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Migrating 100+ customers off the IBM cloud in 3 months using HCL Connections
Let's take a look at how Three Thirds Collaboration used Connections to help migrate 100+ customers off the IBM cloud in 3 months. How did all this migration frenzy begin? When HCL bought Domino, Connections and the rest of IBM Collaboration, IBM decided that they will terminate the IBM SmartCloud / Connection Cloud, which led...
Justin Hill
Nov 18, 20214 min read


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, 20212 min read


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, 20216 min read


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, 20216 min read


HCL Volt MX - Volt 9.2 is Here
The new version of Volt MX aims to offer businesses low code solutions for both developers and non developers as well. In order to reach that goal HCL is making investments in innovation and GTM, and is working with its clients in order to make sure they maximize their use of Volt MX. Volt MX...
Justin Hill
Sep 27, 20213 min read


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, 20214 min read


Hosting Domino on Prominic.NET cloud vs on-premises
Over the past few years, HCL's revival of the Domino platform Domino platform has sparked renewed conversations regarding the advantages of migrating on-premise Domino systems to the cloud. Let's talk again about why not all cloud providers are equal, especially in terms of hosting Domino, and a provider's overall size or reputation does not guarantee the...
Justin Hill
Aug 12, 20216 min read


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, 20213 min read


How to ensure data privacy in the cloud
Keeping company data private and secure while operating in the cloud is the question that has been increasingly one of the primary concerns for organizations, especially since the pandemic has made us all work from home a lot, often with less than secure systems. What is data privacy and data security? Most articles written about...
Justin Hill
Jun 29, 20216 min read


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, 20213 min read


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, 20211 min read


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, 20213 min read


HCL Volt MX - How Low Code Visual Assembly Can Drive Your Business
HCL has a series of webinars scheduled to give us all a closer look at HCL Volt MX and why it can be the tool we were looking for when it comes to low code development.You can check out the recaps from the other two webinars Here and Here. This third one was focused on...
Justin Hill
May 10, 20212 min read


HCL Domino Volt 1.0.3 - April 2021 Release
A new version of HCL Domino Volt, v 1.0.3 came out in a scheduled quarterly release on April 28th. In the launch webinar, HCL did an overview of the most useful new features. The main goal of HCL Domino Volt is to help non-developers create the apps they need for their everyday work without needing...
Justin Hill
May 6, 20212 min read


HCL Sametime: Make Your Meetings Deployment and Administration Easy
On April 20 it was HCL Sametime’s turn to step into the spotlight with a webinar from HCL, focusing on deployment and administration. From an administrative point of view there are a number of issues that can appear when deploying an on-premise AV Solution : Multiple Servers to deploy Network challenges Managing clients Scalability concerns, Hardware...
Justin Hill
Apr 28, 20213 min read


HCL Verse 2.1.0 Launch - What's new and exciting
On April 14th we had the opportunity of attending one special webinar, the launch of Verse 2.1.0. Verse is a Domino-based tool that functions as a secure enterprise email for smarter teamwork. It offers: Safeguarding communication with enterprise-grade security Safe to access from anywhere for enterprises with remote workers Prioritizing your day with HCL Verse smart...
Justin Hill
Apr 20, 20212 min read


Information Silos: Seamless Integrations between HCL Connections and Office365
One of the major issues HCL Connections users have been talking about is how to make it work even better with O365. The April 7th webinar hosted by HCL shed some light into how new integrations can help you work even better and, more importantly, easier with the two products. What causes information silos? HCL...
Justin Hill
Apr 13, 20212 min read


HCL Domino v12 Beta3 - Let's 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, 20213 min read


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, 20217 min read


Hitting Complexity and Losing Velocity in Your App Development? Try Volt MX
HCL held the first of a series of webinars yesterday with regards to Volt MX and what it can do to help you with your app development. This first webinar focused on the mobile app development section of a business, pointing out how HCL’s Volt MX can lend a hand in making things faster and...
Justin Hill
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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