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After a long time, IBM seems to have given new lease to their once flagship product Lotus. Lotus is being reinvented with newe web 2.0 features, wikis and more collaborative options. Social software for business is the new buzzword around town and IBM is ths driving this thought forward.  This now adds another threat the Online Office Suite market. IBM has been known to deliver amazing value to the products that they sell and Im sure when you release Lotusphere 2007 . The Lotus notes and Domino products are being redeployed at a crucial time in the market. With the ever expected Office 2007, the live suite , Google Office and third party tools like Zoho, the Online office space is getting extremely crowded. But unlike other markets, there is tremendous growth with no clear winner. Its understood that the some will win over others over sheer ease of use and brilliance of the product, where as the others will use their already existing brand image to push their own might. Its definitely going to be an interesting year for the Office space.

You can read more about it on the domino Blog