Bruce Elgort is asking for your input for his friend who is contemplating an upgrade from Notes 7 to Notes 8. Tim’s company sends out email from two different mail domains and users use the old "switch location" trick to set their internet address accordingly. With Notes 8 this does not seem possible anymore. You can post your solutions to Bruce’s blog page.

On his blog Adam Gartenberg posts a reminder that Amazon is now taking orders for this book on administering an Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) data server.

Packet Island Inc and cyLogistics announced they have entered into a distribution agreement granting cyLogistics the right to distribute the entire family of Packet Island’s VoIP and converged media lifecycle management products through its North American reseller network.

Packet Island creates scalable voice-data network analysis tools allowing Enterprise IT managers and service providers to pinpoint network, signaling, or equipment based problems affecting voice quality in minutes.

ILX Group plc, the training services company, is launching a public training programme teaching PRINCE2 and ITIL courses to ILX clients in the North East and Scotland. The programme, due to begin in August 2008, offers organisations with high quality, cost effective training. The training is offered via a variety of learning options, including e-learning only, blended and pure classroom.

WebWorks.com brings automated publishing to the Eclipse Community. The list of new features for this release includes the addition of Eclipse Help as an output format. By leveraging the established power and automated processes of the ePublisher Platform, companies developing products based on the fast-growing Eclipse platform, such as the Eclipse IDE, can now produce high-quality online documentation and Web-based info-centers with just a few clicks.

Bloxx has announced its membership in the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Bloxx joins other members in their battle against illegal online content. With its knowledge of up-to-date web filtering technologies, Bloxx hopes to contribute to the remarkable success of the IWF in tackling online illegal content.

On his blog, Ed Brill notes the possible extension of support for Notes 6.5.

On his blog, Peter Presnell, offers some tips on optimizing database lookups in .Domino Framework.

Acresso Software(tm) announced License Manager for SAP(r) Business Suite to enable organizations to centrally monitor and analyze their SAP license usage to help ensure accurate licensing and "right-size" the cost based on individual employee usage.

ONStor Inc.has announced the launch of the Cougar 6000 series NAS gateway, the first data centre class clustered storage that affordably delivers the scalability, data availability, and high performance required by large enterprises and data-intensive environments.