New Blogs
- SharePoint Team ... The Microsoft SharePoint development team is blogging. Two of the current three posts deal with SharePoint strategy. MSDN
Positions
- Rod Ready to Switch ... Some good news for the RIM folks; Rod is fed up with Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. He's ready to switch to a RIM BlackBerry, although Mauricio has told him to hold out a bit longer. Rod Drury
Vendor Moves
- Google and XMPP Federation ... Google enabled federated instant messaging between its Google Talk Service and XMPP-based services and servers. This is a no-fee, standards-based interoperability alternative. GoogleTalk Blog
- More on NTP vs. RIM ... NTP said that its proposed injunction on the RIM BlackBerry service in the US will offer a 30 day grace period to enable customers to switch providers, and it also said that federal, state and local government users will be exempted from the injunction, something which RIM has said will be difficult to enable. Metronews
- Good for Lotus ... Good Technology will preview its GoodLink wireless email solution for Lotus Domino, next week at Lotusphere 2006. One of its senior executives will present on integrating mobile devices with Domino applications. Yahoo
- More on HP Halo ... NewsFactor discusses the HP Halo Collaboration Suite, the newest (and in my opinion, the best) video conferencing offering on the market. NewsFactor
- Netviewer one2one 3.1 ... Netviewer released Version 3.1 of one2one, its online meeting solution featuring secure desktop sharing, remote support, and web conferencing. There are a variety of new and updated features. Available immediately. SourceWire
- Oracle Patch Day ... Oracle released patches for 82 vulnerabilities, including a number in Oracle Collaboration Suite. eWeek
- Berbee Hosted Microsoft ... Berbee Information Networks Corporation released a number of hosted Microsoft offerings, including hosted Microsoft Exchange, hosted SharePoint, and hosted Mobility. The mobility service provides access to the user's hosted Exchange mailbox from a variety of devices, including Windows Mobile and BlackBerry. Available immediately. PRWeb
- EMC links with Google Desktop ... EMC Corporation added Google Desktop for Enterprise as an information source that can be queried from the EMC Documentum Content Integration Services product. prnewswire.com
- BlackBerry for Mac ... RIM announced a licensing agreement with Information Appliance Associates (IAA), for free access to RIM-to-Mac synchronization software. IAA's PocketMac for BlackBerry software provides desktop synchronization between OS X 10.4 applications, Microsoft Entourage, and RIM BlackBerry devices. RIM
Other Industry Happenings
- Messaging News Magazine ... The October 2005 edition of Messaging News has an article on insourcing vs. outsourcing of email, written by yours truly. This is my first contribution to the magazine. More to come; thanks to Stephanie and team for the opportunity. Messaging News (PDF) for the whole magazine, or "To Insource or Outsource" (HTML, article only)
- CMP Media Acquired MediaLive TMG ... CMP Media acquired the Technology Media Group of MediaLive, which includes the team preparing the Collaborative Technologies Conference. This will greatly expand MediaLive's reach. MediaLive
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