 Heiko Voigt | Heiko Voigt 17 January 2012 13:33:35So, Lotusphere 2012 sees its second day and there were some findings I had in the fineprint between the OGS and other sessions and talks during the day. IBM (Lotus ?) Traveler will support the complete ActiveSync stack in the near future - this adds a nice perspective coming from the RIM/BlackBerry Part of the game - PlayBook OS 2.0 will add native Mail, Contacts and Calendaring based on (inofficially) - guess what - ActiveSync ! So, although it's not officially announced yet, some well informed sources say, we well see the connection to N/D via Traveler for the PlayBook. This also answers questions about problems with multiple device ids for a BB phone and a PlayBook on a BES Server. So basically, Traveler should be sufficient to get PIM data to the PlayBook. For those in need of tighter app and device management, BB Fusion will be the answer to manage both BES phones and PlayBooks in a single management environment. Cool stuff coming to the BB community ! Heiko. Heiko Voigt 11 January 2012 14:33:25Hi, very interesting article on Crackberry.com regarding new posibilities to distribute apps via BlackBerry Fusion on premises device management via AppWorld to PlayBook in a corporation. Cool stuff, I think: Article on CrackBerry.comregards, Heiko. Heiko Voigt 10 January 2012 08:07:03Hi, nice article and discussion about the upcoming Playbook OS Release 2.0, lots of new and interesting features, I think. Link to Crackberry.comI hope they are able to ship it in february ! Heiko. Heiko Voigt 17 November 2011 15:22:51Moin, die letzten Monate habe ich mich neben XPages Enwticklungen bei verschiedenen Kunden mit Restrukturieungsprojekten im Breich der IT beschäftigen dürfen. Hier ging es bei verschiedenen Unternehmen um Produktivitäts-Steigerungen (schneller, besser, weniger Kosten) und teilweise auch eine Neuausrichtung im Betrieb (Stichworte: Bring your own device, Enable mobile apps im Bereich der Smartphone-Unterstützung), als auch die Umstrukturierung von Content Management Prozessen bis hin zu Umorganisationen. Interessante Themen also. Alle Projekte wurden von externen Unternehmensberatern begleitet. Diese kamen aus unterschiedlichen Beratungshäusern, kamen aber alle mit der Fragestellung: "Was wäre, wenn wir die IT auf der grünen Wiese neu aufbauen würden ? Wie würden Sie dann Ihre Prozesse, Tools und Standards schneiden ?" Diese Frage traf auf dem C-Level der Kunden auf offene Ohren und wurde vielfach ausgiebig beleuchtet. Ergebnisse dieser "Beleuchtung" wurden dann in die Umsetzungsprojekte aufgenommen. Bislang sind ALLE dieser getroffenen Erkentnisse und Wünsche in der Praxis wieder verworfen oder zurückgenommen worden. Warum ? Nun, die "grüne Wiese" gibt es nicht. Planungen in diesem Ansatz bedeuten für mich auch automatisch eine Planung von Machbarkeit sowie die Rechnung von Transformations- bzw. Opportunitätskosten - und hier ergeben sich aus meiner jetzigen Erfahrung die grössten Diskrepanzen. Viele Teilnehmer dieser C-Level-Runden kennen die hauseigenen Prozesse und Vorgaben (z.B. aus Revision und Rechnungswesen) nicht. Sie unterschätzen die Integrationstiefe und Komplexität der existierenden Welt, speziell, wenn sie sich von einem vermeintlich einfachen Modell ("wir machen alles auf der grünen Wiese neu") verführen lassen, Details und Notwendigkeiten der Praxis ausser acht zu lassen. Meist werden die "Subject Matter Experts" des jeweiligen Unternehmens bewusst ignoriert, da diese ja vermeintlich in der "alten Welt" zu stark verhaftet sind. Dass diese Welt nicht aus Selbstzweck entstanden ist wird ebenfalls grosszügig ignoriert. Für die externen Berater ist dies kein Problem - man hatte ja den Kunden stets bestätigen lassen, dass die erarbeiteten Ergebnisse richtig und tragfähig sind. Warum ist dieses Modell so interessant ? Nun, man muss vermeintlich von den "alten" Problemen, Werkzeugen und Prozessen nichts verstanden haben. Zitat eines Beraters: "Wir machen uns frei und fangen neu an". Was bleibt also nach solchen Interationsrunden ? - Es bleibt/entsteht ein Graben zwischen engagierten Mitarbeitern und der Führungsmannschaft (die "da oben" haben keine Ahnung, die "da unten" bremsen nur)
- Existierende Prozesse und Systeme werden nicht optimiert und weiterentwickelt - man wartet auf den neuen, "grossen" Wurf, der dann fast immer den Service Level verschlechtert und über Jahre wieder "optimiert" werden muss. Statt Innovation entsteht erstmal Stau.
