• You need 4 files (or the cd's).  You can get the part numbers on-line but it is almost 3GB worth to download
• Put them all in a single directory and unpack them there.  It will create all the necessary folders and structure if you keep using the same exact path for each unpack.  This in turn makes another 3GB of unpacked files on the server too

• There is a file called launchpad.exe that brings up some Java and a GUI.  Unfortunately that damn thing would never come up, ate CPU like a Survivor winner and hung with an ugly grey box
• I opened the install guide and went with the command line install instead
• The old 2.5 version seemed to honestly take between 30-45 minutes
• This one was the following:
  • Started GUI at 9:22am
  • Switched to command line at 9:26am
  • Started install at 9:27am
  • Install completed at 11:40am
  
  So that means it took 2 hours as compared to the previous 30-45 minutes.
  
  With that being said, it still worked fine and installed flawlessly past that point.  The page loads are always horrendously slow the first time.  This was no exception and the install guide even tells you to do so.

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• Password security for the USB.  Not the top of the line security measure, but a welcome alternative.  Laptops have them, everyone seems to overlook that part
• Biometric security.  This happens to be stronger than most laptops.  The data sits in an encrypted data partition until you provide a finger scan
• Make sure you have Domino policies in effect that force encryption of all local replicas. How much data do you really plan on storing on these smaller drives?  Let's be realistic here.  Some people think they will be carrying a ton of data.  The idea of Nomad is portable access to important info and then the ability to connect at any machine.  With multi-GB mailfiles, not including the base install and simple things like address books, bookmarks and directories, it is a bit.  You can assist by stripping out unnecessary templates
• U3 support will not be coming from Lotus direct.  Look for that from 'other' sources though.  If you are unfamiliar with U3 on USB, look it up right here
• As was mentioned, don't worry about VPN connectivity.  You can load VPN files just fine on a USB and make it work.  This gives you more than portability.
• Lost USB keys.  If you can get the password quality higher, remove unnecessary templates and data and encrypt everything, like you should, then you can lower your exposure

• Smartupgrades will be an issue.  I do not see it feasible to have users send in USB keys and go without.  Some work needs to be performed here.
• User id management will remain the same.  It is a Notes client for gosh sakes!  If you can rename, recertify or lock out users in Notes, then no worry here
• Loading time for the initial install can take a little longer than you desire.  But that is a cost you pay for that one time part of the work.
• **** Ed had a comment on his blog about turning this ability off.  Well no you cannot turn it off, it is a Notes client with the same code.  I see no identifier that shows it is Nomad versus the full Notes 7.0.2 client
• Ben Rose wants to see it work at airport kiosks that still have USB ports enabled.  It should as my basic testing as a non-admin user launched fine as long as USB support was there.  I did not attempt on a fully restricted and locked down UI, but that is next

• Deep-dive into Sametime 7.5 and preview Quickplace 8.0
• Programming code examples
• More challenging as the conference progresses.  Meaning apply what you just learned and grow your knowledge, not jump in too far at first
• All the sessions are from Business Partners that specialize in these products or the IBM persons responsible for bringing them to you

• Dinner with the speakers for some of the first that select that option. (See the site for details)
• Phone follow-up consultation with the expert of your choice from the conference (See the site for details)

Despite expectations that it would take only days to retrieve student reassignment e-mail, Wake school officials needed 15 weeks and spent almost $17,000 in response to a public records request from The News & Observer.

But it was apparent by Feb. 14 that the district's information technology staff did not have the ability to easily search past e-mail.

Wake's e-mail system -- called Lotus Notes -- was installed last year, said Vass Johnson, director of network systems. Officials felt the system could handle a large public records request, but this was its first big test.

Staff members soon found they had to do much of the time-consuming work themselves, such as writing computer scripts that reconstructed databases and searched for specific e-mail.

Mail, Calendar, and Scheduling improvements
Performance improvements made to the Mail, Calendar, and Scheduling functions include:

• The "typeahead" feature now looks into the server address book first, instead of the user's personal address book