SearchCIO.com sent out an e-mail recently, that said, in part:
Enterprise CIOs are just realizing the many benefits of investing in
collaboration tools and platforms, which include improving
productivity, workflow and communications.
This month's CIO Briefing offers expert advice and resources for
weighing the various collaboration options. Within the guide, you'll
find enterprise case studies, product overviews and trend articles on
the adoption and success rates of enterprise collaboration tools and
platforms.
Click here to access this month's CIO Briefing for more resources on
collaboration:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3507177/571781
Clicking through the links, you find very little concerning IBM Lotus offerings. I would think that since Lotus Notes and Domino created the space, that you would see a higher profile for the software. But that is not the case. But maybe I missed something.
When it is mentioned, the reader is taken to www.ibm.com. I am sure that you realize that finding Lotus software on that site can be a daunting task, unless you already know where to look. So, the links in the Info-Tech presentation, Collaboration Tools Revisited in a Web 2.0 World, while nice, aren't specific to the technologies that they discuss. My question is "How will a potential customer find the appropriate 'Collaboration Tools' on the IBM site?"
Much of the other case studies and overviews deal with technologies that compete with Lotus/IBM. Throughout this "All-In-One" the successful implementations of Lotus software is lacking. No discussions of Quickr, Connections, Sametime, or Sametime Unyte. And yet, a look through the Lotus site, you can find case studies that show the benefit of Lotus' product offerings. How did SeachCIO miss those?
Perhaps we can all evangelize the Lotus offerings to the editors of SeachCIO. We can educate them about the Lotus roadmap, history in this space, and perhaps provide them with some links to additional information. Maybe we should point out that they should take a trip to Orlando in January to meet with Lotus executives, spend some time in the Labs, and experience the tools firsthand. "The Customers Speak" would be a good session for SearchCIO to attend, too.
While the Contact Us page is very generic, you can use it to send your comments to the Editors. The Contact Us page can be found here.
Link: SearchCIO.com: All-in-One Guides: Collaboration Strategies: Look Who's Talking
Gregg Eldred April 21st, 2008 02:56:41