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Highlights of Lotusphere 2009

Highlights of Lotusphere 2009
Written By
Clint Boulton
Clint Boulton
Jan 20, 2009
2 minute read
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Highlights of Lotusphere 2009

Highlights of Lotusphere 2009

by Clint Boulton


Blue Man Group Plays for Big Blue Crowd

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Blue Man Group drums out its own tune, getting the Lotusphere audience pumped to discuss serious SAAS (software as a service) collaboration.


Dan Aykroyd

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Yes, that’s Aykroyd, who came on stage doing his Beldar Conehead impression, which may have been funny on “Saturday Night Live” in 1978. Aykroyd, however, is a fine public speaker and didn’t miss a beat when offering his own thoughts on collaborating on a movie set.


BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections

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The slide, preceded by Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie talking up IBM and RIM’s long partnership, says it all. The key difference with this new software is that it supports Lotus Connections’ blogs, activities and communities.


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New BlackBerry Client for Lotus Sametime

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The client integrates presence to help colleagues find each other anywhere, a key function in any enterprise.


Lotus Symphony and Quickr Rock the BlackBerry

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BlackBerry can now handle Lotus Symphony documents and Quickr team collaboration software. Support for Lotus presentations and spreadsheet will come later in 2009.


Domino Designer with XPages Support

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BlackBerry now supports Designer and XPages to enable easier mobile enterprise application development.


LotusLive Unveiled

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LotusLive is the new brand name for IBM’s SAAS collaboration suite, an alternative to Google Apps and Microsoft Windows Live.


LotusLive Engage

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Engage is IBM’s “Bluehouse” extranet social networking services renamed. Engage includes e-mail, Web conferencing, file sharing and other collaboration services.


LotusLive Partners

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Salesforce.com, Skype and LinkedIn have all agreed to integrate with LotusLive, extending IBM’s tendrils to potentially 400 million users.


From Atlantic to Alloy

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Alloy is the IBM and SAP joint software development deal, in which SAP Business Suite reports can be accessed from within Lotus Notes.


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