Interoperability

In its battle with IBM and Linux, Microsoft says the focus has shifted from TCO to interoperability. It's touting the results of a survey it sponsored that show 72% view Microsoft favorably when it comes to interoperability, more than any other company... More...

is building for a standardized protocol for instant messaging, interoperability among IM applications continues to be vexed by unresolved business and security issues. Lotus recently criticized a key interoperability protocol sponsored by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF... More...

Reuters and AOL have signed an instant messaging compatibility deal, essentially letting users utilize a single sign-in for both systems... More...

a limited form of IM integration, experts say it's not the answer to the enterprise IM interoperability problem. However, those experts are optimistic that interoperable IM products are coming soon... More...

driving the instant messaging market towards open, email-style, interoperability, it is certainly taking the slow lane, writes Kevin Murphy. It emerged yesterday that the latest of several incremental moves towards interoperability will see AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ, AOL's two IM properties, interoperate... More...

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c. WebSphere

Lotus parent IBM is merging Lotus' K-station enterprise portal builder with its WebSphere Portal Server. IBM will release an interoperability bundle in October that will link K-station and WebSphere Portal Server. Lotus' existing K-station clients will receive the interoperability bundle and new WebSphere Portal Server upgrade... More...

able to add their AIM, Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger contacts directly to their Lotus Sametime contacts.

The announcement does not include Microsoft's IM, IBM said.

With this type of interoperability, IM users can use a business-ready IM client that connects users from nearly every IM network, with really only Microsoft IM networks out of the loop, said Mark Levitt, vice president of... More...

instant messaging market, and it's landed squarely at the feet of market leader IBM Lotus. Microsoft is making huge enterprise IM strides, thanks to its upcoming software and recent interoperability deals with America Online Inc. and Yahoo Inc., but for now businesses can still look to the smaller third-party vendors to help make IM work for their business.

While many businesses use IM, largely... More...