IBM Connect 2013 Live Stream is, well, live !

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As I referenced on Friday, there are several sessions at IBM Connect 2013 that are going to be live streamed.  The live stream is now live and you can see it below:

Watch live streaming video from ibmsoftware at livestream.com

For the full schedule, check here.

Take Note: IBM Connect Livestream Schedule is Here

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As published earlier today in the Social Business Insights Blog, here's the schedule of the sessions that will be live streamed at #IBMConnect.

IBM Connect 2013 Livestream Schedule (in Eastern Time)

Sunday, January 27, 2013

 8:30am - 7:10pm ET Watch a collection of IBM Business Partner and Social Business videos

 7:10pm – 7:40pm Showcase Spotlight IBM Platform for Social Business

 7:40pm – 8:00pm Watch a collection of IBM Business Partner and Social Business videos

 8:00pm – 8:00am REPEAT for Asia-Pac Audience

  

 Monday, January 28, 2013

 8:00am - 10:00am ET Opening General Session (Live)
 Speakers: Alistair Rennie, IBM; Sandy Carter, IBM; Rudy Karsan, Kenexa; Craig Hayman, IBM; Jeffery Schick, IBM; Mike Rhodin, IBM

10:00 - 11:00am Watch a collection of Social Business videos.

11:00 - 12:00pm  Messaging and Collaboration Roadmap
Speaker: Ed Brill, IBM

 12:00 - 1:00pm Watch a collection of Social Business videos.

 1:00 - 2:00pm  App Dev Strategy: Coding Social Business Applications
Speaker: Philippe Riand, IBM

 2:00 - 2:15pm Watch a collection of Social Business videos.

2:15 - 3:15pm What's New in IBM Notes 9.0 Social Edition
Speakers: Scott Souder, IBM; Jim Marsden, IBM

 3:15 - 3:45pm Watch a collection of Social Business videos.

 3:45 - 4:45pm  Connecting Cloud to Business - IBM's Social-Cloud Strategy
Speaker: Bethann Cregg

4:45 - 5:00 Watch a collection of Social Business videos.

5:00 - 6:00pm  Social Communications Strategy and the IBM Sametime Roadmap
Speaker: John Del Pizzo

6:00 - 7:00pm  Watch a collection of Social Business videos.

7:00 - 8:00pm Showcase Spotlight

8:00pm - 8:00am Replay for Asia-Pac audience  

  

 Tuesday, January 29, 2013

 8:15am - 9:15am ET Keynote: Industries Get Social (Live)
 Speakers: Bob Picciano, IBM; Jeffrey Rhoda, IBM; Jill Puleri, IBM; Dan Pelino, IBM

 9:15am – 10:00am Watch a collection of IBM Industry Insights and Social Business promotional videos

10:00 - 11:00am  IBM Mobile Collaboration Strategy and Advancements for a Mobile, Social World
Speakers: Lee Griffin, IBM; Bharti Patel, IBM; Kevin Cavanaugh, IBM

11:00am - 12:00pm Four Major Trends Shaping Social Business in 2013 and Beyond
Speakers: Sandy Carter, IBM, Vice President, IBM Social Business Evangelism and Sales; Mark Fidelman, Forbes.com, Reporter; Beverly Macy, The Huffington Post / Gravity Summit, Reporter

12:00 - 12:15pm Watch a collection of Social Business videos

12:15 - 1:15pm  Keynote: Better Business Results with Essential and Exceptional Customer Experiences
Speaker: Larry Bowden, IBM, VIce President, IBM Web Experience Software

1:15 - 1:30pm Watch a collection of Social Business videos

1:30pm – 2:30pm The Power of Social Software in the Enterprise
Speakers: Heidi Ambler, IBM, Director of Product Management, Social Software; Jim Battle, IBM, Director Social Software

 2:30pm – 3:00pm Watch a collection of IBM Industry Insights and Social Business promotional videos

 3:00pm – 4:00pm Crafting an Exceptional Web Experience
 Speakers: Larry Bowden, IBM, VIce President, IBM Web Experience Software

 4:00pm – 4:15pm Watch a collection of IBM Industry Insights and Social Business promotional videos

