<p>IBM will house its email, communication and collaboration products in its Connections suite, whose scope until now has been limited to enterprise social networking (ESN) software.</p><p>This means that the Connections bundle will include the Notes/Domino email platform, Docs office productivity apps and Sametime tools for IM, audio/video communications and Web meetings.</p><p>As those products get updated this year, they will be rebranded with the Connections name and offered as part that suite, whose core ESN software lets users create employee profiles, blogs, wikis, discussion forums and the like, as well as share, co-edit and comment on files and documents.</p><p>"Those products work together today. They're fully integrated, but now the branding will provide clarity and focus and highlight all these integrated capabilities," said Kramer Reeves, IBM Messaging and Collaboration Solutions director.</p><p><a href="http://www.techworld.com.au/article/537246/ibm_consolidate_communication_collaboration_wares_into_connections_suite/?fp=16&fpid=1">Keep reading...</a></p>