- Durch schlechter werdende Service Levels halten die Kunden die IT früher oder später für unfähig - "alles was früher ging kostet heute mehr Aufwand und ist komplizierter"
- Teile der Subject Matter Experts wandern ab - ihr Wissen und ihre Erfahrung sind nicht mehr gefragt - denglisch "Brain drain", "fachliche Verdummung" hat dies ein Kollege genannt.
- Dadurch wird das Management in seinem Urteil bestätigt - die "da unten" kapieren die Veränderungsprozesse nicht
- Kombiniert man dann noch im Managment die Tendenz, umzuorganisieren, neue Posten zu schaffen und zu "netzwerken/seilschaften" mit dem "Grüne Wiese"-Ansatz, so entstehen die für die Mitarbeiter "vollständig sachkenntnisfreien Entscheidungen" - der endgültige, langfristige Niedergang von Motivation und Leistungsbereitschaft in der Belegschaft beginnt.
Am Ende bleibt entweder ein knirschendes Geamtsystem oder ein Trümmerhaufen aus alt und neu. Aber bis dahin gibt es einen neuen Beratungsansatz - ganz bestimmt ! ;-). Ähnliche Erfahrungen gemacht ? Gruss, Heiko. <
br> Heiko Voigt 12 September 2011 14:59:56Hello, so this is my first blog post from my brand new BB Torch 9860. Wow, what a cool media device ! Very snappy, excellent touch screen, perfect sound and camera and all with the good old BES infrastructure. After migrating my device (Bold 9700 OS6) to the new torch, I ran into some trouble with the BB Bridge not connecting to the Playbook on the new phone. Thanks to crackberry.com, I got it working after a few tricks. So, for everyone not knowing how: If you are experiencing Bridge issues, please try the following:
- Delete Bluetooth pairs on both the BlackBerry Smartphone and the PlayBook
- Go to Options
- Go to Network and Connections
- Go to Bluetooth Connections
- Press the menu key and choose MAP Options
- Uncheck all options under Message Services
- Press the Back button and choose to Save
- Within the Bluetooth Connections screen, press the menu key
- Select Options
- Under Serial Port Profile, uncheck everything but Data Transfer
- Press the Back button and choose Save
After going through these steps, please restart both the BlackBerry Smartphone and the PlayBook then attempt to use BlackBerry Bridge again.
Then, my 2nd tipp around the playbook is the Samsung Micro HDMI to VGA Adapter. A really nice tool to hook up your playbook to beamers and monitors with analog (VGA) entry as not all companies already have HDMI devices yet. I have tested it now for a few weeks, it's small and handy - works like a charm. And it comes with a nice Blackberry black color as well ;-).
So have fun with BB 7 devices - I will !
Regards, Heiko
Heiko Voigt 13 July 2011 12:42:14Heute auf heise oline gefunden... "... Google
hat heute in den USA damit begonnen, eine neue Version der Market-App
für Android freizugeben. Sie bietet Zugriff auf Googles Film-,
TV-Serien- und Bücherladen – allerdings nur in den USA. Für deutsche
Anwender bleibt als Vorteil ein umgebautes Design, das sehr stark an
Windows Phone 7 erinnert.
Der Market zeigt die Apps nun in einem Kachel-Design an, wobei auf
der Startseite einige hervorgehobene Apps und weitere Auswahlboxen für
Spiele und Google-Empfehlungen zu finden sind. ..." [Link zum Artikel]Konnte mir ein Schmunzeln nicht verkneifen. Was eine Erfindung :-). Heiko. Heiko Voigt 21 June 2011 09:42:15Hallo, seit gestern sind zwei wichtige Updates für Entwickler von mobilen Anwendungen verfügbar (ok, eine ist nur für die Blackberry-Kollegen wichtig): - Adobe Flashbuilder 4.5.1 ist verfügbar - mit dieser Version können nun Anwendungen für Blackberry Playbook, iOS und Android mit deutlich weniger Aufwand als bisher entwickelt werden ! Unbedingt empfehlenswert !
