IBM Software Services for Lotus (ISSL) can help you deploy a Lotus Connections or Atlas for Lotus Connections solution in your organization -- allowing you to leverage social software to help you quickly and effectively gather and exchange information with colleagues and professional networks, build communities of experts, and spark innovation and collaboration. Our range of services can help you with everything from understanding the business value of implementing social software -- to sharing best practices around setting up and working in communities -- to piloting and deploying specific technology solutions.
Explore
IBM Software Services for Lotus can help you understand the business value of implementing social software by reviewing your key business objectives and explaining how communities within your organization can tap into the potential of social software for business.
Sample technical consulting services: Social Software Business Adoption Services and Lotus Connections QuickStarts
Plan
To help you plan to deploy Lotus Connections, IBM Software Services for Lotus can assess the technical readiness of both your IT environment and your inhouse staff in terms of being able to support the rollout of social software in your organization. We can help you understand your existing architecture, identify skills gaps, and conduct training in those areas where your staff needs to get up-to-speed.
Sample technical consulting services: Readiness Assessments and Architecture Workshops
Deploy
A successful deployment involves getting software successfully installed and getting users to embrace the new technology. Our team of social software experts can make the components of Lotus Connections available throughout your organization by providing the technical expertise and field-based experience necessary to configure and deploy your social software solution. In addition, we can provide recommendations on how to facilitate user adoption of this new technology by providing recommendations on usage, policies, and community setup.
Sample technical consulting services: Connections Pilots, Connections Installation Services, and Connections Enterprise Deployment Services
Extend
Extend the value of your investment in Lotus Connections by learning more about social software usage patterns and enabling your employees to tap into social networks that will improve access to experts and information.
Sample technical consulting services: Connections System Monitoring Services and Atlas for Lotus Connections
ISSL and the IBM Center for Social Software
The IBM Center for Social Software is a place where customers, partners, community members, and universities can come together to explore social computing and work side-by-side with IBM's top researchers and experts to tackle specific social computing projects, test out new ideas, and help address the social computing questions and challenges facing their organizations.
IBM Software Services for Lotus (ISSL) is pleased to be involved in this initiative and has established an Applied Innovation program to support those organizations participating in a Social Software Corporate Residency. ISSL can help residency participants take ideas and turn them into reality. The technical experts at ISSL can start implementing solutions during the residency and/or upon completion and turn them into prototypes and production-ready solutions. For more information on the Applied Innovation Program, contact Scot Bentley (Program Manager, ISSL Emerging Services) at scot_bentley@us.ibm.com
