1. One of Second Life's most innovative content creators, Ordinal Malaprop, has shuttered his business. Find out why. 2. Forterra have had some business challenges over recent months including laying off staff at the end of 2009. Their OLIVE virtual environment has been bought out by the Science Applications International Corporation. All the details here - this will hopefully … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
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Swine Flu (H1N1) and business continuity: Forterra’s solution
It's fairly well recognised now that virtual environments provide a powerful collaboration solution for business -it's just widespread adoption that's yet to occur as real-world ROI cases are still fairly sparse. Forterra Systems are a virtual worlds provider we've covered a few times before, and their focus is very much business and government. With the recent concern over … [Read more...] about Swine Flu (H1N1) and business continuity: Forterra’s solution
Second Life offers enterprise solution
It's been rumoured for months now, but Linden Lab have finally confirmed that they've entered the alpha phase of "a server solution that is completely disconnected from the main Second Life environment with all of the rich functionality in the box." As far as virtual worlds and enterprise, it doesn't get much bigger than this. The announcement has a bunch of significant … [Read more...] about Second Life offers enterprise solution
Forterra release paper on enterprise virtual worlds
Virtual world developer for enterprise and government, Forterra, have released a white paper titled Recipe for Success with Enterprise Virtual Worlds. Aside from an overview of the potential of virtual worlds in business, the cost comparisons may catch the eye of some enterprises looking at cost-cutting measures. Additionally, an interesting case study is provided on … [Read more...] about Forterra release paper on enterprise virtual worlds
Forterra ups the ante in enterprise virtual worlds
Enterprise-focused developer Forterra this week ramped up its virtual world offering, emphasising the gains for business over traditional teleconferencing and videoconferencing solutions. Forterra's OLIVE virtual world platform has reached version 2.2 and with the upgrade comes integration with IBM's instant messaging / web conferencing application, Lotus Sametime. The video … [Read more...] about Forterra ups the ante in enterprise virtual worlds