Real-time apps

A new type of collaboration, coming to a network near you in the not-too-distant future, will be based on technology that adds presence-awareness to common business applications. Some early types of real-time collaboration are available today, but Ferris Research predicts that presence will become w...

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Published in:Network World 2003-06, Vol.20 (22), p.46
Main Author: Perey, Christine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Computer networks
Employees
Instant messaging
Internet
Managers
Names
Real time
Servers
Software
Technological change
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Summary:A new type of collaboration, coming to a network near you in the not-too-distant future, will be based on technology that adds presence-awareness to common business applications. Some early types of real-time collaboration are available today, but Ferris Research predicts that presence will become widely used in corporate environments over the next three to five years. Many of the underlying concepts have been around for a while. For example, IP networks connecting systems and transmitting messages by way of proprietary or standards-based protocols is basic. IT departments already use tools that continuously monitor and report states. When presence-awareness is compiled into an application, an association is made between the creator of the file and the file itself. A few such presence-embedded applications are already available, with more expected by year-end. Presence-embedded PowerPoint or Word documents, for example, will associate the primary author with a file. This will permit another person viewing the file to see if the author is online and available.
ISSN:0887-7661