Mainsoft Announces Technology Preview of Lotus Connections Integration with Rational
Jazz
Milpitas, Calif. - December 15, 2009 - IBM development partner Mainsoft®
Corporation today announced a technology preview of IBM Lotus® Connections
integration with IBM Rational® Team Concert. Developed in collaboration
with IBM Lotus® and IBM Rational®, the software enables
Team Concert developers to quickly identify, connect with, and exchange ideas with
a wide community of enterprise stakeholders. Users have direct access to Lotus Connections
blogs, wikis, communities, activities, profiles and more from within the development
environment In the near future, this technology will also support the social networking
features of Microsoft® Office® SharePoint®
Server.
According to Yaacov Cohen, CEO of Mainsoft, "Enterprise social software has the
potential to help development teams take a quantum leap in innovation and agile
development. Instead of working in an information silo, or struggling with a technical
issue that someone else may have already solved, enterprise developers can solicit
feedback during ongoing communications with IT and business stakeholders, partners,
and end users as well as access community resources. Our software encourages developers
to adopt social software by integrating it into the IDE, where they spend most of
their workday."
From the Team Concert Web user interface, the technology preview provides integrated
access to Lotus Connections, enabling developers to:
- Access a person's full profile, including their photo, reporting structure,
contact details, the time zone they work in, and information about the person's
expertise, areas of interest, and what they're working on at the moment, by hovering
over their name. Lotus Connections profiles are synced automatically with Jazz profiles.
- Find technical and business contacts across the enterprise based on their
experience, skills, or key relationships.
- Microblog ideas and post real-time status updates from the Jazz dashboard
and from a work item.
- Find out what's happening in their community blogs, wikis, and activities
from the Jazz dashboard. With a single click, publish Jazz work items as Lotus Connections
activities, for better visibility and coordination with business and IT stakeholders.
- Search community bookmarks to locate popular resources across the enterprise.
Participate in community activities, blogs, wikis, and bookmarks, from the Jazz dashboard. |
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Identify and connect with IT and business stakeholders from the Team Concert search menu. Access full social profiles. |
According to Michael Loria, vice president of business development, IBM Rational
Software, "By working closely with Mainsoft, IBM Rational and IBM Lotus are making
it easy for developers to exchange experiences, thoughts, and ideas with technical
and business experts throughout the enterprise - boosting collaboration and agility
in the software delivery process."
About Mainsoft Corporation
Founded in 1993, Mainsoft Corporation develops software and solutions that integrate
Microsoft technologies, specifically SharePoint and .NET applications, into IBM
middleware: Rational Jazz, Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime®, Lotus Expeditor®,
WebSphere Portal®, and WebSphere Application Server. For more information
about
SharePoint integration with IBM platforms, visit
www.mainsoft.com.
IBM, Lotus, Rational, WebSphere Notes and Domino, Sametime,
Expeditor, and Quickr are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation
in the United States, other countries or both. Other company, product and service
names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
Press contact:
Jenna Dobkin
Sr. Director of Marketing
Mainsoft Corporation
Ph: (415) 652-2185
jennad@mainsoft.com
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