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2.0</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary" title="Proprietary">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hcltechsw.com/products/connections">www<wbr />.hcltechsw<wbr />.com<wbr />/products<wbr />/connections</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>HCL Connections</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Web_2.0" title="Web 2.0">Web 2.0</a> <a href="/wiki/Enterprise_social_software" title="Enterprise social software">enterprise social software</a> <a href="/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software">application</a> developed originally by <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> and acquired by <a href="/wiki/HCL_Technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="HCL Technologies">HCL Technologies</a> in July 2019. Connections is an enterprise-collaboration platform which aims to helps teams work more efficiently. Connections is part of <a href="/wiki/HCLTech" title="HCLTech">HCL</a> collaboration suite which also includes Notes / Domino, Sametime, Portal and Connections.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Connections was announced at <a href="/wiki/Lotusphere" title="Lotusphere">Lotusphere</a> 2007, and Version 1.0 shipped on June 27 that year. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Release date</th> <th>Major release points </th></tr> <tr> <td>v1.0</td> <td>29 June 2007</td> <td>First release. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v1.02</td> <td>6 November 2007</td> <td>New plugins for Microsoft Windows Explorer, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v2.0</td> <td>June 2008</td> <td>Widget based extensibility for Homepage, Profiles, and Communities. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v2.5</td> <td>28 August 2009</td> <td>Added functionality: Wikis, Files, Microblogging, and social search / analytics. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v3.0</td> <td>24 November 2010</td> <td>Added "wizards" for database creation and profile population, cluster functionality installed out of the box. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v3.0.1</td> <td>5 April 2011</td> <td>Name change from IBM Lotus Connections to IBM Connections, Media library functionality, Ideation, Enterprise Content Manager (ECM) integration and advanced mobility possibilities. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v3.0.1.1</td> <td>17 March 2012</td> <td>Forums content can be added by non-forum member. Forums question can be filtered on. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v3.0.1.1CR1</td> <td>16 May 2012</td> <td>Bug fixes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v4.0</td> <td>15 September 2012</td> <td>Activity Stream, Embedded Experience, Integrated Mail and Calendar, Social Analytics, Mobility. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v4.5</td> <td>12 March 2013</td> <td>Content Manager, @-mentions in mobile, two factor authentication in mobile, enhanced ideation, enhanced rich text editing, Microsoft Outlook Sidebar Plug-in, Activity Stream, Embedded Experience, Integrated Mail and Calendar, Social Analytics, Mobility. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v4.5. CR1</td> <td>26 June 2013</td> <td>Bug fixes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v4.5. CR3</td> <td>30 November 2013</td> <td>Bug fixes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v4.5. CR4</td> <td>10 April 2014</td> <td>Bug fixes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v5.0</td> <td>26 June 2014</td> <td>File sync, ability to share content with external users from inside the firewall, smart expertise type ahead search, attention management indicators, updated user experience/look-n-feel, push notifications to mobile, redesigned mobile experience, activity stream search, enhanced file viewing and management, community landing, page, new Gallery app for Communities, wiki macros, @-mentions everywhere, copy/paste everywhere. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v5.5</td> <td>18 December 2015</td> <td>New Verse-based theme, type ahead search, rich content app, nested folders, attachment search, improved editors. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v5.5 CR1</td> <td>17 May 2016</td> <td>Bug fixes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v5.5 CR2 </td> <td>10 November 2016 </td> <td>Bug fixes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>v6.0 </td> <td>31 March 2017 </td> <td>New Homepage (first "Pink" element), Communities modernized, Introduction of the Component Pack (containerized apps) </td></tr> <tr> <td>v6.5 </td> <td>12 February 2019 </td> <td>First release from HCL </td></tr> <tr> <td>v7.0 </td> <td>12 April 2020 </td> <td>Tailored Experience, Teams and Outlook integration, PDF Export </td></tr> <tr> <td>v8.0 </td> <td>2022<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (March 2022)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>Completely redesigned and unified user interface </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>HCL Connections has the following components: </p> <ul><li><b>Homepage</b> – a <a href="/wiki/Web_portal" title="Web portal">portal</a> site which can federate information from many sources.</li> <li><b>Microblogging</b> – primarily used to stay current with updates from across the social network through the home page</li> <li><b>Profiles</b> – a <a href="/wiki/Social_network_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Social network service">social network service</a> – primarily used to find people in the organization by expertise, current projects, and responsibilities. Home page, microblogs, and tags.</li> <li><b>Communities</b> – a collaborative space for people to work together with a discussion forum space.</li> <li><b>Ideation</b> – Provides the ability to <a href="/wiki/Crowdsource" class="mw-redirect" title="Crowdsource">crowdsource</a> ideas</li> <li><b>Media Gallery</b> – Used to share photos and videos and stream those videos from the server</li> <li><b>Blogs</b> – a <a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blogging</a> service.</li> <li><b>Bookmarks</b> – a <a href="/wiki/Social_bookmarking" title="Social bookmarking">social bookmarking</a> service.