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Have you read your Database Catalog recently?

It really does make for a good read, and no spoiler alert because I am not going to reveal how it ends. I talk to a lot of companies these days that are trying to eliminate unneeded resources, and I mean disk space and servers, not people. But disk is cheap, so why should I care? Well, you know your storage array has some fault tolerance built into it which adds extra disk. And that cluster doubles the amount of disk you need. And you know all those things that run every night, like backup, or catalog? They have to look at those databases to see if they have changed. So unused databases are not really free. And as you plan to upgrade to 8.5.1, would you rather have to think about testing 20,000 databases or only 5,000 databases?


Have you read your Database Catalog recently

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Category Personal Hobbies
So the end of Michael Wenn's first season has arrived, read on for his story...

In total I competed in 11 triathlons with 8 Personal Bests. My last race was an Aquathlon on the 12th of August, which I have never done before and won!

I have one last Triathlon race this year before starting my Autumn Winter Training schedule and that is the National Nottingham Relay. This is where a team of four have a combined time to do. I am doing this with a mixed level of talent so more for fun and socialising than for competition.

If you are interested in getting into Triathlon then below are some tips and tricks I think are a must to helping you get faster and better straight away.




Aquathalon Success Story

Posted by Michael Wenn At 10:05 AM | Location Huntingdon, UK | Permalink | Comments (2) |      

Category Teamstudio Products

Teamstudio has recently announced a new contest soliciting the very best Teamstudio tool tips. Tens of dollars in cash and prizes (Just kidding about the cash actually.) can be had by sending in your best tool tip for any Teamstudio tool.

So what qualifies as a good tool tip? Well it could be anything. For example, you might have found a clever way to use one of our products in a context that makes it easier, faster, etc. Or you might have found a use for one of our tools that might not have been it's original purpose. For example the low tack adhesive used on Post-it Notes was not invented for that purpose. In fact, Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M discovered this adhesive by accident. It wasn't until 5 years later that one of his colleagues, Art Fry, came up with the idea of using it to anchor his bookmark in his hymnbook.

Okay, maybe we won't discover the next Post-it Notes idea here, but I'm sure there are a lot of clever ways you are using our products that we never thought of. Let us know. Send them in. Besides the great prizes, you will also have an opportunity to participate in a Teamstudio Tool Time showing off some of these incredible tool tips.

For more information about the Teamstudio Tool Tip Contest, please click on the Tool Tips Contest Flyer link. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

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Category Good Practice

Automation Station

As we have discussed many times on this blog, eliminating tedious manual chores from Lotus Notes Administrators will reduce the chance for errors. We have also discussed how this will allow Admins to work on more interesting tasks. One of the things we don’t talk about much is how adding automation to your repertoire will allow them to deliver a more consistent, agile and auditable service for your business.

According to a recent Analytics Automation survey done by InformationWeek, half of respondents claim to have saved 50% of all full-time employees previously involved in those processes. That’s impressive.

As businesses expand and contract in response to today’s evolving business realities, Admins must find ways to capture, track and analyze changes to applications, ACLs, application agents, etc. This is not an easy task certainly, but it’s critical because understanding those changes is the basis for securing data, improving service levels and meeting compliance requirements. Automation of key tasks can certainly help here.

Finally, enforcement of existing regulations, changes to those regulations and new regulations is very likely to improve. The worldwide financial crisis experienced over the last 2 years and the almost guaranteed overhaul of the health care system in the United States are only two of the reasons we can be sure more regulations are coming and better enforcement of those regulations are likely to occur. As such, the auditable service you provide will become even more important than it is today. Doing so through automation will not only be helpful, it could very well be required!

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