I was quite delighted to have few of you inquire in regards to the upcoming beta program, specifically right after the tweet last night. As promised, it is my pleasure to present the details here. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment. I’ll have the team monitor this [...]
Facing waning demand for Microsoft products, more than 1,000 Microsoft Business Partners have already signed up to sell IBM Lotus Foundations "office-in-a-box" appliance for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in the first five months of 2009. Some of these guys partnered up with IBM right after Microsoft launched Windows Foundation, an attempt to [...]
Have you realized the true potential of Lotus Foundations? Check out this discussion on Lotus Foundations User Group on linkedin. This is just too good to pass up.
Brian Connelly of Westfield Group writes,
I was able to load TrixboxCE into a virtual partition on my Lotus Foundations server; what’s more it connected [...]
eWeek.com, part of Ziff Davis enterprises, recently released an overview of Lotus Foundations. It is simple, jargon-less and in a video format (and I love videos!) It is currently proudly displayed on their main homepage. Check it out.
www.eWeek.com.
P.S. I’ll try to capture the video and will upload [...]
If you are not leveraging Facebook for business, it’s about time you should. Debra Cole, is taking care of this wonderful intiative to keep folks connected. Admit it, you are on facebook, might as well use it for business.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=135983955430
Update/Edit: If you are a IBM Business Partner, please feel free to leave your contact info [...]
Just read a very interesting blog post over at Windows Server HQ Blog by Lisa Szpunar .
In fact bloggers (and blog commenters) are hating on Windows Server 2008 Foundation all over the internet.
OK naysayers, it’s not your cup of tea. You suggest using a Linux or Lotus product instead. But you need to realize that if [...]
CNET calls the Windows Foundation Server an April fool’s joke from Microsoft. It is definitely hilarious to see the different postings all over the web about the confusion this is causing. If you are offering just an OS, how is a small business owner suppose to run its most basic infrastructure needs. Where is [...]
Apple laptop to do a Microsoft presentation? Ballmer, c’mon?
Joe Wilcox of MicrosoftWatch.com writes
Windows Server Foundation is less than I expected. I had speculated that Microsoft would strip down features, using the existing "core" approach, to offer software specialized for different small business tasks. Instead, Microsoft has changed licensing terms, simply turning off broader capabilities available.
I [...]
Our Web team has recently published a Web 2.0 focused toolkit that I wanted to share with my folks. Discover the benefits of social Software for business with IBM’s Web 2.0 Took Kit. In this collection of resources you’ll find whitepapers, webcasts and podcasts to demonstrate how IBM software can help your business [...]
Antony Satyadas, (Chief competitive Marketing Officer IBM Software Group-Lotus) has written a short and sweet blog post on different business calculators that are available to calculate total cost savings on moving away from Microsoft based solutions.
Few good links on the post, from Redhat, Novell to even Lotus Foundations.
Check out the post here.
Bilal Jaffery, an IBM Marketing Manager specializes in Social Media, Web Marketing and Search Engine Optimization. Currently leading IBM Lotus Social Media Strategy. Currently residing in Toronto, Canada.
