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IBM and Novell are set to do battle with Microsoft on the desktop with the launch of a new open-source software bundle that promises savings for users.
IBM has developed an open desktop product that supports a range of applications, such as e-mail and instant messaging, without the need to run Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft and Nortel are to join forces to sell unified communications -- products which integrate business applications with voice, video, email and instant messaging.
IBM plans to offer for the first time instant messaging for wireless devices.
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Microsoft Australia is poised to announce pricing for its corporate instant messaging product, Live Communications Server 2003, and has assured ZDNet Australia the product will ship by the end of September.
IBM has quietly consolidated management of its Lotus software division within Big Blue's portal organisation.
A version of Lotus offering basic email without extra functions like a calendar is to be revealed this week.
Instant messaging use is growing in offices and homes around the world, and the big players are being told by a standards board to work together.
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A version of Lotus offering basic email without extra functions like a calendar is to be revealed this week.
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