IBM is all set to launch its new social networking software suite – Lotus Connections.
Disclosing this to CyberMedia News here, Alistair Renee, president, development and technical support at IBM said the new set of tools in Lotus Connections, will combine social networking applications for next generation businesses.
“The new offering on Web 2.0 style social networking is aimed at empowering next generation businesses with help of advanced usage of tools such as AJAX. The new set of tools will enable exchange of information within an organization, which will be usable and sharable, but at the same time not compromising on the security aspects,” he informed.
Renee said that continuous innovation has gone into building ‘Lotus Connections,’ as a collaboration tool that will enhance employee productivity and business efficiency.
“Lotus Connections has five tools, namely profile, social book called dogear, communities, blogging section and activities. While four of the tools have been developed out of IBM’s Boston development center, the India Software Labs at Pune has developed the activities section,” Renee added.
Indications are that Lotus Connections will be a replica of IBM’s Innovation Factory, a tool employed internally by the company. The tool again uses social networking technologies to help companies quickly conceive and test new products and services, promising to reduce a product’s launch process from years to a days.
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