Depending on when I get a chance to replicate after this flight, Mainsoft has either already announced or is about to announce their new SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes. First previewed at Lotusphere, this is a Notes 8 add-on that surfaces SharePoint content in the Notes 8 sidebar through the use of the Eclipse plug-in technologies. The use case is that end-users in organizations where both Notes and SharePoint are being used for collaboration now have the ability to directly drag-and-drop between the two environments, and open documents stored in SharePoint from within the Notes client environment.
While ideally, we'd be having a conversation with Notes customers about Quickr as having similar functions to this typical use of SharePoint, the reality in some organizations is that SharePoint is "in', and not going anywhere. Since we've seen in talking with vendors and customers that 80% of the SharePoint use case is "file server 2.0", the Mainsoft integration is a logical way to have both products peacefully coexist.
More information is (or shortly will be) on the Mainsoft website on the product page, "Integrate SharePoint into Lotus Notes" >
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Axel | 5/7/2008 11:53:55 AM
Thats kewl :-)
I've allways thought that the best thing of this eclipse integration is the opportunity to satisfy integration needs with a solid, well tested and professional framework like eclipse.
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Henry Ferlauto http://www.geniusinside.com | 5/7/2008 6:05:26 PM
Is Lotus Document Manager ever going to get a new lease on life? Merged with QuickR?
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It is one a few Lotus products that have been left to "rot." Lotus Learning Management System is another, and of course SmartSuite.
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Bruce Elgort http://ideajam.net | 5/7/2008 6:32:36 PM
@3,
Quickr is no document manager like Dom.Doc is/was. This discussion was also taking place on IdeaJam { Link }
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James Stuart | 5/8/2008 9:22:19 AM
Quickr 8.1 introduces some 'core' Document Management features e.g. versioning and Meta Data capture. It is just a shame that versioning does not work from the Connectors for MS Office, Lotus Notes or Windows Explorer. Not to mention changing Document Types and trying to add your own additional Meta Data tags :-(
Ref. Technote 1303703 "Versoning does not work for documents uploaded using a Lotus Quickr connector". Resolution: "... use a method other than the connectors to upload the file. This issue has been reported to Quality Engineering as SPR# CNIS7CQSM4, and a fix is being investigated for a future release."
Hey Ed, can you get the Quickr team to hotfix this? I have (maybe had now) made my company realise the benefits of a Notes R8/Quickr R8.1 world over Sharepoint fud.
CMSWire has covered today's Mainsoft news in a lot more detail:
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