#2 ComputaCenter, Hatfield 26 th September 2007 Neil Burston + David Gurteen Social Networking Using Lotus & WebSphere Unleashing Social Networking with Lotus

ComputaCenter, Hatfield

26 th September 2007

Neil Burston + David Gurteen

Me + You = Us + Him

IBM Lotus Connections Special Interest Group . . . I.L.C.S.I.G?

I.L.C.S.I.G?

Why ?

New thinking, new language

W.I.I. F.M Why What How

Why

What

How

Lotus Connections in action See the video at http://demos.dfw.ibm.com/brands/lotus/

See the video at http://demos.dfw.ibm.com/brands/lotus/

Mini Knowledge Cafe David Gurteen talks for 5 mins about Social Tools Sow some seeds The audience discuss in small groups for 10 mins Whole group conversation 10 mins

David Gurteen talks for 5 mins about Social Tools

Sow some seeds

The audience discuss in small groups for 10 mins

Whole group conversation 10 mins

Powerful, personal, knowledge sharing tools

Benefits . . . Puts control in the hands of the users Enables the everyday informal sharing of information and knowledge Supports collaboration Helps create a sense of community Helps users find experts or needed information Improves openness and transparency

Puts control in the hands of the users

Enables the everyday informal sharing of information and knowledge

Supports collaboration

Helps create a sense of community

Helps users find experts or needed information

Improves openness and transparency

Have evolved in Internet space but now moving to Intranet space

What are the obstacles?

Misunderstood . . . The ill-informed twitterings of the masses No place in the business world Irrational fear …

The ill-informed twitterings of the masses

No place in the business world

Irrational fear …

Time Wasting . . . Social Networking tools such as FaceBook have being banned in some organizations

Social Networking tools such as FaceBook have being banned in some organizations

Unstructured/Messy . . . Blogs Wikis Tagging/folksonomies

Blogs

Wikis

Tagging/folksonomies

Subversive . . . Loss of control Blogs Anyone can write about anything

Loss of control

Blogs

Anyone can write about anything

Lack of authentication . . . Blogs Un-quality assured data! Wikis

Blogs

Un-quality assured data!

Wikis

Lack of value . . . Managers do not necessarily see the business value Not all employees see what is in it for them

Managers do not necessarily see the business value

Not all employees see what is in it for them

You really need social tools! Why the f*** do I need social tools?

Overcoming the obstacles

How to find out more The web F2F events http://lotusconnectionsblog.com

The web

F2F events

What next? More events in planning Use your social networks

More events in planning

Use your social networks

Questions?

Thank you

Without whom . . . With thanks to . . . Ian “Guru” McNairn, IBM David Gurteen, Gurteen.com Stuart McIntyre, Morpheus.co.uk Brendan Tutt, IBM Rob Thatcher, IBM Mac Guidera, IBM Jon Mell, Trovus.co.uk WebSphere User Group UK Lotus User Group

Ian “Guru” McNairn, IBM

David Gurteen, Gurteen.com

Stuart McIntyre, Morpheus.co.uk

Brendan Tutt, IBM

Rob Thatcher, IBM

Mac Guidera, IBM

Jon Mell, Trovus.co.uk

WebSphere User Group

UK Lotus User Group

Lotus Connections Roadmap 2H ‘07 1H ’08 Focus is to provide a maintenance release with Group 1 language support & critical bug fixes. Group 1 languages: Chinese (simplified & traditional), Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese eGA Summer 2007 IBM’s first social software offering includes 5 key services (Profiles, Activities, Blogs, Communities & Dogear) eGA June 2007 Focus is to provide a maintenance release with critical bugs fixes & additional directory & client / server platforms Server Platforms - AIX, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, IBM iSeries Client Platforms / browsers – Macintosh (Safari) Directories - IBM Lotus Domino 7.0 & Sun ONE eGA Fall 2007 Focus is to provide a major feature release based these are some of the initial theme’s / concepts: Enhance value of communities to become focal points for collaborating & sharing information with others Enhance the integration of Lotus Connections in existing applications (e.g. Lotus products - Quickr, Notes, Sametime, Portal, and competitive products - Microsoft Office) Feature enhancements to existing services (e.g. increased extensibility for Profiles, etc) Bolster activities to enable people to leverage social capital to execute ideas faster and increase their productivity And more … eGA 1H 2008 1H ‘07 This product roadmap is directional in nature and does not imply any product plan commitment on the part of IBM. Plans are subject to change at any time without notice. Lotus Connections R1 Lotus Connections R1.0.1 Lotus Connections R1.0.2 Lotus Connections R2

Focus is to provide a maintenance release with Group 1 language support & critical bug fixes.

Group 1 languages: Chinese (simplified & traditional), Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese

eGA Summer 2007

IBM’s first social software offering includes 5 key services (Profiles, Activities, Blogs, Communities & Dogear)

eGA June 2007

Focus is to provide a maintenance release with critical bugs fixes & additional directory & client / server platforms

Server Platforms - AIX, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, IBM iSeries

Client Platforms / browsers – Macintosh (Safari)

Directories - IBM Lotus Domino 7.0 & Sun ONE

eGA Fall 2007

Focus is to provide a major feature release based these are some of the initial theme’s / concepts:

Enhance value of communities to become focal points for collaborating & sharing information with others

Enhance the integration of Lotus Connections in existing applications (e.g. Lotus products - Quickr, Notes, Sametime, Portal, and competitive products - Microsoft Office)

Feature enhancements to existing services (e.g. increased extensibility for Profiles, etc)

Bolster activities to enable people to leverage social capital to execute ideas faster and increase their productivity

And more …

eGA 1H 2008