Migrating business applications from one platform to another is arduous and time-consuming. Which makes us wonder why any organization would want to do it at all. Despite your best efforts, this may be on your todo list. If it is, here are some tools that will help ease the pain.

It’s true, Teamstudio will be hosting a viewing party for the official launch of HCL Notes and Domino version 11, live and direct from Tokyo, Japan. We won’t be celebrating with sushi and sake, but we might scoot out to Dunkin Donuts for a box o’joe and a dozen munchkins.

HCL’s application development strategy continues to roll forward, and the more we see, the more we like it. Project Sandstone is the latest piece in a strategy that’s more cohesive than anything we’ve seen for a while.

If you’ve been around other application development environments, build automation is doubtless a familiar concept. But what does that term even mean in the context of HCL Notes and Domino apps?

Deep down, we all really know the best practices that we should bring to our profession every day of the week. Sometimes though, it’s helpful to have a small reminder of what some of those things might be.