Monthly Archives: March 2008

Virtual-Worlds Consortium releases survey of virtual worlds interest groups

Posted on 2008-03-25 by mro

Stanford Research Institute – Consulting Business Intelligence (aka. SRIC-BI http://www.sric-bi.com) today released results from a survey taken amongst the members of their own  Virtual Worlds Consortium, SDForum’s Virtual World SIG, Boulder, Colorado’s  Serious Second Life, and Stanford’s  MetaverseU. The  download … Continue reading →

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IBM’s 5 trends for the coming virtual workplace

Posted on 2008-03-21 by mro

Here’s that list from 03/19/08 from Mike Rhodin  of IBM Lotus that references 5 trends to embrace in the virtual workplace.The press release is here: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=834515&sourceType=1  Here’s my own description of them: 1) “The Virtual Workplace will become the rule.” … Continue reading →

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IBM and Forterra team up: “Unified Communications”

Posted on 2008-03-21 by mro

There were big announcements over the last couple of days that IBM and Forterra are teaming up to create collaboration tools for intelligence agencies. Both companies (IBM on 01/22/07 and Forterra on 06/25/07) have presented at the Virtual World SIG … Continue reading →

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