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Top Answer:Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
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Top Answer:I use HCL Connections for marketing purposes. The IBM product in our company already provides us with direct links to the marketing and HR sides.
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IBM Connections, Lotus Connections
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Chatter is a part of the sales cloud service that SalesForce1 provides for businesses looking to optimize their efficiency by transferring most or all of their data onto a cloud server. Chatter is the social media platform aspect of this service. It has many functions, including the capability to post comments as status updates for others to view, a news feed to receive these updates immediately, user profiles, and groups.

Chatter is used widely to cut out the kind of inefficiencies that come from having a sprawling network of team members and locations for data that frequently never come together despite the fact that they are a9ll needed for the same project. With this service, team members are able to share,collaborate, and discuss ideas about their project, tweak each others progress, and create a more productive work force overall.

IBM Connections™ is a leading unified collaboration and social networking solution that helps you filter out the noise to get work done. Connections empowers your teams and organization to engage with the right experts, accelerate innovation, and deliver results. All the collaboration tools you need to be productive are united under a single sign-on so you can reduce time spent switching between disparate tools and focus on the people and work that matters most. Experience a security-rich and business-compliant environment sanctioned by IT. Confidently share knowledge within your teams and your organization, and extend collaboration beyond traditional boundaries. Connections can enable you to improve decision-making, increase productivity, and accelerate time-to-market. Shift from being merely productive, to truly effective with Connections today.

IBM Connections can help you: Engage experts. People-centric platform enables you to easily locate the expertise you need, right now. Accelerate innovation. Illuminate and promote new ideas within a thriving social network of teams and communities. Empower teams. Get work done together and take action; anywhere—from any device. Deliver results. Leverage cognitive insights to prioritize results and arrive at better outcomes. Extend collaboration. Safely collaborate with customers and partners, bringing them into the conversation.

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Coca Cola Enterprise, Blue Shield of California, Stanley Black & Decker, Wells Fargo Bank, Phillips, Toyota Motors, American Red Cross, Time Warner Cable, Virgin America,Canon, and Bayer Pharmaceuticals.
Yamato Financial Co. Ltd., University of Zurich, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., Telus, Rabobank, Christian Brothers Services, Grupo Financiero Banorte, The Loft Group, Dow Water & Process Solutions, JGC Corporation, College of Medicine, Swansea University, solvito GmbH, Loft Group, Hamm-Reno Group GmbH, Geno SA
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Financial Services Firm22%
Computer Software Company16%
Insurance Company8%
Government8%
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Financial Services Firm15%
Transportation Company12%
Government8%
Insurance Company8%
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Educational Organization31%
Financial Services Firm13%
Computer Software Company10%
Insurance Company6%
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Small Business75%
Midsize Enterprise17%
Large Enterprise8%
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Small Business10%
Midsize Enterprise5%
Large Enterprise86%
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Small Business36%
Midsize Enterprise19%
Large Enterprise45%
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Small Business18%
Midsize Enterprise42%
Large Enterprise40%
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Chatter is ranked 12th in Enterprise Social Software while HCL Connections is ranked 10th in Enterprise Social Software with 55 reviews. Chatter is rated 7.0, while HCL Connections is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Chatter writes "Contextualized collaboration on records allows you to have historical conversations that are accessible by other users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL Connections writes "Provides potent document sharing with good integration with the Microsoft desktop and smartphones". Chatter is most compared with Slack, Yammer, Microsoft Teams and NICE CXone, whereas HCL Connections is most compared with Skype for Business, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Yammer.

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