This document provides an introduction to a presentation on improving IBM Lotus Notes client performance. It discusses the basics of the Notes 8 client interface and files. Slow startup issues can be caused by outdated clients, antivirus scanning of Notes files, disk indexing, and outdated hardware. The document also examines what causes slow performance, such as outdated On Disk Structure (ODS) versions of databases, network data directories, and outdated connection documents. It provides tips for making the client faster through ODS upgrades, enforcing policies for TCP/IP port compression and connection documents, and tuning Java memory settings.