Lotusphere 2007 Press Recap - January 25, 2007
Category Lotusphere2007
(Gathered from my Google News alerts and other sources)
Intranet Journal: Lotus Notes 8 Beta Set for Next Month (John Roling)
IBM Lotus announced earlier this week at its annual Lotusphere conference that Lotus Notes 8 will go into beta next month, with its general release slated for mid-year. Notes 8 (formerly codenamed Hannover) is a strongly client-focused release, with new features, functionality, and a vastly updated graphical user interface.
Another focus -- stressed repeatedly at the Lotusphere -- is that the new Notes 8 client and Domino 8 server are designed not to break existing applications. With 127 million Notes seats worldwide, this was something that Lotus concentrated heavily on during development and beta testing.
IT-Director.com: The Death of Workplace... (Clive Longbottom)
Some time back (well, a couple of years, actually), I wrote an article on IBM Lotus' product, Workplace, a communication and collaboration environment written as a set of services accessed via a version of IBM WebSphere Portal shipped with the product. I really liked this solution—but felt that I had to write something to try and sort out some of the messaging confusion that seemed to be present from IBM.
ZDNet: Neil Armstrong lands at Lotusphere (Colin Barker)
IBM gave attendees at this week's Lotusphere conference an unexpected treat — a speech from Neil Armstrong on the role technology played in the race to the moon.
Armstrong is a living legend, famous for uttering "That's one small step for man" as he set foot on the moon in 1969. On Monday, he told delegates at IBM's Lotusphere conference in Florida a few tales about the early computers he worked with.
He also cited IBM's contribution to the space programme, by explaining the company's role in the Gemini spacecrafts — in which Armstrong made a trip into space in 1966.
NewsFactor Network: IBM Pushes Social Networking for the Enterprise (Jennifer LeClaire)
IBM's crack at enterprise-grade social networking in the form of the new Lotus Connection platform consists of five components: activities, communities, dogear (IBM's lingo for bookmarking Web pages), profiles, and blogs. "Lotus Connection is an opportunity for companies to roll out a business-ready solution before employees start to turn to the consumer side, like they did with instant messaging," said Andy Nilssen, an analyst at Wainhouse Research.
Globe and Mail: Online networking centre stage at IBM (Mathew Ingram)
For many large companies, it's difficult to keep track of who is who, and who knows what -- or even who is responsible for what. When it comes time to organize a particular project, even small companies can overlook talent that sits just down the hall.
Online, however, there are a multitude of ways to get and stay connected, whether it's through LinkedIn, MySpace or Facebook. And when it comes to collaborating on a project, there are plenty of ways to do that, too, including the Google-owned JotSpot "wiki" service.
Computer services giant International Business Machines is hoping to tap into the interest in social networking with a new suite of software tools it launched on Monday. While many companies might be reluctant to use open or consumer-oriented Web-based tools, IBM is pitching its suite as a solution that companies can run in-house, with no fear of disruption or security risks.
Gartner: IBM Begins to Reinvent Itself at Lotusphere 2007
Lotusphere 2007 featured an impressive lineup of refreshed favorites and some new launches that may appeal to non-Lotus users. IBM has clarified some of its plans for the Lotus products, but important challenges remain.
InternetNews.com: IBM Pushes Quickr in ECM Space (Michael Hickins)
IBM is planning to release a new product it hopes will push the competition in the enterprise content management (ECM) space.
The software, Quickr will allow users to access information buried in different content repositories through a single interface via connectors appearing in the task bars of running applications. For instance, a drop-down in the Microsoft Office toolbar will let users check documents in or out of their ECM systems.
This includes rival ECM systems like EMC's (Quote) Documentum, Open Text and Microsoft's (Quote) Sharepoint as well as FileNet, which IBM acquired in August.
Information World Review: Can IBM satisfy users, the organisation and IT? (David Tebbutt)
No sooner do I file a column (coming soon) on the clash between IT-driven and user-driven computing than IBM decides to make two announcements which, between them, more or less address the issues I raised.
In what looks like a pincer movement, IBM has extended Lotus Notes into the Web 2.0 world. It has also announced an alpha program called QEDwiki, which is providing a Web 2.0 environment for the enterprise.
