Andy Pedisich and Rob Axelrod, both ND 8.5.1 design partners, facilitate sessions covering important Lotus Notes and Domino features such as DAOS, ID Vault, Domino Domain Monitoring, and best practices for maintaining mobility with Roaming Users.

Paul Mooney has had open application windows hide from him on his Mac. The applications are still open, but the window isn’t visible. He’s posted links to a script from MacOSxHints that solves the problem.

While Bob Balfe is running a poll, asking if you use LiveText in your company, Albert Buendia wants to know if LiveText is only available for English-language versions of Notes 8 or if it will be available in additional languages under 8.5.1.

Gregg Eldred says the success of the recent phishing attack on "cloud e-mail" is largely the fault of users who don’t understand what’s at risk. He provides links to a number of articles discussing the recent attack.

Ed Brill says that, starting today, the Client Access Licenses (CALs) for Domino model will be drastically simplified. There will be two CALs, one for Enterprises and one for Messaging.

IBM has entered the cloud-storage business with XIV-based Smart Business Storage Cloud and a private cloud Information Archive. Using low-cost components IBM is offering petabytes of capacity in a private cloud.

Darren Duke has posted the list of upgrades to expect from Notes and Domino 8.5.1. The release, October 12, will include a number of speed enhancements and more-than-usual the number of bug fixes.

Jake Howlett continues his lesson on building a Flex database. He provides a link to the sample database, the source code, or you can download the NSF.

The VIEW is sponsoring 5 Bootcamp sessions between now and the end of the year. These sessions provide tips, techniques, and best practices to help you optimize your current environment.

Las Vegas, Oct. 26-28

London, November 4-6

Chicago, November 16-18

Amsterdam, December 2-4

Philadelphia, December 7-9

Marc Champoux kinda likes his job. After all, it pays the bills. So, when the boss complained his Sametime Chat Window didn’t look like it used to, Marc took a look. He explains what he found and how he fixed it.