IBM Predicts Five Future Trends That Will Drive Unified Comm IBM's Unified Communications and Collaboration capabilities are illustrated by the transformation of product lifecycle management of everyday products, like a coffee maker. This graphic shows how a product designer in Italy uses Lotus Sametime capabilities to communicate with manufacturing engineers in China. Through the instant and dynamic exchange of 3D product mock-ups via Lotus Sametime and Dassault Systemes' 3DLive application, product experts quickly address quality issues to help speed up the launch of a new product around the world.