Stuff I'm looking forward to at Connect 2013

I'm attending the IBM-Connect-o-Lotusphere 2013 event for my first time this year. I'm really looking forward to it.

Here are just a few of the things I'm looking forward to learning / doing / experiencing while I'm there.

• Meeting like-minded Domino and Messaging Administrators and IBM customers.
• Finding fixes for some of the more frustrating features of Lotus Notes and Domino.
• Learning more about Portal / Connections.
• Learning more about Tivoli Directory Integator, and having a play with it.
• Understanding how other administrators or infrastructure experts would re-design my server topology if they got the chance. There are so many ways to skin that cat! :)
• Learning more about automated client deployments or upgrades.
• Having a play with ND9.
• Meeting the guys from Panagenda, understanding more about the Eclipse manager plugin for Marvelclient and the product roadmap. (I'm a big fan of Marvelclient, but the last release had its limitations for ND8 users).
• Meeting third party suppliers, the vendors of the tools which I could not manage without, and those who have products I'm interested in.
• Attending the general introduction meeting. I watched it online last year and laughed at how everyone applauded the demo's when they worked! :)
• Buying Ed Brill's book.
• Meeting the many Domino bloggers that I've learnt so much from personally.
• Contributing in my small way to making Connect 2013 a social business event.

See you there if you're going!