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Technical resource and reference materials from IBM Software Services for Lotus

Lotus software

Members of the IBM Software Services for Lotus team actively participate in a number of knowledge sharing activities designed to help accelerate success with Lotus and WebSphere Portal technologies. Among these activities is the authoring of material for a variety of publications.

See below for a list of publications that feature best practices, lessons learned, and other valuable information covering a variety of topics -- from Notes/Domino to WebSphere Portal and more -- to which ISSL team members have contributed their technical expertise.


Lotus Sametime

Articles

Creating and Using a Real-Time Port Monitoring Application Powered by IBM Lotus Sametime Instant Messaging by James Dewan and Jennifer Wales (developerWorks)

Upgrading to IBM Lotus Sametime v7.5 by Jennifer Wales (developerWorks)

Redbooks/Redpapers

Extending Sametime 7.5 - Building Plug-ins for Sametime co-authored by Robert Brooks (IBM Redbook)

Lotus Connections

Articles

Integrating IBM Lotus Connections with Microsoft technologies by Luis Benitez (developerWorks)

Deploying IBM Lotus Connections article series on developerWorks

Messaging, calendaring, and collaborative applications

Books

Lotus Notes Domino 8 Upgrader's Guide co-authored by Barry Rosen, Bennie Gibson, Brad Schauf, David Byrd, Tim Speed and Joseph Anderson (reviewed by Stephen Hardison)

Domino 7 Lotus Notes Application Development co-authored by Tim Speed and Stephen Cooke

Upgrading to Lotus Notes and Domino 7 co-authored by Tim Speed and Barry Heinz

Articles

Introduction to the JavaScript API in IBM Lotus Forms V3 by Yi Ting Shan and Yi Gu (developerWorks)

IBM Lotus Notes V8 Client: Using the Enhanced Quota Feature by Saurabh Calla (developerWorks)

Extending the Functionality of IBM Workplace Forms with Web Services co-authored by Jun Liu (developerWorks)

Collecting Requirements for IBM Workplace Forms Projects: A Practical Guide by Yi Gu (developerWorks)

Guide to the Streaming API in IBM Workplace Forms V2.7 by Yi Gu (developerWorks)

Article Series: "The Power of Presence - Implementing LiveNames in IBM Workplace Managed Client" by Jacques Perrault (developerWorks)

Extending the functionality of IBM Workplace Forms with the Function Call Interface co-authored by Jun Liu (developerWorks)

Understanding and Implementing Local Mail Replicas for IBM Lotus Notes by Joseph Anderson and Peter Burkhardt (developerWorks)

IBM Lotus Domino Web Access 6.5 Skin Customization by Shu Sia Lukito (developerWorks)

Understanding Quotas for IBM Lotus Domino Mail Databases by Joseph Anderson (developerWorks)

Customizing User Searches in Workplace Collaborative Learning by Carl Radino (IBM Workplace Advisor)

Securing an IBM Lotus Domino Web Server: A Case Study by Scott Rogers and Matt Milza (developerWorks)

IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning Deployment Best Practices: Part 1 by Luis Benitez (developerWorks)

IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning Deployment Best Practices: Part 2 by Luis Benitez (developerWorks)

Creating Mail Policies in Lotus Notes/Domino 7 by Tim Speed and Terry Fouchey (developerWorks)

Manipulating Data in Domino Web Access co-authored by Shu Sia Lukito (developerWorks)

Redbooks/Redpapers

IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Deployment Guide co-authored by Stacy Lieder, Frank Nostrame, and Julie Castle (IBM Redbook)

IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning for IBM i5/OS co-authored by Colin Stamp (IBM Redpaper)

Domino 7 Performance Tuning - Best Practices to Get the Most Out of Your Domino Infrastructure co-authored by Stephen Hardison (IBM Redpaper)

Domino Web Access 7 Customization co-authored by Shu Sia Lukito (IBM Redpaper)

Domino 7 Server Consolidation Best Practices to Get the Most Out of Your Domino Infrastructure co-authored by Stephen Hardison (IBM Redpaper)

IBM Workplace Forms: Guide to Building and Integrating a Sample Workplace Forms Application co-authored by Andreas Richter (IBM Redpaper)

Security Considerations in Notes and Domino 7: Making Great Security Easier to Implement co-authored by Frederic Dahm (IBM Redbook)

Portals and content management

Books

Programming Portlets: 2nd Edition co-authored by Joey Bernal, Usman Memon, and Varad Ramamoorthy

Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal co-authored by Richard Gornitsky

Programming Portlets: An Introduction to Using IBM WebSphere Portal co-authored by Joey Bernal

White Paper

IBM Workplace Web Content Management V2.x to V6.x Migration Guide co-authored by Kamie Ngam-Nield, Rayomand Sui, Paolo Della Rocca, and Henrik Hammer (developerWorks)

Articles

Build interportlet communication using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory by Abhishek Singh and Usman Memon (The Sphere Journal)

Consume REST-based services in portals using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory by Ying Du (The Sphere Journal)

Integrating IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory V6.0.1 with IBM WebSphere Portal Document Manager by Abhishek Singh and Georgiana Avram (developerWorks)

Leveraging the new AJAX features in WebSphere Portlet Factory 6.0.1 by Stephen Cooke and Abhishek Singh (developerWorks)

Creating a custom user registration portlet using WebSphere Portlet Factory V6 by Shu Sia Lukito (developerWorks)

Creating a new portal: Part 6 - Administering and maintaining the portal co-authored by Joey Bernal (developerWorks)

Building an offline application in IBM Lotus Expeditor by Hunter Medney (developerWorks)

Introducing IBM Workplace Web Content Management in WebSphere Portal V6 by Sven Viehweger (developerWorks)

Is your portal project robust or fragile? by Joey Bernal (IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal)

Understanding syndication in IBM Workplace Web Content Management by Sander van Veluw (developerWorks)

Options for Rapid Integration of Web Applications into WebSphere Portal co-authored by Richard Gornitsky (developerWorks)

Introduction to Application development with IBM Workplace Designer V2.6 by Hunter Medney (developerWorks)

Creating a portal: Part 5. Developing, building, and deploying the portal co-authored by Joey Bernal and Varad Ramamoorthy (developerWorks)

Creating a new portal: Part 4. Portal and design components co-authored by Joey Bernal and Tim Harris (developerWorks)

Persisting Portlet Forms Data in WebSphere Portal V5.1 by Kris Vishwanathan (developerWorks)

The Support of Composite Applications in WebSphere Portal co-authored by Richard Gornitsky (WebSphere Journal)

Redbooks/Redpapers

WebSphere Portal Version 6 - Enterprise Scale Deployment Best Practices co-authored by Krishnan Hariharan (IBM Redbook)

Questions

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