Scott gave an excellent overview of features and functions for users of Lotus Sametime. Your helpdesk and users both should watch this great overview. You can download a copy of the presentation file in pdf below the sponsor.

Visit our sponsor Plantronics. Explore how they can help your Unified Communication direction.

Replay for "Going Beyond Deploy and Pray - Application Release Cycles"

Chris Miller — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:33:00 -0500

Did you miss the Going Beyond Deploy and Pray webcast given by Kathy Brown on August 18th? An excellent, fast moving topic ! You can watch the event in it's entirety above.

You can also grab the pdf file of the presentation for Going Beyond Deploy and Pray – Application Release Cycles

Lotus Protector for Mail Security - a comprehensive webcast about this do-it-all appliance Sep 1 2010

Chris Miller — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:59:18 -0500

Consultant In Your Pocket welcomes Victor Toal for a webcast on Lotus Protector for Mail Security on Sep 1 2010 at 10am CDT. He will cover the following on this awesome product:

Lotus Protector for Mail Security - a comprehensive webinar about this do-it-all appliance

Some of the topics we will cover:

What is Lotus Protector for Mail security: capabilities and functionality
Architectural options - where can it fit in my environment?
Installation and configuration - how to make it work for you
Lotus Protector and the Domino integration - the part your users will love

You can register for this event starting now right here.

Sametime: A User’s Perspective - August 25th

Chris Miller — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:25:38 -0500

Tom Duff and Marie Scott are back for the launch of their upcoming book of the same topic from Packt Publishing:

This session shows you exactly how you can effectively collaborate with your colleagues and teammates both in your organization and outside your organization by using the features of Sametime. It's practical, down-to-earth, and most of all, fun!

You will be able to attend this session on August 25, 2010 at 10am CDT. Registration is now open!!

Visit our sponsor Plantronics. Explore how they can help your Unified Communication direction.

Going Beyond Deploy and Pray - Application Release Cycles

Chris Miller — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0500

Join Kathy Brown as she returns to provide you a fun session on August 18th 2010, 10am CST, covering the following:

Thanks to Lotus and Domino’s rapid application development platform, many developers find themselves in a deploy-and-pray application release cycle. That can be fine for simple applications in uncomplicated environments, but what happens when the feature requests get more and more complex? Come hear about different techniques for managing Lotus and Domino application deployment and how to get beyond deploy-and-pray!

You can register for the event immediately right here.

Video replay for "eDiscovery Primer for Lotus Domino Admins" with Bill Malchisky and SecurTrac is available

Chris Miller — Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:07:31 -0500

William Malchisky, Effective Software Solutions, provided his years of compliance and eDiscovery skills. View the replay as he covers the following:

The need for Lotus admins to assist across intra-company teams while ensuring regulatory compliance is increasing. Whether your firm received a disclosure motion from district attorney, is being sued, or is concerned about either internal litigation or future actions, register for this session. Will your company be ready? Are your response measures taking too long? Will you be able to meet your goals? Join Bill as he provides a brief foray into the area of compliance and data management while providing tips to enhance your implementations. If you've never thought about this topic, or are having internal discussions, tune-in for some exciting and important information.

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We were pleased to have SecurTrac as sponsor for this event. You can visit their site or download the attached brochure:
SecurTrac 2.4.pdf

The ultimate compliance tool for Domino

SecurTrac, the award-winning product that monitors and audits your knowledge assets, is a non-disruptive and non-intrusive compliance solution for corporate governance and auditing. It is the only complete audit trail system that tracks the life cycle of all objects, as well as all operational activities within the Notes Domino environment. A native Lotus Domino add-in task, SecurTrac can be configured to meet all of your compliance needs and concerns, whether you’re a SMB or a large enterprise.

Video replay of "Deploying Plug-ins and Widgets for Lotus Notes and Sametime"

Chris Miller — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:50:07 -0500

Plug-ins are becoming a significant part of the Lotus Notes and Sametime environment to extend the user experience.

However, as an administrator, you need to understand:

plug-in architecture
security considerations
deployment options
update site architecture
unattended updating

Chris Miller walked you through all of these areas and more. He will also provide a sample update site for you to practice with.

If you would like to see the headsets Chris uses and recommended during the webcast you can visit the page for the UC Pro or the Savi Office headsets from Plantronics.

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Visit our sponsor Plantronics. Explore how they can help your Unified Communication direction.