Introducing DomCastr An Enterprise Twitter Server For Domino
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Twitter is getting more and more popular and it is starting to reach into the enterprise, IBM has an internal system called BlueTwit and Oracle have been working on a system called OraTweet and there are other hosted systems available like Yammer and now I am pleased to introduce you to DomCastr, a Lotus Domino based twitter like server.
As more companies look at enterprise twitter like services they need to make a choice, they can select to use a hosted service, with the risk that the service goes down or is compromised or they can elect to deploy an internal system which means making sure the infrastructure is there to support it.
If your running Lotus Domino then it makes sense to look at a system that you can deploy over your existing infrastructure and that's where DomCastr comes in as the first Lotus Domino Twitter like server. While still under major development to implement some of the more important features of Twitter It is starting to come together nicely and so I wanted to show it off to the Lotus Communnity in the hopes that they will see the potential for a Twitter like system in their enterprise.
So how much will DomCastr cost when it's finished? Nothing, Nada, Free. It will be on OpenNTF for anybody to download and deploy. I won't even ask you to buy me a beer at Lotusphere ( although I won't complain if you do ).
Let me know what you think of it, if you have suggestions for enterprise features you'd like to see then post them as comments here and I'll see if they fit in with my plans for the product. if you want to lend a hand in developing the application then send me an email.
Try it out for yourself....
http://www.domcastr.com
Username : Demo Account
Password : demodemo
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Twitter is getting more and more popular and it is starting to reach into the enterprise, IBM has an internal system called BlueTwit and Oracle have been working on a system called OraTweet and there are other hosted systems available like Yammer and now I am pleased to introduce you to DomCastr, a Lotus Domino based twitter like server.
As more companies look at enterprise twitter like services they need to make a choice, they can select to use a hosted service, with the risk that the service goes down or is compromised or they can elect to deploy an internal system which means making sure the infrastructure is there to support it.
If your running Lotus Domino then it makes sense to look at a system that you can deploy over your existing infrastructure and that's where DomCastr comes in as the first Lotus Domino Twitter like server. While still under major development to implement some of the more important features of Twitter It is starting to come together nicely and so I wanted to show it off to the Lotus Communnity in the hopes that they will see the potential for a Twitter like system in their enterprise.
So how much will DomCastr cost when it's finished? Nothing, Nada, Free. It will be on OpenNTF for anybody to download and deploy. I won't even ask you to buy me a beer at Lotusphere ( although I won't complain if you do ).
Let me know what you think of it, if you have suggestions for enterprise features you'd like to see then post them as comments here and I'll see if they fit in with my plans for the product. if you want to lend a hand in developing the application then send me an email.
Try it out for yourself....
http://www.domcastr.com
Username : Demo Account
Password : demodemo
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But, this is a great start and much applause for taking the time!
Posted by Chris Miller At 01:49:15 PM On 10/16/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Neil At 01:53:48 PM On 10/16/2008 | - Website - |
Nice job, BTW! I like this.
Posted by Corey Davis At 01:54:20 PM On 10/16/2008 | - Website - |
But yes, the main reason for an internal service would be making sure corporate data does not end up on public servers.
Posted by Declan Lynch At 01:58:24 PM On 10/16/2008 | - Website - |
What makes it so special? I do not want to argue if this is valuable and like the idea that you can do that within Domino (I know there is some buzz around it). Maybe if someone can point me to the technological challenge from a developers point of view I could better understand what this is all about!?
Posted by Henning Heinz At 09:09:43 AM On 10/17/2008 | - Website - |
Just wanted to pick up on the point about internal vs external.
While I agree on the the security aspect, a huge part of the value of something like twitter, is that it goes *beyond* the boundaries of the enterprise.
Posted by Simon Scullion At 10:03:32 AM On 10/21/2008 | - Website - |
I am a huge supported of Twitter, and recently when I met Ed Brill in Sydney, he kindly remembered me in his latest blog post - all about community and building trusted relationships - which I believe Twitter is facilitating very well. See { Link } for Ed Brill's blog post about this.
Best regards,
Tony Hollingsworth
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Best regards,
Tony
Posted by Tony Hollingsworth At 10:22:35 PM On 12/01/2008 | - Website - |