What's new in Policies for Domino 9.0

In September IBM made an open mic Webcast "What's new in Policies for Domino 9.0".

Agenda of this Webcast:

• Widgets and How To apply settings
• Configuring Widgets for Specific Notes Client Versions
• New Notes Client Preferences configured via policies
• Policy related SPR's fixed in Domino/Notes 9.0

You can access the presentation and an MP3 recording of the Webcast in the technote http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27039462


If you need additional informations how to troubleshoot Policy problems in Notes/Domino you can have a look on an older webcast http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27039379 to this topic

Have a look at my other postings relating policies 

Ubuntu 13.10 is ab sofort verfügbar

Heute hat Canonical die neueste Version 13.10 von Ubuntu zum Download zur Verfügung gestellt. Es wurden alle wichtigen Anwendungen auf neuere Versionen aktualisiert und neue Features wie z.B. die Smart scopes hinzugefügt. Große Änderungen wie der neue Grafikstack MIR  oder Unity 8 sind aber in der Desktop Version  noch nicht standardmäßig aktiviert. Alles in allem macht das neue Release einen sehr guten Eindruck.

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iPhone 5S kopiert den Blue Screen of Death von Windows

Ich denke Apple hat wirklich Probleme seit Steve Jobs gestorben ist. Nicht nur, dass das UI viele Anlehnungen an Windows Phone aufweist. Jetzt kopieren Sie auch noch ein echtes Alleinstellungsmerkmal von Windows. Den Blue Screen of Death. ;-) Apple sollte wirklich aufpassen, dass sie nicht das selbe Schicksal wie Blackberry und Nokia erleiden.
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IBM has announced IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 7

Today IBM announces the latest Technology Refresh for IBM i. This Technology Refresh provides many new functions and improvements like:

• An enhanced RPG IV programming language which includes new Free Format H, F, D and P statements. With the exception of old RPG Cycle Code like I, O statements this is the first time you can write RPG programs entirely in Free Form! more...
•  An improved DB/2 Version which can handle larger indices (1.7 TB) and new system management catalogs. Dynamic Compound Statements. New Possibilities to control the blocking size in sequential SQL reads and many other DB/2 Enhancements.
• Java has got some performance improvement and the API has updated to 1.7. more...
• TR 7 brings also support for new Hardware Options

You can find all other improvements in the announcement letter from IBM.

I think TR 7 was really worth the wait and should be available in November.

Amazon announces new Kindle Fire HDX

Today Amazon announces their brand new Kindle tablets. The new Kindle HDX have improved displays and more processor power. The Software of the tablets is updated to Fire OS Version 3.0.

The new Kindle Fire HDX family features:

• Stunning exclusive HDX display—beyond HD with exceptional pixel density (323 ppi for 7”, 339 ppi for 8.9”), perfect 100% sRGB color accuracy, reduced glare, dynamic image contrast, and improved brightness for better viewing in any lighting conditions.
• Powerful quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor running at 2.2 GHz provides over 3x the processing power compared to the previous generation, plus the latest graphics engine and 2x more memory for fast and fluid performance. These are the only tablets with a processor over 2 GHz.
• Startlingly light design—at just 13.2 ounces, the 8.9” Kindle Fire HDX is the lightest large-screen tablet, 34% lighter than the previous generation.
• Powered by the latest version of Fire OS—Fire OS 3.0 “Mojito”—with hundreds of new and upgraded features, platform updates, and Amazon-exclusive services like X-Ray for Music, Cloud Collections, Goodreads, and more.
• New Mayday button delivers revolutionary live tech support—one touch connects you to an Amazon expert who can guide you remotely through any feature—24x7, 365 days a year, and it’s free. 15 seconds or less is the Mayday response time goal.
• All-day battery life—up to 11 hours of mixed use and 17 hours of reading.
• Updated email, calendar, and Silk browser to stay connected and productive.
• New enterprise features including hardware and software-encryption, Kerberos Intranet, secure Wi-Fi connections, VPN integration, and wireless printing.
• Both HDX 7” and 8.9” available with ultra-fast 4G LTE wireless. Available on the AT&T network, and for the first time on the Verizon Wireless network.
• Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus audio and virtual 5.1 multi-channel surround sound—the standard in high-end audio.
• Front-facing HD camera makes it easy to stay in touch with Skype, plus a new 8 megapixel wide- aperture rear-facing camera on the 8.9” Fire HDX offers crisp photos and 1080p HD video.
• Best video experience on a tablet with new Amazon-exclusive features like Prime Instant Video downloads, Second Screen, and expanded X-Ray for Movies and TV.
• Deep integration with the world's best content ecosystem—over 27 million movies, TV shows, songs, apps, games, books, audiobooks and magazines.
• New Origami covers feature an innovative design that allows you to position Fire HDX in both portrait and landscape. 

In my opinion this update looks really cool and i cannot wait till this new tablets will get available in Austria.

Blackberry stellt das Z30 vor

Offensichtlich ist Blackberry doch noch nicht komplett tod und stellt wie der Standard heute berichtet das neue Z30 vor. Schaut meiner Meinung nach sehr cool aus, aber leider gibt es noch keinen Preis.

The latest JDK update includes Java Mission Control as a great new feature

Today Oracle has posted update 40 for Java 1.7 on their Java Downloads site. This update does not only bring bug fixes and security updates, but it brings also a great new feature to analyze performance problems in your java programs called "Oracle Java Mission Control" . This powerful tool was ported from the JRockit to the Hotspot JVM.

I have run some short tests with "Mission Control" and it looks really very interesting. You will get a deep understanding what is going on in the JVM which runs your code. You will see how long your program execution is stopped by garbage collection or what overhead the compilation of hotspots in your code will add to the execution of your program.

Unfortunately "Java Mission Control" can only connect to Oracles JVM and not to other JVM's like the one from IBM. So if you want to analyze plugins running in Notes you still have to use the "IBM Support Assistance Workbench" which looks a little bit old compared to the new "Oracle Java Mission Control".

A strange thing is, that "Java Mission Control" is based on Eclipse RCP and SWT and not Netbeans RCP and Java FX.

IBM has announced Sametime 9

Today IBM has announced Sametime 9 which will be available for download on September 20, 2013. You can find informations about this new release in the announcement letter.