It announced American IBM and France Alcatel-Lucent that October 30th, it cooperated in unified communication field. It assures cooperation strengthening of both corporation product, Microsoft opposes to the unified communication product.
The cooperation of IBM and Alcatel-Lucent is in the midst of holding in Boston, in "the Fall VON" conference (October 29th -11 month 1st) it was announced. It adjusted to the latest cooperation announcement, Alcatel-Lucent announced the audio meeting plug in "OmniTouch" of Lotus Sametime "business My Teamwork for Lotus Sametime".
This plug in Sametime expands unified communication function "Lotus Sametime Unified Communications and Collaboration API" those which were developed in the base. As the function which Click-to-Conference (click & meeting telephone call) it is possible directly from the both of Sametime and groupware "Lotus Notes" is offered, scheduling and management of audio meeting are made possible via Sametime.
If it is the user which possesses both software "of OmniTouch Unified Communication" of Alcatel-Lucent and Sametime, it is possible to utilize the same plug in. As for this plug in within several weeks for the partner of Sametime it is the schedule which is released with the sight.
This time it is unprecedented for both corporations to form cooperative relationship in unified communication field. By the way as for IBM, also the networking provider of Cisco Systems and Avaya and Nortel Networks etc. has tied unified communication-related partnership.
The latest cooperation the anti- Microsoft strategy of IBM is a background. IBM the substitution choice limb of the open standard Microsoft for the unified communication product has defined the collaboration product of the respective company which begins Sametime.
IBM unified communication/the collaboration charge program director, the rhinoceros - according to D, the same company improved Sametime 2 years, ago made the development platform for the unified communication software. "() The open standard architecture of Sametime is designed, in order for the partner to be able to develop the software which directly the plug & you can play simply,", (rhinoceros - D)
There is a vendor where for Sametime develops the plug in for unified communication in addition to Alcatel-Lucent. For example, the sound for Cisco and and Sametime which developed the Click-to-Call (click & call) function for Sametime/it is the poly- COM and the rad vision etc. which offer the video meeting add-on.
Microsoft which confronts, it becomes main point of the unified communication strategy, "Office Communications Server 2007" announcing to the middle of October formally, you attracted attention. The same company furthermore, in order that the support vendor of the same server is increased, has assured contact positively the telecommunications company and the networking/vis-a-vis the radio portable terminal provider.
But, the rhinoceros of IBM - according to D, as for Microsoft you say that the audio/video function which competes with the product of the partner is installed in the platform of the respective company. As for the same person "as for us, the fact that the partner adds added value to Sametime is desired. If you restate, there is no thought of developing the function which competes with the plug in of the partner with Sametime ", you said, the policy of IBM for the partner the that of Microsoft emphasized that it differs.
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