Real World Computing

We're currently in the process of trying to set up a Microsoft cloud environment. No, we're not giving up on Connections. We're straddling a couple of environments. The Microsoft experience hasn't been overwhelming so far but that's for another post. Right now, I want to talk about some of the fundamental differences between IBM and Microsoft’s attempts to conquer the social business market. ...and what better way to tell it than an allegorical tale? Two houses So let's assume that instead of cloud collaboration platforms, we're talking about “houses”. Both fulfill the same basic functions; being a "house" for your data and a place where the people that live there (and invited guests) can access that data. The real difference is in the way that the two companies have gone about preparing their homes. The Engineer's House One company, let's call them the engineers, have focused on infrastructure. They've added rooms, s...

One of the most frustrating things about the whole IBM Verse experience is the difficulty in getting to the application. If you go through connections, you have to go through normal mail first. This ruins the experience because it isn't “seamless” to the users. The obvious answer is to bookmark the verse site but there's a few other things that we can do to really  smarten the experience up. Making Verse the Default The first thing to do is to make Verse the default mail view. To do this; Go into Connections. On the top Right, click your profile picture In the drop down menu, choose "Mail and Calendar Settings" On the next screen, click Mail (on the left) - Actually, it should already be selected. Tick the box marked - [x] Make IBM Verse my default mail experience . You should see a highlight telling you that your changes were saved.  Setting up a Decent Shortcut/Favourite Link So, you could of course, add a favourite to the bookmark bar or d...