Abstract:
Lotus Connections is IBM's social software platform for the enterprise. With Connections 2.5 the product has introduced new features including Wikis, file sharing, microblogging, enhanced communities and a greater focus on attention management. In addition, Connections provides a ground-breaking social search engine that allows you to quickly and easily find rich and relevant information, people and resources related to your query. However, as well as being a web-based application, Connection can integrate into the rest of your workspace and enterprise applications through it's rich APIs. In this presentation we will introduce the new features of Connections 2.5 and show examples of how you can leverage social software to enhance your existing WebSphere applications.