IBM expanded its business social network platform Connections, adding new capabilities.
The IT major integrated Connections with its Cloud Object Storage, providing companies an ability to scale their storage needs with their employees’ usage while improving storage costs.
The newly added feature called Orient Me helps to find the most useful content from the user’s network. To do this, Orient Me leverages a new containerized, API-driven architecture.
Additionally, the technology provides a “Touchpoint” experience for new users. This allows a simpler way of onboarding with easy login, ability to follow colleagues and join communities to begin working more efficiently.
It also allows for better community management by copying designs from existing communities – saving time when setting up new workspaces.
As employees evolve how they communicate and what media they use, file distribution services need to evolve with the workforce.
IBM Connections provides a simple to use interface and desktop sync for easy access to files. By providing large file uploads, rich text editor, new preview/editing features in File Viewer and search improvements, users can find and collaborate on files in an environment employees expect.
The business social network platform provides companies with a social network that can leverage high powered analytics across various channels including blogs, wikis, activity streams and more.
It also allows for employees to connect with each other and collaborate on work products through a single interface.
