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• Notes & Domino Directions / Hannover / Domino Next
• Notes Architecture, Internals and History - including The Lotus Museum
• Technology Choices / Career Directions - Lotus Notes & Domino versus Microsoft Exchange / Outlook / .NET / Groove / Zope / WebSphere - Moving from Domino to J2EE technologies - Extending your Job Market and Skills
• Notes & Domino Performance plus Administration and Infrastructure Management
• Management of Mail / Room & Resource Reservations / Anti-Spam / Governance / Legal Issues
• Extending Lotus Instant Messaging (Sametime)
• Notes/Domino Security
• Disaster Planning - Recovery - Continuity
• IBM Lotus Notes and Domino on IBM System i (previously called iSeries or AS/400)
• Lotus User Groups & Communities - Notes/Domino Blogs - Forums - Training & Certification
• Lotus feeds from IBM developerWorks
• Some "trusty old Lotus Notes applications" - FREE

LOTUS & IBM - GENERAL LINKS

• Notes/Domino Best Practices: Master Checklist - a checklist for Domino Best Practices designed to provide Notes/Domino administrators, application developers. and IT managers with information needed to ensure a successful Notes/Domino environment. Ten major categories are covered, including Performance, Sizing, Administration, Security, Upgrade and Migration, Groups and Directories, Domino Web Access (DWA), Calendaring and Scheduling (C&S), Transactional Logging, and Testing Applications. It consists of a series of linked documents that contains high level considerations as well as additional links to IBM Technotes, developerWorks articles, plus Redbooks and Redpapers.
   
• Tips in Two - Short video tips (approximately two minutes or less in duration) for using IBM Lotus Software products, such as Lotus Notes and Quickr.
  
  
• Things IT Managers Should Know About Lotus Notes - Lotus Notes is the "Ginsu knife" of application development. It slices, it dices, it cuts both leather and tomatoes. This extreme flexibility means that Notes doesn't fit neatly into a single software category in either its definition and functionality. But it also means that your investment in Notes and Domino can deliver more than "just e-mail" to your organization. Are you taking advantage of what it can do?
  
  
• Best practices in globalization: Developing IBM Lotus Notes applications - Following these recommendations, you can easily create good multilanguage-friendly Lotus Notes applications, which in turn can save you both resources and effort.
• Helping customers globalize their IBM Lotus Notes applications  - Globalizing IBM Lotus Notes applications can be simple. IBM Lotus Domino Global Workbench, which is released with Lotus Notes and Domino, can help customers globalize their applications quickly and easily. In version 8.5, Lotus Domino Global Workbench provides a new feature that extracts strings into properties files, thereby providing more flexibility for translation.
• IBM Lotus Wiki -- Building a Web site using Lotus Web Content Management 6.1 - IBM Lotus and IBM Redbooks publications have partnered together to show you how a fictitious company, River Bend Tea and Coffee Company, used IBM Lotus Web Content Management to build their Web site. See how they developed the architecture, deployed the system, designed the site, and went live with dynamic content.
  
• IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Deployment Guide
  and What's new in IBM Lotus Notes client 8.0 and Notes 8.0.1
  and What's new in IBM Lotus Domino server 8.0 and Domino 8.0.1
  
• Lotus Support - Maintenance updates, fix lists and fix packs:
      ttp://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/support/fixlists.html
  
• Lotusphere 2006 ...
  • Lotusphere 2006 - Opening General Session webcast
  • Lotusphere 2006 Presentations and Samples
  • IBM Lotus Notes and Domino: "Hannover" and Beyond


• Lotus Notes - Case Studies (success stories)
• The Top 8 Reasons Why You'll Love IBM Lotus Notes 8 - Register for a replay of this webcast with Ed Brill, Business Unit Executive of IBM Lotus Notes/Domino sales, worldwide, who shares the latest "wow" factors of the next major feature release of Lotus Notes. Understand how these collaborative advances are helping users work the way they want for the better.
  
• Composite applications in Lotus Notes 8 ...
  • Library of 22 components for developers to build composite applications
  • YouTube videos showing examples:
    • IBM Lotus Notes 8 - Banking composite application - Part 1
    • IBM Lotus Notes 8 - Banking composite application - Part 2
    • Lotus Notes 8 Composite Application Capability: Lead Manager
    • Lotus Notes 8 Smart Assist Composite Application Demo
      
• IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7 - Cool Stuff! - Webcasts, videos, demos, presentations, screensavers, roadmaps, white papers, brochures  ... "Innovate, Collaborate and Dominate!"
• Webcast -- Ferris Research and IBM review Lotus Notes and Domino 7 features and TCO - how Ferris defines TCO and how the new release might measure up, as well as a comprehensive view on how new features and capabilities can help you work smarter by improving collaboration and productivity.
   
• “Hannover”: The next release of IBM Lotus Notes - On Tuesday, 14 June 14 2005, IBM Lotus software unveiled some of the features it plans to build into future versions of its Lotus Notes software.
• Hannover FAQs
• With the unveiling of the next release of Lotus Notes, code-named “Hannover,” IBM articulates roadmap, demonstrates commitment - "New look, new capabilities" ... "Focus on activities, drive projects to completion" ... "Extending Lotus Notes to a new class of open, role-based applications" ... "Lotus Notes: A core element of the IBM Workplace family"
• (review) IBM sees innovations in Notes - IBM unveiled some of the features it plans to build into future versions of its Notes software, previewing a number of new tools aimed at helping people share information across applications
• "Hannover" to include word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation capabilities - will include a set of office productivity tools which support the Open Document Format (ODF) standard. These productivity tools include word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation capabilities. "Hannover" users will be able to create, manage, edit, and import documents in ODF. The IBM productivity tools can also import and edit Microsoft Office documents and export those documents to ODF for sharing with ODF-comliant applications and solutions.
   
• Lotus Guarantees Notes/Domino's Future Next to Workplace - "there's ... been the fog surrounding the future of Notes/Domino with the introduction of Workplace. But with as many curves as Lotus customers have had to maneuver, the loyal followers may finally have come to a straight highway, and iSeries users of Lotus products are finally being rewarded with versions that support the solid server right from the start."



• Lotusphere 2005
  Articles from Lotusphere 2005 (or just before/after the conference) ...
  • "Envision Decisions" - IBM leads the way to fundamental change in software - "Envision decisions where you have a clear and present choice in the front-end of computing, a choice in everything you do, whether it is in messaging and collaboration, in document editing and management, in access to information and expert, and in executing business transactions."
     
  • Here to stay! Notes begins evolution into premier rich client for IBM Workplace - While change will remain a constant, so will Notes — and so will IBM’s commitment to protecting customers’ existing Notes investments. ... "There is a lot of change in store for the Notes client. Notes 7 and 7.5 and 8 will be different and significantly more valuable – just as the current Notes 6.5 is different and significantly more valuable compared to Notes 4 and 4.6. So this kind of change is nothing new; we’ve done it in the past, and it’s how we’ve consistently delivered new business value to our customers. And as in the past, these upcoming versions will remain true to the Notes tradition of supporting and protecting the investment our customers have made in Notes functionality, training and application development."
     
  • New tools will help Domino developers create Workplace applications with skills they have, ease they expect - Workplace Designer takes existing skills to new Workplace collaborative environment
  • Gartner reports that IBM's Workplace Strategy Gains Credibility at Lotusphere 2005
  • IBM Workplace - More than Just Notes on Steroids
     
  • Domino, Notes, Workplace... What's A Developer To Do? (March 2005) - If you're one of the many who have been confused during the last two years by the sometimes conflicting messages coming from IBM about the future of Lotus Notes/Domino and what it means for your future as a Notes/Domino specialist, read this article and be assured that IBM is not leaving you in the lurch. ... As the song goes: "Don't Worry, Be Happy!"
  
  

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• IBM WORKPLACE ...
  • New to IBM Workplace - Workplace is a family of IBM products, technologies, and solutions for creating adaptive work environments that you can customize based on users' unique roles in your organization. It is designed to transform productivity and to enable people to make more informed decisions faster. ... IBM Workplace combines new and existing IBM products and technologies, including Workplace Collaboration Services, Workplace Client Technology, Workplace Designer, Workplace Managed Client, Workplace Services Express, Workplace Solutions, Workplace Web Content Management, Lotus Notes® and Domino®, WebSphere® Portal, and WebSphere Everyplace®. You can provision these high-performance, role-based environments to users to combine the productivity gains of the desktop with the cost advantages of the network.
  • Introducing IBM Workplace development tools (March 2006) - Get started with Workplace application development with an introduction to the Workplace development tools, including Workplace Template Editor, Workplace Designer, Workplace Forms, Workplace SDK, and Workplace Managed Client Developer Toolkit.


• All the right answers for customers with Lotus Workplace and Notes and Domino
• Lotus products to the rescue when a city's infrastructure locks down
  and Lotus innovation makes working at home a way of life
• Defining processes in your Notes/Domino environment - discusses a number of processes, including application development and deployment, quality assurance, performance and sizing, and root cause analysis (RCA) that can help ensure reliability and availability in your Lotus Notes and Domino environment.
• IBM White Paper - Protect and enrich Domino investments with a collabarative platform to drive productivity - "IBM is committed to supporting and advancing the Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino messaging server and application-development and deployment platform for years to come. So you can feel confident that your Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino investments are protected."
  • Download the full PDF document
     
• IBM developerWorks Technical Library for Lotus
  • developerWorks Technical Articles for Lotus
    A few of the more recent articles ...
    • Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere integration for developers - How you can build applications that take advantage of the relative strengths offered by both Domino and WebSphere.
    • IBM Workplace: A technical summary
    • New features in release 2.0 of IBM Lotus Workplace - including IBM Lotus Workplace Documents and IBM Workplace Client Technology.
    • IBM Workplace Client Technology architecture - how you can use its standards-based technologies to build and manage IBM Workplace client applications.
    • IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 7 Public Beta
    • New features in Notes and Domino 7.0 Beta 1
    • Lotus Notes/Domino 7 Web Services - Introduces the new Web Services design element in ND7, showing how to create one in Domino Designer, and describes how to implement Web Services with both LotusScript and Java code examples.
    • Create your own Lotus Notes template storage database with revision history - Keep track of your Lotus Notes/Domino database templates with the handy Template Warehouse. This article describes how to create the Template Warehouse, and includes a complete working example you can use at your own site to manage and store copies of your design templates (NTF files).
      • See also MartinScott's Notes/Domino development version control strategy - a model that "supports distributed development and structured build releasing among developers, testers, and users."
  • Lotus feeds from IBM developerWorks
     
• Lotus Documentation portal - read the documentation online, or download the files for printing or viewing.
• Lotus Notes documentation (alternative portal) ...
  • Version 8.0 - Version 7.0 - Version 6.5 - White papers, Redbooks, and more

 
• Viewing the Lotus Developer Domain in its native Notes format - LDD is Domino-based, and if you connect to it using a Notes client (Notes 6 recommended) you can use Notes features like replication. This article walks you through the steps involved and offers troubleshooting tips for making the connection.


