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September
2010
Singapore
Airlines Turns to IBM Lotus to Empower Its Geographically Distributed
Workforce Airline Expanding Use of IBM Lotus Collaboration Software
to Strengthen Global Communications
Singapore
Airlines operates a global passenger route network, serving 62 major
cities in 34 countries, with a fleet of 106 passenger aircraft. It is
the world's most awarded airline, and is the first to fly the world's
largest commercial passenger aircraft, the new Airbus A380
Today
IBM Lotus announced that it has signed an agreement with Singapore Airlines
to empower the airline's geographically distributed workforce to collaborate
and communicate more effectively.
After
a comprehensive total cost of ownership study, Singapore Airlines decided
to retain
IBM Lotus Software asthe company’s messaging platform.
Singapore
Airlines will upgrade to the latest version of Lotus
Notes and Domino 8.5 by end of 2010, and will further enhance its
collaboration, knowledge management and mobility using the Lotus Collaboration
platform powered by IBM Lotus Quickr, Lotus Connections, Lotus Sametime,
Lotus Notes Traveler and Lotus Mobile Connect.
"Enterprise
collaboration and communications is critical for a company whose employees
are as dispersed as Singapore Airlines," said Kevin Cavanaugh,
vice president, messaging and collaboration, IBM Lotus Software. “The
use of social software and collaboration solutions can significantly
impact the productivity and knowledge sharing across an organization."
IBM
Lotus Notes collaboration software is available for the full spectrum
of proliferating mobile and Web-connected devices such as thin clients,
laptops and desktops used to access corporate applications and business
processes. Lotus Notes is available in a cloud-based version, and also
comes bundled with hardware and other offerings via its Lotus Foundations
line for mid-sized businesses.
September
2009
The
official launch of the Lotus Knows marketing campaign began in September
2009. Ads should start appearing in various print and online publications
right away and the new lotusknows.com website.
Just
a few of the places where the adds might start appearing are:
Wired,
Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, ESPN.com, CNN.com,
ABCNews.com, and Google/Yahoo of course.
Another
advertising area is what they call the "Out of Home" plan.
This deals with advertising that you might see away from your home.
For example, there's going to be a push in certain airports to place
signage near the Flight Information screens as well as sponsoring free
wi-fi. I'm looking forward to seeing these "In the Wild".
They even have a tour bus all decked out for the campaign. Initially
in the USA market, Lotus Knows will expand to Europe including the UK
in 2010.
And
of course there's the website. lotusknows.com
The website comes in 2 flavors. An HTML version and a full screen Flash
version. The full Flash version is the site to try. It loaded fast and
it looks great! It looks VERY well done.
August
2009 . . . Oakmont
Limited confirmed as an authorised IBM Business Partner to assist in
migration from IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager to Lotus Quickr
In
February 2009, IBM announced the withdrawal of Lotus Domino Document
Manager (previously known as Domino.Doc). As of May 12, 2009, the software
will not be available for purchase; end of support will take effect
on September 30, 2012.
Easing
Migration
Later this year IBM currently plans to provide a basic, no-charge tool
to help migrate from Lotus Domino Document Manager to Lotus Quickr.
IBM is also establishing a community of expertise (including people,
best practices wiki, a planning guide, and a resource guide) to provide
you with advice and support.
The
migration options and choices IBM is providing to Lotus Domino Document
Manager customers provides the smartest and most attractive path to
the future.
For
additional information click
here to review the Migration Assistance details.
September
2007
IBM
Releases Office Desktop Software at No Charge to Foster Collaboration
and Innovation
NEW YORK, NY - 18 Sep 2007: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM Lotus
Symphony, a suite of free software tools for creating and sharing documents,
spreadsheets and presentations.
Beginning
today at www.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony, business, academic, governmental
and consumer users alike can download this enterprise-grade office software,
which is the same tool inside some of IBM's most popular collaboration
products, such as the recently released Lotus Notes 8. In addition,
these tools can be used to seamlessly extend a business process or custom
application to create dynamic composite applications.
There
are three core applications that make up the Lotus Symphony tools: Lotus
Symphony Documents, Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets and Lotus Symphony Presentations.
