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A Look at IBMs Blue Spruce Web Browser Platform

A Look at IBMs Blue Spruce Web Browser Platform
Written By
Clint Boulton
Clint Boulton
Dec 1, 2008
1 minute read
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A Look at IBMs Blue Spruce Web Browser Platform

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by Clint Boulton


Evolution of the Web Browser

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Web publishing, rooted in HTML, has evolved to where IBM now sees the browser as the Web platform.


What if?

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What does Blue Spruce allow you to do? Collaborate in ways previously not possible.


IBM Calls It the Cooperative Web

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IBM promises to replicate the power of face-to-face communications and gestures via the Internet. Not a bad value proposition during a recession. How soon can we get it?


Three Scenarios

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Blue Spruce allows groups of users in fields such as education, financial services and medicine to work together on important shared projects.


The Concepts

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Users stream live high-definition video and propagate changes in a Web browser.


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Blue Spruce Includes Client, Co-Web Server

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Here’s a look at the makeup of Blue Spruce. Though not open source, the platform leverages several open standards.


Relating to AJAX

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Here’s how the Blue Spruce components communicate with one another.


Why Blue Spruce?

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To boost the quality of live meetings with mashups.


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