Review of IBM Collaboration Solutions strategy, product/service deliverables in 2016, plans for 2017 across IBM Verse, IBM Connections, IBM Notes/Domino, IBM Connections Cloud, IBM Watson Workspace/Work Services, and more.

1. The Future of Work:
Connecting, engaging
Ed Brill | VP Product and Design | IBM

2. While I was away…

3. © IBM Corporation 2015
Traditional roles and processes have
evolved, changing the way we lead
Today’s leaders tap into collective intelligence and
advocacy to drive results.

4. © IBM Corporation 2015
Tools for engagement at work:
Offer Training
Develop
Strategy
Coach
Leaders
Focuson
Outcomes
Drive Advocacy

5. IBM Verse for
IBMers
Full-time community
managers, active
forums
40,000 early
adopters
Use social to achieve goals

6. December 2015

7. And back to Collaboration Solutions…

8. Today’s employeescrave
productivityand flow, but they
are overwhelmed by noise.

9. Solve user problems
with tools that are
secure
open
seamless
cognitive

10. Everything we delivered in
2016 shows a commitment to
these principles.

11. 1. Important to Me
2. Flow of Work
3. Bots and Virtual Assistants
4. Physical, IoT
5. Focus & Intent

12. video

13. 2016 highlights…2017 directions

14. 2016 Highlights
IBM Verse

15. Filter
Unread
Messages

16. Screen
Layout

17. What’s
New
Tours

18. Calendar
Inbox

19. What’s Next
IBM Verse

20. Delegated
Calendar
Extensibility Updated Editor

21. Cognitive
Inbox

22. Cognitive
Inbox

23. Cognitive
Inbox

24. Verse On-Premises V1.0
New! Feature Packs
Sametime 9.0.1
2016 Highlights
IBM Notes/Domino

25. What’s Next
IBM Notes/Domino

26. New REST APIs
and Feature Packs

27. ApplicationInsights with

28. Refresh And
Extend Domino Apps

29. Multi-Active Data Centers
Pan-Asian Data Center
New Certifications
3rd Party Marketplaces
2016 Highlights
Cloud Infrastructure

30. What’s Next
Cloud Infrastructure

31. Certifications:
Fedramp
GDPR
SSAE-16
SOC2
ISO 27001
Open and
Seamless
Departmental
Admin

32. 2016 Highlights
Open and seamless strategy

37. 2016 Highlights
IBM Connections

38. Smart
Search

39. Metrics

40. Outlook
Support

41. What’s Next
IBM Connections

42. Connections
6.0
Orient Me

43. New User
Onboarding
Experience in
Connections 6.0

44. Connections Pink

45. Easy Customization
Driven by
Developer Community
Simultaneous Delivery
Enhanced Profiles
App Marketplace
Simple External
Collaboration
Cognitive Assistance
Effortless, Intuitive
Content Creation
IBM Watson Work Services
Connections
Pink

46. Orient Me
Middleware
New Developer Experience
New Features
Pink
Pink is a journey we are taking
together
Connections
6
Connections
Cloud

