Today's highlights: eWeek Enterprise Collaboration Winner; DAT Group Acquires Synchronica; New customer for Captaris Workflow; Ytria ScanEZ; BusinessWeek on Collaboration Market; Forbes on BlackBerry 7290; JotSpot; eWeek on SEVEN and Smartner; New customer for Interwoven;
- Siemens HiPath OpenScape 2.0 won the eWeek 2005 excellence award in the "Enterprise Collaboration" category. Uses SIP from Microsoft Office Live Communications Server to extend presence and real-time collaboration for voice and Web conferencing applications. eWeek
- DAT Group plc acquired Synchronica, a provider of wireless synchronization solutions for the carrier market. DAT Group will run Synchronica as a standalone entity, with a continued focus on its current products. prweb.com
- New customer for Captaris Workflow, for structured workflow processes around Web content: the Polish Ministry of Economy and Labour, for its information portal for access to the ministry's information and knowledge base. Yahoo
- Ytria released ScanEZ, a Notes add-on tool for Notes administrators and developers, that permits direct analysis of a Notes NSF database. ScanEZ is intended to help developers design, test, debug and maintain Notes applications. prweb.com
- BusinessWeek interviewed Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Steve Mills (IBM) on the collaboration market.
- Forbes reviews the BlackBerry 7290, concluding that it offers good additional value over the 7230. Key improvement areas: backlit screen, Web browsing, and Bluetooth support, among others. Forbes
- JotSpot released a new blogging application for corporate workgroups and internal corporate communications. Since it apparently lacks a name, I'll call it "JotSpot Workgroup". Key features: uses blogging and wiki features for capturing and sharing team information, single and multiple-author functionality, and permission controls, among others. Available immediately. prnewswire.com
- SEVEN acquired Smartner. Key benefits for SEVEN: easier expansion into Europe, new partnerships with handset manufacturers and wireless carriers, and more heft for competing with RIM. Terms were not disclosed. eWeek
- New customer for Interwoven's Collaborative Document Management solution: Brodies LLP, a top law firm in Scotland. prnewswire.com
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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