Interchange Solutions Inc. ("Interchange"), the makers of Salesplace for Lotus Notes and BlackBerry, is pleased to report that Lotusphere 2007 was the most successful in our rich, ten-year tradition of sponsorship!

“This years Lotusphere was the most interesting I've attended" says Mark Durst, President of Interchange.  “Seeing the vision that IBM Lotus laid out, with Sametime 7.5.1, Websphere Portal, Quickr, and Connections, it made me very excited about the future. This is the same direction that Interchange has been moving towards the last two years, and to see that IBM Lotus shares our vision - well, that was rewarding in itself”.  This year Salesplace hosted a Texas Hold'Em poker tournament at the Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando. With 200 players in attendance, the excitement was everywhere... especially as the grand prizewinner won a weekend for two to Super Sunday in Miami.

Vik Naik, the Director of Sales at Interchange, spent a few minutes discussing the evening at the Hard Rock Cafe. "What a great way to focus on clients and friends of Salesplace.  The visual theme of a Super Sunday event, with our team wearing football jerseys and hats, really stood out well both on the show floor and at the Texas Hold'Em event. People really knew who the Salesplace team members were! It was great to for us to connect with our existing clients, and start relationship with new clients as they discover the advantages that Salesplace can bring to their business.”

Lotusphere 2007 was the venue for Interchange to showcase the latest version of their Salesplace BlackBerry edition. "Extending the power of Salesplace to the mobile workforce was one of the key items for people coming by the booth" says Vik. "Being able to demonstrate our latest rich-client application running on the BlackBerry wireless device to Lotusphere participants was really impressive. They quickly caught onto the vision of collaboration and communication that Salesplace brings to their organization - no matter if their users are in the office or out on the road."

Salesplace conducted a well-received Birds of A Feather session titled "Extend the Power of IBM Lotus Notes to Your BlackBerry". This session focused on ways to extend Lotus Notes applications and corporate data out and onto the BlackBerry device, taking full advantage of real-time collaboration capabilities in a secure environment. Well attended by a diverse group of individuals, it was an excellent learning experience. Says Mike Stoltz who attended, "Hearing about the real-life use of the BlackBerry within the Notes community was extremely interesting, and I learned a few new things along the way."

"I've said this for the last few years" says Mark Durst, President. "The most important part of Lotusphere for me is meeting our new and existing customers and hearing from them how much of a positive impact Salesplace has had in their environment. Hearing how sales teams around the world are using Salesplace to communicate better, work better, and sell better is the best proof - real life proof - of how our software is helping drive sales success for our clients."

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