Should Nomad (Notes on a stick) come back as a cloud client?
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An interesting idea popped into my head this weekend as I read a technote that actually mentioned Nomad, or Notes on a USB stick for those unfamiliar with the name. Nomad was a hot hot topic back in 2006. It is still frequently used as a search term on my blog.
With everyone thinking they want to run everything in the cloud, which they do already in many fashions unknown to them, the portability question comes to mind with the idea of a semi-full client on tablets and more mobile devices. iNotes and even Traveler is just not enough for the business user. Writing everything to XPages takes time and development costs many companies cannot afford or have the skills to get done. They may never get them done and/or converted to be honest.
IBM now sits at the cross roads of letting those full client customers go eventually as it seems to slowly vanish, or help them move apps to the web by partnering with teams like the recent Transformer 2.0 announcement from GBS. Ed just announced a XPages Application Server license. I do not see how it differs from a Domino Utility Server at this time. I imagine we will hear more on that soon.
When Ed mentioned the launch this week of Transformer 2.0, he quoted the line that says it:
modernizes Notes applications into XPages web applications.
If we move more and more Notes client based applications to web only, do companies need a drive to keep the client? Then a drive to keep mail on Domino? Then we point the directory to AD so we don't need that either.
Next step is to somehow surface .nsf files without Domino, via a plug-in for Websphere, after turning database encryption off sounds like a new plan too. More Notes clients on platforms may just be a help.
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On Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 by Chris Miller
