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January 22, 2008

CRM Vendor SAP Announces IBM Lotus Notes Joint Project

By David Sims


IBM (News - Alert) and SAP AG have announced plans to deliver their first joint software product, codenamed "Atlantic," to integrate IBM Lotus Notes software with SAP (News - Alert) Business Suite. It will be a "new style of applications that present information and data in the context of users familiar with the Lotus Notes desktop," according to SAP officials.
 
Currently planned for inclusion in the first release of project Atlantic is support for SAP workflows, reporting and analytics, and the use of roles from within the Lotus Notes client. Other planned tools would provide the ability to extend and adapt these roles and capabilities, as well as use additional collaborative and offline capabilities inherent in Lotus Notes and Domino products.
 
The initial release is planned to ship in the fourth quarter of 2008 and will be sold by both companies.
 
"We're creating a richer collaboration environment," said Michael Rhodin, general manager, IBM Lotus Software. "Businesses are looking to find better ways to collaborate and manage their business processes."
 
IBM Lotus and SAP have "thousands of mutual customers," SAP officials say, who have been "asking for the functionality that Atlantic software will provide." IBM officials say the majority of IBM's top 100 customers also use SAP products.
 
Vishal Sikka, CTO, SAP, said the joint project "reaffirms the strong commitment we have to our partnership with IBM."
 
Last month SAP AG announced a global reseller agreement and SAP NetWeaver Fund investment in SAP partner Nakisa. Together, the two companies have extended the SAP ERP Human Capital Management application, according to the SAPpers.
 
Under the agreement, SAP will resell Nakisa's visual workforce management products. SAP also announced that the SAP NetWeaver Fund has made an investment in Nakisa to support scaling to meet expected SAP customer needs for product and support.
 
Available immediately and sold under the name SAP Talent Visualization by Nakisa, the application "complements and enhances the HCM and talent management functionality of SAP ERP with capabilities addressing succession planning and organizational management," SAP officials say.
 
Using real-time connectivity through pre-delivered integration with SAP ERP HCM, organizations can view, update and analyze their talent inventory and availability of potential successors based on one organizational structure maintained in SAP ERP and accessed through Nakisa. Users can also model "what-if" scenarios.
 
David Sims is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.


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