Lionbridge Announces GeoFluent Instant Messaging for IBM Sametime

Lionbridge LIOX today announced the integration between Lionbridge's GeoFluent™ Instant Messaging real time translation solution and IBM Sametime® unified communications and collaboration software. GeoFluent IM for Sametime will help IBM Sametime clients become more interconnected by collaborating more effectively with non-English speaking colleagues, partners and customers. The benefits of real-time, multilingual instant messaging chat for Sametime include the ability to: Find, reach and collaborate with colleagues and partners across geographies in real time Improve communication and increase productivity across geographically dispersed teams Ensure security-rich, enterprise-scale instant messaging across languages Increase the productivity of online meetings Eliminate product development and delivery delays resulting from miscommunication Reduce costs for international travel, telephone plus audio- and Web-conferencing services "Today's dynamic workforce is increasingly globally dispersed, multigenerational and multicultural," said Caleb Barlow, Director, Unified Communications and Collaboration, IBM. "As globally dispersed organizations move towards becoming social businesses, the challenge of resolving real-time barriers of language translation is critical. Today's always available, socially-connected organizations need to communicate seamlessly with networks of partners, clients and suppliers, regardless of location, time-zone or language."