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 News ServiceNow continues workflow platform expansion with Utah release The company also doubles down on its customer success automation efforts, but bucks the trend by omitting GPT. By Peter Sayer Mar 22, 2023 7 mins CIO Build Automation Enterprise Architecture BrandPost Don’t buy into the hype of network observability to realize digital transformation success Just collect the right data and follow it to where it leads you. By Jeremy Rossbach, Chief Technical Evangelist, Broadcom Mar 22, 2023 3 mins Networking Feature How culture and strategic partnerships help fuel transformation Marc Hale, CTO for AIA New Zealand, recently spoke with Cathy O’Sullivan, editor for CIO New Zealand, about navigating the complexities of digital transformation, and focusing on culture to enable healthier outcomes for customers. By CIO staff Mar 22, 2023 7 mins CTO Digital Transformation Change Management Feature 10 things CIOs wish they knew from the start Go slower. Network. Tell stories. Get training. Be kind. CIOs have plenty of advice they’d give to their younger selves if they could. By Martin Veitch Mar 22, 2023 7 mins CIO Careers IT Management 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