Collaboration has been one of the big buzzwords of the past couple years, with dozens of software vendors?new and old?touting their products’ capabilities of keeping users in touch and sharing knowledge with one another. But Advanced Reality, a small company in Houston, has a slightly different dream. Instead of selling you a collaborative application, it wants to make your existing apps collaborate. The company’s technology, called Presence-AR, ultimately will let developers both at third-party software development shops and in IT departments integrate collaboration tools into nearly any existing application. If two employees sitting on opposite coasts want to go over some data inside an app that each has installed, rather than starting up another utility and learning yet another interface, they could simply connect and start interacting directly.To ease the process, Advanced Reality doesn’t require developers to modify their applications. Instead, Presence-AR provides “windows” in application data using Java-based adapters. The platform can even integrate data from multiple applications into a single collaborative session. The company says it has made a point of building solid security features into Presence-AR so that enabled applications don’t suddenly become entry points for hackers and corporate thieves. Originally developed to allow collaboration on large image files, the product also keeps data flowing across the network to a minimum, which improves performance and increases scalability. It can even automatically format data for a variety of devices, including PDAs, mobile phones and desktop PCs. Advanced Reality is ready to do custom integration projects now. A software development kit should be available in the middle of 2002. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe