HCL Connections pros and cons

Name: HCL Connections
Brand: HCLSoftware
Rating: 4.1 (55 reviews)

Vendor: HCLSoftware

4.1 out of 5

55 reviews
93% willing to recommend

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HCL Connections Pros review quotes

it_user135657

Director at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Jun 25, 2014

Fully integrated solution, love the social element of Profiles, Files and Activities all securely accessed on Mobile !

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it_user244470

Social Business Consultant at a integrator with 1,001-5,000 employees

May 26, 2015

With IBM connections cloud you are able to get the users active in the solution from day one and start developing Social Solutions that deliver real business outcomes!

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it_user504069

SAP Portal Architect/Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 1, 2016

Our productivity has increased by using IBM Connections.

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it_user502014

System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jan 22, 2017

IBM Connections is born for collaboration and one of the easiest steps is starting a community with a set of great collaborative, built-in applications and starting to collaborate over a project.

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it_user504210

Digital Workplace & Collaboration Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 31, 2016

The most important feature of IBM Connections is that it is a Social Collaboration suite covering nearly all aspects of modern enterprise communication and collaboration.

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it_user500193

Division Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 31, 2016

Marketing has created a community open to all internal employees where it has centralized all marketing content (brochures, presentations, communications).

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it_user506652

Social Business Advisor at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Feb 5, 2017

I also know many new collaboration tools, but I can assert that the level of integration among the IBM products is unmatched nowadays.

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it_user506667

Web Project Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

Sep 5, 2016

Basically, Connections saves me time, lots of it.

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it_user506664

IBM QRadar Specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Feb 7, 2017

The integration of all tools delivered by the platform itself is the most valuable feature of this product, in addition to its ability to integrate with already available default infrastructure tools within the company (like central directories (LDAP’s), load balancer infra or HTTP infra, which is already in place).

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it_user507975

Chief Solutions Architect at a tech consulting company with self employed

Jul 7, 2017

The search and incidental discovery of content are really key, as is the ability to share and, when necessary, un-share.

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HCL Connections Cons review quotes

it_user135657

Director at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Jun 25, 2014

It's a complicated setup, but then again it's built for enterprise and volumes.

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it_user244470

Social Business Consultant at a integrator with 1,001-5,000 employees

May 26, 2015

Communities, File sharing and keeping up to date via the Connections activity stream.

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it_user504069

SAP Portal Architect/Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 1, 2016

Our users would like to see more document management capabilities in the base IBM Connections package (without having to install extended components). Users also prefer using a traditional folder structure for organizing content and are not used to tags (might be a learning curve or resistance to change).

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it_user502014

System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jan 22, 2017

The perfect software doesn't exist, but I think Connections is really a good piece of software with few things lacking.

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it_user504210

Digital Workplace & Collaboration Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 31, 2016

The wiki is the weakest part of Connections, compared to standalone wiki solutions.

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it_user500193

Division Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 31, 2016

File management is a little poor.

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it_user506652

Social Business Advisor at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Feb 5, 2017

The improvement's are could be more flexibility to manage files and to have a sync file area more intuitive and which respects the characteristics of other similar solutions.

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it_user506667

Web Project Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

Sep 5, 2016

I understand this is about IBM making money. But I want all the features/capabilities in the base package.

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it_user506664

IBM QRadar Specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Feb 7, 2017

The administration part of the product could be increased.

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it_user507975

Chief Solutions Architect at a tech consulting company with self employed

Jul 7, 2017

Technical support is hit-and-miss. In general, the support staff is willing, but there is a large range of capabilities among them, from mediocre to excellent.

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