IBM WebSphere and Lotus Implementing Collaborative Solutions

Lotus Workplace—A Portal-Based Collaboration Platform

Lotus Workplace, made available toward the end of 2003, is a portal-based collaboration platform that lets users interact with colleagues, customers, and partners, providing immediate access to the applications and information they need to provide superior service. Because it is estimated that 80 percent of a business' knowledge resides with its people, the potential productivity gains are very significant. With Lotus Workplace there are several products that allow customers to add modular collaborative capabilities to their business applications. For example, Lotus Team Collaboration lets users instantly access people and information, minimizing the cycles associated with e-mail and voicemail ...