• IBM Project Manager Survival Kit
• IBM Community Tools - a [free] suite of applications for interacting with various communities through instant and broadcast messaging. ... locate subject matter experts, start impromptu discussions, and to alert and survey large groups of people instantly, all in real time.
• Knowledge Collection (according to IBM) - "A focused compilation of documents that educates Analysts and Customers about a specific product or topic and serves as a source for general reference and as a supplement for training material."
• Knowledge Collection: Notes/Domino 6.x Migration
• New opportunities for Lotus Domino developers - plus a new set of tools - the market for enterprise applications is changing, bringing with it a new world that expands the opportunity for Lotus Notes/Domino developers.
• RSS feeds for Lotus Support - RSS provides a quick, easy, and lightweight way for you to monitor new content that is added to the Lotus Support Services Web site.

• Lotus Support Services
• IBM Support & Downloads
• Lotus Redbooks
• Lotus Knowledge Management
  • Lotus Discovery Server
• Lotus tutorials
• Lotus Industry Solutions
• Lotus IT Managers forum
• Lotus Executive Central
• Lotus LearningSpace / Virtual Classroom / Learning Management System
• Lotus iNotes
• Lotus QuickPlace
• Lotusphere - home page
• Domino URL cheat sheet
• Using XML with Domino - tutorial
• Domino on IBM iSeries (AS/400) Servers
• Domino Designer QuickStart Tutorial
• NotesBench Consortium
   
• FREE Notes database design templates
  NOTE: see other free templates from sites elsewhere on this page
   
• FREE Quick Guides (registration required) - for Lotus Notes, iNotes/Domino Web Access, and Sametime
   
• Domino Search & Discovery
  
  • Site Search (R4.6)
  • Domino Extended Search (R5)
  • Introduction to Extended Search
  • Lotus Discovery Server (R5)
  • What's new in Lotus Extended Search 3.7
  
  
• WebSphere Developer Domain - Lotus Domino Zone
• Domino.Doc 3.5 technical overview
• e-Metrics - How Lotus Measures e-Business Value
• Designing accessible Notes applications
• Ed Brill's personal weblog >> Ed Brill's Lotus weblog
   

• IT Central - home page
  • 24 x 7 webcast Technical Briefings
• Domino Global Workbench (for multilingual e-Business)

•  Notes Architecture, Internals and History  ...
  • The History of Notes and Domino - IBM developerWorks article (20 December 2005)
  • Notes: A sustainable platform architecture - An in-depth examination of the Notes/Domino architecture, which it presents as a series of layers radiating out from a central core of operating-system-style services -- object store, security, replication, directory services, and more.

  • Video ... 20 years: The story of Lotus Notes

  • IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Milestones (poster)
     
  • Roots of Notes - The important ideas behind the Notes client and server can be traced back as far as the early '70s, almost a decade before the wide commercialization of PCs in business. ... (Plato Notes, released in 1973, and Plato Group Notes released in 1976)
  
  
  • Happy Birthday, Notes - Venerable collaboration application turning 20. (Plans for the revolutionary collaboration software or groupware were announced Dec. 7, 1984. And exactly five years later, Lotus Development Corp. launched Notes Release 1.)
  • Light the birthday candles for Lotus Notes - "Lotus Notes turns 15 on December 7 [2004]. Iris Associates, the software development company from whence Notes emerged -- on the Lotus dime -- was founded five years earlier to the day. That's reason enough for Network World’s columnist Paul McNamara to get Ray Ozzie on the phone, given Ozzie was the headliner for both productions before leaving Notes Nation in 1997 to start Groove Networks."
  • Lotus Notes Turns 15 Years Old Today - Why Should You Care? - "Compliance cannot succeed without collaboration. So what tool would you want to use? ... Why you ask? Because after 15 years, the members of the Notes/Domino community get it: The software has succeeded because it is that good and it is only going to get better. Obviously, it is not the right tool for everything, but people need to hear what it is good for and how it can help them."
  • Despite False Death-Knells, Notes Reaches 15th Birthday - "Notes still sets the standard in its own market category, fending off challenges from the voracious competitor Microsoft and a host of lesser adversaries. And it has continued to thrive and evolve as technology has changed."
  
  
  
  • What Is Lotus Notes? - by Julian Robichaux (revision 1.1) - one of the briefest. most accurate summaries that you're likely to find anywhere!
  • What are the strongest aspects of Lotus Domino? (by Stephan Wissel)
  
   
  • The Truth About The Cost Of Leaving Notes (by Richard Schwartz) - "Leaving Notes is cheap. Restoring the value that you used to have in Notes is expensive."
    
    
  • Lotus Notes - from Wikipedia ... " Lotus Notes is a client-server collaborative software and email system owned by Lotus Software, of the IBM Software Group. ..."
  • Why Domino is suitable for Learning Environment support - why Domino is used as a Learning Environment platform at Lancaster University.
  
  
  
  • Inside Notes: The Architecture of Notes and the Domino Server - "In 1989 Lotus® Notes™ made the world a little smaller. ... Describes the internal architecture of Notes and Domino in sufficient detail to enable you to make optimal deployment and programming decisions. ... It provides a single place where you can quickly learn about the overall architecture of Notes and clearly presents the gist of Notes design, without getting bogged down in details." >> View online
     
  • Formula Language's Dirty Secret
  • Damien Katz tells us all about how he carried out the Lotus Notes Formula Language Engine Rewrite (for Notes R6)
    • Follow-up article by Damien
       
  • What it takes to be #1 - why the market continues to recognize Lotus as the vendor to beat in collaboration.
  
  
  
  • The Lotus Museum - "the world's first virtual museum for software. ... Museum Hours: The Lotus Museum is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Admission is free. Children under the age of 12 should be accompanied by an adult."
     
  • Here's a little bit of LOTUS NOTES NOSTALGIA (a demo originally distributed by Lotus on diskette, way back in 1993/1994) ...
    • Discover Lotus Notes - "The Fastest Way to a Responsive Organization" (a zipped file)
      Unzip the file contents to a floppy drive, open a DOS command window, then run INSTALL.COM from the floppy.
       
  • A Database Perspective on Lotus Domino/Notes
  • The History of Notes and Domino
  • Lotus Notes in 60 seconds
  • Quick Guide to Lotus Notes/Domino - "What is it, and why should I use it over open-source solutions like Apache?"
  • Lotus Notes - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • The Architecture of Lotus Notes (an old article, but still very instructive)
  • The Architecture of Unread Marks in Lotus Notes
     

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  • A first look at DB2 integration with Domino Designer 7 (August 2005)
  • Integration of IBM Lotus Notes/Domino with ERP Systems - "Lotus Notes/Domino represents the most successful non-relational DBMS among those offered in the market. This success is ensured by a number of factors, such as record level security, replication, close integration with mailing and Web systems, and integrated infrastructure for using public key and private key encryption and digital signature. ... Lotus and ERP are not competing systems, but rather complementary ones...."
  
  

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  • Groove Networks (from the key inventor of Lotus Notes)
    • Ray Ozzie's Weblog >> Why "collaboration"?
    • Gartner interview with Ray Ozzie - "20 years ago, I didn't have the grand vision one might imagine. I surely knew what I was trying to accomplish in terms of enabling individuals to work together online more seamlessly - that is, in terms of collaborative productivity. But I didn't fully grasp the importance of such tools, for example, to such things as business process re-engineering at an organizational or cross-organizational level. These tools have had a tremendous impact, and to be sure, I'm amazed at how far things have come — particularly when recalling that we were using IBM PC AT computers in character mode when we began this journey. ... What really does disappoint me is that we as technology users keep forgetting the lessons we learn; we've got very short memories. For example - issues of centralization versus decentralization, control versus empowerment. There's a pendulum that appears to keep swinging back and forth, and we keep polarizing the issue, when in fact we should have learned that both are necessary. ... ... ... ... The greatest amount of value that Lotus Notes ever provided, besides the email infrastructure, was as a rapid application development platform that people at the edge of the organization - in a business unit - could use to whip up an application that solved their problem instantly. Just-in-time, disposable solutions. As Notes was more embraced as central infrastructure, IT buyers demanded that end-user design capabilities be re-shaped to target the needs of professional developers. Notes environments became "locked down", and people closest to the needs lost their ability to do "self-service" solution development. With Groove, we've brought that back."
    • Microsoft to buy Groove Networks (March 2005) - Microsoft said it will acquire Groove Networks and make Groove's founder, Ray Ozzie, chief technology officer at the software giant.
    • Q&A: Microsoft, Groove Networks to Combine Forces to Create Anytime, Anywhere Collaboration (10 March 2005)
    • Ozzie jumps to Microsoft -- what does it mean for Lotus?
    • Combat Over Collaboration
    • Oz Joins the Empire
    • Gartner - Microsoft Pursues Future of Work Vision with Groove Deal
       
  • C API programming for Lotus Notes/Domino - Learn the ins and outs of programming with the Lotus Notes/Domino C API. This article explains several important features found in the C API toolkit and offers working examples you can adapt to your own needs. This article is intended to highlight the capabilities of the Lotus C API for Lotus Notes/Domino and to help developers rediscover its immense potential.
  • Driving Lotus Notes From an Apple Macintosh Application (via the Notes C API)
     
  • Skip Down the Yellow Brick Path that Is Lotus’s Past
  • NotesDesign has some interesting insights, like How and why Lotus Notes became Domino and Understand the issues that Lotus Notes was designed to address
    
  • Lotus Notes and Domino Server Tutorial
  • Not another 'state of the Lotus Domino industry' article!
  • Michael Barrick's web site: What is Domino?
  • Lotus VP of Development Exposes Domino Capabilities
  • What is Lotus Notes, again?
  • Four reasons Lotus hasn't done a Linux Notes client
  • How Urgent Is the Jump from Domino to J2EE?
  • Ray Ozzie on "Saving the Browser" - including some early history of Notes
     
  • Design Templates ...
    The Trouble with Templates Part 1 - The Trouble with Templates Part 2 - Free tool to find duplicate Design Template names
  • Lotus Domino 6 - Should You Upgrade or Migrate, Now or Later?
  • Migration Path in Place for Lotus Notes 6 to NextGen - "IBM is planning a new release of Lotus Domino/Notes for 2004 that will act as a migration path to the NextGen architecture based on WebSphere and DB2."
  • The Long Goodbye for Lotus Notes - "News of Lotus Notes' death was—and is—premature. The Notes faithful must console themselves with this immutable fact: The only thing harder than using Notes is getting rid of it."
  • Meatball Wiki >> A description of Lotus Notes
     
  • Why Notes is not a relational database
    On Domino 7 servers, but not Notes 7 clients, the Notes database .NSF structure will be held inside a high-performing DB2 database environment. ... [Editorial] And here at Asia/Pacific Computer Services we say that there's a place for a Notes-style database into the indefinite future!
    • More thoughts on Notes and relational databases
       
  • Thin Clients — Fat Chance? - Will WorkPlace 2.0 go the way of AD/Cycle, OS/2, and SAA, or is it the Microsoft Office killer IBM wants us to think it is?
     
