by Bill Pray | February 4, 2011 | 1 Comment
IBM’s theme for Lotusphere 2011 was “Get Social. Do Business.” A few of my observations: The audience had a very international flavor – more so than in years past, it seemed. It was not unusual to stand in the crowd and hear numerous languages. Not knowing the numbers for comparison, one can only speculate. Is [...]
Category: Communication unified communications Tags: IBM, IBM Lotus Sametime, Lotus, Lotus Notes, LotusLive, Lotusphere, Social business, unified communications
by Bill Pray | September 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
“Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered one [...]
Category: web conferencing Tags: Adobe, Cisco, green, IBM, Microsoft, unified communications, web conferencing
by Bill Pray | August 26, 2010 | Comments Off
Welcome to the three Ps of unified communications technologies: The Pitch “consistent unified user interface and user experience across multiple devices and media types” “to simplify and integrate all forms of communications in view” Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_communications “provides a seamless flow between the work your employees do and the people they need to connect with [...]
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Category: unified communications Tags: Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, unified communications
by Bill Pray | August 12, 2010 | Comments Off
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) e-mail continues to be a hot topic for me when I talk with various enterprises, both in terms of viability and market players. Enterprises are seeking to strategically leverage SaaS e-mail to reduce costs and management for e-mail services. This week, IBM improved it’s ability to compete in what I call “The Amazing [...]
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Category: Cloud e-mail Tags: Cisco, e-mail, Exchange, Google, IBM, LotusLive, Microsoft, Notes, SaaS, WebEx
by Bill Pray | August 5, 2010 | Comments Off
“RIP Google Wave” is the headline from CNN today, with the first line of the article stating “Google’s attempt to reinvent e-mail has fizzled.” And, therein lies the problem. Had that idea not been part of the core from the start, Wave might have had a chance. Conceptually I like Google Wave, however the approach [...]
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Category: e-mail Tags: e-mail, Gmail, Google, IBM, instant messaging, Project Vulcan, SaaS
