<p>IBM will house its email, communication, and collaboration products in its Connections suite, whose scope until now has been limited to ESN (enterprise social networking) 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>[ Also check out the review: Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps. | Discover what's new in business applications with InfoWorld's Technology: Applications newsletter. | Stay abreast of key Microsoft technologies in our Technology: Microsoft newsletter. ]</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><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/ibm-consolidate-communication-and-collaboration-wares-connections-suite-235473">Keep reading...</a></p>