IBM Content Manager Collaboration Edition V8.5 delivers an integrated end-to-end collaboration and enterprise content management solution

IBM® FileNet® Content Manager Collaboration Edition V8.5:

• Packages new versions of IBM Lotus® Quickr™ for WebSphere® Portal and Lotus Quickr for Domino® 8.5 and the new version of IBM FileNet Content Manager 5 (restricted) in a single integrated offering
• Enhances integration between Lotus Quickr and IBM FileNet Content Manager including new direct connect web-based component for Lotus Quickr for Domino
• Lets you collaborate on business content stored in IBM FileNet Content Manager using familiar desktop applications via the Lotus Quickr connectors or with Web 2.0 browser interface of Lotus Quickr
• Incorporates existing enterprise content inside a Lotus Quickr team place
• Offers a scalable foundation for growth by leveraging the robust and extensible capabilities of IBM FileNet P8 infrastructure
• Delivers self-service team collaboration for end users provided by Lotus Quickr
• Has web services component that provides integration between Lotus Quickr and IBM FileNet P8

Overview

IBM FileNet Content Manager Collaboration Edition and IBM Content Manager Collaboration Edition offer you the integration between IBM's Lotus Quickr team collaboration and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) family of offerings.

IBM FileNet Content Manager Collaboration Edition V8.5 and IBM Content Manager Collaboration Edition V8.5 deliver updated versions of IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5, IBM FileNet Content Manager V5.0, and IBM Content Manager 8.4.2 to provide integrated end-to-end collaboration and ECM solution that allow users to:

• Easily move content to and from Lotus Quickr and IBM ECM repositories
• Benefit from enhanced integration between Lotus Quickr, IBM FileNet Content Manager, and IBM Content Manager, including new "direct connect" web-based component so users can natively display and interact with ECM content from within a Lotus Quickr place
• Search FileNet Content Manager and IBM Content Manager content from Lotus Quickr Web 2.0 user interface
• Use the Lotus Quickr connectors to interact with content in both Lotus Quickr, FileNet Content Manager, and IBM Content Manager software, providing access to these repositories as a natural extension of popular applications such as Microsoft® Office, Windows® Explorer, Outlook, Lotus Notes®, Lotus Sametime®, and Lotus Symphony

IBM FileNet Content Manager Collaboration Edition and IBM Content Manager Collaboration Edition both extend ECM services and function to a broader audience, while introducing collaborative tools to the content management environment helping organizations connect the right people with the right information at the right time.

IBM FileNet Content Manager Collaboration Edition and IBM Content Manager Collaboration Edition leverage new Web service components to provide integration between best-of-breed collaboration tools of IBM Lotus Quickr and IBM's ECM repositories.

Description

IBM FileNet Content Manager Collaboration Edition and IBM Content Manager Collaboration Edition help organizations connect the right people with the right information at the right time by unlocking enterprise content to be accessible via IBM Lotus Quickr's intuitive Web 2.0 browser interface or from everyday business applications.

These offerings include adaptable web service components to provide integration between the collaboration tools of IBM Lotus Quickr and the IBM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) repositories. Using this integration, today's knowledge workers can leverage intuitive Web 2.0, and familiar office and desktop user interfaces for collaboration while taking advantage of the advanced content, compliance, and business process management functions available with IBM Content Manager and the IBM FileNet P8 platform.

IBM FileNet Content Manager Collaboration Edition V8.5 delivers updated versions of IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 and IBM FileNet Content Manager V5.0.

FileNet Content Manager Collaboration Edition helps organizations connect the right people with the right information at the right time by:

• Unlocking enterprise content to be accessible from everyday business applications, providing knowledge workers with the ability to author and collaborate on content from their familiar email and office applications
• Improving organizational agility through the use of innovative collaborative tools that are seamlessly integrated with a robust and extensible enterprise content management infrastructure
• Offering a wide array of client choices or access methods, from Quickr's intuitive Web 2.0 browser interface, to the broad set of desktop applications and email clients
• Offering a scalable foundation for growth for organizations who wish to extend advanced ECM services and function to the global knowledge worker, for example, business process management, and records management
• Performing integration based on standard SOAP and REST/Atom protocols, which are platform and program language independent (for example, NET or Java™) helping to make it easy to extend or integrate with other applications
• Including IBM solutions that also run on a wide variety of server hardware platforms and operating systems, helping to provide a great degree of choice and flexibility to run your environment as you see fit