Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/07/08 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that its unified
communications and collaboration platform, IBM Lotus Sametime, has been
named the 2008 North American Enterprise Product of the Year by leading
global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan.
The Frost & Sullivan Award for Product of the Year is presented to the
company that demonstrates excellence in new product development and launch
within its industry. Products are assessed based on their competitive
advantage, significance to the marketplace and uniqueness of features and
capabilities.
"IBM Lotus came out swinging with its Sametime unified communications and
collaboration product suite," said Melanie Turek, Frost & Sullivan. "One of
the key things that makes Sametime standout from competitors is that it
supports multi-vendor environments, which are the norm for most mid- and
large-size organizations today."
Network World also recognized Lotus Sametime software by awarding it the
2008 Best of the Tests award for Converged Collaboration. The 2008 Best of
the Tests Awards are bestowed by Network World upon select products that
registered the top performance spots in its hands-on testing program during
2007. Products were assessed based on performance, feature functionality
and ease of use. Lotus Sametime software received the highest score of the
170 products considered for the 2008 awards.
Lotus Sametime is a family of products that delivers unified communications
and collaboration capabilities to businesses of all sizes. For more
information on Lotus Sametime: www.ibm.com/lotus/sametime
For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards, visit
www.awards.frost.com.