  • Top 10 issues when developing Lotus Notes Domino Internet applications (and how to proactively circumvent potential problems) - Developing external Lotus Notes Domino Internet applications (Web sites) is surprisingly different from building internal Lotus Notes Domino intranet applications. Performance, security and software configuration and compatibility issues must be considered. If these considerations are not taken into account during the development process, Lotus Notes Domino developers and administrators may face many unexpected and unpleasant post-deployment surprises.
     
• Integrating the Google Web API search service in your Domino applications
• Building PHP-based UIs for IBM Lotus Domino - how you can interact with Lotus Domino databases from Web applications created in the PHP programming language. Learn how to access Domino applications from PHP pages using a COM object, the Lotus Notes API, and XML.

• Notes & Domino Performance, Administration and Infrastructure Management ...
  • See also: Performance Pro (from Atlantic Decisions, one of our business partners)
  • See also: ProActive Tools (from G2 Associates, one of our business partners)
  • See also: NotesSuite (from Technovations, one of our business partners)
  
   
  • Lotus Domino Performance Zone
  • Performance-related resources for Lotus products
  • Performance Perspectives Archives
     
  • Performance basics for IBM Lotus Notes developers - This white paper addresses the most important and most serious factors affecting IBM Lotus Notes and Domino application performance. It is intended for developers of Notes client applications, to help them maximize performance by identifying problem areas and by offering solutions.
     
  • Domino Tuning Parameters in NOTES.INI
    Configuring server tasks: Domino database indexing (controlling the Update task), Network performance (compression), Setting maximum mail threads for local delivery, Disabling per-user message caching by the IMAP task, Using Lotus Domino 6.5 database format, Defining the number of databases cached simultaneously, Optimizing database index update, Disabling the updating of full-text indexes on a server, Maximum log-on sessions, Controlling minimum mail poll time, and Setting up multiple replication tasks.
     
  • The New Domino Admin - Marc Champoux and Patrick Darke blog about advanced Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes Client administration issues
    
  • IBM Lotus Domino, Linux, virtualization, scalability -- No longer mutually exclusive terms (May 2009) - With the latest release of 64-bit Lotus Domino on Linux and virtualization, you now can implement large-scale enterprise environments with Lotus Domino on Linux in a single footprint. This article documents the benchmarks that have been done and the results of early adopters of this solution, showing you how your infrastructure can fit and grow with Lotus Domino.
    
  • IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 performance for IBM Lotus Notes users (March 2009) - Lotus Domino 8.5 contains features that help relieve the stress on the expensive processor and storage subsystems. This article shows the reductions in processor and disk utilization with Lotus Domino 8.5 and Lotus Notes clients, and that upgrading to Lotus Domino 8.5 should be a positive experience.
    
  • IBM Lotus Domino Server performance: Hard disk fragmentation - Explains how to troubleshoot IBM Lotus Domino server performance issues caused by disk fragmentation focusing on Domino versions 6.5x, 7.x, and 8.x running on the Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 server platforms. The hard disk is one of the slowest components of a computer system, so it is often the cause of performance issues. An optimally operating disk sub-system is key to performance. (Hard disk fragmentation also affects Lotus Notes clients, so you should verify the fragmentation in your workstations as well.)
    
  • Deploying the IBM Lotus Domino server: A cookbook - This white paper addresses the issues most frequently reported by customers to IBM Technical Support regarding IBM Lotus Domino server deployment. The goal of this document is to enable Domino Administrators who are relatively new to the Domino products to help themselves with specific Lotus Domino installation and upgrade questions. In short, this is a "how to" guide (cookbook) for Lotus Domino install, setup, and upgrade tasks.
     
  • IBM Lotus Domino V8 server with the IBM Lotus Notes V8 client: Performance - Maintaining IBM Lotus Domino V8 mail server scalability with the IBM Lotus Notes V8 client is critical. This article shows that Lotus Domino V8 not only equals but outperforms the previous release, and shows you how Lotus Domino V8 with the Lotus Notes V8 client performs across a variety of server platforms.
                      And the companion paper ...
  • IBM Lotus Notes V8 workloads: Taking performance to a new level - Learn about the IBM Lotus Notes/ Domino V8 enhancements to the NotesBench and Server.Load workloads. Three new workloads, N8Mail, N7Mail, and N8MailInit, demonstrate the typical tasks of a Lotus Notes user interacting with a Lotus Domino server.
     
  • Domino 7 Performance Tuning - Best Practices to Get the Most Out of Your Domino Infrastructure - Performance tuning, or optimization, is the process of modifying a system’s configuration in order to improve its efficiency at meeting specified functional goals. The systems in question can be a single application, one Domino® server, a collection of servers participating in a common activity, such as mail routing or replication, or an entire Domino infrastructure.
                      And the companion paper ...
  • Domino 7 Server Consolidation: Best Practices to Get the Most Out of Your Domino Infrastructure - this IBM Redpaper examines the issue of Domino Server Consolidation as a way to maximize your investment in Domino. Since the introduction of Domino 7, IBM/Lotus has been highlighting the capabilities of Domino to now do more with less - ultimately using Domino 7 more efficiently to better leverage existing investment - and ultimately reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
     
  • Introduction to Domino performance tuning - This article introduces the basics of analyzing Notes/Domino performance to identify bottlenecks at the OS and application levels. It discusses performance testing tools and analyzing test results, and lists resources for tuning and capacity planning.
     
  • Lotus Domino 7 server performance, Part 1 - how the various Domino 7 platforms stack up against the previous release of Domino (good news for Domino administrators everywhere!) >> Part 2 >> Part 3
  • New workloads and features in Lotus Domino 7 Server.Load - Server.Load is Lotus Domino's feature-based load generation tool that measures and characterizes various Domino server capacity and response metrics. The workloads (also called tests or scripts) simulate the behavior of Domino client-to-server operations.
     
  • Lotus Notes Diagnostic Tool (LND) - Automatically perform repetitive tasks associated with files from a Lotus Domino server crash, hang, or performance issues. This FREE tool (from the Lotus Sandbox) is based on the internal tool that Lotus Support uses to analyze NSD and other files resulting from a Lotus Domino server crash, hang, or performance issues.
     
  • Log off idle Lotus Notes users for better Domino Server performance - Idle Lotus Notes users are taking up loads of unused space and resources on your Lotus Domino server. Learn how the notes.ini setting Server_Session_Timeout will log off idle Lotus Notes users, thus clearing up valuable CPU and memory resources and improving overall Domino Server performance.
     
  • Upgrading to Domino 6 - The Performance Benefits
  • Domino 6 Performance Features (November 2002)
  • How to Maximize Notes 6 Client Performance - performance enhancements in the Notes 6 client, tips to maximize Notes 6 client performance, a list of known issues, and tips for troubleshooting Notes 6 client issues.
     
  • Simulating your load environment with Domino Server Planner
  • Analyzing system resources with platform statistics
  • Prevent Hung Domino Servers
     
  • Application Performance Tuning, Part 1 and Application Performance Tuning, Part 2
  • Lotus Notes/Domino 7 application performance, Part 1: Database properties and document collections
    and Lotus Notes/Domino 7 application performance, Part 2: Optimizing database views ... No Lotus Notes/Domino developer wants to hear the following comment: "Beautiful application, too bad it's so slow!" This two-part article explains how you can avoid this embarrassment by building Notes/Domino applications optimized for performance.
  • Troubleshooting Lotus Domino application performance, Part 1: Troubleshooting techniques and code tips
    and Troubleshooting  Domino application performance, Part 2: New tools in Lotus Notes/Domino 7
  • Maximizing Domino Performance (White Paper) - defines what you can do to maximize the performance of Domino in terms of Web applications from the development perspective and overall server performance from the server adminstration perspective.
  • Developing for Web Application Performance >> On-demand webcast - When Domino apps run slow it is usually the design architecture to blame. Learn many real-world methods and tools to diagnose and optimize the performance of your web applications.
  • MartinScott's Performance Engineering Notes/Domino Applications
    
   
  • Mean Time Between Failure for Lotus Notes-Domino - Domino server add-in that calculates several Domino server uptime statistics
  
   
  • 20 Hot Domino Web Server Performance Tips >> Part 1 and Part 2
  • SPEC - The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
     
  • Coding faster lookups in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino (March 2007) - @DbLookup @Formula in Lotus Notes and Domino and describes some new tips for developers to use when coding new applications or troubleshooting performance problems in existing applications.
     
  • Java Performance Techniques for IBM Lotus Domino Development ...
    • Part 1 and Part 2 - Learn from Bob Balaban everything important about programming Java in Domino. (How Java differs from LotusScript, where Java programs can run in Domino, memory recycling issues, use of Java threads in Domino, local versus remote access to Domino Java APIs, and how to avoid the most common mistakes Domino developers make in programming Java.)
       
  • The IBM eServer iSeries model 890 has achieved a record 150,000 NotesBench users and demonstrated industry leading Domino performance with Lotus® Domino Release 5.0.10 on IBM OS/400 V5R2 (September 2002)
     
  • VeriTest Reports ...
    • Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and Lotus Domino R5 (POP and SMTP Performance Test, 12/99) (143KB)
    • And VeriTest adds: "Note: Lotus has objected to the findings in the above report. While it is not our normal practice to post responses to comments on our test reports, the public nature of Lotus's objections and the many errors of fact in those objections made us feel a response was necessary; here's our response to the key points in Lotus's objections document."
  • Performance-Engineering Domino Application Designs for Notes and Web Clients

• Technology Choices / Career Directions - Lotus Notes & Domino versus Microsoft Exchange / Outlook / .NET / Groove / Zope / WebSphere ...
  
