Recently I have attended a number of symposia hosted by unified communications vendors including Microsoft, Google, and Siemens. I have been impressed by the level of interest and dedicated effort going toward integrated multi-media solutions. Presence is getting built in to backbone systems that can deliver/gather presence information from multiple mobile platforms, use geo-location data, translate between text / voice / video, and auto-incorporate organic groups of interest when topics emerge. These tools will have an extraordinary impact on business in the future.
