UK Lotus User Group - Connectr Presentation

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

Me + You = Us + Him

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

New thinking, new language

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

Lotus Connections in action
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

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

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 …

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

Unstructured/Messy . . .
Blogs
Wikis
Tagging/folksonomies

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

Lack of authentication . . .
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

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

What next?
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

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

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