<p>ORLANDO Building on the momentum of its recent software-as-a-service push, IBM has announced a new enterprise-focused email mail tool with a social networking flavor.</p><p>Dubbed Mail Next, it combines IBM's mail, meetings, chat, content management and office productivity capabilities into IBM Connections, Big Blue's collection of social networking tools for business.</p><p>A beta version of Mail Next is scheduled for the first half of 2014 and actual launch is set for the second half of the year.</p><p>It has made some wonder if this means the end of Lotus Notes.</p><p><a href="http://www.computerdealernews.com/news/ibms-new-enterprise-e-mail-has-social-twist/31602">Keep reading...</a></p>