Broadband Developments

Loved Mike Gotta’s post on the matter of Presence - Thanks for the tip John…

Mike throws out a lot to think about. But what really got my attention was the following:

“Larger vendors such as IBM would have to break from its UC-centric thinking around presence as would Microsoft. For Microsoft however this type of move is almost unimaginable given the centricity of OCS around SIP/SIMPLE and Microsoft’s reluctance to integrate and interoperate with other vendors on a level playing field when it comes to presence.”

Is this something the major vendors can really grasp? Every time we hear about major alliances or acquisitions it makes me wonder if this is the breakout we know will happen. Where’s the game changer?

The large players need to look at those models that have that kind of background. Look at Facebook, Twitter and so on. Embrace it, Open it up, I think Mike got it right on his post. The field is wide open and that breakthrough can come from anywhere at this point and there’s a good chance it may come from somewhere we don’t even recognize.