As humans age, our bones get brittle and our muscles grow weak. But our concept of aging can change based on a number of different factors. As far as software is concerned, it doesn’t matter how old it is, what matters is the rate of innovation.

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?