To create a sustainable competitive advantage in the face of relentless change and intense competition, organizations of the future will need to make bold changes, integrate globally and innovate beyond customer expectations. The challenge in doing this is to harness and rapidly act on the best ideas from employees, partners and even customers.IBM Lotus Connections social software is designed specifically for business. Lotus Connections can help an organization's people better access the expertise and knowledge they need to accomplish their business goals by providing a forum for building dynamic networks of coworkers, partners and customers to foster community-based innovation. The software has six components: profiles, communities, blogs, Dogear (social bookmarks), activities and a home page. These components are preintegrated to speed your deployment and lower your total cost of ownership. Plus, Lotus Connections is designed to facilitate end-user adoption by enabling them to create items such as activities, blogs and communities - so your company can realize benefits faster. Best of all, Lotus Connections works with the e-mail, instant messaging and portal software that you may already have.Lotus Connections Activities is designed to help you organize the information and the people you need, so you can effectively execute on assignments.
