1. © 2009 IBM Corporation 1 IBM Lotus Connections Mac Guidera | Product Manager, Lotus Connections Baan Slavens | Product Manager, Lotus Connections May 2010

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4. © 2010 IBM Corporation 4 Lotus Connections 2.5 - Highlights ■ New Services - Wiki and Files ■ Improved Community Experience ■ New Micro-blogging feature ■ New Updates Homepage ■ Lotus Quickr integration ■ Built-in Mobile support Available since October 2009

5. © 2010 IBM Corporation 5 Wiki service ■ Available as either a stand- alone service or integrated with a Community ■ Jointly create and collaborate on web content using rich text editor ■ Notifications of new content, versions and pages ■ Support for version tracking

6. © 2010 IBM Corporation 6 Files service ■ Available as either a stand- alone service or integrated with a Community ■ Post your key personal files and easily share them ■ Add social data such as ratings, downloads, comments, etc.

7. © 2010 IBM Corporation 7 Community Enhancements ■ Work more effectively in your customized Communities ■ Integration with other Lotus Connections services ■ Easy link back from other Lotus Connections services to a Community through the Community Card

8. © 2010 IBM Corporation Community Enhancements continued *Lotus Quickr services for J2EE 8.1.1, Lotus Quickr services for Domino 8.2 ■ Lotus Quickr places can be integrated into the Lotus Connections Community service –A link to the application appears in the navigation sidebar on the Community's overview page –A link to a related Lotus Quickr Place appears in the navigation

9. © 2010 IBM Corporation 9 Mobile Support ■ Delivering services and functions that you need while mobile ■ Mobile web client, designed for mobile browser ■ Built-in to Lotus Connections server ■ iPhone, iPod Touch and Nokia S60 device support

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11. © 2010 IBM Corporation 11 Lotus Connections “Next” The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion ■ Recommendations to build broad, powerful, professional networks ■ Providing more flexibility with stand-alone Forums application ■ Compliance and auditing to deliver value of social software to regulated industries ■ Expand LotusLive Connections and IBM Cloud offerings to increase deployment options ■ Functional enhancements ■ Extending our reach – more integration with: –WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes, LotusLive, Microsoft SharePoint

12. © 2010 IBM Corporation 12 Social Analytics and Recommended Content ■ People, Community and Content recommendations ■ Based on user Profiles – tags, social network and actions ■ Available in Home page, Profiles and Communities Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

13. © 2010 IBM Corporation 13 Evolution of Social Search in Lotus Connections ■ Lotus Connections 2.0 introduced “Social Search” –Innovation from IBM Research Lab in Haifa, Israel –System wide search infrastructure based on open standards –Social search introduced concept of 'facets' weaving additional connections between results ■ Lotus Connections 2.5 expanded on “Social Search” –User Interface become more intuitive –Consistency through provision of single search engine across the product –Added additional services, Files and Wikis –Document Conversion services, advanced language analytics ■ Lotus Connections “Next” Adds Analytics –Enhance with 'Social and Network Discovery' (SaND) technology –Analytics leveraging the Social Search Information (indexes+facets) to discover and present relationships users metadata documents ● tagged by ● associated ● author ● mentioned ● bookmark documentsusers tags users tags terms The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

14. © 2010 IBM Corporation 14 9/27/2016 ■ Stand-alone Forums ■ Multiple Forums in a Community ■ Browse by topic, tag and search ■ My Forums, Public Forums, Ownership, and Following views ■ Question and Answer topic workflow Forums application Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

15. © 2010 IBM Corporation 15 9/27/2016 Community Enhancements ■ Ability to create a sub-community within a Community ■ Ability to create an Activity with a subset of Community members Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

16. © 2010 IBM Corporation 16 9/27/2016 Community Enhancements Sharing Files with a Community ■ Easily share a File from your personal Files list with a Community ■ Keep the File in one location and reference in several Communities ■ Choose from Files you have uploaded and Files shared with you Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

17. © 2010 IBM Corporation 17 9/27/2016 Community Enhancements Communities Invitation and Membership Management Designs are subject to change ■ Easily manage the members of a Community ■ Ability to send invitations to new Community members The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

18. © 2010 IBM Corporation 18 9/27/2016 Includes option to receive followed content as an email digest Central preferences for how to get notified about different types of content Ability to follow individual content, people,Communities and tags Email Digest and Improved Notifications Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

