Today's highlights: iCollaborate 3.5; Sonexis ConferenceConnect and ConferenceManager Plus; Open-Xchange Server Available; New Customer for Groove; CoCreate ra-ra; New Customers for Omnipod;
- The Data Corporation released Version 3.5 of iCollaborate, a collaboration solution. New features: improved searching capabilities, real-time file exchange, and Microsoft Windows integration, among others. Available immediately. Previously called "Tenix". eMediaWire
- Sonexis released two new audio and web conferencing offerings: ConferenceConnect (a hosted service enabling the "sharing of ideas, files, applications and web content"), and ConferenceManager Plus (a "managed offering" ... installed onsite but managed by Sonexis). ConferenceConnect is available immediately, ConferenceManager Plus available in September 2004. Sonexis
- Netline Internet Service announced that Open-Xchange Server, a free version of the Linux-based groupware, collaboration, and messaging application is now available. "Open-Xchange is a collaboration platform that integrates open source and proprietary servers and clients. Accessible through a common web browser, Open-Xchange allows users to share e-mail, calendar, tasks, threaded discussions and documents originating from both proprietary and open source systems. For customers who need seamless integration with a Windows client, commercially available connectors will be released later in 2004.". Yahoo
- New customer for Groove Virtual Office 3.0 from Groove Networks: ThruPoint, Inc., a provider of strategic technology consulting services. Yahoo
- CoCreate Software released a "ra-ra" of a press release, talking about how its OneSpace.net collaboration offering is being adopted by the SMB market. prnewswire.com
- New customers for Omnipod's outsourced secure IM service: Benefits Strategies LLC, Ferris Baker Watts, Froley Revy and SILCAP LLC. Most discontinued use of IT-managed solutions in favor of an outsourced offering. BusinessWire
This Briefing was written by Michael Sampson, of Shared Spaces Research & Consulting Ltd. Email or IM Michael to discuss any of these items further.
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