 4:15pm – 5:15pm Using a Mobile Approach: Strategies for Mobilizing Your IBM Domino Applications
 Speakers: Graham Acres, Brytek Systems Inc., President

 5:15pm – 5:30pm Watch a collection of IBM Industry Insights and Social Business promotional videos

 5:30pm – 6:30pm Adminblast 2013. The Top 60 tips for Administrators
 Speakers: Gabriella Davis, Turtle Partnership, Technical Director; Paul Mooney, Bluewave Technology, Senior Technical Architect

 6:30pm – 8:00pm Watch a collection of IBM Industry Insights and Social Business promotional videos

 8:00pm – 8:00am REPEAT for Asia-Pac Audience

  

 Wednesday, January 30, 2013

 8:15am – 9:15am Keynote: Making Work More Like a Game and AppDev Throwdown (Live)
 Speakers: Kevin Cavanaugh, Nigel Beck, Jean McGonnigill

 9:15am – 10:00am Watch a collection of Business Partner and Social Business promotional videos

 10:00am – 11:00am You Have My Mail in Your Connections!
 Speakers: Eric Portner, IBM, Software Engineer; Scott Souder, IBM, Program Director | Notes / iNotes / Connections Mail

 11:00am – 11:15am Watch a collection of Business Partner and Social Business promotional videos

 11:15am – 12:15pm Have it Your Way and Make it Work For You!
 Speakers: Margo Ezekiel, IBM, Notes User Experience Team Lead; Mat Newman, ISW, Director-Education

 12:15pm – 1:15pm BlackBerry 10 Revealed! Re-designed, Re-engineered, Re-invented
 Speakers: Derek Peper, Research In Motion (RIM), Vice President, Enterprise Strategic Partnerships

 1:15pm – 1:30pm Watch a collection of Business Partner and Social Business promotional videos

 1:30pm – 2:30pm Take the Social Adoption Challenge

 Speaker: Sandy Carter,  IBM, Vice President, IBM Social Business Evangelism and Sales

 2:30pm – 2:40pm Showcase Spotlight

 2:40pm – 3:00pm Watch a collection of Business Partner and Social Business promotional videos

 3:00pm – 4:00pm How to Sell the Social Business Message to Your Boss
 Speakers: Ron Denham, IBM, Executive Consultant; Ted Stanton, IBM, Executive

 4:00pm – 4:15pm Watch a collection of Business Partner and Social Business promotional videos

 4:15pm – 5:15pm What's New in Connections 4.0: New Group Features!
 Speakers: Stacia O'Neil, IBM, Software Test Engineer for IBM Connections; Terri Warren, IBM, Advisory Software Engineer- IBM Connections

 5:15pm – 5:30pm Watch a collection of Business Partner and Social Business promotional videos

 5:30pm – 6:30pm Worst Practices: Back From the Depths of Despair
 Speakers: Bill Buchan, hadsl, CEO; Paul Mooney, Bluewave Technology, Senior Technical Architect

 6:30pm – 8:00pm Watch a collection of Business Partner and Social Business promotional videos

Write it down in your agenda!! To access the live stream, go here: Livestream and I've embedded below as well:

Watch live streaming video from ibmsoftware at livestream.com

Infoware Announces New IBM Connections Admin Tool

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With 3 days to go for the start of #IBMConnect, Infoware has announced a new web-based IBM Connections administration tool called DomainPatrol Social.

This tool has many capabilities such as:

• merge communities together
• move content in and out of communities
• manage user access to the applications

Check out this 2 minute demo that shows how an administrator can easily merge two IBM Connections communities together.

To learn more, check out their offering in the IBM Connections app catalog, here. Infoware is going to be at IBM Connect in booth #C26 so make sure you go check them out to see the solution live!

Some Can't Miss Sessions at IBM Connect !

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Just a few days left!

OpenSocial Quickly Grows In The Enterprise and the IBM Connections App Ecosystem

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Many app developers have taken advantage of the new support for OpenSocial 2.0 for IBM Connections to build apps for the worldwide market leading social business platform.

TemboSocial, for example, has added peer recognition to IBM Connections and integrates into the activity stream and provides OpenSocial embedded apps . ISW who has built a gamification layer for IBM Connections has also taken advantage of the OpenSocial integration points. AppFusions has also used OpenSocial to integrate Atlassian's JIRA, Confluence and Stash with IBM Connections as shown in the demo below.



