Top items of interest for the day:
- Samsung has acquired a license for the RIM BlackBerry Connect program, which enables them to add BlackBerry functionality to Samsung handsets, which can then connect back to a RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Comment: Nokia is another licensee, although it hasn't done much with its license yet. RIM
- InfoWorld reports that some customers are concerned about the portability of Domino applications into Workplace, how add-ons will work with the Workplace environment, and the resources required to migrate to the new architecture. Others are delighted with the new approach. InfoWorld
- KnowledgeStorm reports that "centralized task management" has arrived ... and that it makes more sense than project team individuals tracking tasks independently. Comment: Hello? This has been important and do-able for years. KnowledgeStorm
- The Geographic Location/Privacy Working Group (GEOPRIV) at the IETF is considering how to link presence & availability information with geographic location data. IMPlanet
- iAnywhere is hosting a webcast on February 17, 2004, 12-1pm ET, to discuss how to extend Lotus Notes desktop information to remote users with wireless devices through the Pylon range of products. Registration
- InfoWorld and Goyal on the future of Lotus within IBM's On Demand vision. Key ideas: (a) there is a definite path that encompasses Notes and Workplace, (b) Notes is the key human interface to On Demand, (c) Lotus doesn't plan to be in the hosted services business, and (d) we're not scared of Oracle, (e) migrate to Lotus from Exchange due to security concerns with Exchange, platform independence with Lotus, and lower TCO, and (f) various other ideas. InfoWorld
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