Episode 68, recorded on Friday 9th September 2011. We discuss memories of 9/11, MWLUG, Social Connections II, the loss of the Lotusphere CULT shirts, two significant departures (Steve Jobs from Apple and Mary Beth Raven from IBM) and more…
Hosts
Stuart McIntyre (blog | twitter | company) & Darren Duke (blog | twitter | company)
Guests
Lisa Duke (twitter | company) is Business Development Manager for Simplified Technology Solutions, Inc. (also known as STS), an IBM Lotus business partner specializing in collaboration, mobility, and virtualization. STS also resells IBM System X hardware and related storage. IBM Champion and friend of Mat Newman.
Sharon Bellamy (blog | twitter | company) is soon to be a Consultant at Applicable, working with Portal/WCM, Quickr, Sametime and Connections implementations. IBM Champion, iSeries fan girl and friend of Mat Newman.
Topics
9/11 – Memories from 10 years ago?
Wrap up from MWLUG & AUSLUG
* (http://www.shawnimals.com and http://www.patientsafety.org/)
Social Connections II announced
* Cardiff Uni, Glamorgan Building
* 9th December
* Speakers from IBM, partners and customers, plus special guests
Lotusphere just 4 months away…
* No more CULT shirts
* Will it still be Lotusphere?
* What are our hopes for the conference?
* Is the atmosphere changing over time as Andrew Pollack suggests?
* Can Lotusphere serve both technical and business interests?
Steve Jobs leaving Apple
* What’s the impact going to be?
Mary Beth Raven leaving IBM
* What has MBR done for IBM/Lotus?
* Will she be missed?
* What do others need to step forward now she has moved on?
* Does it put even more pressure of Ed and Joyce?
Tips
Darren:
MIB Browser help make sense of SNMP MIB files and find the OID you need. Great free tool.
Sharon:
IBM innovation centres – all over the world, 2 in the UK for use via business partners or ISVs
Lisa
Other podcasts: Taking Notes, the 1352 Report, Dogear Nation, Social Geeks and Get Social Do Business. Also STS events.
Stuart:
LotusLive meetings app for iOS – works great.