IBM introduced Business Content Services, an integrated software solution that helps control and analyze information created and shared by different workgroups within an organization. The product connects Web-based collaboration and documentation management applications–including IBM's Lotus Quickr and Lotus Notes, and Microsoft's Office and SharePoint–to FileNet and Content Manager, IBM's enterprise content management (ECM) applications. “This is the first time IBM has come out with a comprehensive vision around business content services,” says Ken Bisconti, IBM vice president for workplace, portal and collaboration products.

Also introduced were IBM FileNet Connectors for SharePoint version 2.2. These software patches automate the flow of business information from SharePoint to IBM ECM data libraries, and let users manage this information without ever leaving SharePoint. Together, says Bisconti, the business content services software and SharePoint connectors provide a “seamless spectrum” for content as it moves from simple document management to the “more robust” content management of ECM.