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IBM today announced new social software tools designed to ease consolidation of business content residing in other applications, including Microsoft SharePoint. The tools represent an expansion of the IBM Lotus Quickr line to help businesses of all sizes manage, share, and collaborate on important team information. While some vendors claim to promote interoperability, IBM says Quickr delivers an alternative to other, less flexible collaborative solutions since it now allows users to easily share and work with a variety of file types and IT infrastructures.

IBM Lotus Quickr Content Integrator is a new tool to help businesses access, share and collaborate on information. Based on technology from CASAHL Technology, Lotus Quickr Content Integrator helps organizations migrate critical data from existing silos into team places designed for collaboration and sharing. Through wizards and templates, the software makes it easy to migrate and consolidate content from Microsoft SharePoint sites, Microsoft Exchange folders, IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager libraries, and IBM Lotus Domino team room applications into Lotus Quickr team places.

Organizations with a variety of IT applications can now standardize on Lotus Quickr for team collaboration and social networking needs without the hassle of complex data migration, says IBM. Competitive software products generally require businesses to undertake time consuming and often costly data migrations just to access data from different sources. Lotus Quickr Content Integrator puts businesses in control of their content, enabling employees to consolidate important information regardless of what tool was used to create the document, according to IBM.

"Making sure that critical content is easily accessible to employees is key," says Harry Wong, president and chief executive officer of CASAHL. "Lotus Quickr Content Integrator combined with Lotus Quickr's easy to use Web 2.0 interface and rich functionality, is a powerful combination, one that our customers are rapidly adopting."

"Content is king, and Lotus Quickr helps businesses share and use their data, regardless of where it was created," says Jeff Schick, vice president of social networking, IBM Lotus Software. "With the new features in Lotus Quickr and Lotus Quickr Content Integrator we have made it easy for companies to migrate their content from IBM software or competitive products into Lotus Quickr and get working right away."

Also now available is the latest Quickr version, IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1. Lotus Quickr is Web 2.0-based software that makes it easier for people to find, access, share and work with everyday business content such as documents, photos and videos. Lotus Quickr includes content libraries, wikis, blogs and connectors--or plug-ins--for popular desktop applications like Microsoft Office and IBM Lotus Notes. New features include:

•          New connectors for Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Symphony: Now users will be able to access content in team workspaces and content libraries directly from Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Symphony. Lotus Quickr connectors increase productivity and help people work faster by bringing Lotus Quickr's powerful team collaboration capabilities into all major everyday desktop applications.

•          New administrative dashboard: A new Web 2.0-based dashboard makes it easier to manage enterprise wide deployments of Lotus Quickr. New statistical reporting gives administrators insight into the activity in their Lotus Quickr environment. Now, administrators have a single view of all Lotus Quickr places and can sort and search places by type and owner and set policies based on the size or activity level of places.

•          Lotus Quickr Entry: Now available, Lotus Quickr Entry provides a pre-designed personal file sharing space that eliminates the need to share content via email attachments by providing individuals with links to shared content. The personal file sharing capabilities of Lotus Quickr Entry are included in the latest version of Lotus Quickr and as a standalone offering.

•          Enhanced usability features: New features such as simplified navigation, automatic versioning of documents to help track updates and feeds that instantly populate the "what's new" section of team places have been added to simplify an individual's experience.

Lotus Quickr Content Integrator and Lotus Quickr 8.1 are now available. Lotus Quickr Entry is now available to Lotus Notes and IBM Lotus Domino Web Access customers on active maintenance at no additional charge. For more information visit: http://www.ibm.com/lotus/quickr_.

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