Directory integration Integration with anti-virus and content filtering tools Integration with Microsoft Communicator and IBM Sametime Application development (plug-ins, integration with productivity tools) For instance, can Microsoft exploit There are several emerging (e.g., ESME, Laconica (open source), OraTweet (Oracle), SocialCast, Present.ly, and Yammer, etc.)

I caught a couple of blog posts on the IBM Keynote for UC ( Lotusphere Message: Yes There Is a UC ROI ) and then one on the Sametime blog (see below). On average - using suggested retail prices,  it would cost approximately $450K to purchase 5000 Sametime licenses including maintenance, two hardware servers, pay someone to plan and install the software and servers, and pay an administrator to maintain the system. Thumbs-Down: A few good tips and examples but also some "buyer beware" tactics that folks should be aware of.

John Del Pizzo from the IBM Sametime team responded to my post - but, I'm not persuaded by the counter-arguments.    the total cost of ownership is not clearly outlined, a reasonable TCO model would establish a timeline (say 3 years) and include the total costs, including various weighting factors for planning, operational support, integration costs, help desk, change management, and so on." While our goal for the Lotusphere keynote was to provide Point 1 He dinged us on: "...the

At one time, IBM quoted that Sametime had around 20 million seats and Microsoft has said that it has around 10 million seats of Enterprise IM deployed. As an integrated component within a UC platform, it was thought that enterprise IM would finally become a reality. business case, ROI, security, compliance, integration with UC) are pieces of the puzzle. Instant messaging has not taken off in the enterprise as have other communication tools, such as e-mail. This number might be off a little - but compared to e-mail for instance - deployment of enterprise IM has been disappointing

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In his post, " Lotusphere 2009: What Might Have Been ", Guy articulates how IBM should have outlined a "surround and integrate" strategy for SharePoint. traditional collaboration and content platforms), then it can then work over time to erode a SharePoint collaboration/content commitment by introducing Quickr and Sametime for instance. IBM has to do superior and native integration between Connections and Microsoft productivity One of the items I was hoping to hear at Lotusphere 2009 was outlined in a recent post by Guy Creese, Research Director of our Collaboration And Content Strategies group here at Burton.

would add an open integration and interoperability framework - a UC platform should not equate to "single vendor". The idea of migrate at your own pace actually makes IBM's approach with its Sametime Unified Telephony approach suddenly look pretty good. UC will increasingly span across the PC, browser, and mobile phone for truly integrated voice calling, email, IM, conferencing and presence on the go. I thought I would offer some comments on some UC predictions offered by Gurdeep Singh Pall, who heads Microsoft's UC group: No Jitter | Microsoft: Gurdeep's UC Predictions

Cisco TelePresence WebEx Engage: One-button start of a combined and integrated Telepresence and WebEx meeting (improved user experience, productivity). begins with federation across all XMPP based clients and the AIM network and will federate across other networks such as IBM SameTime, Microsoft Office Communications Server, and Yahoo!. Integration with Cisco Unified Communications and WebEx Meeting Manager. The following is Part 2 of a series on today's announcement by Cisco . What is Cisco announcing?

In turn, ESME and like tools will need to integrate (in some instances), and interoperate (in almost all cases), with UC platforms. suggest you look at the recent IETF proposal sponsored by Cisco and IBM regarding intranet federation for IM and presence systems - that might be food for thought on integration and interoperability/federation even though these tools are not centric to SIP/SIMPLE. Microsoft does have an asset here with its Parlano Dennis raised a credible perspective in a comment to my entry on " Enterprise Twitter ". I

D ocuments F olders N otes A ction points / tasks S cheduled meetings / events Notes: Only via pre-defined templates Only via external applications: Ning Apps Only in the Quickr wiki Requires integration with Lotus Sametime The costs are €71 per person per year The costs are $15 per person per month Costs start at $200 per month, see [link] See the options at [link] See the pricing options at [link] Paid option VN:F [1.1.5_471] Tags: collaboration , in sync , open organization , tools This entry was posted