  
  
  • ITComparison - They say: "Did you know that almost 90% of all products comparisons on the Internet today are either written by the product vendor, funded by product vendor (like HP, IBM, Dell, VMware, Xen, Microsoft), or aimed at selling that vendor products. Only few honest comparisons exist on the web today focusing on educating IT Professionals. That's where the idea of ITComparison.com came from. None of our comparisons are funded neither motivated by any vendor. We reference vendors comparisons in our charts only after evaluating the competing vendors comparison and make sure they can stand for their claims. This site is created with the aim of helping IT professional in saving valuable time, resources, and money comparing products. We offer many IT Comparisons and  VS related to many IT products and solutions."
    • ITComparison -- MS Exchange 2007 VS IBM Domino 8
    • Comment at Technorati ... IBM Lotus Notes 8 VS Microsoft Exchange 2007: Which is for you?
       
  • Domino vs. Exchange - getting the personal picture - "On the business side, the changes coming in with Microsoft’s expected transition to its Server 2008 product set look serious enough to trigger your professional responsibility to investigate reasonable alternatives before committing to the upgrades."
  • Why I STILL recommend Domino over Exchange - Ron Herardian asks: "Is Domino a technology belonging to the past? With 130 million licenses sold, it's hard to make that argument. In fact, Domino is the most important alternative to Microsoft Exchange today."
     

  • If you use Lotus Notes, YOU need NotesTracker! Purchase a copy for all your IBM Lotus Notes/Domino database application usage tracking needs, including tracking Notes Mail usage, privacy and compliance. Find out about about NotesTracker here or here.

     
  • The Boss Loves Microsoft - Where does that leave Lotus? (from Lotusphere 2006)
     
  • Migrating from Microsoft Exchange2000/2003 to Lotus Notes and Domino 7  - this IBM Redbook "covers both the strategic and market factors that promote the benefits of IBM Lotus Domino over Microsoft Exchange, as well as providing an overview of the tools and strategies available, together with hands on instruction for how to perform the migration process."
  • Migrating from Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to Lotus Notes and Domino 6
     
  • Network Computing
    • Enterprise Groupware Products - an evaluation of products from the top players in the groupware arena. See how Network Computing tested IBM Lotus Domino 6.5, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Novell GroupWise 6.5 and how they decided which one toppled its rivals with its extensive application-development functionality, smooth install and management capabilities.
  • Express offers Lotus new hope in SMB market - "A survey earlier this year by Ferris Research Inc., a San Francisco-based analyst firm specializing in messaging and archival technologies, found that 56% of mid-sized companies (500 to 2,499 employees) use Exchange, while just 16% use Lotus. For small firms with fewer than 500 workers, the number of Exchange users jumps dramatically to 74%, with a mere 8% opting for Lotus. ... IBM has by no means conceded the SMB market to Microsoft. This year its Lotus group has released a three-product series of Domino Express products, targeting the SMB market with simplified licensing for fully functional Domino software, minus a few high-end features. ..."
  • Two survey-based reports tackle 2004 Messaging Usage - "The makeup of the enterprise messaging server landscape has continued to change in favor of Microsoft, which now appears to hold 53 percent of all enterprise messaging server deployments. Lotus Domino deployments among US companies have declined slightly, holding roughly 24 percent of the U.S. market."
  • For Microsoft Exchange shops, a chance to switch, simplify and save - "Why have corporations using Microsoft Exchange been slow to move to Exchange Server 2003, the latest version of the messaging system? ... One big reason is that the move to Exchange 2003 — like the move to Exchange 2000 before it — is more a full-fledged migration than an upgrade. ... this pattern of rip-and-replace migrations, coupled with building uncertainty over Exchange’s future, has many Exchange shops questioning whether they want to stay on the Exchange path at all."
     
  • IBM Lotus Notes vs. Outlook - Top 10 Reasons to choose IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.x for corporate messaging and collaboration -- IBM Lotus Notes continues to set the standard for innovation in the messaging and collaboration market that Lotus defined fifteen years ago. Here are ten of the most compelling reasons why more than 100 million users depend on IBM Lotus Notes/Domino for corporate messaging and collaboration.
  • IBM Lotus Domino vs. Exchange - Addressing key customer requirements -- increased return on investment; reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) - Ten compelling ways in which IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 6.5.1 (and higher) can help organizations address three key business issues: (1) Maximize the value of your IT investments, given lack of resources and minimal budgets, (2) Benefit from improved performance, scalability, reliability, availability and security, (3) Increase return on investments in applications and employees (your human resources).
  • Exchange 12 To Rely On JET Engine Standby - what's interesting in this article is the final few paragraphs:
       "... Microsoft down-scaling its grand Exchange plans may work in its favor. At one point, Microsoft pushed Exchange Server as the basis for collaborative applications in an attempt to dislodge Lotus Domino. But Exchange was not up to the task. Meanwhile, "people started collaborating through blogs or doing app design through Web portals. Exchange got lucky in a sense. By not going to groupware, it's not stuck behind a portal and a hard place right now.  ... The retreat from once-promised features has confused partners and customers alike. "[Microsoft] flubbed the whole unified store thing. Their credibility is shot with respect to collaboration on Exchange," said one longtime Exchange partner. ... But perhaps more important, for many companies, legacy mail systems such as Exchange and Domino are beside the point ... "In small and medium-[size] businesses, Exchange faces Hotmail, [which] gives you 250 Mbytes of free storage, a calendar that can interact with Office, and it's free. If that's not enough, you can pay $9.95 a month and get more. That's an appealing story."
     
  • Feature Comparison -IBM Lotus Notes/domino 6.5.1 Client Options, Outlook 2002 - compares the features of Lotus Notes 6.5.1, Domino Web Access 6.5.1, Domino Access for Outlook 6.5.1 and Outlook 2002.
  • Outlook Web Access 2003 vs. IBM Lotus Domino Web Access 6.5 - Domino Web Access feature comparison matrix -- See at a glance how the features of IBM Lotus Domino Web Access 6.5 compare to Outlook Web Access 2003.
  • Outlook 2003 vs. IBM Lotus Domino Access For Outlook 6.5.3 - Domino Access for Outlook 6.5.3 feature comparison matrix -- Compare Domino Access for Outlook 6.5.3 to Outlook 2003.
     
  • Lotus Domino Vs. Exchange and Microsoft's Tricks - a network administrator writes: "My company is in the market for a new email system. We currently have Exchange 5.5 and need to migrate soon. The most logical option is Exchange 2003. I think? But after looking at Domino/Notes, I wonder?? Microsoft has done an awesome job out in the marketplace of capturing the hearts and minds of both consumers and corporations."
  • Unmatched Application Development Platform - Exchange is just an email platform. Notes/Domino is an application development platform that has email built into it.
     
  • Case Study - an Australian distribution business moves to Zope and Linux (from Windows and Lotus Notes/Domino) ... "What on earth is Zope?" you might ask!
  • Seven Lotus Notes and Domino myths, exposed
  • Lotus Notes/Domino and .NET integration - Page of links
  • Converting From Notes to .NET, According To Microsoft
  • Collaboration Software: No "One Size Fits All" - No collaboration platform does it all, but some may be a better fit for your organization.
  • Shared Space Consulting responds to " IBM Lotus & Microsoft--Corporate Messaging Market Analysis" (June 2004) ...
    and then there's Ratty-Catty’s Lampooning of the Messaging Market - about reports that compare Domino with Exchange, such as “IBM Lotus & Microsoft – Corporate Messaging Market Analysis” ... And also Eric Mack's Radicati Market Research Questions
  • Microsoft courts Lotus developers - Microsoft and other software makers are practicing their own pitches to attract Lotus developers alienated by IBM's increasing focus on Java.
  • The Top Dogs of Business Messaging
     
  • Midrange Server
    • IBM Domino Express Takes On Exchange Server 2003 - "Price is a big issue for small and midsized businesses, and it will be central to this clash between IBM and Microsoft over groupware. At least on the Lotus side, the licensing issue will be huge as it fans the fire under those customers who are unhappy with Microsoft's Licensing 6.0 prices ..."
  • Countering Microsoft Threat at my Job!
     
  • Why the Lotus Notes vs. intranets debate shouldn't be about technology
  • Why Choose Lotus Notes Domino Over Microsoft Exchange 2000? (article) - "... So why did I choose Notes and Domino [over Exchange 2000]? And why do I continue to reaffirm that choice? Simple: Lotus Notes and Domino together are the most complete package on the market, handling our e-mail, Web presence, workflow applications, and serving as the foundation for our e-commerce applications."
  • Designing and Evaluating a Web-Based Collaboration Application - A Case Study (using SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft)
     
  • Collaborative Strategies - an industry analyst and consulting firm that focuses on the collaborative software market.
     
  • Preparing Domino Shops to Fight Off Exchange
     
  • Microsoft plugs Lotus Notes ... Microsoft has announced an IBM Lotus Notes add-on pack for its Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2003 Web conferencing software.
  • Exchange 2003 Tops ND6 in Latest TCO Report - (17 December, 2003) — Microsoft has made significant strides with Exchange 2003 according to a new report by The Radicati Group. The Redmond giant has reduced the product’s total cost of ownership (TCO), making it a less expensive choice than Notes/Domino. Request the report: Microsoft Exchange 2003 Total Cost of Ownership
  • Lotus Competitive Info page >> Lotus Domino vs. MS Exchange
  • Migrate Exchange 5.5 to Domino on Linux - Migrating your out-of-support Microsoft Exchange 5.5 environment, Domino and Linux Benefits, and Understanding the Migration.

