Tungle.me for IBM Lotus Notes Collaboration Software Now Available; Makes Scheduling Meetings Easier for the Many Millions of Lotus Notes Users Worldwide

TORONTO, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tungle, the company that makes scheduling meetings easy, announced today the availability of its Tungle.me software for IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Lotus Notes collaboration software at the Lotusphere Comes to You    conference in Toronto.   The application will be introduced and demonstrated on stage today by Tungle CEO Marc Gingras and IBM Software Group Director of Messaging, Ed Brill.

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More than 20 percent of Fortune 500 companies are using Tungle.me to save time scheduling meetings, and more than half of the largest global 100 corporations use IBM's flagship collaboration offerings, Lotus Notes and Domino.

"Tungle for Lotus Notes helped me streamline the maintenance of free time across multiple calendars inside and outside of my company. It helped reduce emails and scheduling conflicts," said Chris Miller, Director, Connectria, a provider of customized IT services to name brand clients globally. Miller was part of a group who tested a beta version of the software.

Tungle.me makes it easy for people to schedule meetings across organizations, calendar systems and time zones by eliminating costly double bookings and the endless back and forth of finding a time to meet.  

"With the introduction of Tungle.me for Lotus Notes, many millions of additional business people around the world can spend more time being productive and less time playing scheduling ping-pong," said Tungle CEO Marc Gingras.

The addition of Lotus Notes means that Tungle now works with all major business- and consumer-oriented electronic calendar environments, including Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple iCal, Entourage, and is also available on the iPhone and Blackberry.

With Tungle.me for Lotus Notes, you can set custom availability and synchronize it with your Lotus Notes calendar. Once meetings are scheduled, they are automatically updated in the background.

IBM Lotus Notes collaboration software is available for the full spectrum of proliferating mobile and Web-connected devices such as the Apple iPhone, BlackBerry and Nokia Symbian smartphones, thin clients, laptops and desktops used to access corporate applications and business processes.  Lotus Notes is available in a cloud-based version, and also comes bundled with hardware and other offerings via its Lotus Foundations line for mid-sized businesses.

"Tungle.me is a great way to set up meetings outside your organization, where free-time search is not typically possible," said Ed Brill, Director, Messaging, IBM, and host of the conference in Toronto today.

Lotus Notes users include the top nine aerospace and defense organizations; the top nine automotive firms; the top eight banks; the top four makers of consumer products; the top seven electronics firms; the top eight insurance companies; the top seven pharmaceutical organizations; and the top nine telecommunications carriers. For more information visit www.ibm.com/software/lotus.

For a video demonstration of using Tungle for Lotus Notes visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yNC5EGsSM8.

About Tungle

Tungle Corp.'s Tungle.me makes scheduling meetings easy--across organizations, calendar systems and time zones--by eliminating the multiple emails, phone calls and double bookings that typically come with finding a time to meet.  Tungle.me synchronizes with leading online calendar systems including Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple iCal, Entourage for Mac, and IBM Lotus Notes, and does not require visitors to sign in or register to schedule meetings.  Tungle.me supports scheduling meetings on-the-go with Tungle.me for iPhone, which is available for free download in the App Store and Tungle for Blackberry.

For Lotus Notes version compatibility details, visit Tungle.me.

Founded in 2006, the Montreal-based company is venture-backed by investors Commonwealth Capital Ventures, JLA Ventures and Desjardins Venture Capital.

SOURCE IBM