In addition to making these new features available on the iPhone, IBM recently began development practices that incorporate social media.  They have been utilizing “blogs and Twitter to collect and make hundreds of refinements suggested by people who want to work smarter.”  These new features, which include refinements to search and ways to edit messages, are now present on desktop software and some are even available on the iPhone.

IBM has previously worked with Nokia and Samsung to bring Lotus Notes Traveler support to smart phone customers.  They are currently working with AT&T, Spring, Verizon Wireless, and Orange in order to keep expanding Lotus Notes.

CommonTime also claims that mSuite support for the iPhone will provide users with a solution that presents Domino information in an intuitive way.  mSuite leverages the iPhone’s ActiveSync protocol, allowing IT to deploy and manage their enterprising messaging and collaboration tools.  Thus, the battery life and memory on an iPhone will not be compromised, while still giving the user full capabilities of the device.

Ian Knight, CommonTime CEO, said the following:  “There has been a large gap in the market for enterprise support regarding the iPhone for the Lotus Notes Community.  It has been increasingly critical to our existing customer base as well as new prospects so we are pleased to provide a true enterprise solution for this device with mSuite.”

mSuite for the iPhone is available through the CommonTime Partner Network and CommonTime directly.