Today's highlights: Blast Radius Webinar; SMB global collaboration; Microsoft on Integrating Presence with Business Applications; IMConferencing and Google Talk; Akiva Open Collaboration Forum; IBM Workplace Designer 2.5;
- Blast Radius is hosting a one-hour Web seminar on September 20 regarding the collaborative review of XML documents. Blast Radius offers tools to assist with this area. Blast Radius
- Vintage Imports is a seven employee company coordinating work with suppliers across 23 time zones. It uses HyperOffice to handle shared calendars and task coordinaton. James Gaskin in Network World explains how it works. Network World
- Microsoft released sample proof-of-concept tools for integrating IM and presence into business applications. Its intention is to show developers what is possible. The tools require Office Communicator 2005 and Live Communications Server 2005. A variety of ISV partners acknowledged that they will thread presence into their products. CRN, prnewswire.com
- IMConferencing announced plans to integrate its Web conferencing system with Google Talk, Google's just released beta IM system. The integration will enable Google Talk users to initiate web, audio and video conferencing sessions from the Google Talk client. Available 3Q2005. prnewswire.com
- In an email today, the CEO of Akiva Corporation, Eric Olinger, announced the formation of an "Open Collaboration Forum". The Forum will consider the integration of disparate collaboration applications, preserving and securing knowledge capital, and the business impact of effective / open collaboration. The Forum is open to "senior-level business executives who seek to improve business performance through open enterprise collaboration". Membership by invitation only. Akiva
- IBM announced general availability of Version 2.5 of Workplace Designer, its Eclipse-based development tool for building business applications in the IBM Workplace environment. Offers developers the tools to build composite applications with standards-based technologies. Available immediately. IBM
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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