And there's plenty plenty more! In fact there's over 200 partners attending the Ready for Social Business Showcase at the IBM Connect reference.

With the #IBMConnect conference just a few days away, it's likely more app developers will start taking advantage of this as well. At the conference, there will be an App Dev Throwdown where 14 companies will showcase their new solutions. The winner will be featured during Wednesday morning's keynote.

The conference is also a great opportunity to get even more app developers on board. At the IBM Connect conference, app developers can learn in the following sessions how to use OpenSocial within the enterprise. Here's a list of all the App Dev and/or OpenSocial related sessions at the conference. Make sure you add them to your calendar:

• AD101: Social Applications Made Easy with the New Social Business Toolkit SDK
• AD103 : Social Standards Across IBM Connections, IBM Notes, IBM iNotes and IBM Domino
• AD104: IBM Connections Activity Stream Integration with OpenSocial
• AD206 : IBM Lotus Domino XPages: Embrace, Extend, Integrate
• AD212 : Whats New in IBM Lotus Notes Widgets and LiveText: Linking Your Data to the World!
• AD405: Empower your Social Business with SAP Processes in the Activity Stream
• AD407: Qualifying Round for App Dev Throwdown I
• AD408: Qualifying Round for App Dev Throwdown II
• BP209 : In The Land of Social Apps, the API is King
• CUST108: How 3M Integrated SAP into the Activity Stream Using OpenSocial
• ID101 : What's New in IBM iNotes 9.0 Social Edition
• INV110: App Dev Strategy: Coding Social Business Applications
• INV211 : The New Social Business Paradigm with OpenSocial
• INV213: The Roadmap for Enterprise Social: From Social Email to Universal Activity Streams
• JMP102 : Extending Your App Arsenal With OpenSocial
• JMP202: Extending IBM Connection to Build an Exceptional Social Learning Platform
• SHOW301: Becoming a Connections Developer: Lessons from the Field

As you can see, with IBM's backing of OpenSocial 2.0, OpenSocial continues to take over the enterprise!

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Ephox Demonstrates Enhanced Rich Text Editor for IBM Connections

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Ephox has just released a new video demonstrating their EditLive! Rich Text Editor embedded within IBM Connections.

EditLive! for IBM Connections simplifies content creation within Connections’ Communities, Wikis, Blogs, Profiles, Activities and Forums. By upgrading the embedded rich text editor in Connections with EditLive! you add powerful tools that help users collaborate, address accessibility issues, edit images, check for errors, and produce great content.

Some of EditLive! for IBM Connections benefits include the ability to:

• Create content compliant with accessibility standards.
• Track changes and comment directly on their content.
• Crop, resize, rotate and edit images seamlessly.
• Copy and paste images and text from anywhere, including MS Office.
• Avoid embarrassing mistakes with spell check as you type.
• Create and edit tables easily with comprehensive table editing tools.
• Build custom features and controls.

Check out the 5 minute demo below:

To learn more about Ephox Live! for IBM Connections, go to the IBM Connections App Catalog or directly here. Ephox will also be at #IBMConnect so make sure you go check them out.

TemboSocial Demonstrates New Integration with IBM Connections

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In mid 2012, TemboSocial introduced the world to their peer-to-peer recognition add-on for IBM Connections, the market leading social business platform.

As we are now 14 days away from IBM Connect, TemboSocial has announced new integration options with IBM Connections 4.0, the latest release in the market of IBM Connections. It's extremely exciting to see how the partner eco-system for IBM Connections has grown and that they are keeping their solutions up to date with our latest release.

In their latest release, TemboSocial now takes advantage of the Connections business card to show more information about users, and integrates into the Activity Stream. As peers recognize each other, the action is reflected in the IBM Connections Activity Stream, and users can take advantage of the embedded experience to like, comment, share and print events right from there.

TemboSocial has also extended the IBM Connections Share capability to allow end users to recognize others right from that interface. Check out the quick 5 minute demo below:

TemboSocial will have a booth at IBM Connect so make sure you go check them out! If you want to see more capabilities available for IBM Connections, make sure you register and attend IBM Connect in 2 weeks!

Check out the New Social Business User Group Page

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Yesterday was the official launch of the Social Business User Group running on the latest IBM Social Business technology. The new site is running at SocialBizUG.org and is built on top of IBM Connections 4.0. It's another great example of building a community site on top of Connections..

On the site, members have the ability create profiles, connect with peers, read and write blogs and wikis, share files, and much more. You will want to go to the site and set up your account and your profile to get started.

Joyce Davis highlighted the following benefits of the new SocialBizUG.org site:

• More content—articles, blogs, whitepapers, webcasts, forum discussions, ideation blogs, wikis, and much more.
  
• Better design, better navigation—a more user-friendly design, refined navigation, re-designed pages, and added new features
• New ways to develop your personal network—find members based on their interests or areas of expertise and add them to your network.
• Ideation blogs—pick the brains of your colleagues and work together in online brainstorming sessions that foster collaboration, thought leadership, and new ways of thinking.
• Individual member blogs—share success stories, comment about the projects you’re working on, and more.
• Customizable user group pages—User groups can now post specific announcements or messages for their members on their own page, which is hosted on SocialBizUG.org
• User profiles—create a profile, upload photos and files, and share details about your skill set, projects, challenges, and more.
• Search capability—Search specific topics and get complete results in seconds.

So go out and check out the new site, www.SocialBizUG.org . New members can register for their free accounts there as well!

Gamification Goes Mobile with IBM Connections and Kudos

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As things ramp up for IBM Connect in 18 days, news tid bits are slowly starting to come out as to what's going to happen during the premier Social Business conference.

At IBM Connect, we are going to have an App Dev Throwdown where developers will have a chance to showcase their Social Business solutions built on the IBM Social Business platform. Make sure that you don't forget to go to that session to see all the new cool integration points developers are working on.

In the second release of Kudos, the gamification add-on for IBM Connections, it has been integrated into the native IBM Connections mobile app you can get from the iTunes App Store and/or Google Play. Kudos already tracks all actions done by a user either via the browser interface or the native mobile apps. Now, users can view their badges, the leader board and even Give Thanks to others directly from the app. They can also see their progress towards the various missions/achievements.

Check out the demo of the gamification module in mobile. While this is shown in an iPhone, this also works in the native IBM Connections iPad app.

This is extremely cool work so kudos to the Kudos team (see what I did there??).

To learn more about this solution, make sure that you register to attend #IBMConnect today!

Demo: Integrating Office365 into IBM Connections via Google App Engine

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Earlier this week I stumbled upon this video on YouTube that shows how you can integrate Microsoft Office365 into IBM Connections. IBM Connections continues to be the #1 social business platform according to IDC, so it makes sense that it's quickly becoming the go to collaboration platform for many businesses. Connections' support for the OpenSocial standard has opened the doors to reuse many existing integration points as well as reach out to a new breed of app developers. Feedback from developers has been tremendous in this area, especially because IBM also supports OpenSocial in its native apps for iOS and Android.

In the demo below, Michel from e-office demonstrates how you can use the Google App Engine to push events from Office365 into the IBM Connections activity stream. You can take a document and upload it to Office365, check-in, check-out etc and visualize from IBM Connections. You can even use the embedded experiences concept that IBM invented to interact with Office365 and preview files directly from IBM Connections.

I'll be sharing a couple of more examples as we lead up to #IBMConnect in 3 weeks, the premier social business conference.

Pardon the Interruption: Social Business Hot Topics at IBM Connect

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We are just 3 weeks away from IBM Connect. I've created a page here on my blog with some conference details that you may want to follow. As you probably know, I'll be sharing the roadmap for IBM Connections, IBM's social business platform.

At the conference, I'll also be joining my colleagues Luis Suarez and Louis Richardson where the agenda is set by YOU.

Our goal is to discuss 12-14 topics for 3 minutes each (1 minute for each one of us). To submit topics/ideas for us to discuss, tweet them using the #PTIsocialbiz hashtag. We'll be monitoring this tag up to Monday of the week of the #IBMConnect conference! I've never done anything like this but it sounds fun. Bring it on!!!

See you on Tuesday the 29th! Here's more details about our session.

pti connect 2013 from Louis Richardson