At the Social Business event in the Netherlands today, IBM announced the new IBM Connections Suite (link to follow).
The Convergence of Social, Unified Communications, and Content Management
Including IBM Connections, IBM Connections Community document libraries, IBM Sametime Advanced and IBM Sametime Unified Telephony Lite, this new solution is designed to provide an organisation will all the tools to offer its users a cohesive suite of social collaboration tools. I’m sure that you will hear more from Luis Benitez and others as the day goes on in terms of details – I know that there are some great video demos to look out for too.
From our perspective, this new bundle provides a single part number for a really cohesive bundle of tools: instant messaging, VoIP, microblogging, communities, social profiles, document libraries, instant polls, forums, media galleries and so on. When you compare the breadth of the solution with anything from Jive, Socialtext, Microsoft or SalesForce.com, it all stacks up tremendously well. Like for like, there really is no comparison in ‘bang for the buck’. IBM has done a super job of pulling it all together into one product.
As always though, Social Business is not really about the technology. It is an enabler to help an organisation and individuals working within it to get to a culture where sharing carries less friction, where information and resources are easier to find and where the organisation is flattened to a point where it becomes about the ‘wirearchy‘ rather than the ‘hierarchy‘…
The Connections Suite will absolutely provide an organisation with the bundle of tools it needs in its’ kit bag. The next challenge is how to implement them in a way that supports the organisation’s goals and direction. That’s where IBM’s partners (and internal services team) need to step in, to remove the complexity from this bundle of products, make it into a really cohesive single solution and then to layer ‘the interesting stuff’ (user adoption, customisation, business process alignment, community management etc.) on top. We can’t wait!
New release of IBM Connections app for iOS and Android now available
Wed, May 15th 2013 2:19a Stuart McIntyre Version 4.1.0 of the IBM Connections app is now available from the Apple App Store and Google Play, including the following enhancements:
Support for Community Files, Forums, and Bookmarks on SmartCloud
@mentions for status updates (requires Connections server 4.5 and above)
Target status updates to individual profiles or a community
Support liking for status update comments (requires Connection server 4.0 CR2 and above)
Single tap to view a file
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Go forth and…
Mon, Apr 15th 2013 10:00a Stuart McIntyre Love this!
Fantastic, simple, targeted, on-the-money and amusing advertising. ‘Nuff said. [read] Keywords:
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SugarCon 2013 Day 1 Review
Mon, Apr 8th 2013 11:00p Stuart McIntyre At 4pm on day one (partner day) of the SugarCon 2013 conference in New York, I sum up the event so far. [read] Keywords:
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SugarCon 2013 Preview
Mon, Apr 8th 2013 8:20p Stuart McIntyre Stuart records a very late night preview of the SugarCon (SugarCRM) conference in New York, starting today… [read] Keywords:
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A sweet combo – SugarCRM and IBM Connections
Mon, Apr 8th 2013 11:25a Stuart McIntyre You may have seen from the social networks that I am once again in New York City this week. As well as seeing a very important customer, I’m spending three days at SugarCon, the annual conference run by SugarCRM.
Today is the partner day – the equivalent of BP Development Day at IBM Connect for those that have attended that event. It’s been a fascinating morning so far, with keynotes from the CEO and CTO, as well as updates on partner programs and more. I’ve been tweeting [read] Keywords: collaboration
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LotusBeers / IBMSocialBeerz – NYC, Wednesday 10th April
Tue, Apr 2nd 2013 11:56p Stuart McIntyre Humans of New York, I am scheduled to be in town next week for SugarCon 2013 and for a visit to a long-term customer in Midtown.
Therefore, good friend Victor Toal and I thought it was high time for another NYC LotusBeers session. The plan is to meet at 8pm on Wednesday, 10th April at The Pig ‘n’ Whistle on 2nd. All are welcome!
Let us know if you can make it via email, DM or by leaving a comment. Hope to see you there!
P.S. Given the re-branding effort, I wonder if these ses [read] Keywords: email
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Installing IBM Connections 4.5 or CCM? You need these fixes
Mon, Apr 1st 2013 10:23p Stuart McIntyre Important details for fixes for the newly released IBM Connections 4.5:
iFix LO74499 is required for all IBM Connections 4.5 environments. Please download the iFix from Fix Central, then apply to the IBM Connections 4.5 server using the update installer.
Use this link to download iFix LO74499 from Fix Central
For details on how to apply interim fixes, please review the “Installing interim fixes” topic in the IBM Connections 4.5 documentation.
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An IBM webcast you must not miss!
Mon, Feb 25th 2013 11:21a Stuart McIntyre “From Liking to Leading”: Transforming Your Business with a Next Generation Platform for Social Business Event Date: 03/13/2013 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
A comprehensive platform for social business can deliver business value and help you beat the competition. Join us and see first-hand the latest collaboration technology advances and adoption techniques. You will learn:
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