Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Hey Bob... you'd better order that Humble Pie!

What does Yellow Humble Pie taste like? Unripe Pumpkin maybe? One day's Google alerts doesn't make a marketing campaign but today's crop of Google alerts for Lotus Foundations was a darn Good Start:

Google News Alert for: "lotus foundations"
  • IBM bundles middleware on Linux systems
    InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
    IBM said it has reconfigured its Lotus Foundations software -- which includes Lotus Notes, Sametime and Symphony -- to preload on Linux distributions like ...
  • IBM's Homeward Bound Linux PC Push
    TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
    ... service-based appliances targeting a business function, and also to preinstall Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) Suse Linux Enterprise Server in Lotus Foundations. ...
  • The Linux World Builds SMB Market Opportunity With Software ...
    CNNMoney.com - USA
    The new developments include a preconfigured version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell in Lotus Foundations and a toolkit that opens new ...
  • IBM Announces New Products and Initiatives to Enable Next ...
    CNNMoney.com - USA
    The company also announced a preconfigured version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 in Lotus Foundations and a toolkit that opens new opportunities for ...
  • Sowre recibe el Lotus Distinguished Achievement Award 2008 como ...
    CMS-Spain.com (Comunicados de prensa) - Spain
    ... presenta este año una serie de novedades, entre las cuales en anuncio de Lotus Foundations: una solución completa de mensajería, colaboración, ...

Google Blogs Alert for: "lotus foundations"
  • Two IBM Lotus press releases from LinuxWorld: Microsoft-free ...
    By Ed Brill
    The new developments include a preconfigured version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell in Lotus Foundations and a toolkit that opens new opportunities for Domino software vendors (ISVs) to deliver their applications on a ...
    Ed Brill - http://www.edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/
  • IBM to open source supercomputing code
    By IDG News Service
    The company also introduced a software appliance toolkit and announced it would pre-load Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 in Lotus Foundations to battle Microsoft Small Business Server. IBM also said it would expand its real-time ...
    Industry Standard News and Predictions - http://www.thestandard.com/all/feed
  • IBM bundles middleware on Linux systems
    By TechMacro
    IBM said it has reconfigured its Lotus Foundations software — which includes Lotus Notes, Sametime and Symphony — to preload on Linux distributions like Red Hat, Ubuntu and Novell's Suse Linux. The repackaging makes the middleware ...
    TechMacro - http://www.techmacro.com
  • IBM Press room - 2008-08-05 The Linux World Builds SMB Marke
    IBM today announced new software appliance initiatives designed to accelerate the adoption of Linux in small and medium businesses (SMBs) and the deployment of Domino applications on Lotus Foundations.
    Digg / upcoming - http://digg.com/
  • The Linux World Builds SMB Market Opportunity With Software ...
    By market - Google News
    ... World Builds SMB Market Opportunity With Software ... CNNMoney.com - 2 hours ago From Novell to local software firms, the Linux community is building a broader market around IBM's new computing appliance, Lotus Foundations Start, ...
    Gkvending-To engage in selling - http://www.gkvending.com

Way to go Lotus!!!
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am setting the table now.... GO LOTUS!!

Cheers
Bob Baehr
The Unofficial Poster Child For Lotus Notes and Domino

belgort said...

Graham have you listened to Episode 84 of the Taking Notes Podcast covering Lotus Foundations?

Listen

Anonymous said...

Hey Graham,

Just give me little more time, I shall keep you excited!

Btw, have you checked the wikipedia/google knol article?

Regards,
Bilal Jaffery
Web Marketing Manager - Lotus Foundations

Graham Dodge said...

Bruce,
Of course I listened. Who was that woman you thanked at the end of the show... I didn't hear her during the talk. Did Caleb talk too long?

Bilal,
I've seen the Wikipedia one... I'll check Knol today.

belgort said...

@Graham - those ladies were the Lotus PR people simply listening in. They didn't know that I was going to be mentioning their names at the end :-)