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Neue Tools für das soziale Netzwerken im Unternehmen – IBM präsentiert Lotus Connections 2.0 und IBM Atlas
IBM
kündigt neue Web 2.0 -Tools für Unternehmen an. Lotus Connections 2.0
und IBM Atlas für Lotus Connections verbinden das IBM Know How im
Bereich Unternehmenssoftware mit Web 2.0 -Technologien, die viele
Nutzer von privaten sozialen Netzwerken im Internet kennen.
IBM
Lotus Connections, das derzeit am schnellsten wachsende Softwareangebot
der IBM, liefert in seiner neuesten Version Funktionen, die vielen
Nutzern aus öffentlichen sozialen Netzwerken bekannt sind und kombieren
diese über Widget Technologie mit relevanten Informationen aus dem
Unternehmen. Mitarbeiter sind nun unter anderem in der Lage über
gegenseitige Einladungen ein soziales Netzwerk aufzubauen und können
dadurch ihr berufliches Netzwerk schneller ausbauen und effizienter
nutzen. Die Methode des so genannten „Friending“ erleichtert zum
Beispiel den Nutzern, ihr Netzwerk zu verwalten sowie benötigtes
Expertenwissen innerhalb und außerhalb des eigenen Unternehmens zu
finden und für die tägliche Arbeit zu nutzen.
Die neue Version
von Lotus Connections enthält zudem die Möglichkeit, Kollegen und
anderen Personen interessante Bookmarks zu empfehlen, bietet neue
Diskussionsforen und ermöglicht die Integration der Wiki-Anbieter
Atlassian mit Confluence und Social Text.
Als zusätzliche
Erweiterung zu Lotus Connections wird IBM Atlas erhältlich sein. IBM
Atlas für Lotus Connections ist ein Tool, mit dem soziale Netzwerke
visualisiert und analysiert werden können. Es beinhaltet vier Web 2.0
Komponenten: My Net, Find, Reach und Net. Diese helfen den Nutzern,
einen Überblick über wichtige Verbindungen und Beziehungen zwischen
verschiedenen Gruppen und Personen zu bekommen und somit ihre eigenen
wie auch andere soziale Netzwerke im Unternehmen zu analysieren.
"IBM
Lotus Connections und IBM Lotus Atlas sind wichtige Meilensteine, um
Unternehmen wesentlich bei der Umsetzung ihrer Collaboration Strategien
voranzubringen und schaffen durch die Integration der unterschiedlichen
Komponenten eine wesentliche Voraussetzung zur Vermeidung von
Wissensinseln in Unternehmen.", sagt René Werth, Sales Leader Social
Software & Web 2.0 Solutions, IBM Software Group.
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IBM Delivers the next wave of Business Social Networking: IBM Lotus Connections & IBM Atlas
Introducing "Friending" and "people tagging” for business
BOSTON,
M.A. Enterprise 2.0 June 10, 2008 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the
next wave of social networking tools for business. Lotus Connections
2.0 and IBM Atlas for Lotus Connections feature a mix of new
capabilities that blend IBM's expertise in business software with the
Web 2.0 capabilities popular in consumer social networking Web sites.
The
newest version of IBM Lotus Connections -- successor to the fastest
growing new IBM software product -- is taking a cue from public social
networks. Now people can quickly grow their professional network of
contacts by adding colleagues. This business equivalent of “friending”
helps people effectively manage their network and find expertise.
The
new home page streams feeds from various components of Lotus
Connections and shows people what is happening within their network.
Widgets let people customize the main page and add links to external
communities such as Facebook or custom business applications used
within the organization.
Drawing on its experience in enterprise
collaboration, IBM is expanding the tagging abilities of Lotus
Connections to include people tagging. With the latest version, people
can tag themselves or others based on a key topic or area of
expertise. This allows individuals to instantly identify and retrieve
live intellect on any given topic and tap into the collective wisdom of
a larger group or pinpoint rare, niche expertise from the general
population. Tag clouds are displayed on a person’s profile and
throughout communities, making it easy to associate people with areas
of expertise.
Additional new features in Lotus Connections include the ability to
send
or receive notifications to others about interesting social bookmarks,
discussion forums and integration with wiki providers Atlassian and
Social Text.
“Social networking is the new frontier in business
collaboration,” said Jeff Schick, vice president of social software,
IBM. “From the business-minded projects of IBM Researchers, to our
expertise in Web 2.0, Lotus Connections is the perfect blend of
business-ready tools and Web 2.0 innovations.”
For Lotus
Connections beta program participant Imerys, the need to improve
operation efficiencies by bringing together teams to support 250
locations in 45 countries was critical. As a recognized leader for
their process and product innovations, Imerys needed collaboration
technology that would build on this tradition of excellence.
Turning
to IBM Business Partner Optimus Solutions, Imerys selected the rich
feature set and ease of use of Lotus Connections to help meet the
challenge of the geographically dispersed teams across multiple
business functions.
“We needed a social networking solution that
was built with business-grade collaboration and security features,”
said Dave Bailey, Sr. Manager: Collaboration Services and Integration
for Imerys. “Connections was easy to get up and running and we didn’t
experience any down time. No other vendor could provide that blend of
features and stability that integrated so well with our existing global
collaboration platform.”
With more than 20,000 students and
employees, Saxion is a university of applied sciences based in the
Netherlands. As part of its mission to be the leader in quality
education, Saxion wants to create an environment where students can
learn based on their own preferences and in context to their location,
time and objectives.
Saxion is implementing Lotus Connections
to improve student satisfaction, increase graduation levels, drive new
students to the university and give people a better way to connect
within the organization. Lotus Connections will support students in
finding experts via profiles and social bookmarking. They will form
communities around knowledge subjects and allow students a podium for
their thoughts, ideas’ and discussions using blogs. Activities are also
being used to coordinate group learning.
As a complimentary
offering to Lotus Connections, Atlas is a corporate social networking
visualization and analysis tool. Atlas has four Web 2.0-based
components – My Net, Find, Reach and Net. These components help users
spot the important connections and the relationships between various
groups and navigate their personal and corporate networks.
The
latest version includes several new features that help people find the
right experts, while being able to quickly get a sense of activity
within their network. New Atlas widgets can be added to a person’s home
page to show them how they are linked to someone, or suggest
communities or blogs that people like them are participating in. This
discovery process helps foster the exchange of ideas that leads to the
creation of new products and services for customers.
Lotus
Connections version 2.0 is now available in twenty-three different
languages. The list price of Lotus Connections is $110 per user for a
one-time perpetual license. Businesses can purchase the profiles or
activities component of Lotus Connections at a list price of $55 per
user for a perpetual license.
Atlas version 2.0 is expected to
be available via services engagements through IBM Software Services for
Lotus at the end of June.
For more information on Lotus
Connections visit www.ibm.com/connections or see a demo on You Tube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mcbsrAXlAg
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IBM, Atlas and
Lotus are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in
the United States, other countries or both. Other company, product and
service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
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