- Blackberry Tablet OS v1.0.6 ist verfügbar - es bringt die dringend nötigen Flash Player / Air Updates auf das Playbook für o.g. Update - also auch dringend zu empfehlen, für jeden, der für das Playbook entwickelt. Auch für Enduser sehr wichtig - Browser und Bridged Browser sind nach ersten Erfahrungswerten extrem viel schneller geworden, auch das Öffnen von Anwendungen geht deutlich schneller - das update lohnt sich also auch unbedingt für Endanwender des Playbooks.
- Die neuen Tablet OS SDKs und Simulatoren für das Playbook finden sich unter: http://us.blackberry.com/developers/tablet/adobe.jsp
Beide Updates werden automatisch von den jeweiligen Systemen gezogen - das Flashbuilder Update dauerte gestern etwas, da wohl der Ansturm sehr groß ist/war gestern. Heiko. Heiko Voigt 15 June 2011 13:55:06Well, it's a little bit more than a month now, that I am using the Blackberry Playbook as my current tablet work experience. Overall, I have to say I'm pretty happy with it so far. A lot of problems other seemed to encounter did not hit me, so I'm pretty happy. I don't find the power-on button too small, Blackberry Bridge works fine with my Bold 9700 and I really like Documents to go to work on proposals or do presentations. Using aVNC I can manage my servers while being inside the copororate Wireless LAN, I use BlueBox to hook up to DropBox, the Facebook Client that got a lot more funcionality during the last firmware update, the twitter app, fourplay for foursquare and Conqu for task management. You will guess what Mindmaps does, and PhotoTouch-Up gives me a quick way to pretty up my snapshots from the camera. Web Conferencing works fine for me with Adobe Connect, I was able to sync my videos and audio files from my Netgear NAS at home. What other apps do I use ? Tungle.Me, ScrapBook, BubbleBirds, AirBrowser, DBase and Scroodle. For RSS Feeds I use Pipeline. What am I missing ? AngryBirds, for sure ;-). And a lot of the cool AR-Stuff that's available on the iPad and on Android Devices. I started developing for the playbook two weeks ago and hope to have my first app ready soon - so stay tuned. Hopefully, we will see camera support for the AIR SDK pretty soon. Anyone out there who knows more about this ? What else do I have to say ? The hardware is great, computing power is spectacular, the display is great and the gestures required are *really* easy to learn. And I like the form factor - it sneaks in every pocket. Battery life tends to be within 1 1/2 business days. This could be better for me - especially as my bold lasts for 4-5 business days. Software updates over the air (three updates since I bought the device) worked fine - no problems so far. I hope for more apps and more developers to pick up this tablet. Do you need a blackberry phone to be happy with the playbook ? Well, currently you're lacking the PIM experience not having a bridged blackberry. So I would recommend one. Overall, the playbook is a good start. I'm looking foreward to the models with UMTS and PIM support without the bridge. So, RIM, please keep up the pace ! Heiko. Heiko Voigt 12 May 2011 09:44:11Well, there are days in our business, my dear readers, that really become frustrating. First of all, I forgot to take my BB with me this morning - so no phone, no BBM - a bit cut off from communication. This seemed to be a sign for what's to come today. I visitid one of my largest customers that is still on Notes 7 and asked about their progress to move to 8.x on the client. They have decided to move to the 8.5.2 Basic client, I was told. Old and lame hardware is one of the reasons for that, I assume, but I was really hoping for a move that would be a little bit more bold for the future - give the standard client to the power users and create a strategy to move thin client users to a iNotes/XPages browser based client model. Something the REALLY deserves the word "decision for the future". It seems that decisions like that are difficult - it's easier to go down the easy path - nothing really changes with the basic client. Nothing for the better for the users mainly. Really a missed chance for something more. Frustrating. Highlight: some days off in lovely Canada coming up. Phew. Heiko. Heiko Voigt 2 May 2011 10:10:59Hallo, für einige laufende und kommende Projekte brauchen wir freiberufliche Unterstützung: - XPAGES Development: ca. 20-30 PT, Zeitraum Mai-Juli, ggf. länger
- Domino Admin für Migration 7.x auf 8.x Client und Server, ca. 60 PT ab Juni, ggf. länger
- "Classic" Notes Development: ca. 30 PT ab Juni, ggf. länger
