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Help, the birds are eating my house !

By: Gareth Howell

2 Mar 2010

Picture of a Bluetit

A couple of days ago, I was standing in our kitchen when something light and whispy drifted past the window. Based on the current weather patterns I immediately thought of snow, but no. This morning I left the house to go down the garden to my office and was greeted by the sight of a light covering of - insulation material.

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I'm backing IBM to win in the collaboration space

By: Gareth Howell

25 Jan 2010

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I have been a Lotus Notes consultant for 17 years now. That's a long time for a product to exist in the IT product market (actually it's been around since 1989 I think); so it's worth examining why it's still around, and why it is still the market leader in the collaboration space.

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Is it good to have your head in the cloud?

By: Gareth Howell

20 Jan 2010

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They are out to get you - why paranoia is sometimes a good thing

By: Gareth Howell

19 Jan 2010

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Businesses must take cyber-security seriously according to Deloitte.

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What happens when business cultures clash

By: Gareth Howell

13 Jan 2010

BIBA logoA long, long time ago, there was a UK company called BIBA: established by Barbara Hulaniky and her husband Fitz. My brother worked for them for many years and over Christmas he related a very interesting tale that highlights what can go wrong when corporate cultures are not taken into consideration during a take-over.

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Windows 7 networking problem: a recurrence

By: Gareth Howell

6 Jan 2010

Thinkpad T60p

A while back, I blogged about a problem I had with wireless networking on my Thinkpad T60p after it was upgraded to Windows 7. I thought I had fixed it, and in fact I have had no recurrence of the problem: until this afternoon.

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The styling on the blog is broken

By: Gareth Howell

5 Jan 2010

Sorry, if the blog looks odd right now. The styling is being updated.

(Fx: Shameless borrow from WDW) Please excuse our dust.

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Missing Lotusphere already and preparing for a vicarious existence

By: Gareth Howell

4 Jan 2010

Lotusphere 2010

Once again, I am having to forego the pleasures of attending Lotusphere in Orlando. It's a total bummer, but there is no way I could afford it this year.

So, I will be living a vicarious existence through the media of twitter and (hopefully) some form of live streaming.

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New Use case for Lotus Foundations

By: Gareth Howell

4 Jan 2010

Lotus Foundations Product Screens

I've just published the first in a series of Use Cases for how Lotus Foundations can be the solution to the IT needs of a business. This first one covers the needs of a small business that is seeking to maximise its investment in IT.

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Watch out for the disappearing Lotus Foundations Run license

By: Gareth Howell

31 Dec 2009

Picture of Lotus Foundations serverI've spent the best part of this afternoon resolving an issue with my Lotus Foundations server.

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