Official list of IBM 2019 Champions

Although the IBM Champions were announced just before Christmas the official list has now been published. Super proud to be included in this illustrious list again. I am in a handful of champs from the ICS brand that have been champions since the program started in 2011  for ICS. The program selects Champions annually based […]

IBM & HCL deal update

Further to the news flash of the IBM & HCL deal last week – listen in on a video interview with HCL’s C Vijayakumar, Prateek Aggarwal & Darren Oberst on why this is a great deal for HCL, customers and partners. There is an annoying 30 second advert at the begining of the clip

HCL to acquire key IBM software

I woke up to the news that HCL tech are going to acquire select IBM software products – This is big news IBM already had a partnership with HCL where they would develop the code for IBM – Notes and Domino were among this group.HCL have injected a massive amount of enthusiasm with thier aggressive […]

Connections adoption – full list of videos

Here are the full list of videos from the Connections adoption month campaign from IBM.   Video List IBM Connections Tip #1 – Build your network IBM Connections Tip #2 – Advertise your skills IBM Connections Tip #3 – Update your status every day IBM Connections Tip #4 – Bookmark in Connections IBM Connections Tip […]

Connections Adoption Month – midway update

Connections Adoption Month – midway update So we are half of the way though Connections Adoptions month (july 2018) and if you have been following the IBM_ICSsupport  twitter account, you will have noticed some videos and tips these have also been posted over on the Connections Cloud Collaboration blog. These videos are between 1 and 2 […]

GDPR and IBM Connections / Docs On-Prem

At IBM Think back in March, the Connections Offering Management team promised us some information to help with GDPR compliency. The Connections Cloud information has been available for a while and the On-Premises docuemtation was on the way. Today my friend and fellow IBM Champion Roberto alerted me to the technotes that are available. IBM […]

Connections Engagment Center coming to Connections Cloud

IBM have announced (see announcement here), that Connections Engagement Center will be coming to Connections Cloud from the 30th of Novemember. Having used CEC On-Premises for sometime I know this is going to be a massive enhancement for Connections Cloud users. As with the On-Premises version it will be a seperately priced add-on for Cloud […]

Version 10 and beyond – I Aint Dead

You are a Connections / WebSphere admin what do you care about Domino? I hear people ask – well actually I care a lot .. I use these products every day – I can’t do my job with out Domino / Verse / Notes and Sametime. After what can only be described as a lack […]

Issues with IBM Connections 5 / 5.5 and Chrome 60

There is a known issue with Connections 5 CR4 and all versions of Connections 5.5 when using Chrome version 60. It affects events not being displayed and errors relating to events in the UI. It has also been reported that comments can be affected also. After multiple BP’s and Customers reported this IBM Support have […]

SUTOL Presentations

I was lucky enough to be selected to speak at the 8th SUTOL conference which was held in the beautiful city of Prague. A round up blog post is coming. In the meen time please find below the slides from the presentations given with Wannes Rams & Roberto Boccadoro   Sutol – A Hitchhiker’s Guide […]