Sametime and Skype - let the rumor mill begin
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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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On Thursday, December 13th, 2007 by Chris Miller