47. Introductionto
IBM Watson Work Services
and Watson Workspace

48. IBM Watson
Workspace
Preview
IBM Watson
Work Services
Preview

49. IBM Watson Work Services
Actions for
Applications
Understand Business
Conversation
IBM Watson
Workspace
Ecosystem

50. L
Mike Motler: What time works for everyone?
Question
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 10: 14AM
Th e d emo at SalesCo n n ect was amazin g . Plan to d iscu ss with p artn ers rig h t away . It h as Distrib u tio n written all o ver it.
Heat her Reeds Wednesday 10: 14 AM
Ash u k – th an k s fo r settin g me u p on mo bile iPh on e to day . .
Dan Asawa Wednesday 10: 14 AM
Mik e, can y o u elab o rate?.
Ashuk Budi k Wednesday 10: 15 AM
Hi Heath er, lo n g time n o talk , h o pe all is well. Giv e me a rin g so me time.
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 10: 15AM
Dan , aweso me to h ear fro m y o u . I’ll call wh en b ack in th e o ffice.
Dan Asawa Wednesday 10: 18 AM
I wro te u p a su mmary o f th e an n o u n cemen ts at SalesCo n n ect – sh are p lease, th an k y o u !
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Heat her Reeds Wednesday 10: 19 AM
Gen ep o in t’s in itial tak e o n th e k ey an n o u ncemen ts is an u p b eat o n e.
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 10: 19AM
Th an k y o u Dan !
Ashuk Budi k Wednesday 10: 21 AM
Dan , th at is a g reat tak e o n th e p ro d u ct – p u shin g fo r d eliv ery ,o ur co mp etitiv e ad v an tag e, sweet!
Heat her Reeds Wednesday 10: 21 AM
Dan – th u mb s u p
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 10: 22AM
Th e reso u rces co min g o u t o f th is sp ace in th e last 2 4 ho u rs are fan tastic – th an k yo u Dan an d Ash u k
Heat her Reeds Wednesday 10: 25 AM
As p art o f o u r co n tin u in g en ab lemen t series, we’v e p o sted mo d u le 4 , Offerin g an d Po sition ing on ou r En ab lemen t Wik i. Please d o wn lo ad , read , watch , listen and learn
h o w to p o sitio n g an d sell ag ain st o u rco mp etito rs, h o w we will in teg rate an d pricin g an d o fferin g details. Th an k yo u !
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 10: 26AM
Oh th at’s g reat. Go o d in fo .
Dan Asawa Wednesday 10: 31 AM
Hey Ev ery o n e – th e d ead lin e fo r su b mittin g sp eak er p ro po sals is fast ap p ro ach in g . Please en co u rag e ev ery o n e to g et in their p ro p osals..
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 10: 33AM
Th is is o u r MOST IMPORTANT cu sto mer ev en t! We all n eed to tak e a few min u tes an d mak e su re o u r b est cu sto mer sto ry lin es are su b mitted b y Ap ril. Ou r p ro spects
an d cu sto mers will ex p ect to learn wh y th ey sh o u ld ch o o se o ur so lu tio n s – n o b etter way to sell th an to h av e so meo n e h ear o u r cu sto mers tell th eir o wn stories first
h an d . ..
Asuk Budi k Wednesday 10: 33 AM
Dan , is th at d ead lin e ju st fo r cu sto mers/clien ts o r is th e d ead lin e ex ten d ed fo r all sp eak er p ro p o sals?
Char l es Bl ankenshi p Wednesday 10: 34AM
I b eliev e th e d ead lin e is ex ten d ed fo r all sp eak er p ro p o sals. Yo u can co n firm with Heath er Reed s in Mark etin g
Dan Asawa Wednesday 10: 38 AM
Th an k y o u !
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 10: 41AM
Did y o u all see th e n ew article fro m Gen ep o in t?
Heat her Reeds Wednesday 10: 47 AM
IMHO, weak , n o t a g o o d p iece o f mark etin g … d efen siv e, n o u p side to wh y I sh o uld ch o o se th e co mp etito r
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 10: 49AM
I p erso n ally th in k it’s a g reat way o f an swerin g cu sto mer q u estio n s
Char l es Bl ankenshi p Wednesday 10: 49AM
Co mmo d itizatio n h ap p en s so q u ick ly th ese d ay s, I see it h av in g a sh o rt life sp an
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 10: 52AM
Hey d o es an y o n e u n d erstan d all th e fin an ce ch an g es fo r 2 0 1 7 ?
Asuk Budi k Wednesday 10: 57 AM
New d emo v id eo p o sted o n lin e
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 11: 01AM
Ash u k – th an k s fo r sh arin g th is. I’llsh o w this in teg ratio n in my cu sto mer meetin g th is week
Heat her Reeds Wednesday 11: 01 AM
Sp eak in g o f wh ich …
Wh o h as th e latest v ersio n o f th e sales co n tract?
Heat her Reeds Wednesday 11: 04 AM
We also n eed to u p d ate sales fo recast sp read sh eet
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 11: 05AM
Oh g reat
Dan Asawa Wednesday 11: 02 AM
We d o n eed to g et th e n ew serv ice ag reemen t to th e cu sto mer
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 11: 02AM
May b e we can all g et to g eth er an d rev iew wh ere th in g s stan d .
So u n d s lik e we sh o u ld set u p a meetin g
Heat her Reeds Wednesday 11: 05 AM
Th is o n e is imp o rtan t. Sales are d o wn fo r th is q u arter
Char l es Bl ankenshi p Wednesday 11: 06AM
Are we aware o f an y n ew lead s? Particu larly in my territo ry ?
Mi ke Mot l er Wednesday 11: 06AM
Th at’s so meth in g we can d iscu ss o n to mo rro w’s call to o .
Heat her Reeds Wednesday 11: 07 AM
So u n d s g o o d . I’ll keep an ey e o u t fo rth e in vite. .
Let me k n o w if y o u n eed an y th in g mo re fro m me
Sales Contract, Meeting, New Service Agreement
YESTERDAY 10:14 AM – 11:07 AM
Dan Asawa: We do need to get the new service agreement to the
customer. Soundslike we should set up a meeting.
Dan Asawa: I’ll schedule something for tomorrow
Commitment
Heather Reeds: We also need to update the sales forecast
spreadsheet
Action

51. IBM Watson
Workspace
IBM Watson Work Services
Ecosystem

52. Ecosystem
IBM Watson Work Services
IBM Watson
Workspace

53. secure
open
seamless
cognitive

54. What people are saying

55. IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion.
​
Spotlight Blog http://ibm.co/2l8H4T3

56. IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion.
​
Jennifer Griffith, Director of Communications at UPS
“We ripped the Bandaid off and let 440K
employees have access to Connections. The benefits have
been improved business outcomes/decision making
and an unexpected improvement in the overall employee
experience. Employees now expect to collaborate daily
with co-workers.”
UPS and Mears from OGS video, starting at 33:44min point - http://bit.ly/2mCsKyn

57. IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion.
​
Adam Hunt, CIO, Mears Group…
…says their goal was “Cloud First” for
streamlining IT and greater flexibility for their 20K employees to
collaborate.
UPS and Mears from OGS video, starting at 33:44min point - http://bit.ly/2mCsKyn

58. Thank you
ed_brill@us.ibm.com

59. Thank you.