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by Chris Miller at 03:21:00 AM on Thursday, May 15th, 2008

One more city down for the Notes Domino 8 Upgrade Seminar, with 2 North American cities left to go (San Francisco and Toronto). Once again I was not disappointed in what the attendees had to say and provide for feedback.

100% were on 6.5.x and higher (ok outside of one desolate R5 server)
85% used Sametime already and really needed to understand what the new integration offered. They liked it but had rightful concerns over missing functionality and the locking of the chat as Notes did other things
The limited number of users you can get on Citrix with the Standard client sucks and they let me know
Widgets need tons of business value demos to sell them to the executives
Productivity Tools were the doorstop of the sessions with people stepping right on by
Lotus Connections made no sense to 90% of them at first. Later, about 50% I think really got it (while they all then understood it). But managing all that additional hardware was brought up
Lotus Foundations is a cool product if you don't already have a Domino domain, which they all did of course
Integration of Sametime is awesome if it was available while doing something else in Notes 8. Otherwise they want the standalone version (mentioned again)
Integration of Activities is confusing to many as to why choose that or Quickr or why at all. This got answered
The Sametime Gateway is of interest to them but MS connectivity is still a demand in Europe
Coffee breaks are not often enough, mainly after huge lunches
Attendees love free tools that we give away
Expanded policy control for desktops and security will be implemented right away
People are tired of Smart Upgrade and want full provisioning, Oh yeah, and provisioning that actually works, which is broke right now
I know the list went on by I will update after I sleep and fly....

I broke their hearts when I taught all about site updates to only let them down with it isn't working. On the good side, I think many are excited about the upgrade. I was surprised at the length of time a lot will be taking to get upgraded in full. We are talking well into next year.

Food this week was excellent, and I caught the play Billy Elliot (review here). Dinner the first night was Kare Kare, an excellent Indian place. Next up was a chain before the play for speed reasons and finally Amaya. Outside of that it was all conference food for me :-)

Location: St. Louis, MO

Category: Conferences Domino 8 Sametime
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1) ND8 Upgrade Seminar in London recap
Created by Jon DAVIS at 5/16/2008 1:28:48 AM email |

Thanks to you Chris (& Rob) a very enjoyable 3 days, went to see musical Billy Elliot really enjoyed it but must admit was not quit as good as the film.

2) re: ND8 Upgrade Seminar in London recap
Created by Chris Miller at 5/19/2008 12:07:01 PM email | website

@Jon - I need to go and see the film! Glad you went to see it and liked the information you got for the 3 days

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delayed	customer visit	Minneapolis, MN
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May 10 - 15	Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Upgrade Seminar	London
Jun 4 - 6	Irish Lotus User Group 2008	Dublin, Ireland
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