LinkedIn Widget Now Available

Alex — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:49:59 +0000

For those of you that are avid readers of LotusNotesDomino.com, then you may remember as we reported last month about the development of a Lotus Notes widget for LinkedIn. But, according to Super Blog, this widget is now available.

It appears as if this plug-in will dynamically display LinkedIn profiles, status, and other information in the Notes 8 sidebar. This plug-in will also be a great example of what Ed Brill, the Director of Product Management for Lotus Notes at IBM, calls “contextual collaboration.” Users will be able to access relevant information without having to leave what they are already working on.

With the ease of recalling email addresses in LinkedIn, this plug-in seems to be a great idea for those that use Notes. The reviews have only been positive and for more information, visit http://www.linkedin.com/lotus.

Be LinkedIn with Lotus Notes

Alex — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:18:05 +0000

Back in January, IBM announced that it was partnering with LinkedIn to create a plug-in that would integrate the social network into Lotus Notes. As reported by TechCrunch, the new plug-in will be used to display relevant information about people in your emails, as well as providing a simple way to look through LinkedIn’s features. It should be mentioned that you will still need to look them up and click on their names, but an automatic lookup is planned for a future release.

The two companies have also announced a LinkedIn integration into Lotus Connections, as well as an option to launch a Bluehouse web conference directly from someone’s LinkedIn profile. However, there is no set date for their release.

As for the LinkedIn plug-in for Lotus Notes, IBM revealed in January that it would be released some time this year. There seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel, though, as it was just released to employees at IBM.

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LinkedIn Widget Now Available

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