Yahoo announces upgrades to its enterprise IM systems to include avatars.
"[April 26, 2004] All-New Yahoo! Messenger Offers Exclusive Features, Deeper Integration With Games, Music and Search; Only Service to Offer Customized Radio, Avatars, Audibles"
It relies on BEA for the technology.
"May 9, 2004 ENTERPRISE Yahoo Recruits Partners To Push Enterprise IM By Keith Regan E-Commerce Times 06/11/03 11:15 AM PT The collaboration with BEA is designed to enable Yahoo's IM product to become part of a variety of enterprise applications, such as customer relationship management software."
BEA has a comprehensive alliance with OKI
"Oki Electric and BEA Systems Form Global Strategic Alliance to Develop a Converged IT Communications Platform - Collaborative Development Designed to Integrate Enterprise Applications and Communications Technologies "
...another part of the equation is that Intel (who has also shown interest in Blaze) also works closely with BEA. "BEA and Intel announce partnership Posted By: Floyd Marinescu on July 24, 2001 @ 01:57 PM" So what's it all about! Long awaited commercialisatiion is about to start in June after some delay from Feb perhaps with the ann. by Yahoo in April use of the product may have begun already. Obviously if these major players are using the technology developed by OKI and Blaze then revenues may already be starting. I just wish we could get some more out of the company!
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