IBM's social business and collaboration solutions offered through its SaaS platforms like LotusLive provide opportunities for growth, cost reduction, and innovation. LotusLive offers a range of social tools from expertise location and communities to idea jams and social applications, as well as collaboration tools like document sharing and web conferencing. It allows freedom of choice in clients, operating systems, and devices through installable mobile apps and zero-install web apps. LotusLive also enables extranet collaboration through a private intranet connected securely to external partners and suppliers.