Called the Directory Interoperability Forum (DIF), the group said it will work with existing standards bodies including the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Desktop Management Task Force, the World Wide Web Consortium and the Open Group to...
The companies claim the move will enable ASPs to offer collaborative software services such as messaging and shared applications on a Domino/IBM Websphere-powered platform. Lotus is teaming up with IBM to deliver software and hardware for...
IBM's WebSphere application server platform is too full of proprietary technologies to allow real interoperability with other systems according to UK messaging technology firm SpiritSoft. The firm today criticised Big Blue for bundling together old...
But it seems that interoperability will continue to be a major issue and in the short-term companies will be forced to use workarounds at the desktop level or gateways. Gartner also expects Microsoft’s release of its Live Communications Server to...
Web services standards, which govern how applications employ services available on a group of often loosely connected servers. Specifically, the companies expect their collaboration to achieve interoperability in several domains:
As well as being able to demonstrate broad experience of IT solution design, candidates must have more in depth experience in at least two of the following areas: data centres; servers and storage; messaging; telephony; application design using...