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• IBM Connections 4.5 Reviewer’s Guide

  This Reviewer’s Guide provides an extensive overview of the latest version of IBM’s social software, IBM Connections 4.5, and its nine applications: Home, Profiles, Activities, Blogs, Bookmarks, Communities, Files, Forums, and Wikis. In addition, this guide explains how to extend the features and functions of IBM Connections to your existing applications.

• Appathon XPages and Connections app dev contest

  OpenNTF has just announced and launched "Appathon", sponsored by TIMETOACT GROUP, WebGate Consulting AG and IBM developerWorks. Contribute your open source XPages or Connections project between now and June 23rd and have a chance to win one of ten $1000 prizes.

• Using and troubleshooting IBM Connections 4.0 Related Communities

  This article introduces some useful tips for the advanced usage of the IBM Connections 4.0 Related Communities feature and explains some key troubleshooting methods.

• Customizing IBM Connections 4.0 Profiles

  An illustrative guide to modifying the content and layout of the Profiles component in IBM Connections 4.0. Learn how to customize the application to define the core data model for people managed by it and tailor the profile presentation to meet your business requirements.

• Introducing the IBM Connections 4.0 Desktop Plug-ins installer for Microsoft Windows

  This article introduces the new command line option for installing IBM Connections Desktop 4.0 plug-ins for Microsoft Windows. We explain the background on why we added this new command line option to the installer and then show how to use the new option.

• Setting up a connection to Microsoft SQL Server to IBM Cognos on Linux/AIX for IBM Connections 4.0 Metrics

  IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) is installed as a part of an IBM Connections Metrics 4.0 deployment. This article explains how to set up an ODBC connection to an SQL Server from Cognos BI on Linux/AIX and then configure an ODBC connection to SQL Server in Cognos Administration for Metrics.

• Troubleshooting an IBM Connections 3.0.1-to-4.0 database migration

  This article explains how to troubleshoot an IBM Connections 3.0.1 to 4.0 database migration, including the database transfer process, and provides solutions to common issues and advice that can help you avoid the issues in the first place.

• Using and understanding the IBM Connections 4.0 Discuss This feature

  Learn about the new IBM Connections 4.0 Discuss This feature that allows you to add any Web page-even a non-Connections Web page-into Connections as a Forum topic, making it easier to use forums to share information and collaborate with others.

• Building third-party Embedded Experience gadgets for IBM Connections Activity Stream

  The IBM Connections 4.0 Activity Streams feature supports posting third-party microblogs onto Connection's Activity Streams and displaying details in the Embedded Experience (EE) OpenSocial gadget.

• Migrating from IBM Connections 3.0.1.x to 4.0: Best practices

  Down time is a major concern for most users when performing a migration. This article summarizes the best practices for migrating from IBM Connections 3.0.1 to 4.0, based on our experience with customer support. We explain how to upgrade databases and the steps for Content Store and IBM WebSphere Application Server-side migration.

• Introducing the IBM Connections 4 plug-ins installer for IBM Lotus Notes

  Learn about the new IBM Connections 4.0 plug-ins installer for IBM Lotus Notes. This new installer is based on the Addon installer but has some differences from the existing Connections plug-ins for Lotus Notes installer.

• Determining the best deployment topology for IBM Connections 4.0

  Learn how to determine which topology is the best for your environment and what structure is recommended from a performance standpoint before deploying IBM Connections 4.0.

• Tips for an IBM Connections 3.0.1-to-4.0 database migration

  This article explains how to troubleshoot an IBM Connections 3.0.1 to 4.0 database migration, including the database transfer process, and provides solutions to common issues and advice that can help you avoid the issues in the first place.

• Introducing IBM Connection 4.0 Metrics reports

  Learn all about the many types of IBM Connections 4.0 Metrics reports. We begin by discussing some common terms that appear in many reports, and we then categorize the metrics reports into particular types and then explain each category and Metrics report.

• Understanding roles in IBM Connection 4.0 Metrics

  The IBM Connections 4.0 Metrics application has four kinds of roles: "metrics-report-run", "admin", "community-metrics-run", and "metrics-reader". This article introduces these roles, including their purpose and default mapped user, and what they do within Connections Metrics.

• IBM Connections Plug-ins for Lotus Notes

  The IBM Connections Plug-ins for Lotus Notes let you interact with Connections applications from your Notes standard client. The plug-ins (Status Updates, Files, Activities, and Business Card) are now provided in a single install package, and include a large number of enhancements to the Status Updates plug-in.

• Configuring IBM Connections 4.0 Metrics to use SSL

  Metrics is a new component in IBM Connections 4.0 supported by IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, which is installed as a part of a Connections deployment.

• Using the Moderation application in IBM Connections 4.0

  This article provides a detailed introduction to Connections Moderation configurations.

• IBM Connections 4.0 API Documentation

  Find out how to use the Atom APIs provided with IBM Connections and how to add select IBM Connections applications to third-party products.

• Using the Metrics application in IBM Connections 4.0

  This article introduces how to use the Global Metrics and Community Metrics tools in IBM Connections 4. The Global Metrics tool helps you monitor how people interact with Connections applications. You can view usage data, filter metrics by applications or time period, and view metrics in a chart or table format. The Community Metrics tool helps Community owners monitor adoption and Community vitality.

• Developing OpenSocial gadgets for IBM Connections 4.0

  OpenSocial gadgets are small components written in XML, HTML, and JavaScript that display custom content. This white paper explains how to develop gadgets for IBM Connections 4.0, primarily focusing on using the developer bootstrap page for quickly testing gadgets.

• Configuring and administering the IBM Connections 4.0 ReplyTo feature

  This article describes how the ReplyTo feature works and the steps required to enable it successfully.

• IBM Connections Mail

  IBM Connections Mail is a new, simple and compelling way to perform essential email and calendar tasks right from IBM Connections, your social software platform.

• Experience IBM Connections

  Inspired by feedback from customers, Experience IBM Connections shows you the Top 4 ways that IBM Connections makes your job easier. In addition to providing an overview of IBM Connections benefits, the site highlights favorite tips and features from select IBMers and IBM Champions and includes resources to learn more.

• IBM Connections 4.0 Reviewer’s Guide

  This Reviewer's Guide provides an extensive overview of the latest version of IBM’s social software, IBM Connections 4.0, and its nine applications: Home, Profiles, Activities, Blogs, Bookmarks, Communities, Files, Forums, and Wikis.

• Integration mechanisms in IBM Connections portlets

  The IBM Connections Portlets internally uses IBM WebSphere Portal features like Page Properties (Page Parameters), Property Broker events, and Public Render Parameters to interact among each other, and these features can also be used to interact with other Portal applications.

• IBM Connections V4.0: Reinventing how people innovate and work together

  IBM Connections V4.0 provides an exceptional social platform that helps enable you to access the right people and internal and external content in your professional networks and communities.

• IBM Connections Suite V4.0 and IBM Connections Content Edition V4.0 now incorporate IBM Connections V4.0 to meet your social business needs

  IBM Connections Suite V4.0 and IBM Connections Content Edition V4.0 provide starting points for building an exceptional social platform depending on your business needs and requirements. Theyallow you to take advantage of the new capabilities of IBM Connections V4 such as activity streams, enhanced microblogging, and network and community metrics.