IBM Lotus Software for BlackBerry Smartphones

Overview

The BlackBerry® platform offers a secure solution for taking your IBM® Lotus® applications mobile.

IBM Lotus Domino

With the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for IBM® Lotus® Domino, your organization can access IBM® Lotus® Domino® applications such as email, calendar and databases on BlackBerry smartphones.

Learn about the features available with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino

BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections v2.3

The BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections extends Profiles, Activities, Blogs, Communities and Bookmarks to BlackBerry smartphone users. The application offers highly secure enterprise social networking capabilities for people-based collaboration.

Application features

Home Page

• View Top Updates, Discover and Saved Stories items, and filter results by IBM® Lotus® Connections component¹
• Receive new Top Updates automatically with customizable BlackBerry smartphone notifications¹

Profiles

• Post status updates and comment on your colleagues' statuses¹
• View your Lotus Connections network and the networks of colleagues¹
• Send and receive network invitations¹
• Add tags to your profile or the profiles of others¹
• Search Profiles by tag and keyword
• Add a picture to your Profile
• Contact individuals by phone, email and SMS
• Look up a colleague’s reporting structure, office location and local time
• Play a name pronunciation file
• View a user’s About Me, Background and contributions to the enterprise social network

Communities

• View Community details, members and Bookmarks
• Access members’ Profiles
• Email members individually or as a group

Bookmarks

• Create, view, search for and open Bookmarks
• Add Bookmarks from the BlackBerry® Browser or the client
• Assign tags to Bookmarks to make them searchable
• Email Bookmark links

Activities

• View Activities, Sections, Entries and To Dos
• Filter out incomplete or completed To Do items
• Convert email messages into an Entry or To Do item
• Access To Do list from Tasks on the BlackBerry smartphone

Blogs

• Read and compose Blog entries
• Search by keyword, tag and author
• Email Blog author

Managed from the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

• IT can enable or disable the “Tell A Friend” feature or wirelessly push the application to users
• Administrators can implement IT policies and set application permissions

BlackBerry Social Networking Application Proxy

• Deploy multiple BlackBerry® Social Networking Application Proxy servers to service a larger population of users¹
• Deploy a high availability infrastructure. In the event a BlackBerry Social Networking Application Proxy server becomes unavailable, server traffic from the unavailable server will be routed to the functional server(s)¹
• Optimizes the data sent from IBM® Lotus® Connections to BlackBerry smartphones for improved performance
• Tracks which BlackBerry smartphones have accessed Lotus Connections and displays the services used

Highly secure and manageable for IT

Organizations can leverage their existing investments in the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution, plus gain additional reporting and data optimization with the BlackBerry Social Networking Application Proxy.

Information protection

• Existing permissions for Lotus Connections are recognized and shared content is only available to those who have permission
• The advanced security features of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server employ high encryption standards to help protect intellectual property

Flash demo

• See the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections v2.5 in action
• View the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections v2.3 in action

How to get the application

The BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections is available directly from IBM® or your preferred IBM reseller. You can also purchase the application online from the BlackBerry Store. To speak to a BlackBerry Software and Support Consultant, call 1-800-327-9085.

Note: if you're using IBM Lotus Connections v2.0.1, you'll need to use the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections v2.3.

Product documentation

• BlackBerry Social Networking Application Proxy for IBM Lotus Connections Installation and Configuration Guide, and Release Notes
• BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections User Guide and Release Notes

Support

• BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections support page

BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr v1.1

The BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus Quickr™ extends libraries or places, folders and files to BlackBerry smartphone users. The application establishes a highly secure framework for document-based collaboration.

What's New in the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr v1.1?

• Support for IBM® Lotus Quickr™ 8.1.1 (Java® Enterprise Edition), as well IBM Lotus Quickr 8.2 (Domino)
• English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese language support

Application features

Navigate libraries or places and folders

• View, sort and filter content to locate needed files
• Mark frequently used contents as favorites for quick access

Create and view content

• Set up folders and upload files
• View details such as author, and date modified and created
• Preview documents before downloading

Check out, edit, check in

• Keep editing in sync, even when users are out of the office, with version control

Managed from the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

• IT can enable or disable the "Tell A Friend" feature or wirelessly push the application to users
• Administrators can implement IT policies and set application permissions

BlackBerry Social Networking Application Proxy

• Optimizes the data sent from IBM Lotus Quickr to BlackBerry smartphones for improved performance
• Tracks which BlackBerry smartphones have accessed Lotus Quickr and displays the services used

Highly secure and manageable for IT

Organizations can leverage the existing BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution, plus gain additional reporting and data optimization with the BlackBerry Social Networking Application Proxy.

Information protection

• Existing permissions for Lotus Quickr are respected and shared content is only available to those who have access
• The advanced security features of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server employ high encryption standards to help protect intellectual property

Flash demo

• See the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr in action

How to get the application

The BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr is available directly from IBM® or your preferred IBM reseller. You can also purchase the application online from the BlackBerry Store. To speak to a BlackBerry Software and Support Consultant, call 1-800-327-9085.

Product Documentation

• BlackBerry Social Networking Application Proxy for IBM Lotus Quickr Installation and Configuration Guide, and Release Notes
• BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr User Guide and Release Notes

Support

• BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr support page