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    6.0IBM Connections

    IBM Connections 6.0 announced, generally available March 31st

    written by Stuart McIntyre

    They told us at Connect that IBM Connections 6.0 would be made available in Q1, and here’s the announcement that they’ll be sneaking it across the line on the 31st March…

    IBM-Connections-6-summaryConnections V6.0 adds new capabilities for creating and customizing engaging Communities, and offers users increased flexibility in syncing and managing their online and offline Files folders.

    Updates:

    • Community customization capabilities can help to make a Community more useful and engaging for the Community members.
    • Doing so can lead to greater Community participation and provides a more effective collaboration experience for the Community members.
    • File folders can be taken offline to a PC for local work and then synchronized with the online folders.
    • Advanced analytics provide an optional personalized and prioritized home page that will surface information that is most relevant for the individual.

    The significant new features are highlighted in the announcement letter, along with some of the implementation details:

    Communities are more customizable

    Advanced Community customization capabilities provide Community owners additional options for designing their custom Community. These changes allow a Community to be more useful and engaging, leading to increased community vitality. As Community owners build these vibrant communities, they can copy the existing layouts and designs from one Community into a new one.

    Community owners can:

    • Create Community experiences with enhanced rich text content editing, so that Community members can enjoy an engaging experience.
    • Choose from new modern layouts with a horizontal navigation bar to better use space on Community pages and match the Community’s purpose more effectively.
    • Create new Communities faster by choosing from existing layouts, which can help to save time and establish guidelines for Community design.
    • Reduce clutter on Community pages by hiding a widget while retaining its link in the navigation menu.

    Files delivers added flexibility

    Files users can select a top-level folder in their Files and mark it for sync. This permits the users to take the content of entire folders offline to their desktop and keep them synchronized with the files on the server.

    Relevant updates are brought front and center

    A new optional program, IBM Connections Orient Me, can be used with Connections V6.0 to provide new home page capabilities that apply advanced analytics to surface information and people that are most relevant to an individual.

    Individuals can take advantage of new capabilities provided by Connections Orient Me:

    • See, at a glance, the updates and information most relevant to users, displayed in a new visual layout and prioritized based on their interaction with content and people.
    • Apply new content and people filters to better control what users see.
    • More easily view updates grouped by a person, a Community, or content.
    • Receive suggestions about the people most likely to be important and relevant to their work.
    • See a snapshot of their day in the Action Center, accessible throughout Connections.

    Connections Orient Me is planned for availability on the availability date of Connections V6.0. Connections Orient Me is planned to be made available for download from the Fix Central website by organizations with entitlement to Connections V6.0

    As previously blogged, this is set to be the final on-premises release of Connections built the run wholly on the traditional platform of WebSphere/DB2/IHS/TDI etc. Connections Pink will start to arrive in pieces from later this year, running on an entirely more dynamic and easier-to-manage infrastructure. You will need to be running 6.0 to make that transition, so start the planning process now to get there as soon as you can.

    Connections 6.0 will be available to download from Passport Advantage or Partnerworld as usual.

    [Originally posted over at stuart-mcintyre.com]

    IBM Connections 6.0 announced, generally available March 31st was last modified: April 7th, 2017 by Stuart McIntyre
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  • 6.0AnalysisCompetitionIBM Connections

    IBM Connections 6 is coming soon… So what is the killer enhancement?

    by Stuart McIntyre March 15, 2017

    IBM yesterday published a press release previewing the headline features of the upcoming new on-premises release of Connections, Connections 6. I take a look at some of the headline features, and then pick out one specific enhancement that will make a huge difference for community managers!

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  • IBM ConnectIBM ConnectionsPink

    What not to miss at IBM Connect 2017: Connections Pink

    by Stuart McIntyre February 1, 2017

    IBM Connect 2017 takes place later this month in San Francisco, and the last-minute push to increase attendance is already underway. I’m a big fan of the new venue, and the shift from Florida to California, and so really hope that the event is a huge success.

    One of the interesting aspects of the registration push has been the unveiling of some information that previously being kept relatively quiet – if not under NDA, certainly out of the limelight

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  • IBM ConnectionsLotusphere

    T’was ten years ago… (Lotus Connections & Quickr)

    by Stuart McIntyre January 27, 2017

    Unfortunately I’ve just missed the actual anniversary, but I thought it worth celebrating that this week marks a decade since the announcement (on 22nd January 2007) of two products that have had an immense impact on my working life, Lotus IBM Connections and Lotus Quickr.

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  • IBM ConnectionsPartners & ISVs

    Two very interesting new partnerships in the IBM Connections space

    by Stuart McIntyre June 3, 2016

    News of some interesting tie-ups and announcements from around the IBM Connections partner ecosystem.

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  • IBM ConnectionsPartners & ISVs

    CGATE – an easy-to-use front end for IBM Connections

    by Stuart McIntyre June 3, 2016

    News of a new intranet style front end for IBM Connections, developed by Swedish ISV EGBS.

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  • Social Connections

    Just 11 days to go! Social Connections 10 lands in Toronto

    by Stuart McIntyre May 26, 2016

    Back in January I stepped away from the Social Connections team due to my commitments with Jive, after 9 events and 4.5 years of helping…

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    BBC: New social network aimed at improving education (IBM Connections)

    by Stuart McIntyre December 12, 2014

    This is terrific – a BBC Click article discussing how IBM is help local education institutions to evaluate the use of social platforms and analytics to assist students to learn

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  • 4.04.55.0IBM ConnectionsTechnical Info

    POODLE fixed within IBM Connections

    by Sjaak Ursinus November 18, 2014

    A few weeks back I had blogged about the POODLE bug which had hit IBM Connections quite hard. IBM delivered a fix today !…

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  • AnalysisIBM Connections

    Use and Adoption of IBM Connections – State of the Market 4Q2014

    by Stuart McIntyre November 18, 2014

    Michael Sampson has just published the results of this year’s IBM Connections usage survey.

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  • 3.0.14.04.55.0IBM ConnectionsTechnical Info

    An update on IBM Connections and the POODLE vulnerability

    by Stuart McIntyre November 3, 2014

    News of a fix for a worrying vulnerability in IBM Connections 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0. Get the fix uploaded ASAP.

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