IBM Connections 6.0 – which functionality is provided by the Component Pack?   

By Martti Garden | 2/14/19 8:07 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

had been asked, what exactly I will be missing, if I don’t have the Component Pack / Customizer Lite / Elasticsearch standalone installed, as these add additional functionalities, which in some parts integrate seamlessly and it is hard to tell which component it is based on. The reason behind this question is, that the Component Pack requires a different technology stack (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) than the base Connections one, which is built on WebSphere, so some customers have not deployed that, yet. The Component Pack right now basically has 3 major components it provides: Orient Me, Customizer as well as the Elasticsearch stack.

How to activate the new newsletter design in Connections 6.0 CR4   

By Martti Garden | 2/11/19 3:04 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

I had been asked, why the newsletter are still looking the old way after upgrading Connections 6.0 to CR4. You’ll first need to update the notification config to activate the newsletter V2 design:

IBM Connections 6.0 CR4 – what’s new?   

By Martti Garden | 2/7/19 4:07 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

We promised last year was that you do not have to wait for new features and functions that long anymore. We intend to release one CR per quarter, with CR3 in Q4 2018 starting and CR4 following in Q1 2019. This short release cycle also means, that we will not wait anymore for a new functionality to be shiny and glittering until we release it, but as soon as it delivers an additional use to the end user. One example of this was the recently viewed communities. Using the Component Packs Elasticsearch Connections is able to analyze where everyone left off and to offer your last used Communities as a primary view when coming back, as well as quick filtering. A much asked for feature since years. As of today CR4 has been released. Let me share some outcomes from Connections 6 CR4: