What's New in Lotus Notes 8.5

IBM® Lotus Notes® 8.5 software provides users with a single point of access to help create, discover, and share knowledge, collaborate with teams, and take action. As traditional boundaries around work disappear, Lotus Notes 8.5 software helps users get work done quickly by connecting them to people and information throughout the enterprise and across the Internet.

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Below are highlighted features delivered across Lotus Notes 8.5 software

Socialize

• Share Lotus Notes documents with colleagues in the same way you share web pages through social bookmarks, and discover bookmarks that have been qualified by others with similar interests and expertise.¹
• Tap into the knowledge capital within your organization and expand personal networks through profile searching where you can find details on people, for example their organization, location, reporting structure and interests.¹
• Grow domain knowledge through new terms and concepts defined by examining search results that others have found useful.¹
• Find information directly through Widgets and Live Text support on the Linux and Apple Mac OS platforms.

Connect

• Maintain greater control over your schedule as the line between work and life outside of work continues to blur. Lotus Notes 8.5 software integrates various personal and professional calendars into a single view. Users can subscribe to iCal-based calendars and calendars in activities (meetings and to-dos associated with your current activities)¹, and view their complete schedules in one, easy to use interface.
• Share contacts across platforms that support the vcard file format, allowing users to exchange business contacts quickly.

Access

• Make your operating system choice, separate from your collaboration tool choice. Lotus Notes 8.5 adds support for the Apple Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and Ubuntu platforms.
• Provide broader support for roaming users, for example students and business center users, and reduce the need for dedicated laptops. Users can move from one Lotus Notes 8.5 client to the next and enjoy a consistent experience, bringing along email, applications, client settings and preferences.

In addition, licensees of select Lotus Notes 8.5 software on may be eligible for additional entitlements at no additional charge.

¹ These features are fully supported in combination with the available IBM Lotus Connections software.