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24 NOVEMBER 2014 WWW.BLUESKY.CO.UK Microsoft announce Lync rebrand to ‘Skype for Business’ Microsoft has announced that they will be rebranding their business communication products to reect their acquisition of Skype in 2011. Skype for Business and the Skype identity will replace the Lync name and logo. The underlying technology behind Lync will however remain the same and the new Skype for Business will u<lise Lync’s backbone rather than Skype’s. The Skype for Business client, server and online versions will form part of the Office 365 offering. MicrosoG has said that the look and feel of the client will be much more in line with the Skype interface. Lync users shouldn’t worry about losing features as they will con<nue to exist and Skype users will find many familiar features available. Following on from this, MicrosoG also announced that the second half of 2015 will see the launch of 1 DEALING WITH POODLE WHAT IS IT AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU DEALING WITH THE SHELLSHOCKED BUG HOW WE PROTECT OUR CUSTOMERS ICON 2014 THE IBM NOTES USER CONFERENCE Microsoft plan to enable video calling to Skype for Business with both the next on- premises and online rollouts. connect The Magazine for Blue Sky Customers | Issue Number 3 WE ARE A LEADER IN NOTES AND DOMINO HOSTING

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Microsoft announce Lync rebrand to ‘Skype for Business’ Microsoft has announced that they will be rebranding their business communication products to reflect their acquisition of Skype in 2011. Skype for Business and the Skype identity will replace the Lync name and logo.

The  underlying  technology  behind  Lync  will  however  remain  the  same  and  the  new  Skype  for  Business  will  u<lise  Lync’s  backbone  rather  than  Skype’s.  The  Skype  for  Business  client,  server  and  online  versions  will  form  part  of  the  Office  365  offering.  MicrosoG  has  said  that  the  look  and  feel  of  the  client  will  be  much  more  in  line  with  the  

Skype  interface.  Lync  users  shouldn’t  worry  about  losing  features  as  they  will  con<nue  to  exist  and  Skype  users  will  find  many  familiar  features  available.  

Following  on  from  this,  MicrosoG  also  announced  that  the  second  half  of  2015  will  see  the  launch  of  

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DEALING WITH POODLE

WHAT IS IT AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU

DEALING WITH THE SHELLSHOCKED BUG

HOW WE PROTECT OUR CUSTOMERS

ICON 2014 THE IBM NOTES USER

CONFERENCE

Microsoft plan to enable video

calling to Skype for Business with both the next on-

premises and online rollouts.

connectThe  Magazine  for  Blue  Sky  Customers  |  Issue  Number  3

WE ARE A LEADER IN NOTES AND DOMINO

HOSTING

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the  latest  versions  of  Exchange  and  SharePoint  Servers.  

MicrosoG  plan  to  enable  video  calling  to  Skype  for  Business  with  both  the  next  on-­‐premises  and  online  rollouts.  The  Skype  user  directory  will  be  accessible  to  Skype  for  Business  so  that  users  can  look  up  contacts  within  the  Skype  directory.  

Also  promised  is  na<ve  interoperability  between  Skype  for  Business  on-­‐premises  server  and  other  video-­‐conferencing  systems  without  the  need  for  addi<onal  equipment  to  connect  mul<ple  systems.  

The  second  phase  of  the  Skype-­‐Lync  federa<on  project  will  happen  this  December  2014  and  MicrosoG  will  be  upda<ng  its  Skype  client  soGware  to  support  the  H.264  codec  to  provide  video  integra<on  between  Skype  and  Lync  2013  before  the  end  of  this  year.  

Current  Lync  Server  customers  will  be  en<tled  to  the  new  Skype  for  Business  features  next  year  by  upda<ng  from  Lync  client  2013  and  Lync  Server  2013  to  the  new  Skype  for  Business  releases.  

Office  365  will  include  Skype  for  Business  components  next  year.    

What you need to know about POODLE the SSL3.0 vulnerability

A  new  exploit  impac<ng  SSL  connec<ons  has  been  revealed  called  Padding  Oracle  On  

Downgraded  Legacy  Encryp<on,  or  POODLE  for  short.  It  has  been  disclosed  to  the  public  via  engineers  working  for  Google  as  of  the  14th  of  October.  

