January 2009
ORLANDO, FL - 19 Jan 2009: LOTUSPHERE -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced LotusLive, a cloud-based portfolio of social networking and collaboration services designed for business. LotusLive will extend customers' current investments and link to everyday business services. LotusLive.com is now the place to find all of Lotus' cloud solutions including email, collaboration and Web conferencing services.

"With LotusLive, we are brining 20 years of experience in collaboration to the cloud," said Bob Picciano, general manager, IBM Lotus software. "We believe our open, integrated platform will dramatically simplify and improve the way businesses interact with their partners and customers. With this offering we're taking Lotus to more people, in more places, than ever before."

LotusLive is designed to help companies work smarter by making it easy for them to connect and work together -- with an emphasis on simplicity and ease of use. LotusLive's online services give businesses of all sizes access to Lotus' rich collaboration tools without requiring an up-front investment in IT support resources or infrastructure.

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