InVerse technology is intended to enable Internet solutions that are fully dependable,
real-time and interactive. It is well suited for a variety of multi-party business applications,
including online-banking, insurance claims processing, customer
support, distance learning and other applications that require multi-user interactivity
deployed on the 'Net.
Target Platforms
InVerse technology enables a networked solution for software platforms capable of running a Java
Virtual Machine (JVM).
Status
IBM is currently working with key partners from a selected segment of industries to
validate the InVerse technology within real customer applications. This fall, Red Storm
Entertainment, a gaming company, is expected to be the first customer to release
a product that uses InVerse technology (See news story).
IBM is also working with other industry leaders to
create custom solutions in the area of real-time collaborative applications.
Technology Summary
The InVerse technology provides networking support for multi-party collaboration over the Internet. At
a fundamental level, the technology represents a communications interface that optimizes the
exchange of application data among a large number of participants. For the customer, the InVerse technology
takes the work out of networking by supplying distributed computing for the development of a multi-user application.
At the same time, the infrastructure provides safe guards for fault tolerance. Customers
can focus on developing their application rather than on providing network error recovery because the
InVerse technology handles this task transparently and optimally makes the best chooses
for connectivity.
With InVerse technology, customers can create high performance, real-time applications capable of
exchanging multi-media data between users located anywhere on the Internet. To achieve this, IBM
focused on a Java-based solution (for multiple platform support)
that balances the effects of high latency and low bandwidth.
Outlook
IBM is committed to providing world-class e-business solutions that combine the reach
of the Internet with customers' traditional information technology assets to create new opportunities
for growth. As part of this commitment, IBM is investing in network computing technologies like
InVerse to support customers' evolving needs. IBM believes that real-time, collaborative
applications will be an important part of the future of e-business. With InVerse, we are beginning
to address the critical application-level issues associated with delivering real-time, multi-user
collaboration over the Internet.