Also new is Quickr Content Integrator, which can retrieve data from various IBM and third-party repositories. The Notes e-mail interface is being updated with a quota meter, which shows users just how much of their storage quota they have consumed.Īlso in January, IBM will release the 8.1 version of Quickr, its team collaboration software, that includes a connector for Notes 8 and Microsoft Outlook along with personal file sharing features and integration with third-party content management systems. IBM is also adding Notes integration with external Web services that will provide hyperlinks inside Notes that when clicked would retrieve information from sources outside the corporate network. Windows Phone Apps, Nokia Photo Transfer for Mac, DirectX 11, XBox-Live Hub, Gmail, Nokia Mail, Windows Live, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, IBM Notes Traveler. IBM also will introduce Notes Traveler, which will push out Notes e-mail to any Windows Mobile device. The interface mimics that of the Notes desktop client complete with slide out bars and dynamic calendars, according to IBM officials. Notes 8.0.1 will include a new Domino Web Access client that has an Ajax interface and does not require any browser plug-ins or modifications.
In addition to the hosted offering, IBM also said it would ship in January the first maintenance upgrade to Notes 8, which shipped last month. IBM offers hosted applications under its Applications of Demand banner for Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel, and PTC Windchill data management. “But the multi-tenant environment is a powerful one and it is another we are watching.” “There are some advantages including security and complete isolation of processes,” says Doug Heintzman, director of strategy for IBM collaboration technologies. The Notes hosting will create single infrastructures used by only a single company. The Applications on Demand Notes service is not a software-as-a-service model where a single copy of an application services could be used by many users, known as multi-tenant.
The announcements came the same day that IBM unveiled the beta release of a suite of free productivity applications built on, a set of open-source applications. Mike Rhodin, Lotus general manager, said at the Lotus Collaboration Summit in New York that the service would be priced between $5 and $10 per user per month. IBM’s Applications on Demand service for Lotus Notes will provides users with a hosted Domino infrastructure that can be accessed via a Notes client on the corporate desktop or via a Web browser using Domino Web Access. IBM Tuesday unveiled a hosting service focused on Lotus Notes and said that it would ship in January mobile, Web access and other enhancements to Notes 8.