IBM challenges Microsoft with new enterprise social networking tools
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IBM's Lotus unit launches new 'MySpace'-like social networking tools for enterprises.
New MySpace-like social networking tools for enterprise workers are to be unveiled by IBM's Lotus unit, which analysts said will mark renewed rivalry with Microsoft.
Lotus is going back to its roots as a pioneer of business collaboration software with a service called Connections that features the latest ways for users to share information via the web, while giving businesses controls over who sees what data.
Lotus Connections offers the business equivalent of Web meeting places like MySpace.com or Facebook, Yahoo bookmark sharing site del.icio.us and blog search tools like Technorati.com - stitched together in one package.
Peter O'Kelly, a collaboration software expert with Burton Group, said the new software from IBM Lotus promises to shake up a market dominated by Microsoft, where IBM, Oracle and Adobe Systems also compete.
'This is going to rekindle the competition between Microsoft and IBM,' O'Kelly said. 'I think IBM is playing offense here.'
IBM's Lotus unit launches new 'MySpace'-like social networking tools for enterprises.New MySpace-like social networking tools for enterprise workers are to be unveiled by IBM's Lotus unit, which analysts said will mark renewed rivalry with Microsoft.
Lotus is going back to its roots as a pioneer of business collaboration software with a service called Connections that features the latest ways for users to share information via the web, while giving businesses controls over who sees what data.
Lotus Connections offers the business equivalent of Web meeting places like MySpace.com or Facebook, Yahoo bookmark sharing site del.icio.us and blog search tools like Technorati.com - stitched together in one package.
Peter O'Kelly, a collaboration software expert with Burton Group, said the new software from IBM Lotus promises to shake up a market dominated by Microsoft, where IBM, Oracle and Adobe Systems also compete.
'This is going to rekindle the competition between Microsoft and IBM,' O'Kelly said. 'I think IBM is playing offense here.'
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