</li> <li><b>Activities</b> – a task management tool for groups of people to work together on a specific project or task.</li> <li><b>Files</b> – a <a href="/wiki/Digital_library" title="Digital library">content library</a> for storing, sharing and <a href="/wiki/Revision_control" class="mw-redirect" title="Revision control">revision management</a> of computer files.</li> <li><b>Wikis</b> – a <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">Wiki</a> system for publishing and editing content.</li> <li><b>Forums</b> – an <a href="/wiki/Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">Internet forum</a> system where people can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of common interest.</li> <li><b>Search</b> – for searching across IBM Connections.</li></ul> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Lotusphere" title="Lotusphere">Lotusphere</a> 2010, <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> previewed features being planned for future releases,<sup id="cite_ref-IBM's_Social_Strategy_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBM's_Social_Strategy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IBM_Lotus_Connections_Adding_Social_Analytics,_Moderation_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBM_Lotus_Connections_Adding_Social_Analytics,_Moderation-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including: </p> <ul><li>changes to how <a href="/wiki/User-generated_content" title="User-generated content">user-generated content</a> is moderated</li> <li>compliance/auditing capabilities</li> <li>additional integration with IBM WebSphere Portal and Microsoft SharePoint</li> <li>expanded mobile support</li></ul> <p>HCL Connections uses open standards including <a href="/wiki/Atom_feed" class="mw-redirect" title="Atom feed">ATOM</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rss_feed" class="mw-redirect" title="Rss feed">RSS</a> to integrate with other applications, and provides a <a href="/wiki/REST" title="REST">REST</a>-like API for developers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Web_widget" title="Web widget">Widgets</a> can be added into HCL Connections, including those from <a href="/wiki/Google_Gadgets" title="Google Gadgets">Google Gadgets</a> and other services as well as custom developed ones.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>HCL Connections has been described as the leading product in enterprise social software market<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120420023349/http://technorati.com/business/article/idc-names-ibm-worldwide-marketshare-leader">IDC named it</a> the worldwide leader in market share in 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Components">Components</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ten HCL Connections components are built on a set of services according to the <a href="/wiki/Service-oriented_architecture" title="Service-oriented architecture">service-oriented architecture</a> concept. These components take the form of <a href="/wiki/J2EE" class="mw-redirect" title="J2EE">J2EE</a> applications which are hosted on <a href="/wiki/IBM_WebSphere_Application_Server" title="IBM WebSphere Application Server">IBM WebSphere Application Server</a>. This design allows the components to be hosted independently of each other and to support very large scale deployments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Homepage">Homepage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Homepage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Homepage serves as a <a href="/wiki/Web_portal" title="Web portal">portal</a> for user's social collaboration. <a href="/wiki/Out_of_the_box_(feature)" title="Out of the box (feature)">Out of the box</a> HCL Connections provides 20 <a href="/wiki/Web_widget" title="Web widget">widgets</a><sup id="cite_ref-ibm.com_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibm.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which can be customized by the user. </p><p>IT administrators can add new widgets and Open social gadgets for use by users. </p><p>The Homepage module also includes a 'recent updates' display which shows changes such as new content posts and status updates which are relevant to the user. A system to update the users status via <a href="/wiki/Microblogging" title="Microblogging">microblogging</a> is also provided. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Profiles">Profiles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Profiles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Profiles provides an online directory of people within an organization. People can be located by criteria such as keywords, names, responsibilities, interests, projects they are part of, expertise, business relationships, tags, or their location.<sup id="cite_ref-ibm.com_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibm.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A person's profile typically contains their name, job role, base location, reporting chain and details about the IBM Connection bookmarks, activities, communities and blogs in which they participate. Profiles can be customized and new fields added.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bookmarks">Bookmarks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bookmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bookmarks is a <a href="/wiki/Social_bookmarking" title="Social bookmarking">social bookmarking</a> service which allows people to bookmark web-content, <a href="/wiki/Tag_(metadata)" title="Tag (metadata)">tag</a> it, and share it. Bookmarks can be located via keyword, tags and the person who created the bookmark. </p><p>In addition to simple searching, Bookmarks can dynamically refine search results with the user identifying users or other tags of interest to them. </p><p>Bookmarks can output bookmarks via standard <a href="/wiki/Atom_feed" class="mw-redirect" title="Atom feed">feeds</a> and provides an API so that third-party tools can integrate with it.