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Source: ComputerWorld Canada. Jan 20, 2009, IBM's Lotus in the cloud
LotusLive is a cloud-based integrated portfolio of social networking and collaboration services tailored for business that will be offered in a hosted, software-as-a-service model. (...) LotusLive includes tools for networking, e-mail, file sharing and Web conferencing. (...)
Various versions and bundles of LotusLive services will be rolled-out during 2009, tailored to specific verticals and markets. The first offering, expecting to ship in March, is dubbed Engage and includes Web meeting, network, instant messaging, file-sharing, charts, forms and activities tools. (...)
IBM acknowledges LotusLive and the SaaS model won’t be a fit for every business. While large organizations will be better served by optimizing their existing on-premise implementations, Poulley said IBM sees LotusLive being a money-saver for organizations in the 100 to 10,000 seat range, and organizations with so-called “boundary workers” that are often mobile or located remotely from the main office. For these business cases, Poulley said LotusLive can deliver the benefits of a large-scale implementation with the cost-savings of the SaaS model.
One member of the early adopter program for LotusLive is Toronto’s Nortel Networks Corp., which recently filed for protection from its creditors.
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Source: ComputerWorld Canada. Jan 20, 2009, IBM's Lotus in the cloud
LotusLive is a cloud-based integrated portfolio of social networking and collaboration services tailored for business that will be offered in a hosted, software-as-a-service model. (...) LotusLive includes tools for networking, e-mail, file sharing and Web conferencing. (...)
Various versions and bundles of LotusLive services will be rolled-out during 2009, tailored to specific verticals and markets. The first offering, expecting to ship in March, is dubbed Engage and includes Web meeting, network, instant messaging, file-sharing, charts, forms and activities tools. (...)
IBM acknowledges LotusLive and the SaaS model won’t be a fit for every business. While large organizations will be better served by optimizing their existing on-premise implementations, Poulley said IBM sees LotusLive being a money-saver for organizations in the 100 to 10,000 seat range, and organizations with so-called “boundary workers” that are often mobile or located remotely from the main office. For these business cases, Poulley said LotusLive can deliver the benefits of a large-scale implementation with the cost-savings of the SaaS model.
One member of the early adopter program for LotusLive is Toronto’s Nortel Networks Corp., which recently filed for protection from its creditors.
