Arrow Offers IBM Resellers Collaboration Capabilities Via Sametime Technology.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Arrow Electronics Extends Real-Time Collaboration To IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Resellers With IBM Lotus Sametime Lotus Sametime is an enterprise instant messaging and web conferencing application sold by the Lotus Software division of IBM. Lotus Sametime provides enterprise instant messaging functionality, presence information, and web conferencing. Technology The Support Net Division of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ARW ARW Air Refueling Wing ARW Advanced Research Workshop ARW Associated Resume Writers ARW Army Ranger Wing (Irish Special Forces) ARW American Revolutionary War ARW Angle Random Walk ARW Aeroelastic Research Wing ), one of the largest value-added distributors of IBM enterprise products and integration services, has integrated the IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing collaboration platform known as "Sametime" into its Business Partner Innovation Center in order to enhance its communication and interaction with its IBM Business Partners. The Support Net Division will use the Sametime platform to conduct secure interactive meetings with IBM resellers, for purposes that include training, presentations, planning sessions and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. software application demonstrations. "We're proud to not only extend the IBM Lotus Sametime technology as a product offering to our IBM Business Partners, but to use it to accomplish our own objectives of communicating in a meaningful way with our partners," said Eric Williams, executive vice president, Support Net Division. "Using a secure Internet connection from any location, our partners can make the most of their meetings with Arrow and IBM. And in the future, our partners will be able to leverage Sametime to present their solutions and offerings to their own end users." The IBM Lotus Sametime technology platform will leverage the IBM eServer and storage infrastructure of Arrow's IBM Business Partner Innovation Center (BPIC BPIC Business Process Improvement Committee ), located within the Support Net Division's main office in Indianapolis. Sametime is IBM's market-leading product and platform for real-time collaboration, and is based on three on-demand concepts: presence awareness, instant messaging and Web conferencing. Presence awareness enables users to see in advance whether a person or application is available to collaborate, share information or take an action. Instant messaging enables users to converse online in real time. And Web conferencing lets users share information and applications or document spontaneous ideas and interactions using the online whiteboard. About the North American Computer Products Group of Arrow Electronics The North American Computer Products group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) is a leading distributor of enterprise and embedded computing systems to resellers and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers in North America. Based in Englewood, CO, the group is comprised of four divisions that make up Enterprise Computing Solutions (Support Net, SBM, MOCA MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA Multimedia over Coax MoCA Museum of Chinese in the Americas MOCA Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance MOCA Montezuma Castle National Monument (US National Park Service) , Enterprise Storage Solutions) and OEM Computing Solutions, which serves industrial OEMs and intellectual property-based companies. Visit all of our divisions at www.arrownacp.com. Arrow Electronics is one of the world's largest providers of products, services and solutions to the electronic components and computer products industries. |
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