- Java und Web Development mit OSGi: ca. 30 PT ab Juni, ggf. länger
Wer Interesse hat, melde sich bitte mit Profil, Tagessatz all-in für Herrenberg per Mail unter hvoigt AT sit.de Bitte KEINE Projektvermittler oder Groß-Ressourcen-Vermiet-Firmen ! Danke & Gruss Heiko. Heiko Voigt 27 April 2011 20:28:53I really start to like this ! Today, I attended my first virtual meeting with my new Blackberry Playbook and Adobe Connect Mobile on it. SIT has an Acrobat.com account to host web meetings. While one of my customer was hosting the meeting, I attended with the playbook on a WiFi connection, sharing video and audio and also broadcasting video back up to the meeting. I was really impressed about how fluent the presentation, screen sharing and audio/video connection to the playbook worked out - to be fair, I really had an excellent wifi connection. But anyways - the audio and video stream had at least Skype quality - really impressive and a tablet is much handier for web meetings than a laptop, So what I see so far, the AIR performance on the playbook is really good. And Adobe Connect Mobile seems to become my first really usefull business app on a tablet - I have to check out the iOS version in comparison. Heiko. Heiko Voigt 23 March 2011 12:03:47
Hi all, we're done - preperation for our LCTY-Event this year are almost completed. All rooms are booked, the agenda is set, slidedecks are almost ready, demos are coming together nicely and lots of people are flocking in. This years event is really special for me - for the first time, Maureen Leland and Philippe Riand will be presenting in Ehningen and I'm really excited to hear their talks on Designer and XPages. A lot of new technologies are about to go out of the door and some will be demo-ed there for the first time: - Our XPages based Portal solution comes as version 2
- KlickTel! for Notes - automated address management & reverse phone number lookup services for Notes
- RichText-to-Symphony Converter Beta - a tool to create Symphony Files from Notes Documents and RichText including PDF Conversion
- Our first Domino Server OSGi-Plugin: SIT Workflow Designer Alpha for our XPages based Workflow Engine
Plus, we will demo mobile apps on the Blackberry Playbook and will see one hands-on in a session done by Axel Conrad from RIM. But the most special guest I am really excited about is Martin Jetter, CEO IBM Germany. As this year is IBM's centenial year, I am really delighted to have him talk to us about that and his personal experience with IBM Collaboration Software. For those of you who like to see the whole agenda of the event go here: http://www.sit.de/events/lcty For those who are coming to Ehningen on friday - save travels and see you there soon ! Heiko. Heiko Voigt 3 February 2011 13:50:40Good morning, it's thursday morning, right after breakfast in the atlanctic hall in the Dolphin Hotel in Orlando Florida. I decided to sit down before the next sessions start and try to verbalize a few thoughts about this years 'sphere, as it will soon be ending. As a business partner, the show started for me already on sunday with Business Development Day. The themes of a social business that got repeated during the whole conference commenced already there, but still a bit fuzzy and not really layed out to quickly understand and follow the ideas behind it, at least, not for me ;-). The fuzziness continued for me on monday during the OGS which for me was kind of uninspiring, leaving me with some strange feeling of a gap - what is it to come ? What makes the so called "social" difference ? It took me a few keynotes and sessions longer to make up a working picture for me, and thanks to Scott Prager and his Bluepring session on Vulcan, I think I got the message. For me, it's about giving customers and partners the opportunity to extend their capabilities and use the best pieces of social networks, applications, crowd wisdom, etc. and combine it with processes, tools and componentes they already have or potentially built in the future. IBM Lotus provides infrastructure (cloud, on premises and hybrid) to support theses moves as well as software building blocks, blueprints and services to move down that path. And this tooling allows partners to bring in their solutions and become a service provider in this social world. So this 'sphere was a more strategic one, less product and feature focused, but interesting, nethertheless. To all of you out there having seen these sessions as well - please verify my personal