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Sametime 8.5 rant

As upgrading to Domino 8.5.1 went so fine, it is time to upgrade our only Sametime server. Yes. Only Sametime server. We are a company of 80 and there is really no need for something more. Specially as we use WebEx as a meeting and conferencing software.

Upgrading to 8.5.1

Come end of last week, we started upgrading our servers to release 8.5.1. I did test upgrade of our development server couple of days back and find it incredibly easy. All test servers were installed in some 15 minutes. Without a glitch. Yeay for us and let’s go upgrade our production servers.

Lotus Notes 8.5.1

With the abundance of posts out there, I thought I would chip in my 5 cents worth. Yes, I know I am a bit late.
Release 8.5.1 is for LotusScript developer everything he could ever hope for. Specially if you are into OO programming. Finally you don’t have to check your old classes what parameters they [...]

What not to do in multi-domain evnironment

There is one thing you oughtn’t do in multi-domain environment. Ever. We did it, as it was needed to successfully connect Cisco Click-to-call plug-in for Sametime with Cisco Presence server.

System time is not in sync with Domino time

A funny thing happened to our servers on multiple occasions. Server system time was not equal to Domino server time. Some times they were even as much as 5 minutes apart.

Design patterns – Part 10: Builder pattern

In part 10 of Design pattern series we will take look at Builder design pattern. Albeit much similarity, this pattern it is not to be mistaken with Abstract factory pattern. As Abstract Factory emphasizes a family of products and returns the product immediately, Builder focuses on constructing complex object step by step, returning product in [...]

Security Certificate expiration in Lotus Domino on May 18th 2009

Got this e-mail from IBM Notes & Domino team todayand thought it worthy of sharing with public…
What is happening
The certificate for some Java applets in Lotus Domino 6.5.x, Domino 7.0.x, Domino 8.0.x, and Domino 8.5 have an expiration date of May 18, 2009. Starting May 19th, Web users will see a dialog [...]

Design patterns – Part 9: Mediator pattern

This week, I present to you not much used, but quite useful Mediator pattern.
Mediator pattern provides a unified interface to set of interfaces in a subsystem.
Or, to simplify… Mediator pattern is mediator for communication between several classes.

Design patterns – Part 8: State pattern

State pattern is probably most used in review cycles. The definition says:
State pattern allows an object to appear as it can change its class by altering its behaviour and state.
What are you talking about?
Well, imagine you are in need to build a bug tracking database.  Bug reports in basics have four states. First they are [...]

Design patterns – Part 7: Template method pattern

In this article, I would like to present you a design pattern that is not so common, but for sure, I wish, that in the past I would have used it. It would certainly make my life much easier. So, what is this Template method pattern all about?
The Template Method Pattern defines the skeleton of [...]