Online Collaboration
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Apple takes on Yahoo with .Mac takeover
News Company expands subscription service so Mac users don't have to look outside Apple for group communications.
Tags: Web sites, Instant messaging, Groupware, work flow software, Web services
Adobe buys Web word processor Buzzword
News Adobe Systems steps up plans to offer online collaboration with Web word processor and file-sharing service.
Tags: Groupware, work flow software, Office suites, Web services
Oracle introduces social networks to CRM
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News update Its new software offering lets businesses bring social networking and online collaboration into their CRM infrastructure.
Tags: Web 2.0, Customer resource management (CRM)
IBM takes on Google with LotusLive iNotes
News IBM's cloud-based email and calendar service is more than 10 percent cheaper than the rival Google Apps Premier.
Tags: Cloud computing, Google Inc., IBM Corp., Online Collaboration, contact management, Cloud computing, ZDNet, vice president, Google Apps, Google Gmail
IBM moves into social networking in the cloud
News LotusLive Engage aims to offer easy-to-use applications with high-security features so a company can get its employees working together outside its firewall.
Tags: Cloud computing, IBM Corp., Online Collaboration, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, collaboration business leader, Tool, LotusLive Engage, LotusLive Engage Tool, LotusLive Engage Suite, Cloud computing
Microsoft's cloud Office lands one million users
News One million customers have signed up to Microsoft's Office Live Workspace online collaboration tool, six months after its beta launch.
Tags: Business applications, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Online Collaboration, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Silicon.com, Microsoft Office
Cisco ruffles feathers with new collaboration tools
News Networking giant turns up the heat on partner Microsoft as it expands and enhances its suite of collaboration tools.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Web 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Tool, Video
Firewalls failing to keep generation Facebook in check
News Generation Y imposes challenges to network security at work, companies must find ways to keep the net generation staff happy while protecting enterprise data.
Tags: Data security, Data services, Firewalls, Content management, Authentication and encryption, Security, Datamonitor, Quocirca, Worker, Silicon.com
Google unleashes Wave on developers
News Google has announced a peer-to-peer-based collaboration platform called Wave, and is inviting developers to help create its underlying protocol.
Tags: Open source, Business applications, Conference, Google Inc., Spokesperson, Developer, API, IM, robot, network
Cloudy outlook sees Microsoft take Exchange, SharePoint online
News Microsoft's launch of its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) represents its latest assault on the cloud computing market.
Tags: Web services, Cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., business productivity, Cloud computing, Deskless Worker Suite, Worker, e-mail, Outage
Check out Project alternatives: Basecamp and QuickBase
Techguide Learn more about 37signals' Basecamp and Intuit's QuickBase, two highly-capable alternatives to Microsoft Project.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Microsoft Corp., Intuit QuickBase, 37Signals, Overkill, Basecamp, Microsoft Project, software, File-sharing
Cisco guns for Microsoft in collaboration market
News Cisco is adding new functions in its WebEx service that could threaten Microsoft's own business collaboration efforts.
Tags: Investments, Market research, Web services, Marketing communications, Web servers, Cisco Systems Inc., Google Inc., Service, e-mail, unified communications
iPhone gets more business apps
News Apple's eagerly anticipated handset continues to see more corporate functionality lined up for its U.K. release later this year.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
British minister hits snag in wiki experiment
News Wiki on environmental issue attracted "malicious" edits, says official, vowing other online collaborations.
Tags: Web sites, Web services
UK CIOs: All our apps will be in the cloud by 2013
News Business applications will increasingly head into the cloud as consumer technology filters through to business, according to U.K. CIOs.
Tags: Web services, Business applications, Cloud, Google Inc., CIO, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, software, Facebook, software-as-a-service, Internet
