IBM and 3Com deepen relationship

Vendors join forces to offer integrated IP telephony solution

IBM and 3Com have launched what they claim is the first product to integrate IP telephony with email, messaging and business process applications on a single, secure platform.

The System i Integrated Collaboration offering, which builds on the System i IP Telephony offering the vendors developed last November, is less expensive to manage that competing Windows-based, multi-server offerings, IBM claims.

As a result, the vendors have announced plans to work with over 100 ISVs to integrate the technology with their existing offerings and push the combined offering to a wider audience.