IBM has announced the creation of what it calls the world’s largest business Instant Messaging community, courtesy of new support for industry standards between business and consumer IM services. It is great news for anyone using IBM Lotus Sametime, AIM and Google Talk, and Yahoo! Messenger users will be able to join in the conversation in the coming weeks as well.
Not so great if you happen to be a user of MSN Messenger or Live Communication Server though, as IBM has not included Microsoft in its chat strategy.