Packt Publishing – “IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration”

A couple of days ago, a new book arrived on my desk. “IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration” was published by Packt Publishing in January 2011.
“IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration” is a step-by-step manual, with explanation from installation and upgrading, to the development and management of Quickr, to what-to-do-next when you finally have everything set up.
The book has been written by Lotus Community members Keith Brooks, Mark Harper, David Byrd and Olusola Omosaiye and also the reviewers are well known members of the Yellowverse ( Alex Kabasov, Dennis van Remortel ). All authors have a deep insight knowledge of IBM Lotus Quickr.

I was a bit surprised when reading thru the “Who is this book written for”. Business Analysts, Managers … Yes, it CAN be read by this group of non technical people, but I doubt that this is the audience the book is really targeting. I have never heard of any Business Analyst or a Manager installing fixpacks and modifying the notes.ini of a Domino server. And, putting my administrator’s hat on, I would never allow them to do this tasks.

The target audience for this book is clearly a Domino Administrator who wants to install IBM Lotus Quickr. If you as an administrator have never setup an IBM Lotus Qickr server, then this book is for you.

All steps from installing the Domino server to applying fixpacks and installing the IBM Quickr server are explained on the first 58 pages of the book. Many screenshots help also those administrators that are not native english speakers. After doing some post installation configuration you will have a running IBM Lotus Quickr installation.

Chapter 6 (Managing IBM Lotus Quickr Servers) helps you with the daily administration of your Quickr server.
If you already have a runing IBM Lotus Quickr installation and you want to upgrade to release 8.5, you could start reading Chapter 7 first. Chapter 7 discusses the process required to upgrade Lotus QuickPlace and Quickr services to the new release 8.5.

Be aware that you need to have at least more than only some vague administration skills to get the most out of “IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration”.

I can recommend this book to all Domino Administrators who want to successfully install, run and mantain IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5.

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