Lotusphere 2007 Press Recap - January 26, 2007
Category Lotusphere2007
(Gathered from my Google News alerts and other sources)
ZDNet: Q&A: Lotus wakes up to social networking (Clive Barker)
With attention focused on all things Web 2.0, it's fair to say groupware isn't grabbing much attention anymore. However, it seems IBM's Lotus division has finally wised up to the new tech landscape, and at Lotusphere 2007, this year's annual customer event, it unveiled a raft of products that embrace emerging online social-networking technologies.
IBM's Mike Rhodin, general manager of the Lotus group, is the man charged with reinvigorating IBM's groupware strategy. After five years of relatively quiet activity, Lotus seems to have woken up to the possibilities of online collaboration. And that new strategy will bring it into conflict with old enemy Microsoft.
eWeek: IBM on TAP for New Technology (Darryl K. Taft)
At Lotusphere 2007 here, IBM showcased its TAP program, which calls on an internal community of innovators and early adopters to try new and beta versions of IBM technologies and give feedback to shape the development of the technology.
Amy Chow, manager of the TAP program, which is part of IBM's Office of the CIO, said the basis of the TAP program, which began in January 2006, was "to bring emerging technologies in early. And our big showpiece was [Lotus] Sametime. We brought in Sametime 7.5 using TAP methods."
TechWhack: New IBM Service Helps Put More ‘Eyes’ on Data
As part of an ongoing effort to deliver social computing software, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today launched “Many Eyes,” an innovative new service that allows people to explore different visual representations of large amounts of data and share it with others to help them collectively make better sense of the information.
InformationWeek: Lotus As A Web 2.0 Collaboration Platform? Not Quite Yet (J. Nicholas Hoover)
But there's interesting products in IBM's new product lineup. That will help in its rivalry with Microsoft
IBM desperately wants a seat at the Web 2.0 table. Last week at its Lotusphere conference, IBM brought out new tools ranging from social networking software designed for businesses to a more user-friendly version of a Notes E-mail application that was once synonymous with "clunky."
All the Web 2.0 buzzwords are represented: wikis, syndicated feeds, video, presence awareness, click-to-call. Beyond the features, IBM's trying to make the Lotus brand something of a mashable collaboration platform, allowing plug-ins to products such as Cisco telephony, AOL instant messaging, Salesforce.com CRM, and Research In Motion BlackBerrys. "The collaboration market is not an E-mail-only market anymore," Lotus VP Ken Bisconti says.
(Gathered from my Google News alerts and other sources)
ZDNet: Q&A: Lotus wakes up to social networking (Clive Barker)
With attention focused on all things Web 2.0, it's fair to say groupware isn't grabbing much attention anymore. However, it seems IBM's Lotus division has finally wised up to the new tech landscape, and at Lotusphere 2007, this year's annual customer event, it unveiled a raft of products that embrace emerging online social-networking technologies.
IBM's Mike Rhodin, general manager of the Lotus group, is the man charged with reinvigorating IBM's groupware strategy. After five years of relatively quiet activity, Lotus seems to have woken up to the possibilities of online collaboration. And that new strategy will bring it into conflict with old enemy Microsoft.
eWeek: IBM on TAP for New Technology (Darryl K. Taft)
At Lotusphere 2007 here, IBM showcased its TAP program, which calls on an internal community of innovators and early adopters to try new and beta versions of IBM technologies and give feedback to shape the development of the technology.
Amy Chow, manager of the TAP program, which is part of IBM's Office of the CIO, said the basis of the TAP program, which began in January 2006, was "to bring emerging technologies in early. And our big showpiece was [Lotus] Sametime. We brought in Sametime 7.5 using TAP methods."
TechWhack: New IBM Service Helps Put More ‘Eyes’ on Data
As part of an ongoing effort to deliver social computing software, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today launched “Many Eyes,” an innovative new service that allows people to explore different visual representations of large amounts of data and share it with others to help them collectively make better sense of the information.
InformationWeek: Lotus As A Web 2.0 Collaboration Platform? Not Quite Yet (J. Nicholas Hoover)
But there's interesting products in IBM's new product lineup. That will help in its rivalry with Microsoft
IBM desperately wants a seat at the Web 2.0 table. Last week at its Lotusphere conference, IBM brought out new tools ranging from social networking software designed for businesses to a more user-friendly version of a Notes E-mail application that was once synonymous with "clunky."
All the Web 2.0 buzzwords are represented: wikis, syndicated feeds, video, presence awareness, click-to-call. Beyond the features, IBM's trying to make the Lotus brand something of a mashable collaboration platform, allowing plug-ins to products such as Cisco telephony, AOL instant messaging, Salesforce.com CRM, and Research In Motion BlackBerrys. "The collaboration market is not an E-mail-only market anymore," Lotus VP Ken Bisconti says.
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