One of the highlights with the BlackBerry OS update 10.3.1 is the availability of BlackBerry Blend. Basically it gives you the opportunity to access data from your BlackBerry by pairing the device with your computer or tablet. You then use the BlackBerry Blend app on your computer/tablet to access the BlackBerry Blend Dashboard which gives you access to work as well as... Continue Reading →
a long overdue “thank you”
A bit over a month ago René Winkelmeyer stirred up some dust with his discovery and blog post about the security issue with the new Outlook iOS/Android App. Shortly after his post, his colleague Detlev Pöttgen posted an easy solution to prevent the app from connecting to the Traveler server on his blog. Because of the big... Continue Reading →
Simplifying an #IBMConnections installation
We have been quite busy with a side project at Belsoft and we are finally at a stage, were we can start sharing some information about it. We are introducing "InstallJack" to the world. Our goal with this new tool is to simplify and to speed-up the installation of IBM Connections. It's been great to... Continue Reading →
Where can I change… the sorting order of my inbox in IBM Notes
another small change to prevent or dismiss the disperate support calls stating "I'm not receiving new emails, my latest is from two/three whenever years ago.." again, Notes preferences to the rescue. Filter for Mail and go to the bottom of the preference screen to choose where to display the most recent emails
Where can I change… the color of calendar categories in IBM Notes
I never cared much about this feature but many users were looking for this setting after the migration. Since we had not yet upgraded the mail template to 9 this feature was missing in the beginning. The color coding of calendar entries is not new to IBM Notes but the possibility to choose a color... Continue Reading →
Where can I change… the email font size in IBM Notes
We've been involved in a nice server migration and Notes/Domino upgrade project at a customer site which is coming to an end in these days. Nearly all the users are working with the new IBM Notes 9 client and soon they will also get the new template applied to their mailfiles. Most of the users... Continue Reading →
The current iOS versions of #IBMSametime and #IBMSametime Meetings are not compatible with iOS 8
Flash Alert by IBM through IBM_ICSsupport As you might know, Apple has announced iOS 8 to be generally available for download on September 17. However the current IBM Sametime mobile and IBM Sametime Meetings for iOS mobile applications are incompatible with iOS 8. IBM is currently working on new versions of the clients and is... Continue Reading →