IBM, Linden plan to give enterprises a Second Life
IBM and Second Life creator
Linden Lab are jointly building
private virtual worlds designed to help employees collaborate more effectively.
The announcement, made Wednesday, marks the first time a portion of the Second
Life Grid will operate behind corporate firewalls, the two companies said. IBM
and Linden plan to demonstrate hosting regions of the Second Life Grid operating
behind IBM's firewall at the Virtual
Worlds 2008 conference that begins Thursday in New York City.
IBM, one of the largest corporate users of Second Life, said it plans to pilot
the new technology internally to allow its employees to move between IBM's custom-built-built,
firewall protected system and the open Second Life virtual world without having
to log off and on.
The goal is to let IBM employees use one Second Life client interface to access
public and private spaces in the virtual world, the companies said. As a result,
employees can create content internally, chat and instant message while staying
connected to all the content housed in Second Life.
"As virtual world technologies and platforms become more commonplace,
we see a need for an enterprise-ready solution that offers the same content
creation capabilities but adds new levels of security and scalability,"
said Colin Parris, IBM vice president of digital convergence, in a statement.
"Combining IBM and Linden Lab's solutions together has the potential to
make custom-created environments a viable option for enterprises."
Ginsu Yoon, Linden Lab vice president of business affairs, added that the ability
to operate Second Life regions behind a firewall will help accelerate the adoption
of all virtual worlds.
As part of the agreement, IBM and Linden Lab said they also are exploring options
for creating interoperability between virtual world platforms and technologies,
and plan to join industry-wide efforts to further expand the capabilities of
virtual worlds.
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