IBM announced availability of <A HREF="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19142.wss">new releases of its core IBM Workplace products,</A> including Workplace Collaboration Services 2.6, Workplace Managed Client 2.6, Workplace Forms 2.6 and Workplace Designer 2.6. The 2.6 versions of these products include more than 50 new features and functions, including enhancements to cross-platform and open standards support. Along with WebSphere Portal, the Workplace family of products help provide the front-end to IBM's Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy.