IBM has announced Lotus Symphony so we finally has a name for the productivity editors inside Lotus Notes 8. This is a free download from IBM and they are based on the OpenOffice suite of editors. Last weeks announcement that IBM will contribute back to OpenOffice community is in direct relation to this announcement. We [...]

It’s been a few days since I wrote a posting. I’ve been really busy with customer work and getting ready for a lot of conferences and events coming up in the next weeks.
First there is Collaboration University for Lotus Notes & Domino in both Kansas City, September 10-12, and in London, September 19-21. On the [...]

As many bloggers out there, including Rob Novak, Ed Brill and Mary Beth Raven, has posted; Lotus Notes & Domino 8 will be available this Friday.
Speaking of above bloggers, Collaboration University for Notes & Domino 8 still have seats available. This is the first technical conference on the new release. Other notible IBMers present at [...]

The Collaboration University website has been updated for the September event. CU is the first major technical training event following the release of Lotus Notes and Domino 8.
We have lined up some incredible talent for both speakers and keynote addresses. Ed Brill will deliver the keynote in Kansas City on September 10 and Kevin Cavanaugh, [...]

I’m back from my trip to London, England and a weeks vacation in Sweden. It was a great event in London and I think the attendees got a lot out of the event. Don’t forget that there is one more Collaboration University in September, covering Notes and Domino 8.

It was great to visit with my [...]

On Sunday I’m off to London for Collaboration University there. After that I’m going to visit the old country and spend some time with family. It’s going to be nice to see them again.
If you don’t see any new postings here for the next couple of weeks you know why.

Here’s the video of Mike Rhodins keynote at Collaboration University in Kansas City. First Rob Novak welcomed the attendees and then introduced Mike.

Rob Novak has posted the sessions and speakers for Collaboration University for Lotus Quickr, QuickPlace and Sametime in July for both Kansas City and London.
For Sametime

Sametime 101 - Deploying Sametime
Sametime Meeting Center Customization Tricks - How to Roll Your Own!
Top 5 hidden Sametime Hacks and Programming Tricks
Developing Sametime Connect plugins
Exploiting the Toolkits for Sametime Bots [...]

I’ve created some Google maps mashups to help our delegates of Collaboration University get around and become more familiar with the venues.
You can check out Kansas City and London here. If you have Google Earth you can also open these mashups inside there by clicking on the following links: Kansas City and London.

Rob Novak announced the keynote speakers for Collaboration University, and the list is very impressive.

Mike Rhodin
General Manager
Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software
IBM Software Group
Mike will deliver the keynote address at Collaboration University on July 9 in Kansas City.

Ken Bisconti
Vice President, Lotus Software Products
IBM Software Group
Ken will deliver keynote addresses at Collaboration University in London on both [...]