| February 14, 2020
You’re Invited to the Domino Volt Beta Program
We are excited to announce the HCL Domino Volt Beta Program! We’re calling on our community to share honest, constructive, and thoughtful review and testing of the software. Your input is essential to how we develop our products. Your input is essential to how we develop our products — and we will continue to listen to you every step along our roadmap.
With Domino v11, HCL Domino Volt provides new low-code, app-building capabilities that empower IT teams and business users to create web-based situational apps and workflows in minutes. You can now build apps 60-70% faster! And because it runs on Domino, you get all the benefits of the proven, secure platform underneath.
We’re seeking people who meet the following criteria:
- Customers or business partners who are up and running on Domino v10 or v11
HCL is looking for participants to:
- Share applicable use cases for the beta
- Engage in a dialog and provide timely feedback
- Attend the web conferences and meetings pertaining to the Beta Program (note: No travel is required)
- Review and comment on documentation
- Be open to the idea of becoming a reference for HCL Domino and HCL Domino Volt
To learn more about HCL Domino Volt, watch this video.
To participate in the beta program, it’s easy to register here.
For testers who have been accepted into the program, you will receive further instructions by March 9.
Thank you for your participation and your passion for HCL Domino.
The HCL Domino Team
Comment wrap
Andrew Manby
Assistant Vice President of Product Management, HCL Domino, Leap, and Sametime
Andrew Manby is the Associate Vice President of Product Management in HCL Software's Digital Solutions business unit. He is responsible for product and market strategy of the multi-million dollar Domino and Sametime portfolios including Safelinx and Atlas. Andrew is an experienced product and marketing leader, having had senior roles in analytics, data management, and data integration markets for organizations such as Vmark Software, Informix, Ascential Software, and IBM.
Read more
Digital Solutions | January 20, 2021
Start Your Engines! HCL Domino v12 Beta is Here! Are You Ready?
If you joined us at Digital Week 2020, you’ve probably heard about the preview of Domino v12. (It was the most popular session of the event!) Now that the release of v12 is around the corner, we would like to provide all current customers an exclusive preview. Today, we’re officially launching the first public beta of Domino v12! We are inviting you to join this beta program and take part in shaping the future of our product, helping us deliver the best-ever product experience! All existing Domino customers are automatically entitled and will be able to download the required software packages from Flexnet today. (See below for Q&A.) The goal of the Domino v12 Beta Program is for our community of beta participants to conduct an honest, constructive, and thoughtful review and testing of the Domino v12 beta software, which includes HCL Domino V12 , HCL Notes V12 , HCL Domino Designer & Admin V12 and HCL Traveler V12 In the first phase of the beta program, we are delivering the following components: Domino on Docker (English) Domino for Windows, Linux, AIX (English) Traveler for Windows, Linux, AIX (Multilingual) Notes Standard for Windows (English) Notes Standard for Mac (English) Designer and Admin Client (English) At a later stage of the beta program, we will be providing Domino and Traveler for IBMi, as well as additional language support. Beta participants, please let us know how you think about the product by submitting your feedback in our beta forum. For general input and new ideas or feature enhancement requests, please use the Domino ideas forum here. v12 Beta 1 Highlights Domino Reduce your total cost of ownership by using DAOS tier 2 objects across servers A wide range of security improvements including: - Two Factor Authentication (TOTP) - Automated SSL/TLS certificate management with built-in support for Let’s Encrypt - Implementing IP based blocking of failed authentication attempts based on this idea - And many more Automate your Domino server installation and initial configuration Domino directory enhancements: A variety of improvements around the Domino directory design (pubnames.ntf) to improve usability for administrators Domino Designer XPages now Bootstrap 4.4.1 - Thanks to Howard for this idea. Improvements to build responsive and...
Digital Solutions | January 12, 2021
HCL Domino Volt: Zero to Hero in 30 Days
You’ve all heard the HCL Domino Volt tagline, “Build enterprise apps lightning fast.” But what do we really mean when we say “fast”? We recently hosted a webinar to show you what you can build in 30 days or less. You can catch the replay here or read the recap below. You’ll also find responses to our live Q&A during the webinar below. If you don’t already know, HCL Domino Volt is a low-code capability for business users and citizen developers to easily build powerful, secure, and enterprise-grade workflow-based applications. From business-process apps to customer-facing mobile apps, you can create solutions for any industry, across different use cases. What Can You Do in 30 Days? So, let’s imagine that you have a solution or app in mind but have little to no knowledge of HCL Domino Volt. How do you go about using it to build an app? Assuming you have a day job and can only squeeze in 1-2 hours a day, this is what a timeline could look like for you: Day 1-3 (3 days): Learn how to use HCL Domino Volt. Sign up for a free sandbox account and get access to a list of training resources. Day 4-9 (5 days): Pick a use case and define the requirements. What are you trying to solve and build? Does your app need workflows and approval processes? How will those be mapped out? Your requirements might also require refinements and iterations along the way. Day 10-17 (7 days): Build the app! Refer to our documentation and wiki pages along the way use our forum to participate in our community and ask questions. Day 18-25 (7 days): Share, test, and refine the app. Building your app is an iterative process. This is where you’ll build the app, share and gather feedback, and work towards a finalized version. Day 26-29 (3 days): Style the app. You can either use the current themes provided or add custom themes that align with your organization’s branding. Or use CSS or HTML to...
Digital Solutions | December 8, 2020
HCL Domino Volt: The December Release is Here!
While the holiday season is upon us, we’re not slowing down! Including the launch earlier this April, we’ve had three releases of HCL Domino Volt — with many more to come in 2021. Starting today, customers can access v1.0.2 on the HCL License Portal and updated documentation here. To learn more about building apps with HCL Domino Volt and what new features are in the latest release, please join our webinar next week, “Zero to Hero in 30 days,” where we’ll demonstrate apps built across different use cases, industries, and skill levels. You will learn what you can realistically deploy in 30 days. Highlights of this new release include: Improved user experience Standardize the look of your apps More ways to use HCL Domino to get things done Improved usability: With a new properties panel and no modal dialogs, we’ve eliminated extra steps and hidden settings. These changes have made the tool more intuitive and requires fewer clicks to get things done. Standardize the look of your apps: Drive brand consistency and standardize the look of your apps. You can now add custom themes that align with your aesthetics and your organization’s branding. Users will be able select the themes you add when designing their apps. Leverage Domino to get things done: The following features provide more ways for you to get things done by leveraging Domino’s capabilities: ‘Contains’ search operator (uses full text indexing): Quickly find information you need by searching for data by text string. It works with data view and services. Sort by app-specific fields (uses DQL): Easily analyze data you’ve collected by sorting your fields in the data view. Name-picker item on the palette (uses Domino directory): Easily find and select people and groups in the Domino directory and assign them to roles or to receive notifications. Workflows and other improvements Map internet email to role and notifications: You now have the flexibility to use any internal email address when assigning roles and notifications, not just Notes addresses. Email attachments: Now you can include files that have been attached during the form fill process in email notifications. Application history: You...
