| This book is organized largely around the two basic reader groups for a book of this type: 1) Lotus Domino and Lotus Collaboration designers and developers and 2) IBM WebSphere designers and developers. If you're currently a WebSphere developer, then you would probably want to skip Chapter 3 and Appendix A on WebSphere Application Server 5. Likewise, if you're currently a Domino/Lotus Collaboration designer, then you may want to skip Chapter 4 and Appendix B on Domino 6. Chapters 1 through 5 are used to give us a background on WebSphere, Domino, and other Lotus Collaboration tools. Chapters 6 through 10 give details and hints on the best ways to combine WebSphere and Domino to optimize the foundation for using Lotus Collaboration tools with a web-based infrastructure. Chapters 11 though 15 give details and implementation tips for implementing important aspects of a combined WebSphere and Domino/Lotus Collaboration system. Topics such as security and Single Sign-On, WebSphere and Domino Clustering, performance and high availability, and high-volume Web sites are covered in detail. Within these chapters are real-world case studies of how IBM has implemented these features both for our internal Web sites and for commercial offerings and for our customers. Chapter 16 summarizes the book and looks to the future. Appendices A through F give further details on the areas in the chapters and include details and case studies on the use of the WebSphere Portal Server and the new Lotus Workplace product as very convenient ways to implement collaboration tools with your web sites. This book was written to allow you to go to a chapter or section of interest and begin reading without being required to have first read the previous chapters. Details on IBM's own large-scale internal use of Lotus Collaboration tools to improve efficiency and foster teamwork are given in several places throughout the book. Almost all of IBM's 340,000 employees use Lotus Instant Messaging on a daily basis. IBM's internal use of Lotus Web Conferencing and use of the IBM Portal Server to enhance teamwork and improve workplace efficiency is another theme, with detailed statistics on IBM's collaboration tools usage growth given in Chapter 15 and Appendix E. Enjoy this book. We had an enjoyable time writing it. John Lamb, Mike Laskey, and Gopal Indurkhya
June, 2004 | 