IBM provides social collaboration tools to enable internal and external collaboration. Key features include mobile file syncing, IBM Docs for team document editing, and community folders for organizing community files. Upcoming enhancements focus on streamlining the user experience through an improved homepage, search, and rich text editing tools. IBM aims to make social business collaboration easy and drive real business value for organizations.

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3. IBM Social Business Leadership
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Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace, September 2013
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Source: The Forrester Wave™: File Sync and Share, Q3 2013; Cloud Strategies for Online Collaboration Software Vendors, Q3 2012, and Enterprise Social Platforms, Q3 2011, Forrester Research, Inc.
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Source: IDC: Number 1 position from 2009-2012, IDC Worldwide Enterprise Social Software 2013-2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares: From ESS to ESN, doc #241323, June 2013.
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Source: Aragon Research Globe for Enterprise Social Software, September 2012
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6. Deliveries in 2013
Cloud:
Mobile Community files, forums,
bookmarks
IBM Connections 4.5
IBM Connections Content Manager
Outlook Sidebar Plug-in
Activity stream portlet
Jan
Mobile:
Support iPad Mini/ iOS 6.1
I'm Following view now
default
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Mar
On-prem:
Mobile @-mentions
Mobile post to community/profile
Mobile single tap to view file
Mobile access Downloads from
main nav
Jun
Cloud:
Cloud update to Connections 4.5
Next Gen Theme, Global search
MS Office & Desktop plugins
Mobile Community folders, Mobile contacts
On-prem:
IBM BPM & Connections integration
Government 2.0 Template for Portal
Mobile two factor authentication
Mobile action required in streams
Cloud:
Activity Streams & Microblogging
Community microblogging
Social bridging (cloud/on-prem)
Community Events
View open questions per community
Threaded comments in blogs
Edit comments in blogs
Email digests
Wiki Table of contents
Mobile microblogging & file sync
Notifications in mobile open mobile app
New media gallery / wikis (cloud/on-prem
)
Cloud:
File Sync on desktop
Increase % of relevant info in stream
Consolidated views in homepage
Activity stream badging
Community polls/surveys
Community landing page
Community soft delete
@mentions in blogs/ideation
Separate My Activities/Communities
View forum replies sequentially
Mobile Push Notifications for Action
Required
On-prem:
Community polls/surveys
OpenOffice plug-in for Connections
Quickr → CCM migration tools
On-prem:
Community-owned folders
Mobile file sync
CCM on Mobile
AirPlay of Docs presentations
Sept
Dec
IBM Docs on Mobile
cloud)
IBM File Viewer
(on-prem)
AirPrint support
(cloud/on-prem)
IBM Connections
Suite 4.5.1
Next Gen Theme
(on-prem)

7. Mobile File Sync
Anytime anywhere collaboration

Automated

Control sync via
LTE/4G/3G or WiFi Only
Mobile File Sync
Anytime anywhere collaboration
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View if files on other
devices are out of sync
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Push notifications
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8. IBM Docs - team documents

Preview, present and print
- without downloading

Web-based editors

Available in Mobile

AirPlay dual-display mode
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9. Mobile
Anytime anywhere collaboration

New Media Gallery Layout

Take pictures and videos in
the field and collaborate with
those back in the office

Take snapshots of a
whiteboard and share back
meeting notes
Browse through media quickly
and upload using device camera
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10. Mobile
Anytime anywhere collaboration

Review and make edits to
documents while on the go

Get access to how-to's and
solutions
View and edit wiki pages
anytime, anywhere
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11. Desktop integration Manage your files from where you work
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12. 2014 Focus
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13. Internal and External Collaboration
Invite Partner Or
Customer to Join
New User Receives e-mail Invitation
Registers & Logs In
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice
Community Content
Available To New User

14. Community - external collaboration
Employees can be designated to
create an external community
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

15. Invite an external user into community
Yellow bar remains fixed to identify
the community as external
Typeahead will find external
people who are already registered
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

16. Invite anyone - with just an email address
Integrates with your business control
systems to allow invitation
directly from within
the community
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

17. First time experience for new users
New user must register with the
system, and then logs in
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18. First time experience
External user only sees what
they have access to
(Communities or Files)
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19. External users
All community content is
available to the external user
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

20. External user
External users can see business cards
but not Profiles; cannot view the directory
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21. External user comments
Easily identify external users
anywhere in Connections
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

22. Viewing an external user
Employees can find external users in
the directory & can see their profiles
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

23. Improved email notifications
Default text can be used or a
personal message from the inviter
Option to learn more
Clear actions for the
recipient to take
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

24. 2014 Focus
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25. Synchronize files
 Connections files repository
your desktop file system
your mobile devices.
 Round trip editing with local
changes updated automatically.
 Have the latest version available
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

26. Connections Content Manager Enhancements

Broad release of Quickr to CCM migration
tool

Windows Explorer integration

Usage Metrics

MS Office integration

Combined Community Files & CCM Files
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Plans are subject to change without notice
Designs Subject to Change Subject to Change
Designs Without Notice

27. Mobile Updates and Enhancements
 Day at a Glance to quickly scan for new
and updated info
 Notifications to be alerted to important info
 History to find your way back
 Saved Searches to focus on specific
projects or people
 Updated UI for iOS 7 and Android to drive
engagement
 Updated Blogs UX to optimize finding and
reading
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 Personalized navigation to make it easier
to get around
 Search enhancements for better results
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

28. Social Collaboration – easier for you
Mark favorite
content
Personalized
navigation bar
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice
Easily Return To Recently
Visited Content

29. 2014 Focus
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30. IBM Connections Homepage
Enhancements to drive productivity
View all of your notifications
consolidated into one area
Real-time notifications keep you
engaged in relevant conversations
See thumbnail view of a website
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

31. IBM Connections Homepage
Quick access to the content you need
Instant access to the recently visited
content you care about
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

32. IBM Connections Homepage
Search your stream and find what you need
Search Activity Stream to
find messages and content
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

33. People typeahead search
Find who you need – now!
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
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Just type, no waiting – fast
look-up
Personalized results find
users by partial name
matches via your extended
network relationships
Find your contact even with
misspellings
Combine names with tags
to refine results
Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

34. @-mentions everywhere
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35. Community Folders
Organize your community files in folders, and follow it
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

36. Consolidated file viewer in Communities
Preview file contents from
within your community files
Create custom gallery based
on community folder
Expanded detail on files
shows preview or
playback of content
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

37. Embed files in the rich text editor
Quickly and easily embed
files within
the rich text editor
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Designs Subject to Change Without Notice

38. Copy/paste images into rich text editor
Paste images directly into
the rich text editor
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39. In Summary...
http://www.ibm.com/social-business
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41. New rich text editor
Entitlement to Ephox
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42. Social Business
is not an option
– it's a mandate
Social Business
delivers real
business value
Becoming a Social
Business is easy
with IBM
Connections
Start Your Social Business Journey
http://ibmcloud.com/social
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