Code-named Atlantic, the software would result in a new style of applications that presents information and data in the context of users familiar with the Lotus Notes desktop.
“IBM Lotus and SAP have thousands of mutual customers who have been asking for the functionality that Atlantic software will provide,” said IBM Lotus Software general manager Michael Rhodin.
“The majority of IBM's top 100 customers also use SAP solutions. We're creating a richer collaboration environment,” he said.
SAP's efforts to better integrate its software with platforms like Lotus Notes is part of a strategy to make SAP products more user-friendly and accessible to more of the employees at companies where it is deployed, increasing its user base.
“This agreement is great example of how SAP enables our customers to empower their users by providing easy access to SAP business processes and data through productivity tools and user interfaces of their choice,” said SAP chief technology officer, Vishal Sikka.
Currently planned for inclusion in the first release of project Atlantic is support for SAP workflows, reporting and analytics, and the use of roles from within the Lotus Notes client.
In addition, tools are planned to be included to extend and adapt these roles and capabilities, and to leverage collaborative and offline capabilities inherent in Lotus Notes and Domino products.
The initial release is planned to ship in the fourth quarter of 2008 and will be sold by both companies.
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