Building a Component for IBM Workplace

This IBM Redpaper provides an overview of the Lotus Workplace platform architecture, discusses application development technologies, and gives an introduction to developing applications in Lotus Workplace. The final chapter gives an example of how to build a collaborative component for Lotus Workplace using the API toolkit.

The target audience for this IBM Redpaper includes independent software vendors (ISVs), application developers and others who would like to understand the Workplace platform.

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Publish Date
22 March 2005

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Author(s)

Philip Monson is a Project Leader at the ITSO Lotus Center in Cambridge MA. Phil has been with Lotus and IBM for 14 years, joining the company when the early versions of Lotus Notes were rolled out for internal use. He has served in management, technical, and consulting roles in the IT, Sales and Development organizations.

• Philip Monson

Jane Clark is a Software Engineer in the Lotus Workplace ISV Technical Enablement Team, based in North Reading, Massachusetts. Jane's team has responsibility for helping Lotus Workplace ISVs and Corporate Developers develop applications that extend the Lotus Workplace platform. Jane joined IBM in 2003 following the acquisition of Aptrix by IBM and has 14 years experience in software development, technical training, business process re-engineering and consulting using IBM and Lotus products, including 12 years with IBM/Lotus Business Partners in Australia and the United States.

• Jane Clark

Kalle Mikkolainen is an IBM Software group consultant in Software Services for Lotus based in Helsinki Finland. Kalle has over 10 years experience as a Lotus Notes and Domino application developer and previous experience as a software designer at the Finnish industrial company Metso. Kalle has been with IBM for four years and has been doing Lotus Workplace 2.0.1 proof of concepts for his customers.

• Kalle Mikkolainen

Sami Shalabi is a Senior Software Engineer on the Lotus Workplace Server Team based in Westford, Massachusetts. Sami is the lead architect of the collaborative application infrastructure and has been with Lotus/IBM for seven years. Previous to Lotus Workplace, Sami worked on both Lotus QuickPlace and Lotus Domino. Sami holds both a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

• Sami Shalabi

IBM Form Number
REDP-3952-00

Number of pages

98