Conference Education Highlights

At the Spring 2006 COMMON Conference & Expo, you can pack five days with learning about everything from modernizing applications to security, from RPG to high availability. In addition to a special educational focus on Services Oriented Architecture (SOA), you can choose from sessions and hands-on labs on a variety of topics within 20 general Courses of Study. Browse the latest listing of sessions in the Online Session Guide.

NEW! Integrated Seminars

In addition to the regular sessions and labs offered during the Spring 2006 conference, attendees can sign up to attend either or both of two Integrated Seminars which offer in-depth, all-day education. Each Integrated Seminar is part of the general conference, and includes lecture and lab components. Signing up for an Integrated Seminar is a commitment for a full day of the conference; be sure to stay for the entire seminar so you won’t miss critical education!

You must pre-register for an Integrated Seminar, and you can do so using COMMON’s online Lab registration. (There is no additional cost for attending an Integrated Session, and seats are limited.) Go to the “Lab” tab in the Online Session Guide to find a Spring 2006 Integrated Seminar:

Domino Administration (500156)
Speakers: Amy Hoerle (IBM), Kim Greene (Kim Greene Consulting), Trevor Tallackson (IBM)
Wednesday, March 29, 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Come learn how to manage and be proactive with Lotus Domino administration. This hands-on workshop will help you gain the skills necessary to manage a Domino iSeries environment. This workshop will help you solve common Domino administration mistakes and cover the following topic areas: policy implementation, administration process, out of office agent, maintenance, performance tuning, and Domino 7 enhancements. By the end of this workshop you will have a clear understanding of you to successfully manage a Domino for iSeries environment.

In this this seminar, attendees will:

1. Learn about the out of office functionality, administration process, Domino 7 Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM) and policies.
2. Learn how to secure your Domino server as well as manage spam.
3. Learn Domino Tuning Tips including how to better manage your operating system with proper memory pool allocation, disk balancing,  transaction logging, IFS settings, run-time prioritization, and TCP/ IP and network configurations.  
4. Learn mail file management tips including how to reduce mail file sizes with built-in archiving support.
5. Perform labs that will give you a hands on look at Domino CL commands, policies, the administration process, nsds, DDM, BRMS and a chance to debug a server that will not start.

As a bonus, Domino development labs will be available.  You may choose to optionally perform the development labs or take them home with you.  These labs will show you the basics for writing a LotusScript application including how to find a bug using the LotusScript debugger.

Workplace Service Express (500157)
Speakers: Mike Gordon (IBM), Mac Guidera (s3 Consulting), Marcella Adon (IBM)
Thursday, March 30, 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
IBM Workplace Services Express 2.5 provides a complete, easy-to-use single server platform for team collaboration using an integrated portal to make it easy for colleagues to work together. This hands-on workshop will help you gain an understanding of IBM Workplace technologies and how your businesses can benefit from them. The following topic areas will be covered: features and functions, installation and configuration, and managing and administering a Workplace Services Express environment.

By the end of this seminar, attendees will be able to:

1. Install, Configure, and Administer Workplace Services Express on i5/OS.
2. Understand the value of IBM Workplace Team Collaboration and IBM Workplace Documents.
3. Understand how to integrate Domino with Workplace Services Express.