IBM announces Lotus Notes/Domino 7.0.2

October 11 2006

The official press announcement of Lotus Notes/Domino 7.0.2 availability is out goes out later today.  I'll add the link once it's live.  Alan Lepofsky and I have done many press interviews about the 7.0.2 release over the last few days, so I'm expecting to see some coverage in the various trade publications as the day goes by.

Press coverage:  Heise (Deutsch), CRN, Network World, Internet News, WebProNews, IDG News (PC World), ZDNet, Red Herring, CIO.com, Techworld

It's great to finally be able to talk about this release.  The ibm.com pages about Notes/Domino have all been refreshed, including an updated page specifically on the 7.0.2 release.  It's been a lot of fun to watch many bloggers talking about 7.0.2 over the last several days.  I'll be pulling a bunch of quotes from the blogs over the next few days....for now, here are some of the links:

The overall 7.0.2 release: Taking Notes podcast, John Head, Paul Mooney, Stu Downes, Notessidan.se (Swedish), Joerg Hochwald (Deutsch), Matthew White, Gerco Wolfswinkel (Dutch), DominoPoint.IT(Italiano), John Roling (Intranet Journal)

Weblog template:  Bruce Elgort, Chris Miller, Ben Rose, Steve Castledine (duh!), Colin Williams and more Colin Williams

Notes on the go/"Wanda"/"Nomad": Paul Rigby, Chris Miller, Chris Whisonant (extensive), Jack Dausman, Susan Bulloch, Colin Williams and more Colin Williams , DominoPoint.IT, Chris Linfoot, Declan Lynch and more Declan Lynch, Matt Holthe

RSS feeds application: Bruce Elgort

iCalendar improvements: Bruce Elgort

TNEF (Winmail.dat) support: Ben Rose , Chris Linfoot (identifies some problems)

Notes mail addressing: Paul Mooney

SmartUpdate: Ben Rose

Updated Notes access for SAP Solutions: Advisor article by Bob Balaban

Allow for basic authentication of some URLs: Chris Linfoot

If you've blogged about these features and I missed you, please send me a note (ed at edbrill.com) and I'll update.  Thanks.

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Last, don't miss the rebirth of www.dominoblog.com -- now as a team blog for the IBM Lotus Domino development team!

Ed Brill Chicago, IL USA Category:  Lotus  Add/View Comments [13]

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  1. 1  Brian Green  | 10/11/2006 11:20:01 AM

    Here are some good feeds to watch. Any more out there?

    Technorati Search for "lotus notes"

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    Blogdigger search for "lotus notes"

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  1. 2  Curt Stone http://www.curtsisland.com | 10/11/2006 12:28:56 PM

    I think it's very cool that a blogger(Steve Castledine) created a Weblog template and it became the basis for the official IBM template. It's also kind of funny how the press will comment that IBM has just introduced the template when many in the know have been using Domino blogging templates from OpenNTF for years.

  1. 3  Volker Weber http://vowe.net | 10/11/2006 12:52:24 PM

    Yes, the press is really stupid, isn't it?

  1. 4  Ben Rose http://www.jaffacake.net | 10/11/2006 12:56:37 PM

    @3 - Any old blogger can claim to be a journalist these days it seems.

    Back on topic, another great release from IBM/Lotus/Iris. Develops the product further, addresses some of my most important needs as a customer and makes our blogs a supported feature for the first time.

  1. 5  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 10/11/2006 1:07:48 PM

    @2 I actually have been trying to make the point that this isn't brand new, such as in WebProNews { Link }

    "Although the second notable feature, blogging with Notes/Domino, has been part of Lotus for the past three years, Brill noted how the application IBM acquired to provide this functionality has been updated to meet IBM's standards. "

  1. 6  Curt Stone http://www.curtsisland.com | 10/11/2006 4:27:12 PM

    @3 and @4 - Where's the standard when even Dan Rather doesn't check his sources?

    @5 Way to go Ed! (As usual) Your a gentleman and a scholar. I don't care what anyone else says. :)

    One could argue it's new or old. I'm just glad it's there and adds to our offering. Hopefully it will help move blogging into the corporate world.

    Rock on!

  1. 7  Hynek Kobelka http://www.pylonware.com | 10/12/2006 4:51:06 AM

    Nice features, nice release. Good job !

    But do you have any information if anything changes for the DB2 storage option. Is this still a "unsupported" feature even in 7.0.2 ? When will this come out of its "beta" stage ? (Or did i miss some announcement about it :-))

  1. 8  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 10/12/2006 7:48:19 AM

    @7 here is the answer from Rob Ingram, as posted last week in the Lotus Partner Forum:

    Its 'shipping' now and has been since 7.0. The core code is built into Domino 7.0. The programs by which its supported by IBM are still being carefully managed to ensure customer success.

    To enable the feature in Domino 7.0.2 you need to install a software key file. You will also need to install the relevant DB2 code - links to the key, a trial version of DB2 and instructions are all posted here. { Link }

    This will enable you to try the feature and discuss on the Domino DB2 feedback forum here which is closely monitored by the developers. { Link }

    7.0.2 adds some new capabilities that were requested by early customers and partners using the feature - browser access to query views and simpler ID management .

    If you are ready to move beyond a trial phase, and have a specific Domino application you plan to deploy, you can get deployment support via the Limited Availability program. Details are on the website.

    We plan to move to a general availability model of delivery and support for this feature with Domino Next, at the same time Hannover ships.

  1. 9  Hynek Kobelka http://www.pylonware.com | 10/12/2006 9:08:03 AM

    @8 Thanks for this information.

  1. 10  Dennis  | 10/12/2006 12:19:16 PM

    Less than an hour to install to iSeries server. Runs faster and zero issues!

  1. 11  Ben Poole http://benpoole.com | 10/16/2006 7:47:51 AM

    @4: you know better than that:

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  1. 12  MarvinK  | 10/18/2006 5:59:51 PM

    Anyone seen the incremental upgrade from 7.0.1 to 7.0.2 for clients? Can't find them on the Passport or support sites.

  1. 13  Kripashankar  | 11/14/2006 7:46:14 AM

    @8: On the Domino 7.0.2 and DB2 integration trial program, is this trial program for only DB2 v8.2.2 or can we also integrate v9.1 which was last updated on 2006-08-18.

    Becuase i have integrated Domino 7 and DB2 older version it worked. Now I am trying to integrate with v9.1.

    I have posted on this regard in the beta programs forum.

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