Lotus Notes: The Complete Reference [Paperback]

Barbara A. Bolin (Author), R. Benjamin Ordonez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1996

Showing any information system professional how to plan, implement, and maintain a Lotus Notes system on any platform, including OS/2, NetWare, Windows NT, and the various flavors of UNIX, this book contains an extensive pilot plan that gets readers working with Lotus Notes 4 as they read. It also gives readers the full story of release 4's new enhancements.

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Keep your Information Flowing with Lotus Notes and this Comprehensive Guide Lotus Notes-the leader in cross-platform groupware-makes sharing information easier and more efficient. But most books on the subject narrowly focus on either the user or the developer-never both. Finally, from experts Barbara A. Bolin and R. Benjamin Ordonez, comes a comprehensive resource that deals with all aspects of this cross-platform environment. With extensive coverage on deployment, administration, and development, this guide offers the most thorough grounding available on Lotus Notes Release 4. Lotus Notes: The Complete Reference reveals techniques for creating an interdependent and simultaneous working environment for highly efficient information sharing. Beginning with the basics, and moving on to the key hardware, software, protocol, and domain issues, you'll learn how to: Plan, implement, and maintain a Lotus Notes system on any platform, including OS/2, Netware, Windows NT, and the many flavors of UNIX. Build and implement a pilot plan with a high-visability application. Master Release 4's enhancements-including its improved user interface, refined replication tools, Agent Builder (which lets you create automated processes), and more. This authoritative handbook also doubles as a handy reference, full of information you can look up as you need it. With Lotus Notes at the forefront

Product Details

• Paperback: 822 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007882205X
• ISBN-13: 978-0078822056
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,844,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, February 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lotus Notes: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

While I can commend the authors on the concept, and for tackling this very complex and popular subject, this book disappointed me. It's a example of a very discouraging trend in computer books - a rushed into print, bloated, expensive, "me-too" book that rehashes information better presented elsewhere. Crucial concepts are glossed over, such as setting up and managing Notes domains (such as WHY you would want to do this), details of platform-specific techniques for setting up and connecting severs, etc. The reader would be better served by carefully reading the Lotus administrator document packs, and armed with specific questions, attend a Lotus Notes Deployment Class at their local IBM office. I noticed the gentleman who posted the glowing review of this book ([e-mail]) is whom the book is dedicated to - one more annoyance, as this should go into the author review section.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars

The only book completely covering Lotus Notes deployment., March 10, 1998

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Hugo Toledo "BI Architect" (Midwest USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lotus Notes: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

There are a lot of books out there that cover Lotus Notes from the programming point of view. This one, however, really gets to the heart of what it takes to effectively embark on a Notes project. From getting sponsorship, to laying out the work, to -yes- programming and systems administration, this is the one book on Notes I consistently rely on to guide me.

I wish more books were like this one. As any seasoned information systems professional will tell you, it is not the programming that poses the greatest challenges. Achieving the proper design and successfully deploying your enterprise systems are the aspects that truly raise the bar on information systems' excellence.

Great job, folks!