19. © 2010 IBM Corporation 19 Compliance and Auditability ■ Enable the capability to track all data changes in all Lotus Connections components –Create, update and delete operations will be represented as realtime events with necessary data ■ Events consumed and processed by a 3rd party tool via new SPIs provided by Lotus Connections ■ Enable the ability to track key words or phrases even when content has been deleted or updated The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

20. © 2010 IBM Corporation 20 ■ Enable participants to upload and share rich media, including video and photos ■ Integration with 3 rd party technologies provides browser viewing of rich media ■ Partner technologies can enable photo galleries, video libraries and streaming media Rich Media Enablement Designs are subject to change Genus Technologies http://genushttp://genusllc.com The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

21. © 2010 IBM Corporation ■ Experience Lotus Connections on premise and in the cloud ■ Delivering Lotus Connections Communities experience on LotusLive ■ Communities can contain Forums, Files, Activities, and Bookmarks Lotus Connections Communities in LotusLive Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

22. © 2010 IBM Corporation 22 ■ System Requirements update –Introducing WebSphere Application Server 7.0 –Upgrading support to AIX 6.1 –Upgrading support for RHEL and SLES –IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 7.0 –IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition 9.7 –Web Browsers: Firefox 3.6, Internet Explorer 8, Safari 4 ■ Improved deployment and fix pack updates into existing clusters ■ Decreased install time with new install application ■ Event consumption SPI including support for auditing and compliance ■ Moderation API support for Blogs, Forums, and Community Files Enterprise Enablers and System Requirements The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

23. © 2010 IBM Corporation Users are presented with all of the applications that exist in the main navigation. Links will provide a text description along with a video. New Getting Started Page Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

24. © 2010 IBM Corporation 24 Improved Navigation Model ■ Main navigation uses an easy to use drop down menu ■ Left navigation will provide an easy way to filter content ■ Home page widgets can live under the left navigation Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

25. © 2010 IBM Corporation 25 ■ Expanded support for iPad and Android devices that adds to; –Apple iPhone and iPod Touch –Android 2.x devices –Nokia S60 3 rd and 5 th edition devices ■ Support for the Profiles board, Communities, Files, and Bookmarks are now supported Lotus Connections Mobile The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

26. © 2010 IBM Corporation 26 ■ Links to new applications – Communities, Files and Bookmarks ■ View my updates across all applications ■ View public updates across all applications ■ View news and manage watchlists NEW Mobile enhancements – Home page NEW Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

27. © 2010 IBM Corporation 27 ■ Provides access to your Communities ■ Ability to view multiple Communities views ■ Search and tag cloud support ■ Start / Edit / Delete Communities ■ Manage Community members Mobile enhancements – Communities Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

28. © 2010 IBM Corporation 28 ■ Provides access to your Files and those provided by your Network ■ Download and view Files, including file metadata ■ Search, share and recommend Files ■ Delete and edit Files properties Mobile enhancements – Files Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

29. © 2010 IBM Corporation 29 ■ Provides easy access to your Bookmarks or other Bookmarks within your network ■ Support for different Bookmark views ■ Search and tag cloud support ■ Add, edit and delete Bookmarks Mobile enhancements – Bookmarks Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

30. © 2010 IBM Corporation 30 ■ Easy access to contacts within your network or organization ■ Ability to update and view status ■ View your board or other Profiles boards ■ Include pronunciation link Mobile enhancements – Profiles Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

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33. © 2010 IBM Corporation 33 Plug-ins and Extensions ■ IBM Lotus Notes –Take advantage of more Lotus Connections applications from your rich client ■ Microsoft SharePoint –More integration, easier ways to share ■ IBM WebSphere Portal –More portlets coming soon ■ LotusLive –Use LotusLive services from Lotus Notes ■ ISSL –Wiki Migration –Measurement and Reporting

34. © 2010 IBM Corporation 34 IBM Lotus Notes ■ New Status Updates plug-in ■ Update your status or view updates from your Network directly in Lotus Notes ■ Free download from the Solutions Catalog http://catalog.lotus.com Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

35. © 2010 IBM Corporation 35 Microsoft SharePoint ■ New widget available for Lotus Connections Communities ■ Access Microsoft SharePoint files ■ Open and add files to Microsoft SharePoint from within a Lotus Connections Community ■ Free download from the Solutions Catalog http://catalog.lotus.com Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

