<s>
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
a	O
brand	O
of	O
collaborative	B-Application
software	I-Application
applications	O
from	O
IBM	O
's	O
Lotus	O
Software	O
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
next	O
generation	O
of	O
collaboration	B-Application
software	I-Application
that	O
would	O
work	O
with	O
IBM	O
's	O
Java	O
EE-based	O
WebSphere	B-Language
Portal	I-Language
server	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
brand	O
was	O
largely	O
disbanded	O
by	O
2007	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
core	O
technologies	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
products	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Lotus	O
or	O
WebSphere	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
Workplace	O
applications	O
were	O
introduced	O
later	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
and	O
document	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Workplace	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
to	O
run	O
inside	O
of	O
a	O
desktop	O
rich	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
and	O
in	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
Workplace	O
largely	O
overlapped	O
IBM	O
's	O
existing	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
and	O
Domino	B-Operating_System
software	O
,	O
Notes	B-Operating_System
and	O
Domino	B-Operating_System
customers	O
became	O
increasingly	O
worried	O
that	O
Notes	B-Operating_System
and	O
Domino	B-Operating_System
would	O
either	O
be	O
discontinued	O
or	O
at	O
best	O
marginalized	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Workplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
assuage	O
this	O
fear	O
,	O
IBM	O
demonstrated	O
in	O
2005	O
plans	O
for	O
integrating	O
Workplace	O
products	O
with	O
Notes	B-Operating_System
and	O
Domino	B-Operating_System
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
also	O
started	O
to	O
include	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
and	O
Domino	B-Operating_System
within	O
the	O
"	O
Workplace	O
family	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
by	O
2007	O
,	O
most	O
Workplace-branded	O
products	O
were	O
being	O
either	O
discontinued	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Workplace	O
Messaging	O
)	O
or	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Lotus	O
or	O
WebSphere	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
Client	O
Technology	O
is	O
a	O
defunct	O
application	B-Device
platform	I-Device
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Rich	B-Architecture
Client	I-Architecture
Platform	I-Architecture
(	O
RCP	O
)	O
3.0	O
,	O
which	O
itself	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
tools	O
to	O
manage	O
rich	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
,	O
such	O
as	O
synchronization	O
so	O
that	O
clients	O
can	O
work	O
with	O
data	O
offline	O
,	O
and	O
provisioning	O
so	O
that	O
servers	O
can	O
automatically	O
push	O
down	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
applications	O
onto	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workplace	O
Client	O
Technology	O
has	O
evolved	O
into	O
IBM	B-Application
Lotus	I-Application
Expeditor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
Collaboration	O
Services	O
is	O
a	O
single	O
product	O
providing	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
communication	O
and	O
collaboration	B-Application
tools	I-Application
such	O
as	O
e-mail	O
,	O
calendaring	O
and	O
scheduling	O
,	O
awareness	O
,	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
,	O
e-learning	O
,	O
team	O
spaces	O
,	O
Web	B-Protocol
conferencing	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
document	O
and	O
Web	O
content	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
superseded	O
largely	O
by	O
Lotus-branded	O
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Notes	B-Operating_System
,	O
Domino	B-Operating_System
,	O
Sametime	B-Protocol
,	O
Quickr	O
,	O
and	O
Connections	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
Managed	O
Client	O
is	O
a	O
server-managed	O
rich	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
for	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
Collaboration	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
plug-in	O
for	O
running	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
7	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
productivity	O
tools	O
for	O
office	O
documents	O
,	O
forked	O
from	O
OpenOffice.org	O
1.1.4	O
(	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Sun	B-License
Industry	I-License
Standards	I-License
Source	I-License
License	I-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
,	O
Domino	B-Operating_System
and	O
Symphony	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Activity	O
Explorer	O
functionality	O
is	O
now	O
part	O
of	O
IBM	B-Protocol
Lotus	I-Protocol
Connections	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
Forms	O
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
products	O
for	O
developing	O
and	O
delivering	O
data-driven	O
,	O
XML-based	O
electronic	O
forms	O
to	O
end-users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
IBM	B-Application
Lotus	I-Application
Forms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
