Warming up to UltraLite on Domino 8.5
Category Administration IBM/Lotus Domino ND8 Linux
Now that the Sametime 8.0.1 installation is in place, I've been able to turn my attention to some other matters: what's the best way to support our executives with their iPhones? I really don't want to go with IMAP: no fail-over, no calendaring, etc. What about the UltraLite iNotes ? Is it really viable ? YES !
Today, I set up Linux CentOS 5.1 and then installed Domino 8.5 Beta 1. I'm using CentOS because this is a test server, and I don't want to mess with our RedHat licensing (and I want to test the waters for a FOSS server). The set up went quite easily, and I was glad to have access to webadmin.nsf with the Firefox 1.5 client that is standard on 5.1.
Everything worked fine with webadmin, but it's a little peculiar to be running Domino on Linux and see that the icon for the server operating system is a Windows 95 flag (not sure what that means).
Then I accessed the iNotes mail file. Very clean. Very fast. It's clearly designed for micro-screens. I'm quite impressed by it. It's easy to read the mail entries, browse contacts, and send e-mail. It's going to work as a mobile solution.
Funny thing. I expect that by the time there is a Traveler plug-in for the iPhone, there is going to be a lot of people who are satisfied enough with the Ultralite version. And, of course, there is a bonus to being limited to on-line http access.
In the sad circumstance of someone losing their iPhone, with Ultra Lite there won't be any storage of local data. I don't need to be worrying about how to remotely wipe the client.
Technorati Tags: Lotus Notes, iPhone, Domino 8.5
Now that the Sametime 8.0.1 installation is in place, I've been able to turn my attention to some other matters: what's the best way to support our executives with their iPhones? I really don't want to go with IMAP: no fail-over, no calendaring, etc. What about the UltraLite iNotes ? Is it really viable ? YES !
Today, I set up Linux CentOS 5.1 and then installed Domino 8.5 Beta 1. I'm using CentOS because this is a test server, and I don't want to mess with our RedHat licensing (and I want to test the waters for a FOSS server). The set up went quite easily, and I was glad to have access to webadmin.nsf with the Firefox 1.5 client that is standard on 5.1.
Everything worked fine with webadmin, but it's a little peculiar to be running Domino on Linux and see that the icon for the server operating system is a Windows 95 flag (not sure what that means).
Then I accessed the iNotes mail file. Very clean. Very fast. It's clearly designed for micro-screens. I'm quite impressed by it. It's easy to read the mail entries, browse contacts, and send e-mail. It's going to work as a mobile solution.
Funny thing. I expect that by the time there is a Traveler plug-in for the iPhone, there is going to be a lot of people who are satisfied enough with the Ultralite version. And, of course, there is a bonus to being limited to on-line http access.
In the sad circumstance of someone losing their iPhone, with Ultra Lite there won't be any storage of local data. I don't need to be worrying about how to remotely wipe the client.
Technorati Tags: Lotus Notes, iPhone, Domino 8.5
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