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IBM's LotusLive teams up with Ariba, SugarCRM

By | January 27, 2011, 12:02am PST

Summary: IBM has expanded a partnership with Ariba and inked a new deal with SugarCRM.

IBM on Thursday said it has expanded a partnership with Ariba and inked a new deal with SugarCRM.

The company said it will integrate Ariba Discovery into LotusLive. LotusLive subscribers will get access to more than 325,000 business-to-business sellers. The two companies already have a partnership where commerce tools are integrated into LotusLive.

In another partnership, IBM said it will integrate SugarCRM’s tools into LotusLive. IBM will bring the collaboration tools—email, Web conferencing and social networking—while SugarCRM will add tools like lead generation and issue resolution. LotusLive will also be integrated into SugarCRM software.

IBM also touted a bevy of LotusLive wins ranging from the Australian Bureau of Statistics to General Motors Component Holdings to the Zoo and the Aquarium Association of Australia.

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crcgraphix 28th Jan 2011
Ibm and the rest of the datacenter hip-hops will keep on just like the rest of times when they came out in the winning strides of DBS framweorks ,IO base programs and DotX-Plotting services &^utilities.

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