RIM show new Lotus Quickr, Connections and Sametime Clients for the BlackBerry at UKLUG
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Jen Stevenson, RIM Enterprise Product Manager IBM Technologies, presented a session on 'Leveraging the power of BlackBerry Mobility' at the UK Lotus User Group 2009 in Edinburgh. Jen's session focused on the new range of Lotus Clients for the BlackBerry that are coming in Q4.
However before we move on to them its worth noting that underpinning those new Clients is RIM's close relationship with Lotus. As Jen emphasised their development teams interact together across the whole range of Lotus products. This relationship has not come overnight but is the result of a sustained effort on both sides - and I for one think this is great given the rise of mobilisation as an emerging need for business applications. RIM do appear to have a more committed and fruitful relationship with IBM than other mobile device providers I could mention.
The new BlackBerry Clients on parade were:
The new Sametime 2.5 Client which will push presence further and have a richer and 'globalised' functionality. Release is due in November.
Connections 2.3 Client has added functionality with easier 'more fluid' use and is more integrated into the BlackBerry device. This will work with 4.6/4.7/5.0 on the device. Release is due in December.
The new Quickr 1.0 Client which has focused on easy and intuitive use. Its J2EE based and will work with 4.6/4.7/5.0 on the device. Release is due in December.
Jen also mentioned that the focus at Lotusphere 2010 would be on taking BlackBerry applications 'to the next level', moving beyond web applications.
Standing back from UKLUG I had a meeting this week with a major UK comms service provider and they told me that their mobile business is now focusing on smartphones as the market-leading sector. Basically its the hot area of an otherwise flat market. Unsurprisingly they said that this 'hot' smartphone sector is led by RIM and Apple, with only a small percentage for MS.
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Jen Stevenson, RIM Enterprise Product Manager IBM Technologies, presented a session on 'Leveraging the power of BlackBerry Mobility' at the UK Lotus User Group 2009 in Edinburgh. Jen's session focused on the new range of Lotus Clients for the BlackBerry that are coming in Q4.
However before we move on to them its worth noting that underpinning those new Clients is RIM's close relationship with Lotus. As Jen emphasised their development teams interact together across the whole range of Lotus products. This relationship has not come overnight but is the result of a sustained effort on both sides - and I for one think this is great given the rise of mobilisation as an emerging need for business applications. RIM do appear to have a more committed and fruitful relationship with IBM than other mobile device providers I could mention.
The new BlackBerry Clients on parade were:
The new Sametime 2.5 Client which will push presence further and have a richer and 'globalised' functionality. Release is due in November.
Connections 2.3 Client has added functionality with easier 'more fluid' use and is more integrated into the BlackBerry device. This will work with 4.6/4.7/5.0 on the device. Release is due in December.
The new Quickr 1.0 Client which has focused on easy and intuitive use. Its J2EE based and will work with 4.6/4.7/5.0 on the device. Release is due in December.
Jen also mentioned that the focus at Lotusphere 2010 would be on taking BlackBerry applications 'to the next level', moving beyond web applications.
Standing back from UKLUG I had a meeting this week with a major UK comms service provider and they told me that their mobile business is now focusing on smartphones as the market-leading sector. Basically its the hot area of an otherwise flat market. Unsurprisingly they said that this 'hot' smartphone sector is led by RIM and Apple, with only a small percentage for MS.
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