“IBM as a leader in the market for ‘ portal products and user interaction tools’ ARMONK, NY – 28 May 2009: analysts at Gartner position IBM as a leader in the market for portal products and user interaction tools”, based on the sales in the past year. More than 6,500 customers worldwide are using WebSphere Portal with Web 2.0 capabilities of IBM, including the top 10 of banks worldwide, seven of the ten largest European banks, as well as all G8 nations. Attorney General spoke with conviction. Customers in other industries are about Bayer Schering, Bombardier Volkswagen, Nissan and the University of London. For the umpteenth time we have been classified portal with our WebSphere by analysts in the first place. This success confirms us is that we are with the portals on the right track”, Maja Kumme, Director delighted Lotus Software, IBM Germany.

We have very early started to integrate Web 2.0 functionality, because we are convinced that in our software that we support our customers so that in the current economic situation make more productively and efficiently and at the same time the work of each user of WebSphere Portal simplify and make interesting. The success gives us this right.” The latest version 6.1 of WebSphere Portal combines information from the companies and the Internet in a secure environment. Web 2.0 features help the people to work more productively, for example, faster to find relevant information. With live text users with a simple click on a text additional information can obtain, without that they need to change the business process. A salesperson receives directions such as clicking on an address or a name of the electronic business card with all contact details. The new industry tool mailboxes for WebSphere Portal (websphere/portal/industry) offer customers and partners a forum with instructions and tips for specific challenges in specific sectors and are therefore in line with the way how consumers purchase IT today. Potential customers can the latest version of WebSphere Portal in the IBM Lotus Greenhouse experiment. Greenhouse is everyone after registration a Web site, where the latest Lotus products, which include WebSphere Portal which can test new mashup Center, Lotus Connections, Lotus Quickr, or even Lotus Sametime; a simple and secure way for companies to evaluate new products, without having to install them in your own infrastructure. More information is available at greenhouse.lotus.com. IBM Austria