But the internal reorganisation is intended to accelerate the integration of Lotus software within IBM's portal software, Bowden said. Over the next year and a half, IBM plans to rewrite Lotus' SameTime instant messaging and QuickPlace...
Web conferencing and instant messaging allow people to have meetings sooner because shorter meetings without travel are easier to fit into diaries. Web conferencing can make a big reduction in the waste of time and money spent travelling to meetings.
The offering will include WebSphere Portal, along with collaboration applications such as instant messaging and Web-based document sharing. The Workplace software, which is being developed through IBM's Lotus division, is built around the company's...
The Workplace software includes IBM's WebSphere Portal software, as well as desktop software for running productivity applications such as a spreadsheet and text editor. Desktop software company Adobe Systems, supply chain application company i2...
Gates lauded the advances Groove has accomplished in collaboration for Microsoft Office and said that Ozzie's expertise in other areas, notably security, authentication and peer-to-peer computing, will be brought to bear in other Microsoft...
Such features could be user presence information, instant messaging, integration with push email and enhancements that accelerate workflows, he added. Andrew Namboka, chief technologist for enterprise solutions at Nokia Asia-Pacific, noted many...