What  is  POODLE?  POODLE  allows  for  encrypted  communica<on  using  the  SSLv3  protocol  to  be  decrypted,  revealing  the  plaintext  contents.  It  is  slow  to  exploit,  however  with  persistence  it  will  work  against  any  SSLv3  implementa<on  using  Cipher  Block  Chaining  (CBC)  ciphersuites.  

Technical  details  of  the  a_ack  are  available  here  and  with  a  formal,  detailed  disclosure  (PDF  document).  

Can  it  be  patched?  POODLE  as  an  exploit  cannot  be  patched  against;  it  is  an  issue  in  the  SSLv3  protocol’s  use  of  CBC  ciphers.  Whilst  there  are  non-­‐CBC  ciphersuites  (such  as  RC4),  they  are  now  widely  regarded  as  insecure  and  we  have  

recommended  RC4  as  only  a  fallback  for  some  <me  now.  

What  is  being  done  to  SSLv3?  Due  to  the  age  of  SSLv3  (now  18  years  old),  it  is  very  unlikely  that  the  SSLv3  protocol  itself  will  be  remediated.  POODLE  will  likely  be  used  as  a  reason  for  users  to  be  pushed  towards  Transport  Layer  Security  (TLS)  over  the  now  insecure  Secure  Socket  Layer  (SSL).  

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What  impact  does  this  have  on  Blue  Sky  customers?  The  fallout  of  this  is  that  Internet  Explorer  version  6  on  Windows  XP,  which  only  supports  SSLv3  for  HTTPS  by  default,  no  longer  has  any  means  of  crea<ng  truly  secure  web  connec<ons  without  direct  user  interven<on.  Es<mates  place  usage  of  IE6  at  around  3-­‐4%  of  world  wide  web  traffic,  however  it  is  believed  that  a  large  propor<on  of  this  traffic  comes  from  countries  such  as  China,  with  most  countries  having  less  that  1%  of  users  on  IE6.  Newer  browsers,  such  as  Internet  Explorer  7  and  above,  plus  Google  Chrome  and  Mozilla  Firefox,  can  be  used  on  Windows  XP  and  will  work  with  the  TLS  protocol.  

Newer  versions  of  Internet  Explorer  or  Google  Chrome  and  Mozilla  Firefox,  are  however  s<ll  impacted  by  POODLE  due  to  TLS  Downgrade  A_acks,  which  allow  malicious  users  to  force  a  browser’s  connec<on  to  use  the  exploitable  SSLv3  protocol  rather  than  the  more  secure  TLS  protocol.  Whilst  there  is  a  draG  specifica<on  for  a  remedia<on  around  TLS  downgrade  a_acks,  this  will  most  likely  not  manage  to  work  its  way  into  produc<on  deployments  for  a  substan<al  period  of  <me.  

Unlike  Heartbleed  before  it,  POODLE  does  not  impact  the  private  keys  used  for  SSL/TLS  Public  Key  encryp<on;  there  is  no  requirement  to  revoke,  re-­‐key  or  recreate  SSL  cer<ficates.  

The  POODLE  exploit  is  not  known  to  allow  for  users  to  compromise  the  servers  themselves,  nor  does  it  allow  for  code  execu<on  on  client  computers;  as  an  exploit  it  only  impacts  the  security  of  encrypted  messages  sent  to  and  from  servers.  This  can  include  passwords,  personal  details  sent  as  part  of  forms  and  cookies  used  for  website  logins.  

Finally,  Macintosh  users,  Linux  users  and  mobile  device  users  are  not  impacted  by  POODLE  outside  of  systems  almost  a  decade  and  a  half  in  age.  

What  is  Blue  Sky  doing?  With  the  security  of  our  clients  and  their  customers  foremost  on  our  minds,  we  will  be  removing  SSLv3  support  on  the  behalf  of  our  customers  as  of  20th  October  where  possible.  

This  will  remove  support  for  legacy  browsers  that  use  SSLv3  by  default  to  create  secure  connec<ons,  such  as  Internet  Explorer  6  on  Windows  XP,  however  it  will  secure  them  from  any  a_acks  that  might  take  place.  

Users  on  these  browsers  will  see  server  error  messages  when  they  try  to  access  a  website  that  has  SSLv3  disabled.  

