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Sametime and Skype - let the rumor mill begin

by Chris Miller at 05:28:00 AM on Thursday, December 13th, 2007

This article on ZDNet went by quietly and unnoticed by others that post on Sametime, so I thought I would share..

Jim then connects the dots to envision, as he says, a "possible IBM licensing partnership for incorporation of Skype technology into its various Sametime real time communications offerings where appropriate?"

I can read the tea leaves, and I think Jim is right. Such a partnership is likely to be attempted.

That is just a small touch of what the entry outlines. Could such an arrangement be made when WebDialogs was such a strong development partner for Skype and now is under the IBM wings? The Skype hooks into the public POTS infrastructure for expanded VOIP integration is not a stretch of any imagination if we look at the hints Lotus gives with each introduction of the new product family. This isn't speaking from someone that is "in the know". Strictly from what is out there now and what they hint about in slideshows and presentations.

So what do you think of some sort of Skype integration for VOIP instead of relying just on Cisco, Avaya and other partnerships? The Sametime Gateway already reaches into the public IM providers, the voice and video had to be close behind.

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1) Sametime and Skype - let the rumor mill begin
Created by Paul Mooney at 12/13/2007 7:28:00 AM email | website

With the growth of Skype for simple everyday use these day by the masses, this is big news. Voice integration would be excellent.

2) Sametime and Skype - let the rumor mill begin
Created by Chris Toohey at 12/13/2007 9:11:03 AM email | website

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3) Sametime and Skype - let the rumor mill begin
Created by Stuart McIntyre at 12/13/2007 10:15:50 AM email | website

Now that would be a very neat move, and may more effectively explain the WebDialogs acquisition too... LS08 keynote news?

4) Sametime and Skype - let the rumor mill begin
Created by Bastian Wieczorek at 12/13/2007 10:38:22 AM email | website

Oh... Voice integration in Sametime would be excellent :-).

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