IBM Just released their newest version of Lotus Quickr with some significant enhancements for the J2EE version. My personal opinion is that this is a good enough set of enhancements to consider installing now rather than waiting a bit.
IBM’s new version of Lotus Quickr social software that was made available today allows community and team based collaborative capabilities to be even more tightly aligned with IBM’s portal applications, Enterprise Management Content (ECM) systems and tools such as IBM Sametime unified communications.
A major benefit of the new software is an enhanced user interface which is now better aligned with Lotus Connections. This helps provide a smooth transition between the community collaboration of Lotus Connections and team collaboration of Lotus Quickr. For example, the navigation and layout are similar.
It also includes a new Web-based rich text editor http://www.flickr.com/photos/34618718@N06/4691093643/ for easy editing, especially in large repositories, and improved member and role management functions for a more personalized experience. “IBM Lotus Quickr is truly looking like the Web 2.0 front end to document centric team collaboration,” said Subbu Natarajan, Gemini Systems LLC.
It also supports Windows Single Sign-on and new platforms including Windows 2008 server and Linux on zSeries.
Lotus Quickr Connectors: IBM also announced today that it is making Lotus Quickr Connectors software available for the first time as a stand-alone product. Typically designed for organizations using ECM systems, the new connectors provide desktop access to ECM information from both Microsoft and IBM products, for example, Lotus Symphony and Microsoft Office.
For more information about new Lotus Quickr, visit www.ibm.com/software/lotus.
