CRM needs another dimension, says Mr. Ahlert Hysing, a commentator in the Norwegian IT-newspaper Computerworld. Customer Relationship Management systems was originally made to track sales processes from the sales managers point of view, he claims. And he is right.... Read More ›

IBM Connections is a leading social software platform that can help your organization engage the right people, accelerate innovation, and deliver results. This integrated, security-rich platform helps people engage with networks of experts in the context of critical business processes.

IBM has released updates to the Connections mobile apps for Android and iOS - version 4.1. This one has some additional features and a handful of UI enhancements in it. In addition, there is broader support for SmartCloud Engage, including Communities (FIles, Forums, Bookmarks) and People.

We are happy to announce a new initiative - the Social Business Toolkit webinars. We've planned to host one or two webinars per month on various IBM Social Business Toolkit app dev related topics. Our intent is to deliver high quality content which is presented by various experts from the IBM development teams and potentially from people from the community.

Have a coffee and sit down and listen to how Portico became a social business and what they do to help others in this quest! Filed under: adoption, Blogs, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Portico, Social Business, social marketing, social media, Web 2.0 Tagged: adoption, big data, IBM, Marketing 2.0, social business, social marketing, Social […]

IBM SmartCloud for Social Business solution heats up efficiency and builds a base for better service.

The company installs IBM Connections software to help employees engage as a corporate community.

In this show Peter Presnell returns to conclude his 3 part series on XPages Mobile Controls.  Today he’ll cover outlines and Data Views. I also talk about the current OpenNTF.org Appathon Contest.  There’s a lot of prize money available so be sure to check that out as well.

Note The section in IBM Domino 9.0 Social Edition Administrator Help covering SAML is: Securing Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) to configure federatedidentity authentication Read that Help section for overview of SAML configuration tasks in Domino.

IBM Redbooks and IBM Collaboration solutions have partnered to bring you this guide on Installing and Deploying IBM Connections. Click the link below to download this guide as a PDF.

General Q: What is the Metrics application? A: The new IBM Connections Metrics application provides a comprehensive set of quantitative and qualitative metrics that help measure the business value of IBM Connections to your organization.

The IamLUG 2013 keynote with Louis Richardson of IBM and Kirk Bowman of Zipline is now available for replay on YouTube. Louis is an excellent storyteller and social whisperer that draws you in covering creative ideas. Kirk follows with making good social choices.

Julie and Amy celebrate the first anniversary of the Notes Tips podcast by talking about replication - a subject that Julie finds somewhat intimidating. We share some tips for getting started with replication, a very useful feature of Notes.