SharePoint & Lotus

Last week, Mainsoft welcomed Rob Koplowitz, principal analyst at Forrester Research to speak with more than 150 Lotus customers that have adopted Microsoft SharePoint and want to promote end user adoption by integrating it with email.

developerWorks editor Scott Laningham just posted an interview with Chris Lamb, Senior Marketing Manager for IBM Lotus Connections, and Yaacov Cohen, Mainsoft's CEO.  They talk about the benefits of integrating IBM Lotus Connections with IBM Rational Team Concert to expand communications about software deliveries to include business stakeholders and end users, in addition to technical teams worldwide.
 

Mainsoft today released a technology preview of Lotus Connections social software integration with Rational Team Concert.
 

According to a recent study conducted by Infotrends, SharePoint adoption falls far short of SharePoint deployment. Today, of the 62.2% of employees who now have access to SharePoint, only 23.8% access it at least once daily. 

Collaboration is a top IT priority and the key to enabling people to increase the effectiveness of their work while reducing the time, cost, and effort spent working together. But how can you drive mainstream user adoption of Microsoft SharePoint when your users are committed to using Lotus Notes?

We’d like to thank Lotus Notes customers in Germany who joined Mainsoft and our partners holistic-net, and TIMETOACT Software and Consulting for today’s virtual meeting.

During today’s Virtual User Group meeting, Mainsoft Product Manager Jonas Martinsson previewed Notes integration with SharePoint Social Networking features and Beta support for Microsoft Outlook.
 

If you’ve been trying to find a path to make your document collaboration and project management more efficient, you’ll want to read this whitepaper. It gives you details about integrating SharePoint with your email client to encourage SharePoint adoption for Lotus Notes users.

Mainsoft Integrates Social Networking Features and Beta Support for Outlook.

Thought you might be interested in hearing Matt Cain, Gartner’s lead email analyst, talk about integrating email with SharePoint to drive mainstream user adoption in this free podcast.