introduction to ibm connections & pink

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Welcome to

IBM Connections 6

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IBM ConnectionsIs a leading business social network platform that helps you get work done

Eliminate barriers to

collaboration while

traveling or at other

locations

Extend

ExpertiseGreater understanding

creates better business

outcomes.

Get Work

DoneEliminate barriers to

collaboration while traveling

or at other locations.

Innovate Anywhere.

Inspire InnovationAnalytics and

personalization help drive adoption and deepen

relationships.

Trust

PeopleBring customers

and partners into

the conversation

Empower

PeopleWork with anyone, anytime,

anywhere, even offline

Engage

PeopleFilter out the noise,

illuminate ideas


IBM Connections 6.0Enhanced On-boardingUsers are guided through their on-boarding experience when they first join they will be prompted with suggestions for building their network and discovering

relevant content.

Modern CommunitiesBuild out your communities now with more options to design and customize the community homepage. Use the new rich text application to enhance the look &

feel of your community with CSS/HTML. Copy existing layouts to spend less time re-creating and more time adding content to enable you and your teams!

Files ExperienceStore, organize and sync your files / folders with the new Files experience. Use My Drive to sync folders and files between your desktop and IBM Connections

Files. Leverage IBM’s new object-based storage solution to drive down costs when storing large amounts of data.

Orient MeThis component leverages the power of cognitive and provides a homepage that is tailored and personalized to what is important to you! This allows users to

filter out the noise and easily see content that is most relevant.

MobileTo keep in constant touch use the newly designed IBM Connections mobile app,

on your smartphone or tablet, and be productive on-the-go!


On-boarding Experience

Welcome new users into

Connections by guiding them

through a personalized

experience

while helping them to learn about

the new features and functions.


New Onboarding and User Adoption Experience

Let’s make this more engaging !


A New Personalized Onboarding Experience

• Drive adoption by welcoming new users.

• New users are guided through a few steps to capture information.

• From suggested lists new users can easily select people and communities to follow.

• Guided tours to fast start with homepage, files and community apps.


A New Onboarding Experience

Personalize by adding a profile

photo

Make it your own by selecting areas of interest so others can learn more about you and the work you are doing.


A New Onboarding Experience

Easily select colleagues to follow

Tap the card to get details

Select from recommended Communities, or quickly and easily search to find other content you may be interested in.


A New Onboarding ExperienceUsers can exit at any point, and come

back to finish later

But why exit ? You are almost done


Guided Tours

First time users can understand the

value of the offering via intro screens

that describe the experience.


Make the first five minutes a great experience !

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First Time User Experiences - Communities

• IBM Connections 6 Communities have a new modern and easily customizable layouts. • Utilize Touchpoint and Guided Tours to help drive visibility and ease of use.


Guided Tours - Communities First Time Experience

In four clicks, new users get a quick guide to understand Communities landing page options.


Guided Tours - Files First Time ExperienceGet started with the new enhanced Files experience.• Get Organized• Find or create a File• Take Action• My Drive and Sync


Guided Tours - Homepage First Time Experience

This is your Command Center!

• See what needs attention

• Easily customize to make it

yours


Modern Communities

Community owners have more

options to design and customize their

Community Homepage.


Provide Community Owners more options when designing their custom Community

Homepage.

Allow Community owners to copy existing layouts and designs from one Community into a new

one.

Modern Communities


Rich Text Application

enhanced with CSS and

HTML.


New layouts for a modern look

and feel to your community.


Newly designed top navigation bar.


Clear and defined widget styes.


Create new communities using layouts

and templates from existing communities.


Rich Text App content is

automatically copied over.

Widget labels are copied

over but data is not.

Members are not copied over.

Only the owner is displayed in

the community by default.


Files Experience

IBM Connections users have full control

over their folders and files to collaborate,

share files and stay organized.


Use My Drive to keep folders and files

synced between your desktop and

Connections.

Files Experience


Store all of your content, documents,

spreadsheets, photos and more in a central

location making them easily accessible from

anywhere.

Get Organized!


Enhanced Files

New My Drive view

for all files & folders I

want to keep in sync

Add files or folders from

your personal files or

someone else's files…

… and they will be

sync’d to your

desktop


IBM Cloud Object Storage

Store your organizations files in IBM’s Object-

Based Storage solution

More Information on IBM Object-Based Storage

http://www.apple.com/

https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/products/storage/object-storage/?lnk=mn


Orient Me

Business users have clarity, control,

and the insights they need to

confidently make informed

decisions.


Important people and communities always in view


Prioritized updates based on

your behavior and interaction

with your colleagues


Updates grouped by person,

community or content


Notification Center available

everywhere in IBM Connections


Quick Selection

Users can quickly see a filtered view

of all updates from a specific person

or community, with one click.


Filter your feed to see updates

from specific people in your

organization with Quick

Selection!


Filter your feed to see updates

from communities that are

important to you with one click!


Take Action

Users can act on an update by

commenting on it or liking it

directly from the homepage.


Take action on an update

and comment or “like” it.


Integrated Notifications

The new integrated notifications side

bar provides important updates and

notifications to users from

IBM Connections and Microsoft Outlook


The newly designed notification

side-bar makes it easy for you to see

your notifications, updates and

tasks.


