I Became Engaged Again  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 5/20/19 9:03 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

As usual the Engage usergroup conference was a highlight. Here’s my summary and how to keep Norwegian roads safe with Domino! I’ve already written a little bit about the conference here, with links to my photo album from the event.

Stuck in Brussels  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 5/17/19 6:35 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

I spent this week at the Engage conference, which this year took place in Belgium. I gave a presentation yesterday about a solution that my colleagues at iSi have made. People went “wow!” when they saw it. Which was nice, and I sent them a message telling them that they had impressed people.

Is this What the Notes V11 Client Will Look Like?  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 3/15/19 8:18 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Yesterday IBM held a presentation about the continuous road map for Notes. Highlights: Cloud customers, you are no longer forgotten and you will get all the good stuff! Oh, and: Bye, bye Eclipse. Bye, bye Xpages. Bye, bye iNotes and hello IBM Verse on Premise. Bye, bye Verse app on Mobile and hello lightweight web-version for mobile. Hello different Notes clients. Read all about it here.

The Rumors About the Death of IBM Watson Workspace Were Not Exaggerated  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 1/15/19 2:20 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

After knowing about this for almost three months, I can finally go public about the rumors that have been flying among ICS customers for quite a while: IBM is giving up on IBM Watson Workspace.

This is Why You Should Stay on Domino  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 1/10/19 1:53 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

If you are looking for arguments about why you should stay on, or maybe even move to, Domino? Look no further than here! It’s no secret that Domino has vanished from a lot of organisations in the past ten years. But there are still thousands of organisations using business critical Domino applications every day.

It’s Business as Usual  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 12/11/18 1:58 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Just keep using your IBM Collaboration Solutions software as usual and keep up your relationship with IBM or your IBM business partner as you always have. It’s business as usual. As an IBM champion with several customers using collaborative software from IBM, as well as being the leader of the Norwegian usergroup (ISBG), I’ve been asked by many people about what the deal between IBM and HCL will mean for them as customers.

Ed Brill: – I Know Some People Want to Blame Me  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 10/30/18 3:07 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

While in Chicago, I met up with Ed Brill, former head of Notes/Domino and IBM Collaboration Solutions, and got him to tell his side of the story. This story was originally published on Swing Software’s blog. – My contract with IBM has some limits on things I can say, but it doesn’t stop me from sticking to the facts! As was true when I wrote Opting In, transparency matters. The words are those of Ed Brill.

Will HCL Places Replace IBM Notes?  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 10/8/18 8:40 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Tomorrow sees the first unveiling of IBM Notes/Domino V10. Personally I’m really looking forward to it and on October 23rd we will have our own unveiling in Norway, arranged by us in the Norwegian IBM Collaboration Software Group (ISBG). Now that HCL has taken over the development of the the IBM Collaboration Software portfolio, they have started slowly revealing their plans for the Domino platform.

The Social Bit at IBM Connect 2017  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 3/7/17 10:53 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

First of all: A huge apology for my mistake in my third blog posting from Connect 2017. In this I wrote that Domino for iSeries would not be supported in the future. This is not true! I had misunderstood and the blog posting is now corrected.

Start Thinking and Get Pinking  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 3/5/17 11:55 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Sorry for being late with following up on the Connect 2017 conference, but the last days in San Francisco just flew by like a whirlwind. And after I got home I was stuck on the couch with flu like symptoms. But now I’m ready to talk to you about the future of IBM Connections, which is pink!

The Future of Domino is Sapho  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 2/24/17 1:42 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

I promised a summary of the second part of the Opening General Session. And I will include it here, but this posting is mostly about the future of IBM Notes and Domino. It’s based around four separate sessions and lectures about the strategy around and development on the Notes and Domino platform.

IBM Connect 2017 #2: Cognitive Cognitive Cognitive  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 2/24/17 1:42 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Last year I was quoted on Twitter saying “If you hated the word social, get ready to hate the word ‘cognitive’.” Boy is that word thrown out a lot by IBM these days. Not least the opening general session at Connect 2017 here at Moscone West in San Francisco.

IBM Connect 2017 #1: Moving your Notes Applications to the Cloud   

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 2/22/17 4:06 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Still in the US, but in a new city, on a new date and with a lot of new things you normally don’t associate with Lotusphere, now known as IBM Connect. The city is San Francisco and the location is Moscone West, a gigantic conference center in downtown San Francisco.

Using IBM Verse (and Notes) to Keep Track of My Traveling Plans  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 2/7/17 3:24 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

I’m a pretty disorganized person who had to force myself to become organized. And I have succeeded pretty well with it, even if I do have a few relapses now and then.

The Norwegian User Group ISBG’s autumn meeting 2016 – A Report  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 12/9/16 9:01 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

The 2016 autumn meeting in the Norwegian IBM User group (ISBG) was held on November 30th at BI (Norwegian school of finance) in Oslo. Even if I wasn’t second in command for the user group I still would say this: It was a very strong and varied agenda! Here’s a summary.

7 Great Tips About IBM Notes  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 11/18/16 5:33 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

The IBM Notes client is an important tool for a lot of IBM customers. It’s a powerful client (albeit a bit cranky at times), which has a lot of features that people don’t know about. So here are 7 quick tips to make your work day even more efficient.

Whither IBM Part 2: Is Domino being silently killed?  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 11/7/16 6:05 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Last week there was an online presentation co-hosted by TeamStudio and TLCC where IBM presented their roadmap for IBM Notes/Domino. I didn’t listen to the whole thing, I skipped some parts, because I could basically read the slides. In addition, they didn’t present anything new that they didn’t present at IBM Connect 2016.

ISBG Spring Conference Day 2: Becoming a Board Member  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 5/27/16 8:14 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

With a slight headache I got out of bed as late as possible (07.30) and went down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast with Christoph Adler from Panagenda and Stephanie Heit and Arshad Khalid from BCC.

ISBG Spring Conference 2016 Day 1: Green Eyes  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 5/26/16 7:27 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

The annual Norwegian IBM User Group spring conference for 2016 is now a thing of the past. I arrived home yesterday, and after having been away from home for almost fourteen days, I arrived to an empty living room where workers are still fixing my ceiling.

How I Became Engaged  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 3/28/16 6:52 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

I’m currently on my last day off during the Norwegian Easter Holiday, which for most people last for 10 days. I spent parts of my holiday in the Netherlands, in Eindhoven to be exact, attending the latest conference held by Engage.

Connect 2016 Day 3: Future of Domino, Connections and Hogsmeade  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 2/3/16 5:19 PM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

Woke up half past five in the morning. My internal clock is still not up to snuff. The humidity outside was unbelievable and there was so much fog that I opted for a 4 x 4 interval run on the thread mill instead of running around the lake.