  • OpenGroupware.org
    

    • Open source Groupware Project to compete with Exchange
  • Lotus Notes/Domino vs. Microsoft Exchange - Technical and Market Considerations
    • Webcast (11 June 2003) by Ed Brill, Manager of the IBM Lotus Software competitive projects office
       
  • Are You Listening, Lotus?
  • Improving Coexistence between Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Exchange
  • Migration and Coexistence of Lotus Notes Applications using Microsoft Application Services for Lotus Notes
  • Lotus Domino is the Best Upgrade for MS Exchange
  • Business collaboration - Are Microsoft and Lotus still relevant? - Comparing collaboration vendors
  • IBM Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft Outlook - Top 10 Reasons to choose IBM Lotus Notes 6 for corporate messaging and collaboration
  • Exchange 2000 vs. Domino - Which platform suits your company?
  • Why Choose Lotus Notes Domino Over Microsoft Exchange 2000?
  • Fight the Microsoft Exchange Challenge
  • "Things I Hate About Microsoft Exchange"
     
  • Microsoft makes A Comparison Between Microsoft Exchange 2000 and Lotus Notes R5
  • Lotus Responds - " Setting the Record Straight... Microsoft Exchange vs. Lotus Notes" - April 1996
  
   
  • Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft Exchange - "Apples and Oranges"
  • Portals Advisor >> Lotus Notes/Domino or Microsoft Exchange? - That is not the question.
  • Reality Check - IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Outlook/Exchange
     
  • Microsoft Resources for Interoperability and Migration from Lotus Domino
    • Microsoft Transporter for Lotus Domino
    • Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes
    • Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino Technical Demo - Settings and Configurations
    • Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino Demo: Messaging and Calendaring Coexistence and Migration
    • Application Transporter 2006 for Lotus Domino Flash Demo - Workflow Application Migration and Comparison
    • Tips for Moving to a Microsoft Collaboration Platform
    • Application Analyzer 2006 for Lotus Domino
    • Application Transporter 2006 for Lotus Domino
    • Application Analysis Envisioning Process
    • Migrating from Lotus Notes to the Microsoft Collaboration Platform
    • Reference Architecture for Lotus Domino to Microsoft Exchange Migrations
       
  • Joining forces - Lotus and Microsoft can work together
  • Internet Week >> (October 1999) Microsoft Exchange 2000 - No Lotus Notes Killer
  • Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft Exchange - December 1996 / BYTE Software Lab Report
    
  • InfoWorld >> (April 2002) Exchange or Notes? The key to your choice lies beyond their messaging features
  • Sytel >> Case studies in Messaging, Outsourcing, TCO and ROI
     
  • Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. >> Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft Exchange
  • Exchange 2000 vs. Lotus Notes R5 (thread in Experts Exchange)
  • Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange (Cunningham and Cunningham discussion)
  • Comparing Security for R5 and Exchange
  • Kolaco White Papers, Case Studies, Exchange vs. Domino, etc
  • Exchange & Outlook Administrator >> Domino vs. Exchange Server
  • Reliability - a Domino focus, an Exchange afterthought (October 1999)
     
  • A guide for comparing Notes/Domino and Exchange
  • Domino Application Development Proves 44% More Cost Effective, 42% Faster to Build Than Exchange
  • Database debate - Microsoft Access 2000 vs Lotus Notes R5
  • Another look at Exchange vs. Notes and Domino
  • NetworkWorldFusion looks at Exchange vs. Notes
  • Microsoft Exchange versus Lotus Domino/Notes (in Dutch - from the Microsoft Netherlands IT-manager site)
  • Notes/Domino R5 と Exchange 5.5 (+Outlook クライアント) の比較 (in Japanese)
  • Collaboration TCO Calculator
     
  • Proposion
    
    • Proposion N2N - enables integration of Microsoft .NET with existing Lotus Notes/Domino applications
    • Best practices for integrating Notes and Domino into .NET environments
    • Proposion ASPEN - run ASP.NET applications directly on Domino HTTP servers
    
    
    
  • "Recent" articles on Exchange
  • Microsoft Losing Its Ability to Attract Domino Customers?
  • Some related Lotus 24 x 7 webcasts ...
    
    • How to Move to Lotus Domino from MS Exchange
    • Why Move to Lotus Domino from Microsoft Exchange
    • Integrating IBM Lotus Software with Microsoft Technologies
    • Freedom and Flexibility - Integrating Lotus & Microsoft Technology
    • Domino and iNotes Access for Microsoft Outlook

DISASTER PLANNING - RECOVERY - CONTINUITY

• Lotus Notes Diagnostic Tool (LND) - Automatically perform repetitive tasks associated with files from a Lotus Domino server crash, hang, or performance issues. This FREE tool (from the Lotus Sandbox) is based on the internal tool that Lotus Support uses to analyze NSD and other files resulting from a Lotus Domino server crash, hang, or performance issues.
   
• Recovery for Lotus Notes - repairs corrupted Lotus Notes databases (.nsf files). Supported Lotus Notes versions: 8.0, 7.0, 6.5 and 6.0 -- The recovered data is saved into a set of DXL (Domino Extensible Language) files to be used for rebuilding the Lotus Notes database. This can be done manually or using an auto-generated rebuild batch file. (Does not restore Applets, StyleSheets and DataConnections, recover OLE objects, or recover file attachments.)  Find out if a Lotus Notes file is recoverable using the demo version of Recovery for Lotus Notes on it, which will recover a limited number of strings in each form. No additional forms or any other elements and features of the original corrupted file will be restored by the full commercial version if not present in demo output.
   
• Useful Disaster Recovery Definitions and Concepts
• The Seven Tiers of Disaster Recovery
   
• You Can't Prevent Disasters - Planning for Recovery -  ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL
      This is an excellent general presentation, and includes a section specific to Lotus Notes/Domino
        Unfortunately, this link is broken -- we are trying to re-establish it with the author
  
• Intranet Journal >> Backup Strategies for Lotus Notes (a 1997 article, yet still worth a read)
• Double-Take High availability for Lotus Notes (for Windows 2000/NT) >> Double-Take description
• See also: Domino for iSeries Best Practices Guide (Part 2 covers Domino for iSeries backup)
• Choosing the right backup strategy for Domino 6 for iSeries
   
• Data integrity - the most overlooked aspect of the Lotus Notes environment ... "In the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino environment, data integrity issues such as replication conflicts, disconnected links, or hidden or lost fields are common. In a Notes environment, unlike more "mainstream" database systems such as Oracle or DB2, it is rare to find a database administrator, someone who has the specific responsibility of managing the data within the system. As a result, the integrity (or lack thereof) of the Notes production environment can put your organization at risk."

USER GROUPS - COMMUNITIES - FORUMS - BLOGS
TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
CASE STUDIES - REVIEWS - OPINIONS - HOT TOPICS
Please advise us of any new local/country groups or forums

• Notes & Domino COMMUNITIES / Weblogs / Blogs / Blogging / Webrings / Wikis ...
  Great sites for swapping ideas, discussing solutions, and lots more!
  Here are some of the many Notes/Domino-related blogs ...
   
  • IBM's InsideLotus weblog - "Thoughts on Lotus software and the marketplace
  
  
  • IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Hints and Tips - a personal blog by Alan Lepofsky of IBM
    • Lotus Notes Tips Presentation
    • Notes/Domino 7 Resource Center
       
  • Domino Blog - "This web log is intended to provide information and direction on IBM Lotus Domino products. Product plans, release dates, feature sets, technical or visual designs, roadmaps, and other forward-looking statements are provided for guidance only."
    
  • Lotus Domino Designer wiki
    • Notes Design Fields -- $fields (Lotus Domino Designer wiki - revised 04 April 2009)
    • Composite applications
    • ... and lots more
    
    
  • Lotus RSS feeds and blogs at IBM developerWorks
  • Microsoft FUD vs. IBM Customer Value
  
  
  • The Workplace Channel
    • IBM Workplace links - "a one-stop list of the most important information on the IBM Workplace family of products"
    • About Simon and Matt (of IBM Australia)
       
  • 
    The Sickos - the lotus Notes and Domino blogging community
  
  
  
  • DominoBlogs - any bloggers in the Notes/Domino community can add their own blog details to the list.
  
  
  
  • PLANET LOTUS - an aggregation of Lotus related blogs and news, edited, built and maintained by Yancy Lent. It acquaints those interested in the Lotus Blogosphere with the best blogs out there. >> Planet Lotus Blog Roll
    
    
  • Bleed Yellow - "where the Lotus faithful gather to post personal profiles, write blogs, share bookmarks, create communities, track activities, and build applications" (powered by Lotus Connections)
  
  
  
  • Intranet Solutions with Lotus Notes and Domino (by John Roling) - "This series of articles on Intranet Journal will discuss the various methods of implementing and expanding your corporate intranet solution utilizing Lotus Notes and Domino, provide an overview of various Notes and Domino-based applications, and is intended to ultimately provide its readers with a single point of access to everything intranet via IBM Lotus Notes/Domino."
    • Lotus Notes for Newbs: Where To Get Help
    • Notes for Newbs: Installing the Lotus Notes Client (Part 1)
      and Setting Up the Lotus Notes Client, Part 2
    • Intranet Solutions with Lotus Notes and Domino
    • Customizing Login Forms on your Domino Intranet
    • Enhance Your Mail Template in Lotus Notes
    • A Quickr Way to Enhance Your Intranet
    • Configuring Multiple Web Sites on Lotus Domino
    • How Popular Is Your Lotus Domino Site?
    • Lotus Adds Blog, RSS, Other Features to 7.0.2
    • Utilizing RSS in your Lotus Intranet
    • Setting Up the IBM Blogging Template
    • Lotus Notes Comes to the iPhone
    • IBM Lotus Opens the Bluehouse
    • Enhance Your Lotus Notes for Free
    • ... and lots more
       
  • ChadSmiley Blog - by Chad Schelfout
    • Chad's list of many other Notes/Domino blogs
    • Smiley FREE Tools ... Copy Docs to DB - Document Locking Class - Edit Document Fields - Format Formula as HTML - One Teamstudio Icon - Open Audit - Quick Elementer - Reference Lookup - Refresh Word Fields - Toolbar Functions
    
    
  • 3C-InterOp blog (Communicate - Collaborate - Coordinate)
  • Andrei Kouvchinnikov's Blog about Lotus Domino and other things
  • Dec's Dom Blog >> BLOGSphere
  • DominoBlog
  • DomBlog
  • GaryDev - Gary Devendorf's blog
     
  • News4Notes - search this site for "blog" for more Domino blogging links
  
  
  • Lotus Geek
  • madicon RSS Reader - a Lotus Notes-based RSS reader application
  • Studio Blog Reader - a Lotus Notes-based RSS feed aggregator
  • Interface matters (by Chris Blatnick)
  • All about Lotus Domino Development (AaLDD)
    
    
  • Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc
    • WikiWikiWeb >> Portland Pattern Repository's Wiki (welcome to visitors)
      >> NotesWiki >> LotusNotes >> Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft Exchange
       
  • EM Connect Ltd >> BeeWiki (a wiki using Lotus Domino) >> Open Source basic engine for integration into other projects - you can download and use the engine demowe.zip (under the terms of the GPL)
  • Greyhawk68's Meanderings
  • Experts Exchange >> Lotus Notes/Domino Resource Channel
  • dominoarea.org - Forum, téléchargement, blog Lotus Notes en Français
     
  • DominoPower Magazine
    • So what's all this fuss about blogs?
    • The world of Domino blogging
       
  • nsftools blog >> How to Use the Lotus Notes Client on Linux with Wine
  • benpoole.com - "primarily about Lotus Notes & Domino development"
  • notestips.com >> Mikezilla >> Is Domino Growing?
     