(Gathered from my Google News alerts and other sources)
Intranet Journal: Lotus Notes 8 Beta Set for Next Month (John Roling)
IBM Lotus announced earlier this week at its annual Lotusphere conference that Lotus Notes 8 will go into beta next month, with its general release slated for mid-year. Notes 8 (formerly codenamed Hannover) is a strongly client-focused release, with new features, functionality, and a vastly updated graphical user interface.
Another focus -- stressed repeatedly at the Lotusphere -- is that the new Notes 8 client and Domino 8 server are designed not to break existing applications. With 127 million Notes seats worldwide, this was something that Lotus concentrated heavily on during development and beta testing.
IT-Director.com: The Death of Workplace... (Clive Longbottom)
Some time back (well, a couple of years, actually), I wrote an article on IBM Lotus' product, Workplace, a communication and collaboration environment written as a set of services accessed via a version of IBM WebSphere Portal shipped with the product. I really liked this solution—but felt that I had to write something to try and sort out some of the messaging confusion that seemed to be present from IBM.
ZDNet: Neil Armstrong lands at Lotusphere (Colin Barker)
IBM gave attendees at this week's Lotusphere conference an unexpected treat — a speech from Neil Armstrong on the role technology played in the race to the moon.
Armstrong is a living legend, famous for uttering "That's one small step for man" as he set foot on the moon in 1969. On Monday, he told delegates at IBM's Lotusphere conference in Florida a few tales about the early computers he worked with.
He also cited IBM's contribution to the space programme, by explaining the company's role in the Gemini spacecrafts — in which Armstrong made a trip into space in 1966.
NewsFactor Network: IBM Pushes Social Networking for the Enterprise (Jennifer LeClaire)
IBM's crack at enterprise-grade social networking in the form of the new Lotus Connection platform consists of five components: activities, communities, dogear (IBM's lingo for bookmarking Web pages), profiles, and blogs. "Lotus Connection is an opportunity for companies to roll out a business-ready solution before employees start to turn to the consumer side, like they did with instant messaging," said Andy Nilssen, an analyst at Wainhouse Research.
Globe and Mail: Online networking centre stage at IBM (Mathew Ingram)
For many large companies, it's difficult to keep track of who is who, and who knows what -- or even who is responsible for what. When it comes time to organize a particular project, even small companies can overlook talent that sits just down the hall.
Online, however, there are a multitude of ways to get and stay connected, whether it's through LinkedIn, MySpace or Facebook. And when it comes to collaborating on a project, there are plenty of ways to do that, too, including the Google-owned JotSpot "wiki" service.
Computer services giant International Business Machines is hoping to tap into the interest in social networking with a new suite of software tools it launched on Monday. While many companies might be reluctant to use open or consumer-oriented Web-based tools, IBM is pitching its suite as a solution that companies can run in-house, with no fear of disruption or security risks.
Gartner: IBM Begins to Reinvent Itself at Lotusphere 2007
Lotusphere 2007 featured an impressive lineup of refreshed favorites and some new launches that may appeal to non-Lotus users. IBM has clarified some of its plans for the Lotus products, but important challenges remain.
InternetNews.com: IBM Pushes Quickr in ECM Space (Michael Hickins)
IBM is planning to release a new product it hopes will push the competition in the enterprise content management (ECM) space.
The software, Quickr will allow users to access information buried in different content repositories through a single interface via connectors appearing in the task bars of running applications. For instance, a drop-down in the Microsoft Office toolbar will let users check documents in or out of their ECM systems.
This includes rival ECM systems like EMC's (Quote) Documentum, Open Text and Microsoft's (Quote) Sharepoint as well as FileNet, which IBM acquired in August.
Information World Review: Can IBM satisfy users, the organisation and IT? (David Tebbutt)
No sooner do I file a column (coming soon) on the clash between IT-driven and user-driven computing than IBM decides to make two announcements which, between them, more or less address the issues I raised.
In what looks like a pincer movement, IBM has extended Lotus Notes into the Web 2.0 world. It has also announced an alpha program called QEDwiki, which is providing a Web 2.0 environment for the enterprise.
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