IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte Meeting 8.2 strengthens global collaboration among businesses and enhances the customer Web event and meeting experience

Within the next few months, IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte Meeting will include these exciting features:

    * Support of PDF and ODF document formats in addition to Microsoft formats
    * A waiting room for attendees who join a conference prior to the host
    * Performance acceleration for international customers so all attendees, regardless of location, can count on consistent, fast response rates
    * Multiple language support (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese) so individuals can host and join conferences in their preferred language
    * One-click start of a Web conference from Lotus Sametime messaging service via shelf
    * Firefox 3.0 support

Community Lounge

Web 2.0 Expo Europe is the gathering place for the European community and beyond to come together and discuss what’s happening, and what’s about to happen, on the Web and in our community. In that spirit, we offer you our Community Lounge – a place to hang out, network and hold meetings.

Offerings:

  * Wireless available in the room
  * Conference style seating for up to 30 people
  * Cafe style workspace seating
  * Power for up to 15 laptops (first come, first serve)

updateLC -installDir {LotusConnectionsDir} -fixpack -install -fixpackDir {LotusConnectionsDir}\update\fixpacks -fixpackID {FixpackID} -wasUserID {WASAdmin} -wasPassword {Password}

updateLC -installDir c:\websphere\lotusconnections -fixpack -install -fixpackDir c:\websphere\lotusconnections\update\fixpacks -fixpackID LC2001_Fixpack -wasUserID wasadmin -wasPassword passw0rd

updateLC -installDir {LotusConnectionsDir} -fix -install -fixDir {LotusConnectionsDir}\update\fixpacks -fixes {FixID} -wasUserID {WASAdmin} -wasPassword (where {FiXID} is the name of the fix without the .jar extension)

updateLC -installDir c:\websphere\lotusconnections -fix -install -fixDir c:\websphere\lotusconnections\update\fixpacks -fixes LO32651 -wasUserID wasadmin -wasPassword passw0rd

• I wonder whether FixPack1 is a pre requisite for the other fixes.  It would be good if the fixpack changed the version number to say, 2.0.0.1 (as Quickr is now at 8.1.0.1) so that all the other fixes could refer to this version, but no that doesn't appear to be the case.  So I click on "More information" next to the fixes hoping for a readme, but the links go to URLs like this one

  http://dbluewas2.pok.ibm.com/support/dcf/preview.wss?host=d02dbs88.southbury.ibm.com&db=support/swg/swgdnld.nsf&unidØ3A0661C7713B6B852574AD002BBD34&taxOC=SSCYJJF&MD=2008/08/22%2000:08:41&sid(for 2.0.0.0-LC-Multi-IFLO32153)

  Yes, thats right, a non-public, IBM-internal site.  So I go to download the fix, and what arrives?  Just one file, LO32153.jar.  Well that doesn't tell me much...  So I assume that FP1 is required.
• I download all the fixes, including the update installer.  I have been through this before so I know that the instructions included in the fix are woeful, but there is a technote available.  This definitely helps, and shows the Windows command line install as:

  updateLC.bat -installDir C:\IBM\WebSphere\LotusConnections -fixpack -install -fixpackDir C:\IBM\WebSphere\LotusConnections\update\fixpacks -fixpackID LC2001_Fixpack -wasUserId AdminUserID -wasPassword {AdminPassword}

  OK, so I need to know the location of the LC2 install, the location of the fixpack, AND the ID of the fixpack itself.  Well, thankfully IBM has provided this for FP1 in this technote, so we can go ahead and install it.  Now I have some issues with this installer - command line, too many paramaters, too much screen output, hard to read logs etc. but it does beat copying files around manually (like some other product I won't mention) and once the syntax is known, it works ok.
  
  BUT....
  
  You need to know the fix ID.  So, what if one was to, say, download the rest of the fixes and try to install them.  Yes, that 2.0.0.0-LC-Multi-IFLO32153 fix for example.  It downloads as LO32153.jar.  But the filename won't be the ID, no that would be far too simple!  It is something entirely different.
  
  So I try 'LO32651'. Nope. 'IFLO32651'.  No, not that either  So I am now trying to figure out what the darn ID is.  I'll let you know.

To disable global security, edit the server security.xml file. The security.xml file can be found in the {mountpoint}/AppServer/config/cells/ directory.

To disable global security, edit the security.xml. Search for the line that begins with the following tag: security:Security. In that line search for enabled. The word following enabled is true. Change it to false. Save the file. Restart the server. Global security is now disabled.

designers and developers, product managers, entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers, business strategists and anyone passionate about creating a better web ecosystem.

Delegates at Web 2.0 Expo Europe 2008 will take part in:

  * A multi-track conference offering dozens of sessions covering most important issues
  * High-level keynote presentations painting a vision of technology's future
  * An Expo, integrated into the common spaces, featuring leading Web 2.0 companies
  * In-depth, practical workshops to hone skills
  * Vibrant networking events designed to celebrate the Web 2.0 community

Co-produced by O’Reilly Media and TechWeb, the second Web 2.0 Expo Europe, taking place 21-23 October, will welcome delegates to a new venue - the Berliner Congress Center, a beautifully-designed space in a central Berlin location.

Twitter Grade: 80 - Rank #3,453 out of 17,554

The Twitter Grade measures the relative power of a Twitter user. It is calculated as a percentile score. A grade of 80 means that the user scores higher than 80 percent of the other user profiles that have been graded.

Your grade is calculated using a combination of factors including:

* The number of followers you have
* The power of this network of followers
* The pace of your updates
* The completeness of your profile
* ...a few others.

ThoughtFarmer is a knowledge sharing solution for the new enterprise. It's used as:

    * a standalone intranet or extranet
    * a collaboration hub
    * the knowledge-sharing component of an existing intranet

ThoughtFarmer embraces the good things wikis have brought us: an open, easy, democratic authoring environment with no barriers to content creation. ThoughtFarmer then adds structure and social networking to that wiki core.

Innovation improves business outcomes, and successful businesses are pursuing more collaborative models to make it happen. According to the 2008 IBM Global CEO Study, 71 percent of CEOs plan to place greater focus on external partnerships and collaboration that extends beyond the traditional walls of the enterprise.

The benefits of a cohesive collaboration strategy are clear. Businesses can better leverage their distributed talent, find the best expertise at the right time and gain deeper insight through better relationships with customers and partners. Good ideas develop and spread faster, operations become more efficient, and companies can find new ways to differentiate.

The right collaboration strategy creates a virtuous cycle that helps people connect, collaborate and innovate. People connect to information, processes and each other to collaborate more effectively and innovate more extensively. As people connect in new and richer ways, collaboration improves, kicking off greater innovation. Ultimately, the collaboration strategy helps build a deeply connected enterprise with a collaborative business model and a culture of innovation.
and more with partners and even competitors.’”

IBM can help you combine technology and cultural change to develop a collaboration strategy that is designed to produce better business outcomes:
        •        Increased profits
        •        Lower operating costs
        •        Stronger client and partner relationships
        •        A more adaptive workforce
        •        Greater responsiveness to change and opportunity
        •        The ability to innovate by tapping into collective talent
        •        An increased ability to leverage and preserve tacit knowledge

No matter where your organization is in its journey toward greater connection, collaboration and innovation, IBM can assist you in developing a collaboration strategy that helps you leverage your existing investments, take advantage of innovations in technology and implement cultural change to create an enterprise of the future.