These  users  can  use  Windows  Update  on  their  computers  to  download  Internet  Explorer  8,  which  has  TLS  enabled  by  default,  or  obtain  alterna<ve  web  browsers,  such  as  Google  Chrome,  Mozilla  Firefox  or  Opera  Browser  

This  ac<on  will  also  secure  users  of  more  modern  browsers  from  possible  TLS  downgrade  a_acks  that  would  make  them  vulnerable  to  the  POODLE  exploit.  These  users  will  see  no  difference  when  accessing  websites  with  SSLv3  disabled.  

If  you  do  not  wish  this  to  happen,  or  if  you  require  <me  to  make  changes  to  your  service  and  inform  your  users,  please  get  in  touch  as  soon  as  possible  to  discuss  your  requirements,  either  via  email  at  [email protected],  or  via  phone  on  0844  700  2759.    

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Dealing with the Shellshock Bug First  there  was  Heartbleed,  the  SSL  vulnerability,  now  the  Linux  command  applica<on  named  Bash  has  been  exposed  to  present  a  security  risk.    

This  affects  Linux  and  linux-­‐like  opera<ng  systems  that  are  used  for  a  wide  range  of  services,  par<cularly  web  servers  DHCP  servers  and,  like  Heartbleed,  routers  and  other  devices  that  use  embedded  Linux.  

The  security  risk  of  the  Shellshock  vulnerability  is  a  threat  that  Blue  Sky  takes  extremely  seriously  and  currently  has  a  number  of  engineers  working  to  assess  and  remedy  any  poten<al  risk  to  customers’  systems.  

While  Shellshock  is  serious  it  is  not  as  far  reaching  as  Heartbleed  as  there  needs  to  be  certain  condi<ons  for  the  Shellshock  vulnerability  to  become  an  issue.  Bash  has  to  be  an  exposed  applica<on  and  would  need  root  user  permissions.  In  fact  this  is  more  of  a  serious  threat  to  poorly  managed  servers.  To  ensure  there  is  no  

possible  risk  to  our  customers  the  team  will  apply  any  necessary  updates  to  customers’  opera<ng  systems.  This  bug  also  affects  OSX  users,  however  Apple  are,  as  of  wri<ng  this  no<ce,  yet  to  release  a  soGware  update  to  address  Bash.    

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Dedicated

Domino

Hosting

www.bluesky.co.uk/domino    

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ICON UK 2014 IBM User Conference Round-up Many  thanks  to  everyone  who  came  to  see  us  at  ICON  UK  2014  at  IBM’s  customer  centre  in  Southbank,  London  in  September.  

For  those  of  you  who  are  not  familiar  with  ICON,  it  is  now  the  leading  conference  day  for  anyone  who  is  using  IBM’s  Notes  and  Social  Collabora<on  solu<ons,  Xpages  development  tools  and  Domino  server  solu<ons.  

Icon  UK  is  an  ideal  opportunity  to  meet  a  diverse  range  of  solu<on  providers  who  are  at  the  conference  to  help  customers  and  provide  advice  to  a_endees  who  want  to  get  the  most  out  of  their  investment  or  who  are  looking  for  a  robust  alterna<ve  to  their  exis<ng  solu<ons  for  email,  groupware  or  team  collabora<on  and  communica<on.  

IBM  provided  this  year’s  venue  at  their  customer  centre  located  at  Southbank  in  London.  The  conference  had  29  seminars  for  Management  and  

strategy,  Developers,  administra<on  and  from  the  conference  sponsors.  

As  a  Silver  Sponsor,  Blue  Sky  was  present  to  provide  advice  on  our  Notes  and  Domino  

planning,  implementa<on  and  management  services.  It  was  also  a  great  opportunity  for  us  to  catch-­‐up  with  fellow  Silver  Sponsor  and  partner  Land2Lan  who  were  next  to  us  in  the  exhibi<on  area.  

It  was  packed  with  customers  and  partners  and  a  day  of  excellent  seminars  throughout  the  day.  We  look  forward  to  seeing  people  at  ICON  2015  –  when  it  gets  announced.    

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Seminar  Highlight:  What’s  next  for  email?  IBM’s  Program  Director  of  Messaging  and  Collabora<on,  Sco_  Souder  gave  a  live  demonstra<on  of  IBM’s  ambi<ous  project  to  revolu<onise  the  enterprise  in-­‐box  with  Mail  Next.  

