I saw an article on DeveloperWorks by two Sametime on IBM i developers from China talking about some great features of Sametime 8.5.2 IFR1: offline messages, n-way file transfer and multiple file and folder transfer.
These features are covered under the Sametime Advanced license, but that no Advanced server installation was required.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
University of Nebraska Migrates 68,000 from Lotus Notes to Office 365...Where's the Savings?
I came across an article a few weeks ago which I've seen promoted a number of times on Twitter. Perhaps my math is off, or maybe I'm still stuck in vacation mode, but this just sounds like it doesn't make sense:
"The university's maintenance agreements were costing them $250,000 annually, and they wanted to conclude the transition before they needed to renew the next agreement. Still, their projected total is $2.5 million over the next five years by making the move to Office 365."
I'm not understanding. Instead of paying $250,000 per year in maintenance costs, they've moved to another solution and paying twice as much per year? How are they "saving close to half a million dollars as a result, with other anticipated savings down the road."
No mention of increased productivity, IT staff reduction, or anything else...just, ahem...cost savings.
Also, "they weren't going to attempt during the project to set appropriate expectations, such as migrate Lotus applications, upgrade desktops to a new operating system, or transfer archived or personal email data."
So, from this I gather that they are still probably running Lotus Notes for their Lotus applications and mail archives. They're just not paying their support costs. Fair enough.
I work for a small business. I couldn't cost justify this type of migration based on this Office 365 customer story. I'd be taken out and flogged! It sounds like a nightmare with zero upside.
But hey, they're in the cloud. If my decision resulted in a similar result, I'm sure I'd be asked "what the heck was the point?"
"The university's maintenance agreements were costing them $250,000 annually, and they wanted to conclude the transition before they needed to renew the next agreement. Still, their projected total is $2.5 million over the next five years by making the move to Office 365."
I'm not understanding. Instead of paying $250,000 per year in maintenance costs, they've moved to another solution and paying twice as much per year? How are they "saving close to half a million dollars as a result, with other anticipated savings down the road."
No mention of increased productivity, IT staff reduction, or anything else...just, ahem...cost savings.
Also, "they weren't going to attempt during the project to set appropriate expectations, such as migrate Lotus applications, upgrade desktops to a new operating system, or transfer archived or personal email data."
So, from this I gather that they are still probably running Lotus Notes for their Lotus applications and mail archives. They're just not paying their support costs. Fair enough.
I work for a small business. I couldn't cost justify this type of migration based on this Office 365 customer story. I'd be taken out and flogged! It sounds like a nightmare with zero upside.
But hey, they're in the cloud. If my decision resulted in a similar result, I'm sure I'd be asked "what the heck was the point?"
IBM Integrated Web Application Server for i: Free. Integrated. Simple.
Here's a link to an article on MC Press Online where I explain how to configure IBM Integrated Web Application Server for i. Enjoy.
http://www.mcpressonline.com/dev-tools/ibm-integrated-web-application-server-for-i-free-integrated-simple.html
http://www.mcpressonline.com/dev-tools/ibm-integrated-web-application-server-for-i-free-integrated-simple.html
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
An Overdue MWLUG Recap
I really should've done a MWLUG recap sooner but I've been snowed under for the last week or so. Here it is.
I flew into Newark, NJ the day before the conference and my connecting flight from Newark to Pittsburgh, PA was cancelled. Sadly, United Airlines lost my bag for a couple of hours and I missed my newly negotiated connecting flight out of LaGuardia. So, I turned lemons into lemonade by renting a car and driving on down to Pittsburgh.
I flew into Newark, NJ the day before the conference and my connecting flight from Newark to Pittsburgh, PA was cancelled. Sadly, United Airlines lost my bag for a couple of hours and I missed my newly negotiated connecting flight out of LaGuardia. So, I turned lemons into lemonade by renting a car and driving on down to Pittsburgh.
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