These intuitive software tools, which support Windows and Linux desktops,
are designed to handle the majority of office productivity tasks that
workers typically perform. Lotus Symphony supports multiple file formats
including Microsoft Office and Open Document Format (ODF), and also
can output content in PDF format.
Increasingly,
users of productivity software are challenging the confines of the desktop.
IBM Lotus Symphony provides a fresh, people-oriented way to create,
contribute and reuse content instantly across a wide range of applications.
In addition, because it is based on ODF, Lotus Symphony allows organizations
to access, use and maintain all their documents for the long-term, without
worrying about ongoing software licensing and royalty fees.
"IBM
is committed to opening office desktop productivity applications just
as we helped open enterprise computing with Linux," said Steve
Mills, senior vice president and group executive, IBM Software Group.
"The lifeblood of any organization is contained in thousands of
documents. With the Open Document Format, businesses can unlock their
information, making it universally accessible on any platform and on
the Web in highly flexible ways."
IBM
Lotus Symphony is consistent with IBM's strategy to help people find
new ways to work together. The no-charge IBM Lotus Symphony software
integrates editor functionality into everyday desktop and business applications.
IBM
Lotus Symphony gives users the freedom to create and share information,
as well as assemble composite applications that link to business processes.
For example, IBM Lotus Symphony may be able to help businesses complete
tasks more rapidly and efficiently by connecting to relevant information
from a variety of sources. Companies can integrate IBM Lotus Symphony
tools into their custom applications and easily connect to myriad data
sources to create composite applications. These rich applications enable
users to work in a single view, and present data from multiple sources
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September
2007
IBM
Unveils Next Generation Collaboration Software Suite
NEW YORK, NY - 18 Sep 2007: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an expansion
of its collaboration software portfolio, introducing new products and
features to help customers improve productivity, business networking
and knowledge sharing. The announcements were made at IBM's Collaboration
Summit in New York City.
In
the past year, IBM has upgraded every product area in its collaboration
portfolio, including Web 2.0 features in Lotus Notes and Domino 8; professional
networking tools for the enterprise
with IBM Lotus Connections; easy document sharing through IBM Lotus
Quickr; rich, browser-based Web 2.0 electronic forms with IBM Lotus
Forms; expanded unified communications and instant messaging in IBM
Lotus Sametime 8.0; and enterprise mashup capabilities in IBM WebSphere
Portal.
"Throughout
2007, IBM has delivered on its promise to take customers beyond email
with advanced collaboration capabilities that address the needs of today's
connected workplace," said Mike Rhodin, general manager, IBM Lotus
Software. "IBM is changing the game for customers competing in
a Web 2.0 world, with a clearly defined product line to help them transform
their business processes."
Extended
reach of Lotus Quickr to more users and content sources through
Lotus Notes 8 and Microsoft Outlook connectors, additional APIs and
Lotus Quickr Content Integrator - New Quickr connectors for Lotus Notes
8 and Microsoft Outlook are currently planned to be available in the
first quarter of 2008. They will allow team members to save attachments
into team workspaces; replace attachments with shared links; and use
the collaborative content services of Lotus Quickr directly in Lotus
Notes and Microsoft Outlook without having to hop between applications.
With drag and drop support, the Lotus Quickr connectors for Lotus Notes
and Outlook will make it easy to move attachments directly into Quickr
folders, enabling users to reduce the size of their mail files, ensure
they always have access to the latest document version and get new team
members up to speed quickly. New planned Lotus Quickr APIs will allow
integration with enterprise content management systems, including IBM
Lotus Domino Document Manager, IBM FileNet P8 and other ECM solutions,
setting the stage for comprehensive content management coupled with
the intuitive user interface and collaborative strength of Lotus Quickr.
Also
currently planned for availability in the first quarter of 2008 is Lotus
Quickr Content Integrator, a new companion product to Quickr for the
mass movement of documents from server to server. -- Administrators
can use Lotus Quickr Content Integrator to import content from Lotus
Domino Document Manager libraries, Lotus Domino teamrooms, Microsoft
Outlook public folders, and Microsoft SharePoint sites into Lotus Quickr
services for Domino (NSF repositories).
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March
2007
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