Whilst  currently  in  development,  Souter  explained  the  capabili<es  of  the  Mail  Next  (the  applica<on’s  working  <tle)  and  gave  an  overview  of  the  core  concepts  of  integra<ng  social  work  collabora<on  and  priori<sa<on  of  emails  and  tasks  and  leverages  the  power  of  Watson  into  making  sense  of  users’  in-­‐boxes.  We’ll  go  into  more  on  this  in  a  separate  feature.  

Speed  Pitch!  

Pitching  services  is  hard  and  pitching  them  in  two  minutes  is…  well  a  challenge.  However,  we  were  so  grateful  for  the  very  warm  recep<on  to  our  very  fast  paced  presenta<ons.  The  service  we  opted  for  was  our  Pat  –  well  our  Notes  and  Domino  consultancy  and  management  service  to  be  precise,  but  Pat  did  a  great  job  of  being  the  face  of  the  service  on  the  day.  In  fact  he  did  such  a  great  job  we’ve  immortalised  him  into  a  comic  book  character.  You  can  find  out  more  about  Pat  and  our  Notes  and  Domino  services  over  at  www.bluesky.co.uk/need-­‐pat/  

UN continues to invest in Blue Sky We’re  very  pleased  to  confirm  that  the  UN’s  Research  ins<tute  for  Social  Development  has  renewed  their  long  standing  hos<ng  contract  with  us.    

We  provide  managed  IBM  Domino  Website  Hos<ng,  proving  that  Blue  Sky  is  a  leading  provider  of  IBM  managed  domino  solu<ons  to  not  only  the  UK  but  overseas  too.    

If  you  are  looking  for  a  ISO27001  cer<fied  IBM  partner  for  your  domino  solu<ons,  get  one  of  our  team  to  contact  you  by  visi<ng  www.bluesky.co.uk  

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Does your IBM Notes and Domino Need Pat? We’ve  produced  a  web  icomic  to  give  an  entertaining  overview  of  our  consultancy  service  and  there’s  an  opportunity  to  speak  to  the  team  to  give  your  IBM  Notes  and  Domino  services  a  tune  up.  

Blue  Sky  is  a  Premier  Business  Partner  and  we  are  specialists  in  IBM’s  Collabora<on  soGware  and  care  about  Notes  –  whether  you’re  ‘yellow’  or  ‘blue  users.’  See  if  you  need  a  Pat…  

Visit  www.bluesky.co.uk/need-­‐pat/      

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So you think your data is secure?

Why  businesses  and  individuals  should  move  to  private  UK  Cloud  file  storage  and  how  to  become  more  data  secure  Recent  high-­‐profile  data  loss  stories  in  the  media  highlight  just  how  vulnerable  company  and  individual  data  really  is.  Data  leakage  is  a  serious  situa<on  caused  by  either  the  misconfigura<on  of  devices  or  worse,  the  sheer  arrogance  of  leading  tech  firms  to  not  secure  their  systems  enough.  

Apple  Inc.  has  been  severely  cri<cised  within  the  technology  and  mainstream  press  for  allowing  data  to  be  easily  intercepted  and  distributed  online  from  its  iCloud  storage  facility.  The  case  of  Jennifer  Lawrence  and  many  other  female  celebri<es  may  seem  to  be  an  issue  that  only  affects  other  people,  yet  it  actually  affects  millions  of  users  of  these  public  cloud  storage  solu<ons  in  a  wide  range  of  companies.  

Many  people  use  cloud  storage  not  just  for  images  of  cats  and  in<mate  photos  but  also  for  far  more  important  data  such  as  legal  and  sensi<ve  documents  along  with  a  vast  array  of  other  types  of  cri<cal  data.  This  is  not  an  issue  simply  for  

individual  users:  with  BYOD  (Bring  Your  Own  Device)  widespread  and  lax  data  security  policies  within  companies,  many  organisa<ons  will  not  be  aware  of  the  full  risk  to  their  sensi<ve  data.  

