"With Microsoft poised to unleash its next collaboration and unified communication (UC) suite next week, rival IBM is launching a preemptive strike by promising a tight level of integration between its own UC platform and its new, free Lotus Symphony productivity suite.
"IBM said Sametime customers would soon be able to share and collaborate on presentations, word processing and spreadsheets created in Lotus Symphony, the company's suite of free business applications released last month. Those users will also be able to conference using Sametime's on-premises Web conferencing app or IBM's recently acquired Web-based conferencing application, Lotus Sametime Unyte..."
