IBM Connections 6 is coming soon… So what is the killer enhancement?  

By Stuart McIntyre | 3/15/17 4:52 PM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Oliver Busse

Earlier this week IBM published a press release previewing the headline features of the upcoming new on-premises release of Connections.

Introducing a new podcast: WTF Tech  

By Stuart McIntyre | 12/23/16 10:50 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Oliver Busse

Those who know me well will have realised I have a bit of a thing for podcasts, firstly in terms of consumption (20-30 episodes a week on average since the early days of TWiT back in 2005/6), and then in hosting and producing my own shows (Collaboration Matters, the Lotusphere Podcast, This Week in Lotus, Serendipity) since 2007.

Announcing the keynote speaker for Social Connections VI!  

By Stuart McIntyre | 2/25/14 12:18 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

The team are thrilled to announce that the keynote speaker will be…

Social Business: The Irresistible Force to Overcome Immovable Objections (IBM Connect 2014 BP310)  

By Stuart McIntyre | 2/12/14 12:37 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff

Apologies for the delay, but here’s the deck for my session from IBM Connect 2014:

IBM Connect Day 0: The Community One  

By Stuart McIntyre | 1/27/14 5:21 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

The conference proper starts on Sunday, but there is no doubt that Saturday is one of the key days of the week for me, and the reason why I fly out on Friday (and thanks for allowing me do that, Philippa!).

Avoiding CSS cache issues in IBM Connections 4.5  

By Stuart McIntyre | 12/18/13 12:31 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Niklas Heidloff

Many IBM Connections 4.5 admins may have seen this kind of thing in the past

IBM Connections and WordPress  

By Stuart McIntyre | 12/16/13 12:21 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff

As a strong advocate of IBM Connections and a heavy WordPress user (8 sites and counting), I’m really really pleased to see this new integration from the expert folks at AppFusions.

Interviewed: SocialBiz User Group  

By Stuart McIntyre | 12/10/13 12:42 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

Having been sat on the producer’s side of the desk for over a hundred episodes of This Week in Lotus, it was exciting to be asked to partake in an interview with Celia Hamilton of the SocialBiz User Group a few weeks ago.

The new IBM Sametime widgets for IBM Connections are now available  

By Stuart McIntyre | 12/9/13 6:18 AM | - | Added by Peter D Presnell

I posted last week that new Sametime integration had been announced for IBM Connections, in the form of Meetings and Chat Room widgets. However, at the time they had not yet been released. Well, good news! They are now available for download from the IBM Collaboration Solutions Catalog:

One of the new features in IBM Connections 4.5 CR3: ‘community re-parenting’  

By Stuart McIntyre | 12/5/13 12:35 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Niklas Heidloff

As you may be aware by now, IBM Connections 4.5 Cumulative Refresh 3 (CR3) shipped yesterday.

IBM Connections 4.5 CR3 released  

By Stuart McIntyre | 12/3/13 11:52 PM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Niklas Heidloff

After a couple of false starts, IBM Connections 4.5 Cumulative Refresh 3 (CR3) has been released on FixCentral for download.

IBM Sametime 9 Hot Fix 1 enables additional Connections integration  

By Stuart McIntyre | 12/3/13 12:18 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff

A couple of great new features shipped in IBM Sametime 9.0 Hot Fix 1 last week.

Using recent versions of Firefox with iNotes 8.5.3 and 9.0  

By Stuart McIntyre | 10/18/13 12:18 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Niklas Heidloff

This issue has recently come up with a customer that uses our SocialCloud Messaging solution (that’s cloud-based iNotes in simple terms)…

Social Connections VI - the next chapter...  

By Stuart McIntyre | 9/20/13 1:57 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

Social Connections V was a blast! Beautiful city (Zurich), great turnout (180), fabulous sessions (26), wonderful sponsors (10) and much much more besides…

Social Connections V - Less than four weeks to go!  

By Stuart McIntyre | 6/4/13 12:48 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

We’re into the home straight! Social Connections V takes place at the end of this month, and it’s full steam ahead as the team pulls together the last of the logistics, prints banners and brochures, confirms bookings for buses and dinners, orders beer for the SpeedSponsoring and much more!

New release of IBM Connections app for iOS and Android now available  

By Stuart McIntyre | 5/15/13 11:51 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff

Version 4.1.0 of the IBM Connections app is now available from the Apple App Store and Google Play, including the following enhancements.

A sweet combo - SugarCRM and IBM Connections  

By Stuart McIntyre | 4/9/13 8:30 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff

You may have seen from the social networks that I am once again in New York City this week. As well as seeing a very important customer, I’m spending three days at SugarCon, the annual conference run by SugarCRM.

Installing IBM Connections 4.5 or CCM? You need these fixes  

By Stuart McIntyre | 4/2/13 1:41 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Per Henrik Lausten

Important details for fixes for the newly released IBM Connections 4.5.

IBM 'Social Business Online' app now available  

By Stuart McIntyre | 1/21/13 12:13 PM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

IBM Connect is just around the corner (I travel on Friday, so better crack on with the packing!), and thoughts turn to sessions, schedules and social events.

Social Connections V  

By Stuart McIntyre | 1/21/13 12:44 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff

We are delighted to announce that Social Connections V will take place in mainland Europe in June, most likely Friday 21st or Friday 28th June. Yes, that’s a little vague, but there are a few loose ends to tie up before we can give out the specifics. Our plan is to announce the confirmed details during the next week, before IBM Connect, so only a few days to wait!

Make your mind up... (Community platforms)  

By Stuart McIntyre | 11/7/12 8:13 AM | - | Added by Stuart Mcintyre

I really appreciate the willingness that so many IBMers possess to be social and collaborate with those outside the organisation. I love the way that they will go beyond the call of duty and step in to help with issues and discussions. I adore that so many are willing to find information and share it provately or even publicly via social tools and IBM cloud platforms. But…

Configuring and administering the IBM Connections 4.0 ReplyTo feature  

By Stuart McIntyre | 10/17/12 7:57 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Cn=Bruce Elgort/O=Notesoss

Among the new features in IBM Connections 4.0 is the Mail-in feature or, as we call it in this article, ReplyTo, which allows you to make new posts to Forums by replying to an email notification. There are a number of configuration steps that must be performed to enable this feature, both on the WebSphere Server and on the mail server being used. This article describes how the ReplyTo feature works and the steps required to enable it successfully.

Developing a Social Business User Adoption Strategy Masterclass  

By Stuart McIntyre | 9/25/12 12:58 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Stuart Mcintyre

The Developing a Social Business User Adoption Strategy seminar provides a forum for learning and engagement about encouraging user adoption for new collaboration tools. Over the course of one day, you learn about the main ideas in the book, plus have an opportunity to discuss, debate and localize what you are hearing with the other attendees.