Overview

IBM Lotus Connections is social software for business that empowers you to be more innovative and helps you execute more quickly by using dynamic networks of coworkers, partners and customers.

The Lotus Connections home page provides you with a consolidated, customisable overview of your social network.

You can use the five widgets that are supplied, or add your own:

> the Profiles widget lists your colleagues, along with their new activities, blogs, and bookmarks.
> the Blogs widget lists the latest blog entries your colleagues have made.
> the Dogear widget shows "My bookmarks," Popular bookmarks, your Watchlist, and recent bookmarks.
> the Communities widget shows the communities fo which you are a member.
> the Activities widget shows new activities, new entries in high priority activities, and a quick view of all the activities in which you participate.

It's easy to rearrange the widgets to suit your own needs, by dragging and dropping them. You can also build and add your own. The home page also features advanced search to make it easy to locate specific people and information.

Extend the value of your investment in IBM Lotus technology by taking advantage Applicable's Advanced Collaboration Services that can help you further improve productivity, integration and save time and money.