  • Mike Hamner's web site >> Mike Hammer's weblog (Domino and WebSphere)
  • Phigment Said What?
  • The Wieightless Dog's list of System Status Messages
     
  • RHS Consulting >> Richard Schwartz's Web log
    
    • Richard Schwartz's useful links for Lotus Domino And AJAX
    • The Hitchhiking Blogger's Guide To IBM Blogs
       
  • NotesGirl - Libby Ingrassia's blog
  • Joe Litton's blog
  • Duffbert's Random Musings - Thomas Duff's blog
    In the IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 4 and 5 Forum, check out Tom Duff's postings for hints on getting along in various Notes/Domino forums and support sites:
    • The Discussion Group Survival Guide
    • The Search Techniques Survival Guide
       
  • Leadership by Numbers - IBM/Lotus/Linux/Java for the Washington DC Metro & North Virginia region
    • Lotus Notes Is Used By Aliens
    • The compromised Domino server password - #1
    • The compromised Domino server passwords - #2
       
  • Lotus Notes and Domino - A survival guide for system administrators
     
  • justinknol.net - a stack of useful stuff
    • Seven Ways to Befriend an Administrator - "Domino administrators turn unfriendly when they have to support applications that are hard to configure and time-consuming to maintain. This article provides some suggestions to ensure your applications are easy to manage – guaranteeing you will make a friend of your Domino administrator."
       
  • Ed Schembor's blog (developer of Easy DesignScanner - may now be inactive)
  • Martin Los - O&O blog
  • Ferdy Christant's blog - "the Frying Dutchman" >> s3maphor3 blog template (FREE)
  • Bill Buchan's blog
  • Maarten Docter's blog (plus earlier blogs AnnoDomino.nl and Bloglines )

CLP Webring ...

 

• The case for stupid software (some interesting ideas)
   
• Toward High-Performance Organizations - A Strategic Role for Groupware
• Collaborative Strategies >> Groupware: Collaborative Strategies for Corporate LANs and Intranets
   
• Free Lotus Notes SOXERM (Sarbanes Oxley Enterprise Risk Management) database - Download SOXERM here free of charge (right-click and select “Save Target As...”). It includes a template Risk Model which you can use for creating your own Risk Templates. You then use these templates for documenting the Risks and Controls in each of your Business Units. You print the results that you wish for the attention of your External Auditors, Senior Management or Audit Committee
• Tackling Compliance for Lotus Notes
• Collaboration - All Together Now - Collaborative technologies such as Web conferencing and online workspaces promise to improve productivity—if you can get people to use them. Better get ready, since VoIP may lead to convergence of these technologies sooner rather than later.


• LotusUserGroup.org
• Valu.org - supports forums for developers and administrators
• WALNUT - Australia (Worldwide Association of Lotus Notes Users and Technologists
)
>>> Not worldwide any more. Seems now to be dead and buried!


• .NSF - Notes Skills Forum (Melbourne, ceased in 2005) - an initiative of Absolute Training Professionals
• APAC Lotus Notes User Group (for some Asian countries)
• UserSphere Web site (The User Group - U.K.)
• Notes User Group New Zealand - Discussion Forum
   
• Delivering 'Information Capability': The Application of Knowledge Management in the Australian Defence Library Service - the Research Information Manager (or RIM-r), applies many of the features of Lotus Notes to facilitate research work and provide related management information.
• Escaping the relational database paradigm - Case management in the High Court of Australia - Alternate link
• Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation - DSTO
  • Application of Spoken and Natural Language Technologies to Lotus Notes Based Messaging and Communication
  • Interfacing Lotus Notes Databases with COTS Speech Recognition and Synthesis
  
  
  
• Blue Well Magazine (English) - Blue Well (Dutch >> Lotus Notes & Document Management (in Dutch)
• 1001annonces.com ~ 1001newsgroups.com (Europe-centric newsgroups)
  • comp.groupware.lotus-notes.admin - comp.groupware.lotus-notes.apps - comp.groupware.lotus-notes.programmer - comp.groupware.lotus-notes.misc
     
• NL Notes (Nederlands - in English) / NotesSupport.com (forum)
• SNUG - Stichting Notes User Group (Nederlands - in Dutch)
• Notes/Domino Portal - in Japanese / 日本 >> Notes/Domino Weekly 登録 - Notes/Domino Magazine 購入
• Notespia (Korea)
   
• .NSF Mag - "La seule revue francophone dans le monde Domino/Notes"
• Indonesian Lotus Domino And Notes Community (in Indonesian)
• Thai Lotus Notes Web Board
• InterTrust / ИнтерТраст - (home of OfficeMedia product (in Russian) >> Lotus Notes Technical Support Forum / Форум
• Notesring and Minigonotes (in Spanish)
   
• Gurteen Knowledge Website
  • Musings (FREE database) - "a simple personal Lotus Notes application for collecting and organizing all those ideas and thoughts that flit through your mind each day but escape being built on - ideas and thoughts that are maybe too vague or numerous to add to a personal organizer or todo list. It can be used to collect more than just "Musings" - you can record trends, or snippets of information gleaned from the other documents on the web that are of interest to you. You can also use it to capture "learnings" or insights that you have during your working day."
  
  
• Lotus alternative to Office XP - a ZDNet review of Lotus SmartSuite 9.6
• Will Lotus Do or Die? (Part 1) -- Will Lotus Do or Die? (Part 2)
• Lotus Advisor reports from Lotusphere 2002 >> Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
   
• The Four Pillars of Web Development with Domino
• Giga analyzes Lotusphere 2002
• Introduction to Collaborative Work and Collaborative Learning - Groupware
• Groupware Competence Centre - GKC (University of Paderborn, Germany)
• User-Centered Design of Lotus Notes Databases - by Elinor Knodel
   
• DOMINO SOLUTION ASSISTS WORLD TRADE CENTER RECOVERY EFFORT
• Opria - Domino/WebSphere Newsgroup run by Christopher Doyle
• HRPS - The Human Resource Planning Society >> Utilizing Lotus Notes Technology to Re-Engineer Human Resources

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• Lotus Certification ..
  • There is a table that shows the current Notes and Domino 6 and Collaborative Certification titles under the existing CLP program and what the title will be under the new IBM Certified Professional Program. The table is posted on the Lotus Certification Web site at http://www.lotus.com/services/education.nsf/35ed29d961be6ad0852566da004c5cbb/af0260977a3cdc8185256d05004da486?OpenDocument
• TutorGig >> List of Lotus-related online tutorials
• Advanced CLP specialises in Certification Practice Test software - If you are a Certified Lotus Professionals (CLP) who wants to progress to Principal Certified Lotus Professional (PCLP) status, you will benefit from AdvancedCLP self-test products (such as "Transitioning a Domino Infrastructure to R5")
• Selfcert
• CertFX - Certification Practice Tests for Lotus
  
  • The Domino Toolbar from CertFX increases your ability to find Lotus Notes & Domino related information from some of the most popular Domino sites.
  
  
• Vance Jochim's List of "Super-Human" Skills Requirements for Lotus Notes & Domino Professionals
• St. Louis Domino/Notes Users Group
• Google singles Domino Out from the Crowd
• Interface Hall of Shame >> Lotus Notes R4.6 >> Feedback from Notes users - Feedback from Notes developers
• Taking The 'No' Out Of Lotus Notes - Activity Theory, Groupware and Student Groupwork
• TLCC - The Learning Continuum Company
  • TLCC Developer Tips archive
• Neural Solutions >> Wisdom for Notes (interactive Help for learning and using the Lotus Notes client))
• Workgroup Connections - Saint Louis, MO - Training, Development and Consulting Services
• Chattanooga Java Users Group - CJUG >> Domino and Java - a presentation by Patricia Egen Consulting
• SAGE AU - The System Administrators Guild of Australia
• DominoArea Forumz (Administration and Development forums - in French)
• Some introductory online training ... Getting Started with Lotus Notes - Lotus Notes Basics Manual - How to Quickly Add a Sender to Your Personal Address Book - What's New in Lotus Notes R5
• Supporting Awareness and Coordination between Groups
• Notes Net Brasil - Seja bem-vindo ao fórum de discussão focado em tecnologia Notes & Domino
• Inside Lotus Notes/Domino (Magazine in German / Deutsch) - "die ultimative Infoquelle für professionelle Notes/Domino- Entwickler und Administratoren. Durch praxisorientierte Lösungen, kompetente Hilfestellung und Insiderwissen erfahren Experten, wie sie noch mehr aus ihrem Wissen machen können."
• Das Notes Forum (Deutsch / German)
• SOGIQUE (Québec) >> Statistiques et rapports à partir de bases Lotus Notes
• LAGUNES - le cercle des utilisateurs avancés de LOTUS NOTES
• La programmation sur Lotus Notes (en français) - Franck Benault's tips for beginning Notes developers
   
• Thierry Seunevel's site - Enterprise Applications Integration (EAI), AS/400, Lotus Notes Tips & Tricks and Java development (and here's the French home page >> site en français )
  Some tipa plus nice, inexpensive tools from Thierry ...
  • ExcelReport: Using Excel to print from Lotus Notes (LotusScript ExcelReport class) - "Printing high quality report is the less satisfactory function of the Notes/Domino platform. Using Excel is a way to bypass this issue, and there are many examples of this use. The LotusScript library described here brings an original and effective solution to the use of Excel from Notes."
  • AnyDocForm: View and Edit Any Item in Any Notes Document - "With AnyDocForm, view and edit any text, number and date item of any Notes document, without using the form (if any). More, with AnyDocForm, you can change the data type of an item (text to number ..), add and delete items."
  • Some useful naming conventions for better code reusability
  • Working with Strings in Script: The dreaded double-quotes!
  • How to create temporary fields while working with Lotus Script?
  
  
• DFUG - Lotus Notes/Domino user group (France)
• University of Windsor - Web Developers' Support Site >> Using the Internet to communicate with your students
• Can Groupware Survive Japanese Groups? - a 1995 look at some of the cultural aspects that complicate the selling of groupware such as Lotus Notes to Japanese corporations - "the dynamics of the Japanese company are wholly different from those of Western counterparts".
• Notes as a Document Repository
• Mailgate / M@ilgate Computer Forums >> comp.groupware.lotus-notes.admin
• Windows XP Tips and Tricks >> Lotus Notes Tips
• Domino Developer Network (community forums)
• NotesGirl.com by Libby Ingrassia ...
  • Presentation to San Diego Domino Users Group - including a discussion of why the "Garnet" JSP engine was omitted from ND6
• DevX Skillbuilding from IBM developerWorks >> WebSphere - DB2 - Lotus - Linux - Rational - Tivoli

SDMS - a Simple Document Management System - FREEWARE that includes full NotesTracker capabilities

LOTUS BUSINESS PARTNERS - ISVs - VARs - MAGAZINES - DOWNLOADS
Some potentially useful Notes/Domino products, services and resources

and a free CRM application:
CAPTURE - Customer And Project Tracking + Usage Reporting Extensions

• G2 Associates
  • ProActive Tools ... ProActive Assistant - ProActive Load - ProActive Reporter
  • Performance simulation testing products for Lotus Notes  - "End-user response time is the most important measure of performance"
  • Click here to e-mail us about buying ProActive performance tools in Asia/Pacific
    
     
• Easy Access Software / Easy DesignScanner
  Easy DesignScanner is an inexpensive, award winning, easy-to-use yet powerful utility for scanning the design of Domino databases for standards compliance and quality assurance. Useful for administrators, developers, quality assurance specialists, and more.
  • Ed Schembor's blog
     


• Jagre - James Greene's website

  • DXSuite Office - Designed for Lotus Notes application users, DXSuite Office helps manage fonts, transfer data between documents contained in multiple Lotus Notes databases, generate reports without any programming, manage project work items and create models of business processes.

