IBM collaboration software for Android devices

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IBM collaboration software for Android devices

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IBM collaboration software for Android devices

Keeping your employees connected—at home, on the road or down the hall How and where we work have undergone fundamental changes in just a few short years. A lot of employees still work at the office; many work from home on a desktop client; others meet work demands from the road by doing much of their business on a mobile device. But no matter where or how we work, the basic requirements are the same—workers need seamless access to information and to each other. Employees need universal access to email, files and data. They need collaboration that is in context—wherever they’re working and whatever they’re working on. And that means universal access to the company’s IT network. Employees with devices that use the Android mobile operating system need to be able to send messages, access web content and communicate with coworkers just like they would in the office—and with the same security-rich access. IBM collaboration software for Android devices connects workers to the right information, when and where they need it.

Achieve collaboration on the go Collaboration solutions from IBM for Android-based devices enable people to work from wherever they need to work. These solutions let them connect with coworkers, customers, partners and suppliers no matter where they are. Using IBM collaboration software on Android devices, mobile employees can take advantage of the same robust features as those on their computers back at the office—all through a security-rich interface, which helps protect their work and critical business communications. IBM collaboration software is designed to give workers the flexibility and choice to work how they want, virtually wherever they want, with mobile applications that enable them to send and receive email; access web content; and search for knowledge and expertise among other employees—all right from their Android

devices. IBM Lotus® applications for Android devices provide mobile workers with a smooth transition from the desktop to the smartphone, helping give them the full benefit of Web 2.0 capabilities on the Android platform—with the enterprise security features the business needs to help keep critical information safe. For administrators, IBM collaboration software on the Android device lets employees work the way they want but still helps reduce the challenges of managing remote employees’ devices by offering the following: ●

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Delivers a consistent social software and collaboration solution for the enterprise and beyond Provides a simple-to-manage unified point of control Supports greater control over company data Enables developers to push IBM Lotus Domino® applications to the Android device with IBM Lotus Domino Designer software

Staying in sync with people and information Working remotely—whether it’s up a floor or across the country—requires access to email, calendars, colleagues and critical business information. IBM offers enterprises choices in how to provide these capabilities—on premises with IBM Lotus Notes® software, in the cloud with IBM LotusLive™ Notes or via a hybrid of the two approaches. If you want a push email solution, IBM Lotus Notes Traveler software delivers Notes email, calendars and contacts to Android-based devices. By bringing the latest messages, schedules and contacts to the mobile device, the solution helps keep employees connected. Lotus Notes Traveler software provides the following: ●

Automatic, two-way, over-the-air synchronization of Notes email, calendar and contact data, which helps ensure you have a single, up-to-date version for messaging and collaboration activities

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Remote wipe support for lost or stolen devices, which allows you to remotely erase all data on the device and reset the device An included mobile solution for entitled Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino and LotusLive Notes clients

IBM solutions also allow you to access your email, calendars and contacts through the browser on your Android device—without installing anything on your smart phone. Enterprises with IT policies that prohibit content, such as email, from being stored on mobile devices will want to use this option for their on-premises solution.

Take your professional network with you Whether in the office or on their Android devices, business professionals want access to the organizational expertise of their professional networks and communities. Workers also value being able to respond quickly to business opportunities and sharing new creative ideas with expert communities of coworkers, partners and customers. IBM Lotus Connections software is designed to provide rich social software capabilities that drive collaboration, productivity and innovation across complex global organizations, without sacrificing enterprise security. Using IBM Lotus Connections software for the Android platform, mobile professionals can do the following: ●

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Search for people, files, communities, blogs, bookmarks and activities using keywords, tags or other criteria View profiles of community members, blog authors and creators of bookmarks or activities Send email messages to an entire community or a single member Follow a person’s communities, blogs, bookmarks and activities

Figure 1: With IBM collaboration software on Android devices, remote employees can work the way they want while you meet the challenges of managing their devices.

Web content in the palm of your hand Self-service, productivity and customer satisfaction shouldn’t stop at the desktop portal. IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator software for IBM WebSphere® Portal software enables IT to extend access to portal and data services for both customers and employees who use Android devices.

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The IBM Mobile Portal Accelerator solution achieves the following: ●

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Helps IT deliver personalized content, applications and services to mobile users based on their roles and business needs Enables rapid mobile portal application development with out-of-the-box samples and tools Adapts content specifically for the Android platform with the intelligent IBM Multi Channel Server portlet filter

Protecting your mobile data Mobile workers want access to a wide variety of enterprise applications from their Android devices, over a variety of wireless and wireline networks. In addition to providing employees with this access, IT also needs to protect data security. IBM Lotus Mobile Connect software provides mobile workers using Android devices with clientless access via a security-rich virtual private network that helps protect critical business information behind the firewall and that offers both encryption and authentication support. Users can access HTTP-based applications with a browser-based login, without the need for a client.

For more information For more information about IBM Lotus software for the Android platform, contact your IBM sales representative or visit: ibm.com/lotus/mobile

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