Positions
- Two Interesting Things in Office "12" ... Bob thinks there are two compelling / interesting things in Office 12 that will force / strong encourage users to upgrade: new collaboration offerings, and business intelligence capabilities. Channel Register
- Dan on RIM in 2006 ... Dan's got some interesting thoughts about patent reform, patent enforcement, and patent litigation in light of NTP vs. RIM. Mobile Enterprise Alliance
- Lars on 2006 and Beyond ... Lars (who is sounding a lot like an analyst these days!) has some great points about technology for collaboration in 2006 and beyond. mindthis.net
- Rod on Collaboration Disconnection ... Rod writes about the tools he uses to communicate and collaborate with colleagues around the world, and notes how the tools in his toolset are "largely unconnected". Rod Drury
- Larry on Collaboration Tools ... Larry Cannell has started writing for Collaboration Loop, and kicks off with his thoughts about the place of collaborative technologies in the enterprise. CollaborationLoop
Vendor Moves
- Microsoft Migration Tools for Lotus, 2006 Edition ... Microsoft has introduced a new set of tools to enable Lotus Notes/Domino customers to migrate email and some simple applications to Exchange and SharePoint. Notes applications can be analyzed using Microsoft's tools, and data shifted across to Windows SharePoint Services. TechWorld, ITWorld, SearchWin2000
- MatrixOne on Knowledge Reuse ... MatrixOne released MatrixOne Library Central, a tool for enabling reuse of knowledge gained during product development projects. Library Central offers an enterprise-wide reuse catalog, taxonomy classification, search and comparison, and more. Available immediately. BusinessWire
- SealedMedia and Documentum ... SealedMedia's Sealing Service for Documentum, a digital rights management add-on for the Documentum repository, has been awarded the EMC Designed for Documentum accreditation. IT Observer
- JotSpot Tracker ... InfoWorld discusses the forthcoming JotSpot Tracker application, to enable teams to share Excel-like information in more intelligent and collaborative ways. InfoWorld
- GoogleTalk on RIM ... The GoogleTalk instant messaging network will be accessible from RIM BlackBerry devices. RIM, InfoWorld
- Cerience for Attachments on BlackBerry ... Cerience Corporation released RepliGo Server, which works alongside the RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server to enable RIM BlackBerry users to view document attachments. MarketWire
- Another RIM Bug ... RIM acknowledged another vulnerability in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server, related to the processing and handling of document attachments. SearchSecurity
- GroveSite Revamp ... GroveSite revamped its web site, with new and expanded information, and a section with eight demos to show how GroveSite can help prospective teams. PRWeb
- Pragmatech and Documentum ... Pragmatech Software integrated its sales effectiveness solution with Documentum eRoom, to enable the spin out of a collaborative workspace when a proposal, customer letter, presentation or other communication has to be collaboratively developed. BusinessWire
Other Industry Happenings
- Collaborative Communications Summit NYC February 27-28 2006 ... The Collaborative Communications Summit is being held on the East Coast February 27-28, in New York City. Great line up of speakers and topics, including one of intense interest to me (but unfortunately I can't attend). ccsexpo
- Federated Free/Busy Challenge ... The Open Group is working toward a vendor challenge for achieving federated free/busy between calendaring systems. Boeing is very interested in seeing capabilities available. Oren Sreebny
- Calendar Interop ... At CalConnect Winter 2006, calendaring interoperability using a CalDAV server was demo'd. Oren Sreebny



Comments