Mobilize!

Business users can stay engaged and

connected with their teams on-the-go

without skipping a beat!


Mobile

Users see updates grouped by

person, community or content in card

format.

New persistent navigation

Advanced search capabilities

provide quick results and history view.

In the Notification Center, users can

access

a summary of their day at-a-glance.


Mobile

When displayed on a mobile

tablet the user experience is

responsive to the additional

screen real estate and provides

the user more information.


IBM Connections 6.0 – more

Previous IBM Connections Cloud updates delivered in IBM Connections 6:

• Remove Inactive Users from Community (wsadmin command)

• Large File Upload (> 2GB)

• Rich Text Editor: Copy/Paste Formatting (inline, list and table styles)

• Search UX improvements / History view

• File upload enhancements in File Viewer panel

• Preview/edit additional file types in File Viewer

• Open specific Forum item (Permalink)


IBM Connections – Search EnhancementsEnhanced designs and capabilities

• Search has been streamlined to help you find Connections Cloud content faster and it remembers the pages you visited.

• A new search icon is available regardless of where you are on the page. Open the search panel to search. Or use the panel to go back to pages you've previously visited.


IBM Connections – Search EnhancementsEnhanced search history

• Before you search anything, the panel displays the previous 500 pages you've visited in chronological order.

• This feature is especially helpful when someone gives you a link to a page and later you'd like to go back to that page but can't remember where it is.

• Type-ahead in the search field immediately brings you pages that you have viewed before.


Introducing

IBM Connections

Engagement Center


The Future is…

PINK

Composed of integrated applications

where users and cognitive systems collaborate

in an environment tailored to their needs

allowing work to seamlessly flow between different mediums,

in context

Connections PINK: An engagement platform

tying together people and their content in the fabric of collaboration

• Designed for usability

Connections PINK

• Focused on the people you collaborate with

• Focused on the content you collaborate on

• Focused on engagement

• Delivering low code/no code application development

• Inherently cognitive

• Built for agility and future needs

What analysts are saying

about Connections Pink

”Pink represents a significant break from established product

development methodologies within IBM”

–Brad Shimmin

“The focus on leveraging skills

through collaboration, internal and

external user experience and

customer-focused success measures

makes IBM Pink products worth

looking at closely.” --IDC

Faced with a constantly shifting and increasingly competitive collaboration

technology market, IBM is completely overhauling its established IBM

Connections technology to make it more flexible, scalable, and ready for the

next generation of customer needs. –MWD Advisors

® 2017 IBM Collaboration Solutions

Work the way you want

Our solutions run on our

public cloud, your dedicated

cloud, private cloud, or in

hybrid cloud scenarios*.

You should control where

your data lives.*

Your cloud and your data

Our solutions are optimized

for digital business with

continuous delivery,

engaging end-to-end

experiences, and value that

will keep you coming back

for more.

Easy to try, deploy, and grow

Always up-to-date

Your solutions should

understand the way you

work and the language of

your profession. They

should be easily tailored to

meet any need by you.

*Watson services available on public and dedicated cloud.

IBM Connections

Evolved

IBM Connections BlueOn Premise

IBM Connections GreenCloud

IBM Connections Pink

• New codebase

• Interoperability with Blue and

Green

• IBM Public Cloud current codebase

• Orient Me – First of the Pink Features

• Enhanced Files and Communities

• Box.com Integration

• Fit and Finish

• Connections On-Premise current

codebase

• Orient Me – First of the Pink Features

• Enhanced Files and Communities

• User On-boarding (Touchpoint)

Fit and Finish

Continuously updated

Container-based deployment

• No more 18-month release cycles

• No more costly upgrades

• Streamlines and simplifies on premises

updates

Flexible

Micro-service based architecture

• More consistent experience across the apps

• Faster to new features

• Improves experience for both cloud and on

premises customers

Customizable

Separate presentation and service layers

(Proxy Server??)

•Customize, easily

•Stay current

Expandable

Everything will be an API

•Painlessly add 3rd party applications to

your environment

•Seamlessly integrate the experience

•Choose alternatives to Connections apps

from growing list of partners

Connections PINK


TODAY


Deploy Connections

Implement

Business

Solutions

Migration

Planning

Current

Use

Review

Require-

ments

workshop

ExploreConnections

Capabilities

Implemen-

tation

Planning

Licensing

Review

Implemen-

tation /

Upgrade

Planning

Next Steps:New Connections Implementations


Deploy Connections

Implement

Business

Solutions

Migration

Planning

Current

Use

Review

Require-

ments

workshop

ExploreConnections

Capabilities

Implemen-

tation

Planning

Licensing

Review

Implemen-

tation /

Upgrade

Planning

Next Steps:Upgrading or Re-Instating Existing Connections


Deploy Connections

Implement

Business

Solutions

Migration

Planning

Current

Use

Review

Require-

ments

workshop

ExploreConnections

Capabilities

Implemen-

tation

Planning

Licensing

Review

Implemen-

tation /

Upgrade

Planning

Next Steps:Migrating from SharePoint / Yammer / Jive

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