IBM have launched a new set of web pages under the title of Web 2.0 Goes to Work for Business. It features information about existing solutions such as IBM Lotus Connections, Quickr and Sametime, new solutions such as IBM Mashup Centre, and solutions from the other IBM Software brands which allow you to build Web 2.0 applications.

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that IBM Lotus kicked Microsoft’s butt at the Enterprise 2.0 event in Boston (June 2008). I know it’s already been covered on edbrill.com (amongst others) but it’s worth enjoying those quotes again…

“IBM’s Lotus Connections looked, at minimum, a year or more ahead of SharePoint in its social computing capabilities out of the box. It was a lot prettier looking, too.”
C. G. Lynch, CIO Magazine

“IBM came off looking better for various reasons. They fielded a more focused demo team – never to be underestimated – but also because Connections has some slick Ajax interfaces, and SharePoint does not … SharePoint in contrast, came off as quite boring, and in the ‘back-channel’ chat room a lonely, dogged Redmond representative got tortured by attendees.”
Tony Byrne, CMS Watch