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Light switches and sockets, they aren’t exactly the first things you have in mind when thinking about decorating your home. You should, because they enhance the beauty of a décor. Switches are no longer just plain white, square or invisible. They can provide an impeccably sleek surface to the walls of your home. You can now get decorative plates in a wide range of materials.

Bticino

Bticino is an Italian brand with a product line called "Axolute". It exist in all kind of shapes and in more than 41 different materials. Same examples are aluminum, slate and leather, wenge and Carrara marble. As you would expect the price is up to par. The cheapest cover plate starts from 8,22 Euro and it goes all the way up to 44 Euro. My problem with the Bticino brand is that most of the light switches have a kitschy perception.

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Lithos

The website and downloadable brochure didn't had much to discover but from what I figured out is that Lithos has prices that are way out of our budget. The high quality bushed stainless steel with up to 8 push buttons, in bronze, brass, charcoal, nickel or RAL colour finishes, can be wall or flush mounted. New is the SB1LT Alu Grey (from 60 Euro) and SBQLB with white or blue LED lightning (from 75 Euro). Don't forget you need lots of them so the amount quickly rises.

Niko

Niko recently launched two new product lines: Intense with soft lines and Pure for a more luxurious finish like bamboo or stainless steel. On their site you can test the switches against the colors of your interior to see if it is a match. After some deliberation we opted for Niko switches in aluminum for downstairs and black ones for upstairs. Those black ones have like a rubber feeling to them.

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In the tip What Is Replication I introduced you to the basic concept where: ?"Replication is the process of keeping databases synchronized. ? That applies to both the design and the information inside the databases". ?In this tip I'll explain how replication is not just for servers, but also applies to your Lotus Notes client.

Let's start with a familiar concept. ?Using your web browser (Mozilla FireFox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc) you type in a URL or click on a link such as http://www.ibm.com, and your browser "opens" the web page for you to see the information. ? In this case, the web browser is the client, and the web site it is opening comes from a web server.

Lotus Notes works in a similar manner. ? When you open a Lotus Notes database, your Notes client displays the information stored on the Domino server. ?However, Lotus Notes offers a huge advantage over web-based applications... you can access information "locally".

A "local replica" of a database allows you to access Notes data stored on your own computer, rather than accessing it on a server across a network connection. ?This "local access" results in much quicker access times, and most importantly means you can still work when you don't have a network or internet connection. ?If you are in a meeting room without network access, or on an train/airplane, or at a customer site where you can't access your own company's servers.... with Lotus Notes you can still have all the information you need at your finger tips!

Replication keeps the local databases "synchronized" with the versions on the server.

Say for example, your company uses a Lotus Notes based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. ?The CRM database keeps track of all the information about your clients, their products, history of the meetings you've had with them, and more. ?If you replicate the CRM database to your laptop, you can now jump in your car and drive to your client's office, and still have all the information you need available while at the meeting. ?During the meeting you sign a new deal, and you update the information in the CRM database right away. ?When you get back to the office and connect your laptop, the new information you have entered will automatically replicate to your Domino server. ?This is much better than waiting until you are back in the office to enter the information.

I have my mail file replicated locally to my laptop, as well as a dozen other Notes databases. ?There are several discussion forums that I participate in, and by having local replicas I can read and update them at any time. ?Similarly, I have this blog replicated locally. ?That means I can write new blog entries or add comments at any time. ?Then when I have a network connection all the changes I've made, as well as any new comments are synchronized between my client and the server that hosts my blog.

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Replication is one of the most important, yet least understood features of Lotus Notes/Domino. ? Over a series of tips, I will explain replication, starting with a basic overview, work up to some of the more advanced features you should understand.

First let's begin with a definition. ? Replication is the process of keeping databases synchronized. ? That applies to both the design (the look and colours, the forms you fill out, the views that display the documents, the security, etc), and the information (documents) inside the databases.

So what does that mean?

Think of one of the Lotus Notes databases you use at your company. ? Maybe a HelpDesk application, or Customer Relationship Tracking, or a Document Library. ?That database most likely resides on more than one server in your company. ?Perhaps employees in Canada access it on Server A, while employees in France access it on Server B, ?Germany uses Server C, and people in Japan use Server D. ?You want everyone to see the same information. ? So when you create a new document in that database, or edit (update) and existing document, or even delete a document, replication is the Domino process that makes sure those changes are also reflected in the other databases.

Replication occurs on a schedule that your Domino Administrators set-up. ? For important databases this schedule maybe frequent, such as every 10 minutes, or 5,or even 1. ? Other databases which are not as "time sensitive" may replicate only once a day.

In the next tip, I will explain "Local Replication", the process which allows you to access Lotus Notes databases on your computer, instead of on a server.