Business Challenges
A smart organization is an efficient one. Collaboration is about working together efficiently. The ease, speed,
and accuracy in which information is shared is key to the efficiency of an organization.
Often employees, customers, and partners are dispersed throughout the country or even the world. With the proper
tools they can come together and make decisions or share ideas quickly, at any time, from anywhere. These tools include
blogs, wikis, bookmark sharing, video sharing, e-mail, instant messaging, document sharing, Web conferencing, telephony
and video conferencing. To achieve higher productivity and efficiency a business needs to do the following::
- Find more ways to have a two way conversation with customers.
- Remove information silos within the company that stifle innovation
- Enable employees to collaborate on ideas and new products
- Adapt the workplace to an aging and increasingly diverse populace
- Provide demographic groups of employees and customers with socially oriented mobile products and services
IBM LotusLive Cloud Based Corporate Collaboration and Messaging
IBM LotusLive Engage is a unique online social networking and collaboration service designed for businesses. It
offers a set of tools including online meetings (web conferencing), file storing and sharing, contact management, live
chat, and business forms integrated with a robust business network. LotusLive Engage provides the essential business
services that every workgroup needs in a way that is simple to acquire and easy to use. It delivers integrated
collaborative & social networking services that are connected to relevant business services and applications. With
LotusLive Engage users can work seamlessly with people – outside or inside their company. LotusLive delivers the
servicees and connections that fit the way you work - helping your team work from anywhere, with everyone in a secure
environment at an economical price that fits today's shrinking budgets. Lotus live proiveds integrated, cloud-based
email, web-conferencing, instant messaging, file sharing, relationship management, and project tracking with IBM's focus
on security, reliability, and enterprise integration. With over 18 million users and counting, LotusLive has a track
record of success for companies of all sizes. Built on open systems, LotusLive extends your existing on-premiste
investements, allows for rapid innovation and integrates seamlesssly with third party business tools - such as
Salesforce.com, Skype, Silanis eSignature, UPS, and more.