According to IBM the challenges of globalization are forcing companies to become more nimble, using an increasingly geographically-dispersed and virtual workforce to remain competitive. In the world of software development, this means 24x7 collaboration with specialized teams around the globe to pick up where another left off. IBM is also examining how virtual worlds can help software development teams break down the barriers caused by globalization.
IBM announces that the development platform is based on Web 2.0 technologies for developers to collaborate and contribute to software under development at http://www.jazz.net/. That is an open, commercial community designed to help companies globally and transparently collaborate on the development of Jazz-based technology.
In addition IBM announces IBM Rational Team Concert Express, available later this year, by enabling real-time collaboration across a geographically dispersed software delivery team the product helps small and mid-sized development teams significantly improve their productivity.
"IBM is redefining how software development and delivery will be done in the future," said Dr. Danny Sabbah, general manager, Rational Software, IBM. "Open commercial development at Jazz.net is changing the way IBM products are delivered to customers by making the process truly a community effort."
The importance and actuality of launching the product is caused by the developing a workforce that is adaptive to change in a global economy, vital to the growth of a company and to the development of future leaders.
IBM homepage emphasizes that research is working to solve the digital divide in the workforce with Project Bluegrass that integrates three key factors in motivating Millennials: collaboration, communication visualization. Project Bluegrass utilizes the IBM Jazz technology and organizes a virtual-world environment where software developers can work, chat and brainstorm around a virtual water cooler while "seeing" their teammates alongside interactive visual representations of ideas, data from the Web and from Jazz-based sources.
In the press release of IBM Innovations to Help Companies Overcome the Challenges of Globalization, organization admits that global integration has become embedded in IBM's workforce, strategy, leadership and operations - affecting how the company collaborates across time zones and cultures and locates its operations, functions and leadership anywhere in the world based on the right skills and business environment.
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