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From the News Desk
Thursday, 20. March 2008
IBM Plans Big for Unified Communications
Technology giant IBM has announced new initiatives for the emerging unified communications market including a wide range of investments, product and technology advances and collaboration with leading clients and business partners.
There will be a USD 17 billion unified communications market for the taking by 2011, and the Big Blue is planning big inverstments to meet the demand, said the company in a statement.
In a near future major technological changes would reshape the way business communicate and collaborate worldwide across the private and public sectors and IBM is investing significantly in a range of resources meet the demand for these shifts, it said. IBM Research is currently exploring a growing number of social and collaborative software projects with over 70 researchers dedicated to this work in eight labs worldwide.
In 2008, over 1,300 IBM software developers and technical experts will make innovative contributions to unified communications.
New technical skills programmes for IBM developers are being used to help accelerate software development, including the teaching of Eclipse-based development. In addition, IBM's Venture Capital programme is working to identify and fuel promising new innovations in unified communications.
A part of this investment also covers an expansion of IBM Lotus Sametime software products. The new IBM Lotus Sametime Advanced software, to be available from 28 March 2008, includes community tools that enable users to spend less time trying to figure out who can help solve a problem, by reaching out to a community of colleagues or experts instantly. Lotus Sametime Advanced also features persistent group chat and instant screen sharing capabilities. The company is also making full investment in training its engineers, consultants and services professionals in IBM Global Services Method and Reference Architectures.
There will be a USD 17 billion unified communications market for the taking by 2011, and the Big Blue is planning big inverstments to meet the demand, said the company in a statement.
In a near future major technological changes would reshape the way business communicate and collaborate worldwide across the private and public sectors and IBM is investing significantly in a range of resources meet the demand for these shifts, it said. IBM Research is currently exploring a growing number of social and collaborative software projects with over 70 researchers dedicated to this work in eight labs worldwide.
In 2008, over 1,300 IBM software developers and technical experts will make innovative contributions to unified communications.
New technical skills programmes for IBM developers are being used to help accelerate software development, including the teaching of Eclipse-based development. In addition, IBM's Venture Capital programme is working to identify and fuel promising new innovations in unified communications.
A part of this investment also covers an expansion of IBM Lotus Sametime software products. The new IBM Lotus Sametime Advanced software, to be available from 28 March 2008, includes community tools that enable users to spend less time trying to figure out who can help solve a problem, by reaching out to a community of colleagues or experts instantly. Lotus Sametime Advanced also features persistent group chat and instant screen sharing capabilities. The company is also making full investment in training its engineers, consultants and services professionals in IBM Global Services Method and Reference Architectures.
