IBM Connections is a product, a platform with a comprehensive SDK and becomes a brand for most IBM collaborative products. IBM Connections can house custom widgets for legacy applications (including Notes). Furthermore IBM Connections is an eco-system with more and more solutions that run on IBM Connections or are integrated with IBM Connections. The session gives an overview of the speakers choice of the best enhancements and companion products to IBM Connections.

1. IBM Connections as a universal
Intranet / Extranet Platform
Felix Binsack, TIMETOACT GROUP

3. TIMETOACT
summer 1999
1 Founder
3 Employees
1 Partner
3 Spouses
First company
trip to Prague

4. Prague 1999
Lotus
An IBM Company
advertising on
trolley cars

5. Software Platforms
Lotus Notes / Domino was a great platform
Rapid Application Development
ISV Market / 3rd Party Apps
Der offizielle IBM Business Partner Katalog
>>300 pages Book (yearly updated)
with german Domino solutions
>> 150 pedestals @ IBM Lotusphere

6. Software Platforms
IBM WebSphere Portal
Great application integration platform
Multinationals
Finance…

7. Software Platforms Criteria
User Interface
Extensible / APIs
Developers Support
Free Snippets / Open Source
ISV / 3rd Party Solutions Market
Sizeable Installed Base
Vendor Certification
Vendor Store / Market Platform

8. IBM Connections is the new Mega Brand
Connections rules…
1. IBM Connections Chat
2. IBM Connections Content
3. IBM Connections Docs
4. IBM Connections Meetings
5. IBM Connections XYZ…

9. IBM Products for Connections
Included for free…
1. IBM Connections Metrics
2. IBM Connections Mail
3. IBM Connections Polls and Surveys
4. IBM Connections Docs Viewer
5. Ephox Rich Text Editor
6. IBM Connections Touchpoint (R5?)

10. IBM Products for Connections
Not for free…
1. IBM Docs
2. IBM Connections Content Manager
3. IBM Forms Experience Builder

11. IBM Products for Connections
ISSC Assets
1. Social Sidebar
2. Direct Messaging
3. Community Insights
4. Expertise 360
5. Profile Tagging Workflow
6. Social Q&A
7. Touchpoint

12. ISV / 3rd Party Products
1. Adoption Drivers
2. Productivity Enhancements
3. Application Integration
4. Platforms Solutions
5. UI Integration
6. Analytics
7. System Management

13. 1. Adoption Drivers
1. Kudos Badges & Leaderboards (Gamification)
2. Kudos Awards & Thanks
3. Bunchball Nitro
4. The Hive / Tembo Social.
5. KangoGift
6. JustNudge Profile Progress
7. …

14. 2. Productivity Enhancements
1. Kudos Boards (ISW)
2. Translation (Reverso)
3. Translation (LinguaSys)
4. Social Media (HootSuite)
5. Social Media (Socialite)

15. 3. Application Integration
1. OneTime Social (Calendar)
2. XCC - Web Content Management Extension
(TIMETOACT)
3. Files Sync to Mobile Devices / Lialis WebDAV

16. 4. Platforms Solutions (CRM, HR, …)
1. Trilog ProjExec (Project Management)
2. Idea Management (Hype Innovation)
3. CRM (Sugar)
4. HR (KangoGift)

17. 5. UI Integration
1. Genus Media Upshot
2. VSee IM to VSee video conference + screen share
3. Hypervoice - voice conversation
4. MindJet (Activity Stream Integration)
5. filedog Q!
6. Cobra Image Router
7. Questionmine video surveys, quizzes, webinars

18. 6. Analytics
1. Kudos Analytics
2. ..

19. 7. System Management
1. CAT - Connections Administration Toolkit (TIMETOACT)
2. Domain Patrol Social

20. 8. Security
1. Actiance Vantage
2. Risk Management (SafeGuard)

21. Where to find Apps?
Luis Benitez
Blog
Lotus
Greenhouse
Catalog
IBM Software
Services for
Collaboration
IBM Student
Markus
Thömmes
Many other
sources…
Many different incomplete sources…
http://www.lbenitez.com/searc
h/label/business-partners
https://greenhouse.lotus.com/
plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/hom
e_full.xsp?fCategoryFilter=co
nnections
https://apps.na.collabserv.com
/wikis/home?lang=en-
us#!/wiki/W46c709ca6fb9_45
a1_bc02_4be3c448d886/page
/%C3%9Cberblick%20Apps

22. IBM, we (ultimately)
want and need
an
IBM Connections
App Store !

23. connections-apps.com
Affiliate Marketing
for ISVs
Details will be
worked out in next
couple of weeks

24. Herausforderungen im Intranet

25. IBM Connections is at Crossroads
ISV Market / not