Social Networking at General Electric07/22/2008 10:31:18 PMLocation : Cleveland, OH
A news report tells the tale of General Electric's (GE) internally developed social networking site. The author, Ann All, does an admirable job of cutting through the compliments and makes some good points. However, she also indicates some issues with Connections and Quickr:
Many of the enterprise-class tools still lack the kinds of functionality companies are seeking. Notably, few tools are equipped for both collaboration and social networking, says CMS Watch founder Tony Byrne, whom I interviewed earlier this month. Not to pick on IBM, but Byrne used the company to illustrate his point. Its Connections software is networking-oriented with a bit of collaboration capability thrown in, says Byrne. Quickr, on the other hand, is well suited for collaboration but offers limited networking functionality.
It seems to me, that this quote can be represented:
Which is funny, in that the Connections and Quickr sites explain it this way:
Lotus Connections is social software for business that empowers you to be more innovative and helps you execute more quickly by using dynamic networks of coworkers, partners and customers.
Lotus Quickr is team collaboration software that helps you share content, collaborate and work faster online with your teams - inside or outside your firewall.
From those definitions, there doesn't seem to be much, if any overlap in the products. But maybe there is room in the Lotus portfolio for Product X, as Tony Byrne describes.
Link: ITBusinessEdge: Ann All: Most Companies Can’t Afford GE’s Custom Approach to Social Networking
Link: Lotus Quickr
Link: Lotus Connections
Technorati tag: Lotus Connections Quickr
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