IBM yesterday announced its plans to purchase SaaS Web conferencing vendor WebDialogs. According to Clint Boulton of eWeek Channel Insider, the move is evidence of how large high-tech enterprises and startups are both vying for a chunk of the online collaboration software market, which Boulton suggests could be worth billions. IBM plans to bundle WebDialogs' technology with its Lotus Sametime assets in an offering called Lotus Sametime Unite, which could mean IBM will try to boost its standing in unified communications against Microsoft and Cisco Systems. Boulton delves further into the promise of the Web collaboration market and how startups are also vying for their share of the business. Read more.
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