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of Connections 2.0.1, the API can be used for: </p> <ul><li>Searching bookmarks</li> <li>Getting a list of bookmark tags</li> <li>Getting a list of popular bookmarks</li> <li>Adding bookmarks to a Web page</li> <li>Adding a list of bookmarks to a Web page</li> <li>Adding popular bookmarks to a Web page</li> <li>Creating bookmarks</li> <li>Deleting bookmarks</li> <li>Retrieving bookmarks</li> <li>Updating bookmarks</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Activities">Activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Activities is a <a href="/wiki/Task_management_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Task management system">task management system</a> which enables groups of people to easily collaborate on a task. Activities are structured in a nested <a href="/wiki/Tree_structure" title="Tree structure">tree</a> <a href="/wiki/Hierarchy" title="Hierarchy">hierarchy</a> where entries, to-do items and sections branch off from the root activity. </p><p>Any non-section entity in an activity can contain <a href="/wiki/Formatted_text" title="Formatted text">rich-text</a> and custom fields for <a href="/wiki/Computer_file" title="Computer file">files</a>, <a href="/wiki/URL" title="URL">links</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plain_text" title="Plain text">text</a>, people and <a href="/wiki/Calendar_date" title="Calendar date">dates</a>. To-Do items can also have a due date and a person the To-Do is assigned to. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wikis">Wikis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Wikis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wikis are a new capability added to IBM Connections 2.5 which facilitate the collaborative creation of web content. Wikis are collections of pages about a particular subject. Wiki members can edit or comment on the pages, or add their own pages. Teams can use wikis to create a central place to collaborate on a project.<sup id="cite_ref-ibm.com_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibm.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Files">Files</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Files"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Files is a personal file-sharing service that is part of IBM Connections 2.5, used to upload, share, tag, recommend, and comment on files.<sup id="cite_ref-ibm.com_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibm.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communities">Communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Communities enable <a href="/wiki/Ad_hoc" title="Ad hoc">ad hoc</a> and planned collaboration around a project or area of interest. A Connections Community can have its own media gallery, event calendar, ideation, microblogging, <a href="/wiki/Weblog" class="mw-redirect" title="Weblog">blog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">forums</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet_bookmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet bookmark">bookmarks</a>, activities, feeds,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> member list, <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">Wiki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Document_management_system" title="Document management system">Files</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blogs">Blogs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Blogs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blogs provide <a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blogging</a> functionality for groups and individuals. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Forums">Forums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Forums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Forums is used for discussions. It was added as a component in 3.0, and was previously part of the Communities component. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plugins">Plugins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HCL_Connections&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Plugins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>HCL Connections integrates into existing applications via plug-ins. Out-of-the-box, the following plugins are available, most included as part of the license: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HCL_Notes" title="HCL Notes">HCL Notes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HCL_Sametime" title="HCL Sametime">HCL Sametime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office</a> including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook" title="Microsoft Outlook">Microsoft Outlook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Explorer" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Explorer">Windows Explorer</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_SharePoint" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft SharePoint">Microsoft SharePoint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_In_Motion" class="mw-redirect" title="Research In Motion">RIM</a> <a href="/wiki/BlackBerry" title="BlackBerry">BlackBerry</a></li> <li>Apple <a href="/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a> / <a href="/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a> / <a href="/wiki/IPod_Touch" title="IPod Touch">iPod Touch</a></li> <li>Google Android Phones</li></ul> <p>Other integration with Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Office Communications Server has <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/connections-microsoft/">also been done</a>. </p><p>ISVs have also integrated into the IBM Connections platform, such as Trilogy Group to add <a href="/wiki/Social_Project_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Social Project Management">Social Project Management</a> for complex projects, ISW & <a href="/wiki/Bunchball" title="Bunchball">Bunchball</a> to add a <a href="/wiki/Gamification" title="Gamification">gamification</a> layer, <b>Blogs</b> which serves as a native iPad blogging app for IBM Connections. