Recent by John Head
Thoughts on the IBM announement on Notes and Domino #domino2025
By John Head | 10/25/17, 1:51 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse
My thoughts: I am excited to see new life and attention put into the products and a new major release coming next year. But reality sets in and you realize that to get that life and attention, IBM had to enter a strategic partnership i.e. outsource to one of the large outsource vendors in the marketplace.
IBM Connect 2017 highlights the Negative and Emotional Impact of IBM’s Co-Location policy
By John Head | 2/23/17, 5:15 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse
The effects of IBM's new co-location policy have hit close to home this week at IBM Connect 2017. I have had numerous IBMers basically say good-bye this week. They either have been given their notice and have no intention of moving, or they see the writing on the wall. Some are even leaving IBM immediately after the conference.
Bringing Your Web Apps to IBM Digital Experience
By John Head | 2/3/16, 9:00 AM | - | Added by John Oldenburger
Here are the session slides for the session I gave with Brad Balassaitis. For too long, WebSphere portal has been seen as the realm of the back end developer with specialized Java skills. This has been a barrier to entry to the IBM Domino community. IBM has transformed the product to the IBM Digital Experience platform – and it’s not just a name change!
What the App? : A Modernization Strategy for Your Business Applications
By John Head | 2/3/16, 8:57 AM | - | Added by John Oldenburger
Here are the session slides for the session I gave with Mat Newman at IBM Connect 2016. It's 2016 – your application portfolio is being reviewed and scrutinized. Email and application platforms are being separated. Users' expectations of their work experiences are higher than ever. But you're invested in your Notes & Domino applications – what do you do?
MWLUG 2015 - The Cloud and You - the ’as a service’ disruption you can’t ignore
By John Head | 8/26/15, 4:00 PM | - | Added by John Oldenburger
Here are my slides from last week's MWLUG 2015 event. My first session solely focused on the cloud space, with an IBM slant of course. And it's not every day you get to include Metallica in a technical presentation!
IBM Digital Experience 2015 - Application Modernization in the Digital Experience World
By John Head | 6/3/15, 9:56 AM | - | Added by John Oldenburger
Toby Samples and myself just gave a great session at IBM Digital Experience 2015 called "Application Modernization in the Digital Experience World". Application Modernization is the hottest buzzword in the IT world today. For many, it means the migration and transformation of an old application to a modern platform.
Why IBM XPages developers should care about IBM Bluemix - from the business/sales point of view
By John Head | 3/4/15, 11:33 AM | - | Added by Johnny Oldenburger
There has been a bunch of chatter about IBM Bluemix and why it should be a consideration as a platform for any current Notes & Domino and XPages customers. Most of those are focused on the technology side - such as Mark's posts and Notesin9 - or about the upcoming support for Domino & XPages that IBM discussed at IBM ConnectED. All of that is very cool stuff.
IBM Whitepaper- Notes and Domino Applications: A road map for modernization using XPages
By John Head | 1/22/15, 2:51 PM | - | Added by Johnny Oldenburger
As a follow-up to the "Collaborative and business applications for the connected company" white paper I posted earlier this month, IBM has published a follow-up white paper that focuses specifically on application modernization with Notes and Domino applications to XPages. John Roling and I teamed up on this to cover application modernization methodology.
IBM Whitepaper - Collaborative and business applications for the connected company
By John Head | 1/5/15, 4:17 PM | - | Added by Johnny Oldenburger
I co-authored an IBM Whitepaper titled "Collaborative and business applications for the connected company" and it is available for download today. This paper outlines the continued application development value of refreshed platforms like IBM Domino and IBM XPages technology, while also looking at how they take advantage of newer innovations.
Selling XPages - what matters?
By John Head | 4/4/14, 2:25 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse
Selling XPages isn't actually selling XPages for me. I rarely sell technology. I focus on selling a solution to a business problem, using technology.
IBM Connect 2014: AD502: The Mobile Disruption: Why XPages Development is Targeting Mobile First
By John Head | 2/4/14, 12:17 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
IBM Connect 2014: AD502: The Mobile Disruption: Why XPages Development is Targeting Mobile First
Tip: Application Modernization with XPages
By John Head | 11/7/13, 1:34 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
At Connect 2013, John Beck (IBM) and John Head (PSC Group) presented AD214: What's Next? Application Modernization Roadmap for Socializing IBM Notes and Domino. I put a bit of the audio together with the slides into what I hope is an...
Disruption - How SteamOS and XPages tie together
By John Head | 9/27/13, 12:26 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
It's not every day that I find the top news in my favorite hobby aligning with what I do in my professional life. This week, they are walking hand in hand. Let me explain why.
MWLUG 2013: What’s Next? Application Modernization Roadmap For Socializing IBM Notes and Domino
By John Head | 8/23/13, 1:20 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Some organizations neglect or under-utilize one of the greatest IT assets in their portfolio - the line of business application. Most were built 10+ years ago with no Web, mobile, or social.
Apache OpenOffice.org 4.0 ships
By John Head | 7/24/13, 1:28 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
After almost two years, Apache OpenOffice 4.0 has been released. For those of you that used Lotus Symphony, this release should hold interest for you. The donated Symphony code from IBM shows up in this release.
Time to our our game in how we demo XPages
By John Head | 4/30/13, 12:19 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
I have seen quite a few XPages demos over the past few years. At conference, in webinars, and in sales calls. As I look back and critique myself, I have some thoughts to share so that as a community, if the quality of demos goes up, the community and the opportunities will grow.
Application Modernization vs. Migration : When Apples to Apples doesn’t make sense
By John Head | 4/5/13, 1:44 AM | - | Added by Per Henrik Lausten
As the second calendar quota of 2013 has begun, I wanted to start a series of blog entries to talk about my day to day efforts and where I am having success and failures. I think the idea of application modernization is appealing to many, but there is not enough discussion for people to know what it means. Hopefully through this discussion that can change.
AD214 What's Next? Application Modernization Roadmap for Socializing IBM Notes & Domino
By John Head | 2/4/13, 8:53 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Some organizations neglect or under-utilize one of the greatest IT assets in their portfolio - the line of business application. Most were built 10+ years ago with no Web, mobile, or social. This session describes the application revolution taking place, covering the options and best practices required for success.
IBM Notes 9 - embedded Lotus Symphony is gone, but Application Developers should not fret!
By John Head | 12/17/12, 9:12 AM | - | Added by Cn=Bruce Elgort/O=Notesoss
Many of you have now downloaded and experienced the IBM Notes & Domino 9 public beta. I have been using it since it was 8.5.4 code drops, and overall I think this is an excellent release. But as a long time Lotus Symphony champion and developer, the ND9 release provides a nasty shock. The embedded version of Lotus Symphony is gone! What about all of those applications that use the Lotus Symphony LotusScript and Java API that require the embedded version?
IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Application Development Competitive Advantage: The Social Business Edition
By John Head | 9/25/12, 12:03 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
UKLUG 2012 - IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Application Development Competitive Advantage : The Social Business Edition
IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Application Development Competitive Advantage : The Social Business Edition
By John Head | 9/4/12, 1:38 PM | - | Added by
Some organizations are neglecting or under-utilizing one of the greatest IT assets in their portfolio today - the Notes/Domino application platform. Some are even considering re-coding Domino applications in other languages and development tools. In this session we present the business case and technical merits of Notes and Domino in direct comparison to other tools such as Microsoft SharePoint.