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That’s me (on the left), eating (and drinking) at the SkillTeam Annual kickoff Meeting on February 22 at the Koloniënpaleis in Brussels

Unlike VNC on Windows, where it is a remote control tool, VNC on linux is really a terminal services tool.
However VNC is easy to install there are still users that forget some important steps to bring their Vnc Server up and running.
For them, I created this basic procedure. The procedure is freely available [...]

In my quest reducing costs for smaller companies and bringing their IT at a more appropriate, secure and maintainable level, the possibilities of IP Telephony caught my attention.

Novell opened his source of NetMail and created a project called Hula.
Now you can implement a basic WebMail server in your infrastructure. It is a basic WebMail server so if you need more advanced features, you still need to consider the implementation of Lotus Domino (Domino Web Access) in your organization.
A procedure, call [...]

Let’s begin with the easy part first. The “client” installation..
There are a lot of Soft Phones on the market but there is one that I like because it’s easy to use and…of course…FREE.
The one I’m talking about is X-Lite. An installation procedure for X-Lite on XP is freely available on request. [...]

For those who are designing their website, this can be of some interest:
A table can be found here.

A client mailed me today saying that he heard of a feature that allows a massive reduction of the mailfile sizes but he was not sure how to implement it. He was referring to the Single-Copy Template feature in Domino.
I must admit that this feature is largely forgotten by most of [...]

Everybody is talking about reducing their IT cost and the complexity of their existing infrastructure. But still companies continue to buy the products that are often responsible for those enormous costs and complexity.

As I installed Domino R7 on Linux, I’ve taken the time to document the installation steps into a simple procedure.
For those who are interested, the procedure is freely available on request.
Just send a mail to lvansteen@myco.dyndns.org specifying the document you need.