Insecure  Device  Storage  Shodan,  the  device  search  engine  has  been  used  to  iden<fy  a  number  of  unsecured  NAS  (Network  A_ached  Storage)  devices  that  have  been  incorrectly  configured  to  open  up  directories  to  public  Internet  access  without  many  owners  realising  that  they  have  opened  up  their  private  data  to  be  accessible  by  anyone.  Using  simple  text  queries  in  Shodan,  it  is  possible  to  find  ‘open’  storage  devices  and  thereaGer,  it  would  not  be  that  difficult  to  obtain  access  to  data.  

This  also  raises  several  legal  implica<ons  into  the  legality  of  accessing  data  that  has  been  inadvertently  leG  in  the  public  domain  and  also  what  services  could  poten<ally  access  informa<on  and  use  it  for  a  range  of  purposes.  

UK  Internet  rights  and  US  Patriot  Act  

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The  poten<al  conflict  between  US  and  European  law  and  privacy  of  data  has  come  under  fire  many  <mes  over  the  last  couple  of  years  in  regard  to  the  US  Patriot  Act.  In  2011,  Compu<ng  Magazine  reported  that  sec<on  215  of  the  Act  states:  “The  Director  of  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Inves<ga<on  or  a  designee  of  the  Director  (whose  rank  shall  be  no  lower  than  Assistant  Special  Agent  in  Charge)  may  make  an  applica<on  for  an  order  requiring  the  produc<on  of  any  tangible  things  (including  books,  records,  papers,  documents,  and  other  items)  for  an  inves<ga<on  to  protect  against  interna<onal  terrorism  or  clandes<ne  intelligence  ac<vi<es.”  In  other  words:  the  FBI  can  obtain  data  from  European  companies  that  have  their  data  stored  in  US-­‐owned  datacentres,  even  if  the  datacentres  are  on  EU  soil.  The  BBC  also  reported  that  MicrosoG  was  ordered  by  a  US  Judge  to  hand  over  data  stored  in  servers  that  it  owned  in  Dublin  Ireland.  This  has  raised  a  number  of  concerns  over  how  the  US  government  can  access  data  that  is  stored  within  the  UK  as  well  as  Ireland.  Many  organisa<ons  do  not  realise  that  by  using  any  SaaS  solu<ons  which  are  provided  by  a  US  company,  that  it  will  come  under  the  jurisdic<on  of  American  Federal  Law.  

In  recent  months  this  has  seen  many  companies  seek  out  alterna<ve  solu<ons  that  are  both  more  secure  and  fall  outside  of  foreign  jurisdic<on.  

The  alternaFves  Blue  Sky  has  been  striving  over  the  last  ten  years  to  provide  customers  with  reliable  UK  data  storage  solu<ons  and  prac<ces  that  enable  companies  to  have  peace  of  mind  regarding  where  their  data  is  located  and  how  it  is  maintained.  

Blue  Sky  is  ISO27001  cerFfied  This  ISO  standard  tests  a  companies  data  security  prac<ces  and  procedures  and  that  informa<on  is  stored  and  handled  correctly.  Because  we  have  this  accredita<on,  our  customers  know  that  we  will  ensure  their  data  is  not  resold  or  sent  outside  

of  our  network  without  the  proper  authority  or  management.  For  more  informa<on  on  our  ISO27001  verifica<on  visit  www.bluesky.co.uk/company/skills-­‐cer<fica<on/iso27001/  

IBM  Notes  9  and  Domino  Server  We  have  been  working  with  IBM  to  implement  and  manage  IBM’s  enterprise  Groupware  solu<on  for  a  wide  range  of  organisa<ons  from  the  UN  to  The  Economist.  IBM  Notes  and  Domino  is  secure  and  designed  with  audi<ng  and  security  services  for  secure  email  communica<on  and  document  storage.  

HosFng  and  Server  Infrastructure  The  core  of  our  server  infrastructure  resides  within  our  UK  datacentre  partners’  facili<es.  These  are  also  ISO  27001  cer<fied  as  well  as  PCI  compliant.  

FileCloud  –  Private  cloud  data  storage  in  the  UK  Blue  Sky  is  a  leading  UK  partner  for  Tonido  FileCloud.  Our  File  storage  and  sync  solu<on  provides  a  wide  range  of  features  similar  to  Dropbox  and  MicrosoG’s  OneDrive,  whilst  keeping  your  data  within  our  UK  FileCloud  hos<ng  infrastructure.  FileCloud  sends  data  between  your  data  securely  and  can  be  encrypted  end  to  end.  For  more  informa<on  visit  www.bluesky.co.uk/products/filecloud  

Data  Backup  Services  All  our  customers’  servers  are  backed  up  and  securely  stored  on  a  daily  basis.  We  use  VMware  and  Veeam  to  provide  managed  backup  storage  and  audi<ng.  

