IBM announces IBM Connections 4.5
„The upgrade to its IBM Connections enterprise social networking platform will feature new analytics features so that administrators can monitor usage, such as collaboration trends among employees and engagement with customers in social media services like Twitter and Facebook.
IBM Connections 4.5, which will be available in March, will also feature new document and content management capabilities, as well as an „ideation“ tool to manage brainstorming processes. This new version will also feature deeper integration with Microsoft Outlook, so that users can access IBM Connections features within their Outlook interface.
The content management functionality makes Connections a stronger competitor to Microsoft’s SharePoint, which in turn is encroaching further into the Connections territory with its upcoming integration with the Yammer enterprise social networking software.
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