We've previously reviewed and recommended IBM's LotusLive offerings-including its LotusLive Meetings and LotusLive iNotes. IBM was one of the first major software companies to begin providing Web-based "mash-up" services five years ago and has over time ported much of what it has learned into its cloud-based, LotusLive suite of offerings.
Since then, IBM has continued to add functionality and improvements to LotusLive. For example, LotusLive Meetings-which allows for interactive, online meetings with whiteboards, desktop and file sharing, audio and chat-now provides mobile apps for both BlackBerry and iPhone. We downloaded the iPhone app, for example, to find that it's now possible to log into a LotusLive interactive meeting from your iPhone.
Setup is as simple as could be, and entering a LotusLive meeting via iPhone is as easy as downloading the app from the Apple iTunes App Store, entering login and meeting ID information, and getting in. Those on the road are no longer the forgotten children of the workgroup when it comes to live, realtime collaboration. LotusLive Mobile is in beta.
IBM sets a baseline rate of $US10 per month, per user, for its LotusLive Suite for online collaboration, which includes iNotes, Meetings and collaboration tools.
In addition to LotusLive, IBM provides LotusLive Labs-which, among other things, will provide preview looks at the company's forthcoming Lotus Project Concord-an online, collaborative document creation and sharing application. (Look out, Google Docs.)
When it comes to online collaboration solutions for enterprises of all sizes, IBM LotusLive is a must-consider.
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