Instant Messaging Planet doet zijn voorspellingen voor het jaar 2003. Auteur Christopher Saunders begint met: interoperabiliteit. Zo het er echt van komen?

""At least one of today's big three IM providers ... will join forces with other service providers and carriers to support open interoperability of IM and presence," said Rob Balgley, chief executive of Jabber, Inc.

(...) "While consumer instant messaging is all about 'community,' enterprise instant messaging is all about integration," said Jeremy Dies, senior offerings manager for presence and IM at IBM's Lotus Software. "The proliferation of SIP/SIMPLE will guarantee that enterprises can connect IM communities securely and privately, and will permanently limit the three major consumer networks to their intended purpose: letting consumers chat with each other (...)." Zie over dit onderwerp ook: "Reuters registreert 225.000 chatklanten".

Verder in IM Planet: "Yahoo!, at least, agrees that the matter will come to a head in coming months, as it and rivals market their new offerings."

Saunders noemt nog enkele trends: "Application Integration as Industry Drives", "Industry Consolidation, Bigger Budgets" en "Toward a Wireless Future".