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IBM social business software and services help you become a social business

With market leading technology, extensive expertise, and a lengthy track record of solving challenging problems, IBM can help your organization become more social.

The IBM social business solutions offer an integrated, extensible set of capabilities that help you:

With the IBM social business software and services, you can empower people with social networks, engage with experts and clients, and cultivate trust using people-centric experiences.

The social business software products

IBM Connections

Social software designed for business

IBM Sametime®

Integrated, real-time communications services

IBM Lotus Quickr®

Team collaboration and content management software


IBM Connections delivers ROI

Read about organizations that strategically integrated emerging social software and tools with their existing investments

IBM Sametime reviewer’s guide

Evaluate how Sametime software can activate your professional networks to help you become a more social business

Social business behavior

Learn how social business is changing culture, etiquette, and interaction at work

The Future of Mail is Social

Examine the current state of enterprise email and the problems surrounding it

Business applications that integrate with social business software

You can extend the social business software products with the following IBM solutions:

IBM Connections Content Edition

A bundle that provides enterprise-ready content management for social business

IBM Connections Enterprise Content Edition

A single integrated social content management system

IBM Case Manager

Advanced case management to drive optimized case outcomes

IBM Cognos® 10

Business intelligence plus planning, scenario modeling, real-time monitoring, and predictive analytics

IBM Customer Experience Suite

Capabilities that enable you to deliver engaging, personalized web experiences for customers

IBM SmartCloud for Social Business

Collaboration tools, email, and social networking services working together in the cloud

IBM Lotus Notes® and Domino®

Enterprise software that brings together social collaboration and business applications

IBM Rational Team Concert™

A technology preview that integrates Rational Team Concert with IBM Connections

Services for social business

IBM offers services to help you get started in becoming a social business.

IBM Global Business Services

Services to help your organization become a social business

IBM Software Services for Lotus

Technical services to pilot and deploy social business solutions

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