Suzanne Livingston and Michael Wanderski are presenting on communities in Connections. My notes from the session: – Will be talking about a variety of use cases for communities (note that these are similar to what I talk about in the collaboration scenarios in Collaboration Roadmap. It’s also an […]
I’ve been attending Lotusphere 2012 as an industry analysit this week in Orlando. Although I’ve known some people, it’s been overwhelming being here for the first time. 5,000-7,000 people sharing a relatively small space for a week is quite incredible. It’s definitely the biggest event I’ve ever attended. […]
Mitch Cohen presented on the rollout and adoption of Connections at Colgate. I arrived 5-7 minutes late, so missed the first piece. My notes on Mitch’s session: – Are getting ready for Connections 4.0. Plan to get new servers, then move the data over when it’s ready. – […]
Mat Newman from the West Island of New Zealand (otherwise known as Australia), is talking about Lotus Notes and users. Key points: – If users hate Notes, it’s the organization’s fault. Not IBMs. – It’s important that users know the name of the different parts of the Notes […]
My latest post is up on The BrainYard, entitled One Way to Fix SharePoint’s Outlook Problem: “For as long as I can remember, I have connected the idea of “SharePoint on the desktop” with Colligo Networks and its suite of products for taking SharePoint offline and embedding it […]
Bert Oberholz and Cindy Schlebusch from BMS are talking about BMS’s implementation of Connections, and the integration with Microsoft technologies. My notes on the session: – Bayer – three main business areas: crop science, health care, and material science. Global organization – 113,000 employees, in 291 subsidiaries. Have […]
Steve Wellington from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Mike Handes from IBM Australia and New Zealand are talking about how the ABS have adopted IBM Connections. Here’s my notes on the session: – ABS have 3200 staff and 700 field data collectors. When the census happens, […]
In the first session after lunch, Simon Vaughan from Cardiff University is presenting on its work with Connections in education. Here’s my notes on Simon’s session: – Emerging countries are adopting and using social networking tools more than developed countries. In Africa especially, there is very high penetration […]
Dr CheeChin Liew is presenting on business networks and communities at BASF. CheeChin is the Enterprise Community Manager at BASF SE. My notes on his session: – BASF started with Connections in May 2010. Will be talking about lessons from the past 18 months. – … BASF is […]
Mike Rhodin, Senior VP at IBM, presided over a customer- and thinker-packed keynote session on Tuesday morning. It was a very good session that underscored the need for strategy, culture, and adoption. Here’s my notes. Michael Chui, McKinsey Global Institute 1. Impact of social technologies in business. – […]
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