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Iris Today, February 2002
Note to our readers: In the coming months, we will be expanding our coverage to include all Lotus products. As we prepare for this change, we are temporarily reducing our publishing schedule. The next issue of Iris Today will be for March/April 2002. We'll return to our monthly publication schedule in May 2002.

The Iris Interview
UpdatedJeff Calow on new Web technologies in Domino 6
by Christie Williams (with Laura Rutherford)
In this updated interview, developer Jeff Calow discusses the new Web technologies in Domino 6 and how to work with standard technologies like J2EE.

Ask Professor INI
From the mailbag
Professor INI sorts through the mailbag this month and answers questions about variables relating to time, timeouts, default fonts, and more.

Performance Perspectives
Analyzing system resources with platform statistics
by Lori Davidson
With this debut column, the Performance Team begins sharing their research and knowledge with you on a regular basis. This month, they introduce strategies for using platform statistics when analyzing system resources.

The Archives
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You can also browse our Tips from Notes.net and Ask Professor INI archives.
Features
Generating sequential numbers in replicated applications
by Jonathan Coombs
It can be difficult to correctly generate sequential numbers in a replicated application. This article describes how to use a scheduled agent to assign sequential numbers to documents as they arrive in the central replica.

Notes.net exposed: In the winner's circle again
by Christie Williams
For a third time, Iris Today has garnered a STACI from the Society for Technical Communications. Find out how our Special Security Issue from September 2001 put us in the winner's circle once again.

Lotusphere 2002 Daily Digests
Lotusphere 2002 ran from January 27 through January 31 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Daily Digests from our roving reporters and photos contributed by those in attendance gives you a sense of what happened this year.

Monday, January 28
Tuesday, January 29
Wednesday, January 30
Thursday, January 31

Notes/Domino 6 Overviews
UpdatedNotes 6 technical overview
by Craig Lordan
Notes 6 is the next major release, now in beta. This overview explains many of the ease-of-use improvements and describes the enhancements to mail, calendar, replication, mobility, performance, and administration.

UpdatedDomino 6 technical overview
by Jane Hosie-Bounar and Christie Williams
Find out about the evolution of, and innovation in, the Domino 6 server. This overview explains improvements to scalability and performance, administration, directories, hosting, security, and messaging.

UpdatedDomino Designer 6 technical overview
by David DeJean
Domino Designer continues to grow as an integrated application development platform. Read about the improvements to managing complex applications, reusing design elements, designing for the Web, developing databases, and constructing agents.
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