These slides provide a glimpse on the IBM Connections Cloud platform. It will allow you to understand the basic elements for this multi tenant public cloud in the enterprise social market
6. IBM Connections takes a holistic approach to people
that spans the entire platform
The goal is simple
– Give you fast access to your people network
– Determine who’s relevant to what you’re doing
– Reach out from anywhere
– Rally the troops and get the job done
We give you multiple ways to do all this
10. Share
Business Problem Business Benefits
Company Description Solution ComponentsTransformation
“One of the things that impressed us most
about the IBM Connections Cloud offering is
the ability to bring employees together based
on the skills they have in common, not just
the area of the country that they work in.”
John Brett, IT and Business System Director,
Mears Group
Mears Group PLC
Professional Services / Engineering & Construction
Driving Employee Retention and Accelerating
Analytics to Support Multi-million Pound Growth
To drive its multi-million pound growth, Mears
Group wanted to retain and develop talent from
new acquisitions and deliver analytics services
to an increasing number of business users.
Mears Group worked with IBM Premier
Business Partner Portal to create a business
social network using IBM Connections Cloud,
and a cognitive platform for insight based on
IBM Watson Analytics.
• Unites employees on a single business
social network
• Increases retention for talent from new
acquisitions
• 96% shorter time-to-insight achieved
Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Gloucester,
England, Mears Group is a leading social housing
repairs and maintenance provider. Employing almost
20,000 people in every region of the UK, the
company maintains, repairs and upgrades the homes
of hundreds of thousands of people, and provides
domiciliary care services to around 30,000 people a
year.
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•IBM® Connections™ Cloud S1
•IBM Watson Analytics
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21. Link to IBM Source incl. IDC report: http://bit.ly/2bliC7P
"Excellence is always impressive; but excellence sustained over time is truly special. In the new IDC report
on the worldwide enterprise social networks marketplace, IBM again ranked first in market share for Core
Enterprise Social Networks—for the seventh year in a row. In today’s dynamic, disruptive environment, that’s
quite an accomplishment, and we don’t take it for granted."
Inhi Suh, General Manager, IBM Collaboration Solutions
28. Adapt and make sense of all
interaction data– including the
88% that used to be “dark”
(text, images, audio, video,
ext)
Expertise at scale: Interpret
information, organize it and
offer explanations of what it
means, with rationale for
conclusions
From “productive” to
“effective”– derive insight at
every interaction, recommend
and take action
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Reimagine everyday work with Watson
Interact with a human.
Designed to make humans
smarter faster
29. Cognitive Inbox powered by IBM Verse learns from every
interaction and evolves to help you get work done.
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Expert AdvisorsPersonal Assistance
Providingtwoessentialnewvirtualteammembers
Helps you stay
Current
Gets your
answers
Help you
take actions
Suggests Actions
Learns About You
In your
Network
Understand
s your work
Offer
answers
insightRecommends &
interacts with expert
sources
Summarizes,
Priorities, Highlights
Natural Language
Processes & Intent &
Tone
Follow the smartest
”person” in the
company
Answers based on
confidence
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Assist me, day to day
Analysis of
meetings and their
health
accompanied by
recommendations
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