IBM Connections and Office 365 are often considered as direct competitors. In this presentation I will describe the social capabilities of both platforms and explain why IBM Connections is much better :-)
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IBM Connections vs. Office 365
1. IBM Connections vs. O365
Jan Valdman
Whitesoft
Watch online https://youtu.be/M8CdfKCMvzE
2. Remarks
The opinions in this deck are my own and do not necessarily reflect or equal to any opinions of Whitesoft or IBM.
All information about O365 and Sharepoint is based on my own end-user experience.
All conclusions are based on my personal experience using common, regular environments and accounts, both product
are considered to be in the “out-of-box” configuration.
I am not an expert on O365.
Cloud offerings change very quickly so the information might be outdated when you read it. Screenshots taken on April
16, 2015.
This deck does not compare the products completely but only from a social collaboration perspective.
The information is provided “as-is”. I can not guarantee that the information in this deck is precise, complete, correct
and otherwise valid. I believe that you find this comparison true and useful however I can not accept responsibility for
any of your future decisions. If you do not like this policy, do not read further.
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3. About me
• Business development manager in Whitesoft
• Working with ICS since 2001 (WebSphere
Portal), IBM Connections since 2.5 in 2010
• IBM Champion for ICS 2014+2015
• SOCCNX Team member for VI,VII,8 and 9
• Board member of SUTOL.cz (Czech LUG)
• Getsocial.CZ conferences 2012+2013
4. About Whitesoft
• Czech-Belgian IT company, 35+ people, founded
2000
• IBM BP for ICS in the Czech Republic and Belgium
• Also reseller of Microsoft, Google
• Generic IT services for GB customers = 50+
customers for ICS
• We are pretty good in IBM Connections :-)
• We know how to explain customers why IBM
Connections is the best :-)
5. Why this topic?
• Organizations started to buy O365 plans
instead of legacy MS Office licenses
• People consider O365, Google Apps and IBM
Connections as direct competitors
• I did an evaluation for a client few months ago
so I can share some findings
6. Agenda
About the products
An overview of O365 from a perspective of a long term Connections user
O356 is NOT social
How does it (not) support your social business journey
Conclusion
Why IBM, why NOT Microsoft
10. What is IBM Connections?
• Enterprise Social Software/Network
• Brings content, conversation and people
together
• Collaboration platform
• People-centric approach Content
Conversation Groups
people
12. What is Microsoft Office 365?
• Plans?
• Subscription based Office licensing?
• Web editors?
• Exchange in the cloud?
• SharePoint online?
• Collaboration platform?
• ESN platform?
?
15. The navigation…
• O365 is a puzzle
• Everything (mostly) regarding files is build
from SharePoint libraries and web parts
• Navigation is a nightmare
31. Agenda
About the products
An overview of O365 from a perspective of a long term Connections user
O356 is NOT social
How does it (not) support your social business journey
Conclusion
Why IBM, why NOT Microsoft
32. What does SOCIAL mean?
“Social” is…
… to be in touch with colleagues, to
communicate, to collaborate, to share ideas
in order to get my work done faster and
better
74. Summary
• Not really social sharing tools
• Everything is tweaked SharePoint
• Many issues regarding Sites
• Updates?
• Members?
• Activity streams? Tags? Likes?
• Complex
• Not easy to use
75. Agenda
About the products
An overview of O365 from a perspective of a long term Connections user
O356 is NOT social
How does it (not) support your social business journey
Conclusion
Why IBM, why NOT Microsoft
77. O365 is not social
• O365 is still focused on DMS/ECM functions
(OneDrive, Newsfeed, People, Sites)
• Weird tagging
• No liking
• Hard to stay updated (newsfeed issues),
Yammer or not
78. O365 won’t improve sharing &
collaboration
• O365 is very complex
• Not built for social, Yammer does not help
much, adds more complexity instead
• O365 is difficult to use, weird UI, navigation
issues
• There are some powerful features, but require
setup by well-trained IT guys
79. Summary: different worlds
• The paradigm in O365 is different
• IT administrators who setup it
• Content producers who know how to use Sites
• Content consumers who hopefully can find
information
• In IBM Connections all users are equal
• Only community owners are somehow more
powerull
• O365 is catching up on Connections