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Watson Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Hakozaki_Facility" title="IBM Hakozaki Facility">Hakozaki Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Yamato_Facility" title="IBM Yamato Facility">Yamato Facility</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Scientific_Center" title="Cambridge Scientific Center">Cambridge Scientific Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Hursley" title="IBM Hursley">IBM Hursley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Canada_Head_Office_Building" title="IBM Canada Head Office Building">Canada Head Office Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Rochester" title="IBM Rochester">IBM Rochester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Initiatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Academy of Technology</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Deep_Thunder" title="IBM Deep Thunder">Deep Thunder</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Develothon" title="Develothon">Develothon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Fellow" title="IBM Fellow">Fellow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM%27s_The_Great_Mind_Challenge" title="IBM's The Great Mind Challenge">The Great Mind Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linux_Technology_Center" title="Linux Technology Center">Linux Technology Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_SkillsBuild" title="IBM SkillsBuild">SkillsBuild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smarter_Planet" title="Smarter Planet">Smarter Planet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Virtual_Universe_Community" title="IBM Virtual Universe Community">Virtual Universe Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Community_Grid" title="World Community Grid">World Community Grid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Think_conference" title="IBM Think conference">Think conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inventions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Automated_teller_machine" class="mw-redirect" title="Automated teller machine">Automated teller machine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynefin_framework" title="Cynefin framework">Cynefin framework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamic_random-access_memory" title="Dynamic random-access memory">DRAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keypunch" title="Keypunch">Electronic keypunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floppy_disk" title="Floppy disk">Floppy disk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_disk_drive" title="Hard disk drive">Hard disk drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnetic stripe card">Magnetic stripe card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relational_model" title="Relational model">Relational model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabre_(travel_reservation_system)" title="Sabre (travel reservation system)">Sabre airline reservation system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scanning_tunneling_microscope" title="Scanning tunneling microscope">Scanning tunneling microscope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swap_(finance)" title="Swap (finance)">Financial swaps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Product_Code" title="Universal Product Code">Universal Product Code</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Terminology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Blue" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Blue">Big Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Processing_Workload" title="Commercial Processing Workload">Commercial Processing Workload</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Customer_engineer" title="Customer engineer">Customer engineer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Globally_integrated_enterprise" title="Globally integrated enterprise">Globally integrated enterprise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_business" title="Electronic business">e-business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Think_(slogan)" title="Think (slogan)">Think slogan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_IBM_CEOs" title="List of IBM CEOs">CEOs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson" title="Thomas J. Watson">Thomas J. Watson</a> (1914–1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson_Jr." title="Thomas J. Watson Jr.">Thomas Watson Jr.</a> (1956–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Vincent_Learson" title="T. Vincent Learson">T. Vincent Learson</a> (1971–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_T._Cary" title="Frank T. Cary">Frank T. Cary</a> (1973–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Opel" title="John R. Opel">John R. Opel</a> (1981–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fellows_Akers" title="John Fellows Akers">John Fellows Akers</a> (1985–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Gerstner" title="Lou Gerstner">Louis V. Gerstner Jr.</a> (1993–2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_J._Palmisano" title="Samuel J. Palmisano">Samuel J. Palmisano</a> (2002–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginni_Rometty" title="Ginni Rometty">Ginni Rometty</a> (2012–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Krishna" title="Arvind Krishna">Arvind Krishna</a> (since 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Board of<br />directors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Buberl" title="Thomas Buberl">Thomas Buberl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Farr_(businessman)" title="David Farr (businessman)">David Farr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Gorsky" title="Alex Gorsky">Alex Gorsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Howard" title="Michelle Howard">Michelle J. Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Krishna" title="Arvind Krishna">Arvind Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Liveris" title="Andrew Liveris">Andrew Liveris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_E._Pollack" class="mw-redirect" title="Martha E. Pollack">Martha E. Pollack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Swedish" title="Joseph R. Swedish">Joseph R. Swedish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Voser" title="Peter Voser">Peter R. 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