  • DXSuite Team System - Designed for Lotus Notes application developers, DXSuite Team System helps manage the design, development, testing, deployment and documenting of secure, solid and stable cross-platform Lotus Notes applications. DXSuite Team System can be used to support the individual developer and teams of developers working together within the same office site or multiple office sites around the world.
  • Jagre RIPPER - the Notes rip Logging Aid ... now unavailable?
    Analyses the NOTES.RIP file (generated by the QNC or "Quincy" utility when a crash occurs) to find the cause of a Notes/Domino crash, then makes suggestions for crash resolution
  • Jagre Codeweaver Programming Series books:
    • Programming the IBM Lotus Notes C API
    • Programming IBM Lotus Domino DXL
       
  
  
• Domino Explorer (FREE) ... Just what you always wanted - Via a browser, you can access a rich selection of the latest information about your databases on a Domino web server. (The information is refreshed regularly and can be viewed in HTML format or XML format.)


 
• Ytria
  They offer FREE versions of their excellent Notes/Domino tools (limited features, but no time limit) ...
  • scanEZ - Ultimate Database Explorer for Lotus Notes Developers and Administrators
  • actionBarEZ - Action Bar Controller for Lotus Notes
  • signEZ - Signature Management Tool
  • designPropEZ - Design Property Manager
    
     
• Caliton Template Analyzer - How and where are your Lotus Notes templates being used, and misused? - "Over time database design can easily become disconnected and out-of-synch with your templates. Caliton Template Analyzer shows you the complete picture so you can get your template back under control. {it} enables you to determine exactly where your Lotus Notes templates are being used ... and will alert you to serious problems including missing design elements, design elements that are set to inherit from the wrong template, orphaned design elements and much more."
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  • Got your FREE copy of Caliton docInfo yet? - "Tired of the Lotus Notes document properties box? Caliton docInfo displays Lotus Notes documents in a new and powerful way. Sort document contents, identify all readers and authors fields, copy values and much more. ... Want to copy a database Replica ID? With Caliton docInfo, you're only two clicks away from copying the replica id, filename, UNID and more."
  • FREE copy of LSS Constants database



• MayFlower Software
  • SpamSentinel for Lotus Notes
  • Sentinel Data Integrator - just fill out simple Notes forms to set up and schedule data interchange tasks
  • InfoScout - hunts down info and delivers it to your mailbox, in handy drill-down format
  • In-Touch - an e-mail newsletter campaign, product information and customer survey tool
  • Help Desk - call logging, problem identification, escalation, call resolution, call history
  • Document Viewer - FREE tool that displays the contents of fields in any document
  • Click here to e-mail us about buying this and other MayFlower Software products in Asia/Pacific
   
• Technovations
  • NotesSuite - helps solve Performance Management problems related to Notes/Domino
  • Click here to e-mail us about buying Technovations performance tools in Asia/Pacific


• Mental Notes Inc
  • WebCoach - ScriptCoach - JavaSpeak - Using Java with Domino
  • Click here to e-mail us about buying Mental Notes' developer tools in Asia/Pacific
   
• DNI Systems ... Notes Profiler
  • Supports multiple Notes users on one workstation, or the same user on multiple workstations (roaming users)
  • Works under Notes R5 and 6
  • Click here to e-mail us about buying Notes Profiler in Asia/Pacific
     
     
• Domino Files - "The Ultimate Download Site for Notes Professionals"
• InsideDomino magazine - "A welcome look at the lighter side of Lotus Notes World"
  • What is Lotus Notes, again?  
  • Can an oversight in corporate policy be compromising your Domino security?
  • Are you Developing Apps Backwards?
  • Can anyone make Best Practices actually work day to day? - Find out one law firm's experiences.

• CodeStore
  Jake Howlett's VERY cool site!
  • Decipher Domino (web) error messages
  • DominoErrors - "This database is a log of the many and varied error messages that you often encounter as a Domino Developer. It aims to offer the solution to each."
  • Making Domino Behave Relationally - Part 1 (the theory)
  • Making Domino Behave Relationally - Part 2 (the Code, including download)
  • Sensible Web Navigation (improving view/document navigation)
  • DEXT - Jake Howlett says: "DEXT stands for Domino extended or Domino extensions. Not that it matters what it means. It's just a database chock full of useful examples of how to get the best out of Domino using practical examples that solve everyday problems."
  
  
  
  
• Dominozone
  • Articles and Tips
  • Notes Reloaded - a comprehensive FREE tool that terminates and then optionally reloads your Lotus Notes client  and/or Domino server (version 1.3 handles all the tasks and processes in Notes/Domino 6.5) >> Notes Reloaded guide


• Tips, plus FREE tools and utilities from nsftools.com ...
  • A review of nsftools
  • Notes C API Samples
  • The [unfinished] LotusScript Book
  • nKill (kill Notes processes)
  • Notes Tips ... Many useful tips, including: >> Note ID Uniqueness - Tracking Notes Users at the Notes Server Console - Setting Up Web Server Logging - JS32.DLL Error Upgrading Domino Server - Notes Client Command-Line Options - Reporting a Bug in Notes - Modifying $FormulaClass in Views - Getting Default Elements in the Database - Notes Debug Flags - Exporting Notes Rich Text Fields in RTF Format - Encryption Techniques in LotusScript - How to Extract LotusScript from a DXL Document - Java Server Addin for Domino - Java Sample Code Database - Automatically Restart Domino When It Crashes - Format LotusScript as HTML, RTF - Display Views in "Tree View" Format on the Web - Java RichTextOutputStream Class - LotusScript Agent to Convert HTML Tags - Recompiling Agents When Script Libraries Change - Performing a Stubless Delete Using LotusScript - Games for Lotus Notes/Domino - Export Docs From An MS Office Library
  • Many other useful tips at this excellent site!
     


• notestips.com - "THINK Lotus Notes and Domino" - a great site, by Mike Golding (London UK)
  Many excellent tips, techniques and insights. A forum for for both novices and experts. Here are just a few ...
  • Creating an RSS news feed in Domino (Resource Description Framework Site Summary)
  • $$ Fields. What they are, What they do
  • Launch a database to any element, document or URL
  • THINK Lotus Notes and Domino - concerning weblogs

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• e-Pro Magazine - NOTE: this site ceased its activities after April 2005
  These links may no longer work ...
  • Article archive
  • DocFinder - puts an end to frustrating searches for Lotus reference materials. To find the information you need, simply browse the topics and click on the ones that match your subject. DocFinder instantly returns a list of all IBM manuals and Redbooks that treat that topic.
  • e-Pro Forums
  • Cultivating Your App Dev Brain - "Are you a Domino developer or are you an IT professional? ... If you are only a Domino developer, and you perceive a threat to Domino, that’s a threat to your livelihood and identity. ... Because Domino can do so many things, it’s too easy to identify Domino as the catch-all solution to any problem and become a Domino bigot. ... What you need to become is an evangelist who thinks of yourself as an IT pro – not the top Domino guru in town."
  • Does Notes Have a Limited Future? - NO!
  • Gartner Cuts to 2009: Workplace Is the Future of Notes and Domino
  • When To Use Notes/Domino For Application Development - quickly determine whether Domino is a good fit for a proposed application.
  • Thin Clients — Fat Chance? - Will WorkPlace 2.0 go the way of AD/Cycle, OS/2, and SAA, or is it the Microsoft Office killer IBM wants us to think it is?
  • Do Linux and Notes Have a Future Together?
  • IBM "Enriches" the Importance of Lotus
  • Lotus and WebSphere webcasts - such as: "How to Build a Dynamic Help Desk AND Keep the Boss Happy" - "Integrating Microsoft Office with Notes and Domino" - "Plug-in Power: How to Take Advantage of WebSphere’s Eclipse Technology" - "Reducing Your Stress (and Bandwidth) with Domino Compression" - "Email Abuse: Legal Risks and How to Prevent Them" - "Lotus Notes/Domino vs. Microsoft Exchange: Technical and Market Considerations" - "How to Get the Most from Sametime" - "Migrating to the New IBM Certified Professional Program" - "How to Fight SPAM with Notes and Domino 6"
  • Eclipse News - the monthly electronic newsletter for the Eclipse open-source community
  • e-ProMag's WebSphere DocFinder - "DocFinder puts an end to frustrating searches for elusive IBM WebSphere reference materials."
  • Lotus VP of Development Exposes Domino Capabilities
  • DocFinder - helps you quickly find the Lotus reference materials you need. DocFinder offers topic searches and instantly returns a list of all IBM manuals and Redbooks that focus on a topic, including hot links to IBM URLs where you can order or review the reference materials.
  • WebSphere Plays Lead Role in Lotus’s Next Generation Product
     
  • Domino Security site
  • Ask Ben / Dominowire - hundreds of questions answered on "administration and development and everything in between"
     