takeaway and correct me if I got it wrong or missing important parts. Anyhow - the geek in me was really happy to see the technical future of Domino - OSGi. I can't emphasize this change in the server platform enough. For me, being able to bring OSGi-Bundles into the Domino Server offers so much potential for me like the XPages innovation or the Eclipse Notes Client in the past years. Domino will get an OpenSocial Container. Maybe we will be able to run Java middleware componts like ESBs in a Domino Server. A great enhancement, I'm really keen to see, what ideas business partners will come up with for that. I have some, but I won't tell right now ;-). Another hidden gem was the announcement of the Social Business Appliance - a pre-configured VM based toolset, based on Domino, Connections and Sametime 8.5.x, all pre-configured with the Social Business Toolkit to get a quick start in application development into the new vulcan driven product line. So, for me, there was lot's to see and learn, I see some really interesting opportunities with this future directions coming up. Beside the Lotus hipe, I was finally able to get my hands on an iPad (travelled with me this week) and the Blackberry Playbook. While I really put the iPad away after some days of excitement, the Playbook really rocks. Performance, graphics power, HDMI and 1080p on a LCD TV, USB connection to bring files and apps to the device - this is much more open device than the iPad and much more powerfull than the currently existing android tablets. Can't wait to really get one, live. What else ? I took ten rides on the hulk last night at the party - given that the hulk is still my favorite rollercoaster. I agreed with a dutch girl during breakfast this morning that the best place on the hulk is in the back - it's just like sitting at the end of a whagging dog tail. Really cool. After this week, we will start to prepare our LCTY in march contentwise, trying to get the stuff from here to there. It was a good Lotusphere so far. Worth the time and money spent to come here. Heiko. Heiko Voigt 28 January 2011 09:39:05
Jetzt sind es noch ziemlich genau 24 Stunden, bevor mein Flug nach Orlando startet. Ich fliege dieses Jahr wieder einmal mit Delta von Stuggi aus, das gegurke über Karlsruhe nach Frankfurt ist momentan einfach zu nervig und meine Bereitschaft zur Subventionierung des deutschen Schienenverkehrs tendiert im Moment gegen null.
Rechtzeitig vor der Lotusphere sind unsere iPads angekommen - als ausgemacht Apfel-abgeneigter Mensch muss ich dennoch zugestehen - Haptik, Technik und Traveler auf dem iPad sind wirklich klasse. Dennoch - ich freue mich darauf, in Orlando bei RIM das Playbook in Augenschein nehmen zu können. Wird Zeit, dass der Apfel Konkurrenz bekommt !
Ansonsten wird die LS 2011 für mich voll mit Terminen neben den eigentlichen Konferenzinhalten. Die Planung unserer LCTY im März schreitet voran und wir haben geniale Sprecher, mit denen ich noch Termine drüben habe: Maureen Leland, Philippe Riand und Bob Balfe werden uns wenn alles klappt am 25.03.2011 in Ehningen unterstützen. Bei unseren Terminen in Orlando stimen wir dafür Logistik und Inhalte ab. Wer sich anmelden mag: anbei der Link. Kost nix und was zu gewinnen gibt's auch noch.
Neben diesen Terminen treffe ich Vertreter unseres neuen Partners RIM, das Playbook und die BB OS6 Geräte stehen hier im Mittelpunkt. Auch auf unsere Lotus-Geschäftspartner in Kanda freue ich mich schon, die Jungs sind klasse !
Ansonsten freue ich mich auf die üblichen Verdächtigen aus der gelben Gemeinde. See you there !
Heiko Voigt 13 January 2011 09:05:43Well, almost a week ago, I upgraded my BB Bold 9700 to BB OS 6 - and I'm really impressed to say the least. The upgrade itself was done in about 45 minutes (inlcuding backup and restore of apps, data and enterprise messaging). The phone feels much snappier, no lags, a lot more reactive. Most of the basic apps I use benefit from a nicer and more intuitive interface. One of the best things yet are the new configuration screens that are much less cluttered than the old ones, especially the network configuration screens for bluetooth and WiFi. The best thing though is the new browser version - fast, really usable and overall so much better than the old ones. I hope that RIM decides to bring more devices with OS 6 - it's a huge step foreward that really closes the gap to other mobile platforms. To all who waited - give BB OS 6 a try on your Bold ! Heiko. |
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