Domino Blog has a new blogger!
May 13 2008
Hello Lotus Land! You heard it right - Domino Blog has a new blogger!
When Rob Ingram started this blog back in 2006 (has it really been that long?), his intent was to provide a place where you could get information about IBM Lotus Domino server infrastructure and administration, written by the team that builds it. His goal was to help you understand that the future of Domino is Domino, that Domino is not going away, and that it has a great and bright future! Rob and his team have done a great job of providing buzz around Domino over the last year+, and as many of you know, Rob moved on to bigger things in the IBM family and we all wish him well!
So, in the spirit of continuing the buzz and continuing to provide you with information on Lotus Domino server infrastructure and administration, the torch has been passed!
My name is Andrea Waugh-Metzger, and while I am not a part of the team that writes Lotus Domino, I am a part of the team that helps to sell, plan, support and implement it for customers like you. I am a field technical specialist (ITS, if you prefer) and have been working with Lotus Domino for almost 11 years now - the last 8 of them for Lotus.
So how is a field person qualified to write a Lotus Domino blog started by the Lotus Domino developers, you ask?!
As a field person, I'm close to you - the customer - the people that matter. I started my life at Lotus in the ISSL team (Software Services for Lotus, LPS, LCS, etc.), where I worked with customers like you on Domino server infrastructure and administration projects. I helped you optimize your servers, implement new servers, implement best practices, and migrate off other mail platforms. I was deep in the trenches, just like you, every day. A year ago, I moved to the ITS organization, and it's now my responsibility to evangelize the Lotus portfolio to my customers.
So, as such, it's my responsibility to make sure you know all the great things coming out of Lotus Domino development - and how you can apply them to your organization today. And let me tell you...there are some GREAT things!!! There's no end in sight to the excitement about Lotus Notes and Domino and the buzz is only growing! With the release of Domino 8 and the upcoming release of Domino 8.5, there are a TON of things to update the community on. I hope to take this blog one step further and help you realize the value you can gain, the tips/tricks you can use, and how to really make use of these great new features! I think it's going to be a great ride!
Here we go...I'll continue Rob's conversation - but your contributions are critical to the site's success. Let's make this a lively community with its own personality that will be shaped by our readers. Visit often, ask questions, give me your ideas, and please tell your friends, colleagues, boss, or overworked administrators about it!
Upcoming topics include: (and I hope to get YOUR ideas for topics)
Credits
Special thanks go to Ed Brill and the Domino development team for making this happen!
When Rob Ingram started this blog back in 2006 (has it really been that long?), his intent was to provide a place where you could get information about IBM Lotus Domino server infrastructure and administration, written by the team that builds it. His goal was to help you understand that the future of Domino is Domino, that Domino is not going away, and that it has a great and bright future! Rob and his team have done a great job of providing buzz around Domino over the last year+, and as many of you know, Rob moved on to bigger things in the IBM family and we all wish him well!
So, in the spirit of continuing the buzz and continuing to provide you with information on Lotus Domino server infrastructure and administration, the torch has been passed!
My name is Andrea Waugh-Metzger, and while I am not a part of the team that writes Lotus Domino, I am a part of the team that helps to sell, plan, support and implement it for customers like you. I am a field technical specialist (ITS, if you prefer) and have been working with Lotus Domino for almost 11 years now - the last 8 of them for Lotus.
So how is a field person qualified to write a Lotus Domino blog started by the Lotus Domino developers, you ask?!
As a field person, I'm close to you - the customer - the people that matter. I started my life at Lotus in the ISSL team (Software Services for Lotus, LPS, LCS, etc.), where I worked with customers like you on Domino server infrastructure and administration projects. I helped you optimize your servers, implement new servers, implement best practices, and migrate off other mail platforms. I was deep in the trenches, just like you, every day. A year ago, I moved to the ITS organization, and it's now my responsibility to evangelize the Lotus portfolio to my customers.
So, as such, it's my responsibility to make sure you know all the great things coming out of Lotus Domino development - and how you can apply them to your organization today. And let me tell you...there are some GREAT things!!! There's no end in sight to the excitement about Lotus Notes and Domino and the buzz is only growing! With the release of Domino 8 and the upcoming release of Domino 8.5, there are a TON of things to update the community on. I hope to take this blog one step further and help you realize the value you can gain, the tips/tricks you can use, and how to really make use of these great new features! I think it's going to be a great ride!
Here we go...I'll continue Rob's conversation - but your contributions are critical to the site's success. Let's make this a lively community with its own personality that will be shaped by our readers. Visit often, ask questions, give me your ideas, and please tell your friends, colleagues, boss, or overworked administrators about it!
Upcoming topics include: (and I hope to get YOUR ideas for topics)
- Notes as an Update Site - Auto-Provision Your Applications
- What is TDI and Why Do I Care? (a great new, free, tool to make your Directory life easier)
- Sneak Peeks at Domino 8.5
- Many, many more!
Credits
Special thanks go to Ed Brill and the Domino development team for making this happen!
