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Great new Domino features since 9.0.1FP8
With the coming of HCL Domino Danube, Darren Duke took the time at the Collabsphere 2022 to do a comprehensive review of all that was already implemented in the latest versions of Domino since v9.He started as was to be expected with version 9.0.1 FP8: Move view indexes out of the NSF (much like DAOS...
Justin Hill
Nov 15, 20220 min read
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First look at the Genesis Catalog - the App Store for Domino software
During Collabsphere 2022, Prominic’s CTO Justin Hill presented a new tool we’ve made at Prominic that is not only very useful but also has a great potential: Genesis. What is Genesis? Genesis is a directory catalog, an App Store that can be used with Domino 9 and above. It’s free and open-source, it can manage...
Justin Hill
Nov 1, 20223 min read
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Notes 12.0.1, Danube and beyond
If you work with Domino, you work with HCL Notes a lot, so let’s explore what’s new with it and what is yet to come with the drop of HCL Domino Danube. What’s New In V12.0 Search CenterHCL Notes v12.0 brings a new and improved Search Center. You get a search history to quickly execute...
Justin Hill
Aug 30, 20220 min read
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HCL Digital Solutions Product Strategy
HCL has made a habit of being very proactive about communicating their product development plans. Let’s explore what they have in mind for their Digital Solutions products in the coming months. One thing that comes as no news is that the use of mobile devices for our work has increased a great deal. The days...
Justin Hill
Aug 15, 20221 min read
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Domino Danube - Early Access Program 3
A new version of Domino is in the making and we are excited about what it will bring to the table. It's no news that Domino has been around for some time now and that some might say it's not modern enough. It can't be further from the truth as Domino is used on numerous...
Justin Hill
Jul 31, 20221 min read
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Domino 12 Certificate Manager and Let's Encrypt
Domino V12 Certificate Manager is a feature of this latest version that , that works with a new database, Certificate Store (certstore.nsf) to manage TLS certificates in your Domino environment. During CollabSphere 2021 Heather Hottenstein and David Hablewitz did an in-depth review of its capabilities. WHAT IS A CERTIFICATE? Certificates represent a way of giving your...
Justin Hill
Feb 8, 20221 min read
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Integrating HCL Domino and Microsoft 365
There are times when you need to use multiple technologies and you need them working well together. One example is: Office 365 and Domino. Why would you need them both you ask? Well, maybe you have your email on Domino and also using O365 apps or your email is on Exchange and you have data...
Justin Hill
Dec 7, 20211 min read
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HCL Mail - Open Mail strategy
Collabsphere 2021 took place online last week and boy oh boy did it have some great presentations. Agnes Ng held a great presentation about the Open mail strategy HCL has in mind. In the end, having secure mail does not have to mean you need to be stuck to a particular mail client.At this time, ...
Justin Hill
Nov 9, 20210 min read
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MFA for HCL Domino
During Collabsphere 2021 Prominic.NET presented a new option for multi-factor authentication for HCL Domino. The new tool is called MFA for HCL Domino®. It is free and open source, licensed under the Apache license and it provides both SMS and TOTP support, a fully customizable user interface, and multi-language prompts Here is a sneak peak...
Justin Hill
Nov 4, 20211 min read
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Why you need to Upgrade to Domino 12
There are still a lot of admins that still run on Domino 9 or lower, even though HCL has invested a great deal into the latest versions of Domino. So, why update if the apps still work? The axiom that you don’t fix something that is not broken does not necessarily apply to this situation...
Justin Hill
Oct 18, 20210 min read
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Hosting Domino in the cloud
Since Domino's been around for such a long time, there are a lot of beliefs about running it on cloud and what it can do that are simply not true. One myth we at Prominic have to debunk every so often is that you can’t host Domino in the cloud, thus making the platform only...
Justin Hill
Aug 24, 20211 min read
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HCL Digital Solutions Academy and Technical Certifications
HCL has been working a lot last year in developing new solutions and improving existing ones. But they did not focus only on software development but also into giving us resources to keep up with changing tech. HCL Software Academy for HCL Digital Solutions is one of the projects that HCL has presented last year...
Justin Hill
Jul 27, 20210 min read
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HCL Domino V12 Is Here!
The much anticipated new version of Domino V12 dropped in an online event on June 7th, to the excitement of thousands of viewers in the Domino community. This latest version is a major milestone in HCL’s commitment to enrich the application development and low code ecosystem. Domino is a modern platform for the next...
Justin Hill
Jun 8, 20211 min read
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Get Ready for the HCL Domino v12 & Sametime 11.6 LAUNCH!
The new and improved Domino and Sametime are on their way. HCL has announced June 7th as the date when Domino V12 and Sametime 11.6 come to us all. The whole launch is planned as a virtual event for which you can register HERE. The new Domino aims to help you create low...
Justin Hill
Jun 2, 20210 min read
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HCL Nomad - Mobilizing Your Business Apps with Minimal to No Effort
HCL Nomad is here to lend you a hand in the digitalization revolution we are living in, and HCL just did an overview of its latest features. Even though it has been in the making for a while, last year and the COVID pandemic enhanced the need to make our apps work not only on...
Justin Hill
May 17, 20210 min read
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HCL Domino v12 Beta3 - Lets see what is new and exciting
March 30th came with great news from HCL with the drop of HCL Domino V12 Beta3. Needless to say everybody was really excited to see what has been implemented and what is yet to come. HCL gave all the details in the Beta 3 launch webinar on March 30th, which can be viewed HERE...
Justin Hill
Apr 1, 20210 min read
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Domino Application Strategy: Key insights for successful modernization and migration projects
Last year brought to us a lot of great conferences, Collabsphere being one of them. In an all virtual environment we were able to share info on Domino and not only. Franz Walder from Panagenda presented on Domino Application Strategy, offering us all some insights for modernization and migration projects. Panagenda has made a name...
Justin Hill
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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Virtual, Faster, Better! How to deploy HCL Notes 11.0.1 FP1 for Citrix/VDI
Deploying Notes on virtual desktops (or VDI) is a great way to achieve a smoother performance and a better user and admin experience for older versions of the software. During the Collabsphere 2020 conference Chris Adler from Panagenda presented how to deploy the latest version of HCL Notes 11.0.1 FP1 for Citrix/VDI.In the case used for this presentation virtual environments meant...
Justin Hill
Feb 8, 20215 min read
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Bring your Domino Install into the new Decade with Domino 11
Are you still installing Domino the same way you did 10 years ago? If so, it’s time to refresh some of this, with the help of Prominic’s own Doug Robinson, whose team of Domino admins and tech support pros do this almost daily. Here are our best practices. What’s New in Domino11. Cleared technical debt...
Justin Hill
Jan 18, 20215 min read
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Simplifying HCL Domino Licensing: an Overview
With its continuing investment in growth and development of the Domino platform, HCL has made some updates to Domino licensing, which they shared in detail at Collabsphere 2020. The licensing updates have been focused on highlighting how Domino licensing can be made easier through CCB – Domino Complete Collaboration Business Solutions. This idea came to be mostly because...
Justin Hill
Jan 11, 20213 min read
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