36. © 2010 IBM Corporation 36 IBM Websphere Portal Designs are subject to change ■ New Profiles Portlet for WebSphere Portal ■ Developed with WebSphere Portlet Factory ■ Browse your Network ■ Search Lotus Connections Profiles ■ View and make Status Updates ■ Free download from the Solutions Catalog http://catalog.lotus.com The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

37. © 2010 IBM Corporation 37 LotusLive ■ Updates to the Lotus Notes Activities plug-in ■ Easy access to plug-in settings ■ Switch locations as needed: –On premise –LotusLive Cloud ■ Available with Lotus Notes 8.5.2 Designs are subject to change The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

38. © 2010 IBM Corporation 38 Replace your stand-alone wiki with the power and flexibility of Lotus Connections Migration Plus The IBM Software Services for Lotus Wiki Migration Solution is designed for organizations who want to replace a stand-alone wiki product with Lotus Connections. IBM employes methods and tools to migrate data, maintain user security and settings, and map current stand-alone wiki functionality to Lotus Connections features and functions. Wikis to Lotus Connections We can provide a solution for all the major Wiki products including Confluence, TWiki, Sharepoint, and many others. ISSL - Wikis Migration Solution Mark Leaser - markleaser@us.ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/software/services/lotus

39. © 2010 IBM Corporation 39 A Comprehensive Snapshot and Trend Analysis Tool + Measurement Consulting Reporting Tool for Lotus Connections The Reporting Tool for Lotus Connections enhances and extends Lotus Connection's built-in reporting tools. The Measurement Framework for Social Software In addition to Reporting Tool, we provide consulting services to help you define your measurement approach. Mark Leaser - markleaser@us.ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/software/services/lotus ISSL - Lotus Connections Measurement and Reporting Solution

40. © 2010 IBM Corporation 40 Summary ■ Lotus Connections 2.5 provides capabilities to work smarter and removes geographic barriers –More dynamic profiles allow employees to work smart and faster –New Wiki and file sharing add powerful collaboration capabilities –Richer, interactive communities to drive innovation from customers ■ IBM is one of the leaders in Social Software for business and delivers capability today to help meet those challenges ■ New innovations will extend IBM's leadership –Social Analytics to build broad, powerful, professional networks –Flexibility with stand-alone Forums application –Compliance and auditing to deliver value of social software to regulated industries ■ Lotus Connections “Next” Milestones –Beta available in June 2010 –Lotus Greenhouse update in Q3 –Lotus Connections “Next” eGA 2H 2010 The information on the new product is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information on the new product is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. The information on the new product is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion

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42. © 2010 IBM Corporation 42 Learn more about Lotus Connections Lotus Connections Client References http://w3.ibm.com/sales/references Latest product info, research, podcasts, and more http:/www.ibm.com/lotus/connections Lotus Connections Team Blog http://synch.rono.us Product documentation http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/documentation/connections/ Multimedia Library for Lotus Connections http://w3.ibm.com/news/ Assets, methods, discussion, and opinion about driving the adoption of IBM social software http://http://www.thecollaborationsoapbox.com Lotus Greenhouse – a live community website where you can use IBM Lotus Collaboration Products for free https://greenhouse.lotus.com/home/login.jsp Technology Adoption Program http://tapstage.swg.usma.ibm.com/homepage IBM Lotus and WebSphere Portal Business Solutions Catalog http://catalog.lotus.com

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45. 45 Upcoming TechTalks... Internally -- http://w3- 9001.ibm.com/events/apt/apt2.nsf/viewbybrand?OpenView&RestrictToCategory =Lotus http://w3- 9001.ibm.com/events/apt/apt2.nsf/viewbybrand?OpenView&RestrictToCategory =Lotus Partners -- http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/mem/events/finder May 26 – Lotus TechTalk: LotusLive Archiving Solutions from Sonian June 2 – Lotus TechTalk: LotusLive and Salesforce.com Integration June 9 -- Lotus TechTalk: IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5.2 Update June 16 -- Lotus TechTalk: IBM Lotus Quickr Next -- What's In It for You? Replays: Internally – Lotus TechTalk Podcast: ► http://w3.tap.ibm.com/medialibrary/media_set_view?id=1100 Externally – Lotus Early Access page on PartnerWorld ► http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/mem/pat/pat_sw_tec_lotus_technical_talks.html