  • The Domino Divide - Administrators and Developers and A Fork in the Road: Developer or Administrator?
  • Tougher Testing for Error-Free Applications
  • Using Windows APIs from LotusScript
  • LotusScript Performance Improvement Techniques
  • Choosing a Programming Language
  • Tips for Securing Your Internet Facing Domino Server
  • Domino has seen the Future, and the Future is Java
  • Is Your Domino Mail System a Spam Relay?
  • Skip Down the Yellow Brick Path that Is Lotus’s Past
  • Single Sign-on Security Concerns with Domino/WebSphere
  • Gary's Page (at e-Pro Magazine)
    • See also: Gary Devendorf Independent Consulting
    • Domino Web Services page - Notes/Domino plays well with Microsoft applications - DCO (Domino Collaboration Objects)
  • How To Rebuild a Corrupted Lotus Notes Database
  • Domino Job Outlook Grim - January 08, 2003 — If you’re a Lotus Domino professional looking for work, than update your skills — and good luck. If you currently have a job, be thankful, but don’t expect much of a raise.
  • Hot Domino Web Server Performance Tips
  • Using Domino 6 WebDAV - Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) lets client applications check in and check out resources from a Web server -- it’s included in Domino 6 for Windows and some third-party applications.
  • Encrypting e-Mail in Domino for Maximum Security
  • Performance Tips for Domino Web Application Design
  • Lotus Notes/Domino vs. Microsoft Exchange - Technical and Market Considerations  (webcast - 11 June 2003)
  • 20 Hot Domino Web Server Performance Tips >> Part 1 and Part 2
  • Java Performance Techniques for IBM Lotus Domino Development >> Part 1 and Part 2
  • Exchange 2003 Tops ND6 in Latest TCO Report - (17 December, 2003)  Request the report: Microsoft Exchange 2003 Total Cost of Ownership
  • 10 Steps to WebSphere Studio Application Developer Certification
  • Domino Security - Improving the Odds
  • 10 great sites for WebSphere professionals
  • A Role for Domino in J2EE Development
  • Integrating Domino and WebSphere
  • Migrate Your Development Skills with WebSphere Studio Workbench
  • Developing for Web Application Performance >> On-demand webcast - When Domino apps run slow it is usually the design architecture to blame. Learn many real-world methods and tools to diagnose and optimize the performance of your web applications.
  • Notes/Domino Application Exploits
  • Converting From Notes to .NET, According To Microsoft

• THE VIEW
  • Performance-Engineering Domino Application Designs for Notes and Web Clients - Martin Scott draft version
  • Policy-Based User Management in Notes/Domino 6 - Managing Client Settings Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
  • LotusScript for the Terrified — An Introduction for Non-Programmers

• searchDomino.com
  • Lotus Workplace: The next Notes?  - Lotus is positioning Workplace as an alternative to Microsoft Office for companies that need more than e-mail, Word docs and spreadsheets. In the long run it could be Workplace, not WebSphere, that puts Notes out to pasture. ... "IBM is hoping that nobody will think it's trying to force Workplace down anyone's throat. Instead, it's seen as an incremental, gradual migration strategy. You don't have to [migrate] if you don't want to, but if you do there's a lot of new stuff to enable you to more closely integrate your Lotus desktop with the other things you're doing on the desktop. ... I don't think IBM believes people who have Microsoft Office are going to say 'Let's ditch this and get that Lotus stuff. ... IBM and Lotus are seeking to ensure that Notes DLLs can be used in the Workplace client environment. Lotus is smoothing the path, no longer making it appear that it's trying to create this migration imperative. Instead it's just an option. Eventually, to speed that migration, there will be tools available to assist developers in making the transition."
  • What's in store for Domino and WebSphere in 2004
  • DB2 upgrade a boon for Notes
  • Joining forces - Lotus and Microsoft can work together
  • TRUE DOMINO BLOOPERS
  • Is it the end of the line for LotusScript?

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• Bob Balaban - Looseleaf Software + Dogwood Software
  Bob is now an employee of IBM, but there's still useful info at his this web site.
  Expertise in LotusScript, Java for Domino, J2EE, WebSphere, and .NET interoperability
  • Java and Domino: Building e-Business Applications for the Web
  
  
• Chuck Connell - CHC-3 Consulting - Expertise in Notes and Domino security
  • Healing Sick Software Projects
  • Why Software Is (Almost) Always Late
  • Enhancing Email Security with S/MIME
  • Can We Estimate Software Development Time? + Outline in HTML
  • Capability Maturity Model (CMM): An Overview + Outline in HTML
  • All Source Code Should Be Open + Follow-up article

About the Asia/Pacific Computer Services Web Site ...

(May 2003 edition)

• DominoPower + WebSpherePower
  • A step-by-step guide to installing the Notes 7.0 client
  • IBM answers your tough R7 questions
  • Seven Lotus Notes and Domino myths, exposed
  • Inside the architecture of a hyperspatial Knowledge Management application
  • How to use session cookies with Notes and the Web
  • Using cookies in Lotus Domino applications is in your future
  • Control your application's agents with this Agent Launchers tool
  • Persistent Client State - HTTP Cookies
  • Coding Domino server tasks in C using Microsoft Visual C++
  • Doing more in LotusScript with Notes.Net class libraries
  • Coding Domino server tasks in C Part 1) - Part 2 - The Adventure Continues - Part 3 - Beyond Windows
  • How to use UI standards to cut your Notes development time by 15% or more
  • A guide for comparing Notes/Domino and Exchange
  • Another look at Exchange vs. Notes and Domino
  • Taking QuickPlace to the next level of collaborative knowledge sharing
  • Keeping your Notes mail secure
  • Hacking Domino mail rules to fight spam
  • Not another 'state of the Lotus Domino industry' article!
  • Domino vs. WebSphere - first of a series of articles that " explores the relationship between these two products and the controversy that surrounds them"
  • Lotusphere 2003 reveals details of NextGen and DB2 in Domino
  • Where will opportunity knock?
  • Finding Lotus IT Jobs in a Challenging Economy - a Zatz solutions guide (US $19.95)
  • Survey reveals trends in Java use on Domino
  • Start thinking about Domino Development with Java
  • Four reasons Lotus hasn't done a Linux Notes client
    • Should Lotus do a Linux Notes client?
    • Conversation on Linux and Notes
  • Prevent spammers from abusing your Domino systems
  • Tools for working with Notes Doclinks - Doclink Checker, Doclink Inserter
  • Our first look at the Lotus Workplace strategy and the future of Domino and Notes
  • WebSphere and Workplace and Notes, oh my!
  • Notes is not a relational database - On Domino 7 servers, but not Notes 7 clients, the Notes database .NSF structure will be held inside a high-performing DB2 database environment.
  • WEB DEVELOPER'S TOOLKIT - Four free power tools for your toolbox - (Curl, LiveHTTPHeaders, Microsoft Web Application Stress Tool, IBM Page Detailer)
  • Lotus Notes and Domino security - An essential part of the mix
  • A first look at DB2 integration with Domino Designer 7 (August 2005)
  • Data integrity - the most overlooked aspect of the Lotus Notes environment ... "In the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino environment, data integrity issues such as replication conflicts, disconnected links, or hidden or lost fields are common. In a Notes environment, unlike more "mainstream" database systems such as Oracle or DB2, it is rare to find a database administrator, someone who has the specific responsibility of managing the data within the system. As a result, the integrity (or lack thereof) of the Notes production environment can put your organization at risk."

YOU need NotesTracker! Purchase a copy for all your IBM Lotus Notes and Domino database application usage tracking needs! Find out about about NotesTracker here or here.

• Lotus Advisor
  • Collaboration Advisor Zone
  • Antispam Tools for Notes Mail
  • Advisor articles by Bob Balaban (LotusScript, Domino with Java, WebSphere, etc)
  • Fight the Microsoft Exchange Challenge
  • How to Perform a Domino Server "Brain Transplant"
  • Host Web Services on Lotus Domino 5 or Domino 6 -- Now!
  • How Does DB2 Fit into Lotus' Future?
  • The Perfect Archiving Technique for Notes Mail Databases
  • The Value of Collaboration Technology in Disaster Recovery
  • JSPs - A Total Waste of Time? - and a rebuttal - Making the Case for JavaServer Pages
  • Add JavaScript Validations to LotusScript Code
  • Reality Check - IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft Outlook/Exchange
  • Portals Advisor >> Lotus Notes/Domino or Microsoft Exchange? - That is not the question.
  • Keep Track of Lotus Notes C++ API Error Codes
  • Log Errors then Resume Code Execution
     
  • Streamline Notes Apps By Reworking Views
    • AND WHY NOT CAN USE OUR UNIQUE NOTESTRACKER TOOLKIT TO DETERMINE VIEW USAGE PATTERNS?
       
  • Lotus Software: Reloaded
  • When Are Web-Based Mail Clients Not Enough?
  • Strategies for Combining Lotus Domino with WebSphere
  • LotusScript vs. Java and Why Use Java in IBM Lotus Domino?
  • How Urgent Is the Jump from Domino to J2EE? - Thoughts on the transition from Domino to J2EE and WebSphere, and what it means for Domino customers.
  
  
  
• Domino Update (formerly Notes Update)
  • Downloadable magazine and code, from Xephon - paid subscription required (but some older issues are FREE)

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• RTLIB - Control Rich Text (a framework of LotusScript classes to work with Notes Rich Text on AIX, Solaris SPARC, Linux, MacOS and Windows)
  • Ls2Capi - Basics of calling Notes C API from LotusScript (a tutorial) 
• SlashSupport - provides outsourced technical support for Lotus Notes on a pay per incident basis



• Dominux (Domino on Linux) and Domino Références - Sites francophones de ressources pour les développeurs Notes/Domino
• La liste des blogs Notes/Domino - a list of Notes/Domino weblogs



• The Indian Programmer >> Lotus Notes resource page
  • Why is Lotus Notes in a predominant position compared to other groupware applications?
   
• Notes Cheat Sheet and Using R5 Calendars - Cheat Sheet (PDF files)
   
• NORMA (Notes-based Online Records Management and Archiving) and NOTEbookS (library automation and research system)
• free.tagish.net >> Domino Tomcat Redirector (a Lotus Domino DSAPI plug-in that allows Domino to use Tomcat as a Servlet container)

 
• Lotus Notes/Domino Notes.ini settings (regularly updated information at IBM developerWorks)
  
  
• DRC Consulting
  • The Notes Portal - a handy browser interface to some very useful FREE info ...
  • The DRCC NOTES.INI Reference
  • IniGen - The NOTES.INI Organiser
  • The DRCC Domino Console Reference
  • The DRCC Notes/Domino Registry Reference
  • The DRCC Notes/Domino Message Reference - error, warning and information messages
  • IniDiff - The NOTES.INI Differences Tool. Compares two NOTES.INI files to show configuration differences
  • NABDiff - The Names and Address Book Diff Tool. Compares two NABs and reports the differences
  • i.Scan.domino - A comprehensive security scanner for Lotus Domino based web servers
  • no.Spam.domino - Spam and SMTP relay protection for Domino R4, 5 and 6 no.Spam Java - Spam control for any platform that can run Java
  • Anti-spam White papers >> Bayesian Filter primer (What Bayesian filters are, and how they are used to detect unwanted mail messages)
  
  
  
• AdminCamp
  • NOTES.INI entries by Name - Entries by Type - Entries by Category
   
• Calaman
  • FREE tools, tips and Code including ...
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