Positions
- Mike on Blogging and KM ... Mike Riversdale, a KM specialist the Christchurch City Council (down here in New Zealand) spoke yesterday (at the NZKM Seminar in Christchurch) about the role of blogs in knowledge management. Key take-aways that aren't necessarily in Mike's notes: (1) blogging expands knowledge because it forces the author to learn, to explore, and to re-evaluate their positions based on feedback/comments; (2) the Christchurch City Council is introducing blogging technology within its walls, but is shying away from the "blog" name ... the preference being to make the technology invisible to the process/business area; and (3) the internal blogging pilot is a possible precursor to a much wider use of externally-facing blogs for community engagement. Mike's Blog
- Overview of Collaboration Market ... A review of the market opportunity for collaboration software, along with some thoughts on current status of vendors. ComputerWeekly
Vendor Moves
- AOL and WebEx ... AOL and WebEx have partnered for an enterprise instant messaging offering. The combined offering will feature online conferencing, collaboration, desktop sharing, and other services, and will be offered in two flavors (Pro and Enterprise). Pricing not yet announced. InformationWeek, ComputerWorld, ENN and CRN. Irwin Lazar has some thoughts.
- CMiC I/O Project Management at Granger ... Granger Construction Company's use of CMiC's I/O enterprise and project management collaboration software will be showcased at a conference on March 20. Specifically, the use of mobile and wireless devices to update the project status will be discussed. prnewswire.com
- TeamDirection Says "Yes" to Groove 2007 ... Groove 3.x came in three flavors, the most pricey being the "Project Edition" which bundled project management software from third-party TeamDirection. Groove 2007 will not offer a "Project Edition", but TeamDirection confirmed that it will continue to offer project productivity tools for the new edition, and also will continue to support existing customers. TeamDirection
- Gordano and Teligent ... Gordano announced an agreement with Teligent AB of Sweden, a solutions provider to carriers and service providers, for the use of Gordano's Messaging Suite for Internet messaging infrastructure and applications. A wireless carrier in Southeast Asia is almost ready to go live with the combined offering. Gordano
Other Industry Happenings
- ODPM Migrates from Novell to Microsoft ... The UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is migrating from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange Server. ComputerWeekly
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