ConsulFng  Services  Our  consultant  team  can  provide  strategies  for  your  organisa<on  to  properly  maintain  data  

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security  within  or  outside  your  network  and  setup  staff  computers  to  be  safe.  

What  is  Cloud  Storage?  For  many  Cloud  storage  is  a  cheap  and  now  reliable  backup  solu<on.  Solu<ons  such  as  Dropbox,  Google  Drive,  OneDrive  and  Box  provide  an  easy  to  set  up  system  to  synchronise  files  between  devices.  

What  is  NAS?  Network  A_ached  Storage  devices  are  simple  to  setup  and  provide  Hard  Disk  file  and  Media  storage  for  home  and  business  networks.  They  typically  also  provide  internet  access  to  data.  

What  is  the  USA  PATRIOT  Act?  The  Patriot  Act  is  an  Act  of  the  United  States  Congress  that  was  signed  into  law  by  President  George  W.  Bush  on  October  26,  2001.  The  <tle  of  the  act  is  a  ten-­‐le_er  backronym  (USA  PATRIOT)  that  stands  for  Uni<ng  and  Strengthening  America  by  Providing  Appropriate  Tools  Required  to  Intercept  and  Obstruct  Terrorism  Act  of  2001.    

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Blue Sky’s top 10

tips for securing

your data

1.  Know  where  your  data  is  

2.  Develop  a  data  storage  workflow  and  policy  

3.  Audit  all  your  data  storage  loca<ons  

4.  Iden<fy  who  has  access  to  what  

5.  Iden<fy  what  SaaS  services  your  organisa<on  uses.  

6.  Review  the  Ts  &  Cs  of  all  SaaS  services  

7.  Check  Network  access  privileges  

8.  Check  any  Internet  enabled  devices  and  how  they  access  and  store  data  

9.  Review  Firewall  policies  

10.  Check  all  backup  storage  procedures  both  on  and  off  site

Watch  the  PKFI  Office  365  Case  Study  In  this  video,  Phil  Broadbery,  CIO  PKF  Interna<onal,  Oliver  Grosse-­‐Braukmann,  Regional  Director  EMEaI,  Craig  Fuller,  Technical  Audit  Account  Manager  and  Marcus  Pullen  Business  Director,  Blue  Sky  Hos<ng  explain  the  needs,  process  and  benefits  of  using  MicrosoG’s  Office  365,  SharePoint  and  Lync.  Click  here  to  watch.

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Say ‘Hello’ to David Harris, Blue Sky’s latest addition to the family. David  has  joined  our  Messaging  and  Collabora<on  team  and  is  an  expert  in  messaging  system  architecture.  He  has  been  responsible  for  suppor<ng  large  enterprise  scale  Notes  and  Domino  playorms  in  the  UK  and  Malaysia.    

AGer  working  on  a  large  project  involving  Notes  with  a  leading  bank,  David  brings  with  him  a  wealth  of  experience  in  strategic  planning,  maintenance  and  migra<on  of  IBM  Notes  and  Domino  systems.  

David  has  previously  worked  with  Blue  Sky's  Patrick  Lavan  for  many  years.  David’s  career  no<ceably  saw  him  head  up  a  team  of  engineers  in  Malaysia  for  a  client  which  operated  in  80  countries  but  had  no  level  3  support  in  the  Asia  Pacific  region.    

David  is  a  specialist  in  messaging  system  architecture  and  has  been  responsible  for  the  planning  and  design  of  many  Notes  deployments.    He  is  keen  to  help  engage  customers  in  improving  their  exis<ng  Domino  and  Notes  systems  as  well  as  re-­‐evalua<ng  their  messaging  and  collabora<on  strategy.  

His  experience  with  other  messaging  services  such  as  MicrosoG  Exchange  and  VMware  environments  means  that  our  Notes  and  Domino  team  is  strengthened  with  an  extremely  experienced  and  skilled  professional.  

David  can  be  contacted  on  [email protected]  

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