Today's highlights: RSS = Web Feeds; PlanView 2005 Conference; New customer for CoCreate; Champy to CIOs; Good on Samsung i730; C-Search 1.3; Intellext Watson 2.0 Beta;
- Microsoft has rebranded RSS feeds in IE 7 to "Web feeds", much to the chagrin of RSS designers and bloggers. Comment: I read a recent statistic that said that fewer than 5% of web surfers understood RSS and how to subscribe to an "RSS feed". I say, good on Microsoft for seeking for a clearer term. InfoWorld
- PlanView announced that its 2005 International User Group Conference will be held September 19-21 in Austin TX. A Forrester Research analyst will deliver a presentation on the benefits of integrated IT management. BusinessWire
- CoCreate announced a new customer for its collaborative PLM software: The Robbins Company, designers and manufacturers of tunneling and mining equipment. TenLinks.com
- James Champy has three nuggets of personal advice for CIOs: (1) stop going to meetings (unless they're with customers), (2) never start a project unless its business purpose is clear (what's the business need?), and (3) face faces about whether your IT projects are contributing to business goals or not. SearchCIO
- Good Technology extended its wireless messaging service to the Samsung i730, running on the Verizon Wireless EVDO network. prnewswire.com
- C-Search Limited released Version 1.3 of its name-sake search engine software for IBM Lotus Domino. C-Search Mail Monitor was added to the portfolio, offering indexing email content in Notes databases. Free version available for organizations with less than 50 users. WebHosting
- Intellext Software released the beta of Version 2.0 of Watson, its Pillar 7 technology that scans what people are doing and provides contextual notification about other potential sources of insight. Beta available immediately. WebProNews
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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