ZDNet Resources
- ePals provides safe student Collaboration tools
- Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with Ed Fish, CEO of ePals Corporation. I first heard about ePals through Intel, who recently announced that they would provide hooks to ePals' services on their Classmate PCs. While it's easy to describe ePals as "the world's largest social network...
- Tags: Collaboration, Mr., Collaboration Tool, Classroom, Teacher, Tool, ePals, Productivity, Social Networking, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Spicebird (4)
- Spicebird is an free and open source collaboration client from Synovel. Spicebird simplifies communication for users by providing integrated access to the various tools of collaboration in a single application. It provides easy access to various Web services while users can retain all the advantages of a desktop application. It...
- Tags: Collaboration, Synovel, Spicebird, Groupware, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-04-28
- The new Collaboration: Enabling innovation, changing the workplace
- While companies see the value of innovation, they frequently fail to put the right tools in place to support those goals. The new collaboration will be built on technologies that enable easy knowledge sharing outside the firewall.Read this white paper to find how to collaborate and utilise these technologies
- Tags: Innovation, Workplace, Collaboration, IBM Corp., Leadership, Groupware, Strategy, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-04-23
- The problem with Forrester's $4.6 billion prediction
- Forrester has released a report indicating that Enterprise 2.0 spending will reach $4.6 billion by 2013. ( I would offer a link but the one I have is broken.) I'm uncomfortable with the report though it hints at some interesting developments. Any prediction is based upon the...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Forrester Research Inc., Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- SocialText moves the Collaboration goalposts
- SocialText moves the collaboration goalpostsSocialText *IS* onto something... WIKIS work!Not that this Google Trend is "proof" or anything but it certainly helps support a theory that I have that wikis are culturally more signficant and potentially far more powerful than e-mail. http://www.google.com/trends?q=wiki%2C+email&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0It's the awakening/acknowledgement of the hive mind,...
- Tags: Wiki, Socialtext, goalpost, collaboration
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- SocialText moves the Collaboration goalposts
- I caught up with Ross Mayfield, president of SocialText today to discuss its new products, SocialText Dashboard and SocialText People. Ross believes that wikis are the foundation for collaboration within the enterprise and that Dashboard and People represent the next iteration in the way people will...
- Tags: Collaboration, Socialtext, Ross, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Wiki, Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media
- The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social mediaMaybe the root problem is......The seemingly total inability to spell or proof read? This blog is unreadable on its face (apart from the blather of whatever the argument might be) -- "argingerging," "ligs anogs," "chaineasinleasing hhuge," "Onoblem. Onlat can retrocan." Is this insider...
- Tags: poverty, social media, Enterprise 2.0, collaboration, incoherence, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
- Cisco shows off collaborative whiteboarding
- At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Las Vegas, Guido Jouret, chief technology officer of Cisco's Emerging Markets Technology Group, demonstrates how two people will one day be able to collaborate on a whiteboard simultaneously though they are a far distance apart.
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Collaboration
- Videos 2008-04-09
- Jive Clearspace 2.0: a clear improvement
- Jive Software is releasing version 2.0 of its Clearspace collaboration software today along with the announcement that is has acquired Jotlet, a calendaring service. While others don't see a lot of innovation in this version of Clearspace, that belies understanding what is regarded as innovative by the...
- Tags: Collaboration, IBM Corp., Integration, Jive Software, Jotlet Acquisition, Groupware, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Outlook, Productivity, Document Management, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Office Suites, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- Yakkle (jnlp)
- Yakkle is a free collaboration application for Windows that lets you chat, share files, have VoIP conferences, and desktop share. Integrated with Google contacts and gmail, with Yakkle you're one click away from instant collaborating with co-workers and friends. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Collaboration, Zenviva, Yakkle, Groupware, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems
- Software downloads 2008-03-28
- Nuospace: enterprise Collaboration for the rest of us
- Brightside Software recently launched Nuospace, an on-demand collaboration tool that claims to overcome the adoption problem by making the UI really simple. When I tried it, my initial reaction was one of alarm. When you first fire up the service there is almost nothing to see yet click around and...
- Tags: Collaboration, Blog, Service, Wiki, Blogging, Groupware, Online Communications, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Australian Tax Office CIO: Bill Gibson
- Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax Office, talks to ZDNet Australia about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together. He also discusses new collaboration technologies he's exploring within his organization, such...
- Tags: CIO, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Google's app war vs Microsoft: About to ramp?
- The rumblings about Google's plans to give Microsoft a run for its money in the enterprise are revving up. Robert Scoble has a post kicking around an interesting idea. Could Google do an offline version of Gmail that would compete with Exchange? It's quite possible. And it...
- Tags: Google Inc., Collaboration, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- The end of software...
- The end of software...Mike Krigman's words made me gasp - sorta...Do you have any idea of how many times I have heard "But he's [i]just[/i] technical." when I tried to convince somebody in the "decision-making culture of the business" to do something better - or at least not do something...
- Tags: Groupware, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft SharePoint, information technology, software, Web 2.0, ConnectBeam, collaboration
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Collaboration and information: Using the web to stay competitive and improve efficiency
- Emerging Web-based platforms are creating real change for service provision and communication. Now - more than ever before IT managers are required to understand a broad range of communication channels and associated information formats.Read this white paper to see which communication platforms will move from niche technologies to strategic technologies...
- Tags: Web, Collaboration, Technology, IBM Corp., Channel Management, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2008-03-03
- ConGES Consulting Embeds Security, Scalability, and Performance Into Real-Time Collaboration for Utilities
- Multi-utility consultancy ConGES develops turnkey mobile solutions that enable field engineers working for regional energy and water providers to capture orders, measure consumption, and monitor assets using PDAs or laptops. ConGES wanted to guarantee rapid, automatic, bidirectional rules-based data synchronization between field engineers and back-office staff and eliminate risk of...
- Tags: Security, Collaboration, Oracle Corp., Performance, Mobile, Scalability, Oracle Database, ConGES Consulting, Asset Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Google Sites: A Sharepoint Killer?
- The Google redesigned Jotspot Wiki, dubbed Google Sites, is being looked as a Sharepoint "killer". With Sites, Google would like to think that Google Apps is ready take on Office and the rest of Microsoft suite, but is it? Matthew Glotzbach, Google's Management Director of Enterprise, called...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Collaboration, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., TechMeme, Google Sites, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Top 5 Advantages of Using Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2007 and SharePoint Services
- With business decisions resting on accurate, up-to-date information, organizations are recognizing the need for a comprehensive messaging and collaboration solution that keeps everyone in sync - an application that enables team members to effectively share information and quickly respond to others. That's why businesses of all sizes are evaluating full-featured,...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services, Collaboration, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., USA.NET, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-02-21
- IBM on Corporate Social Responsibility: Collaboration, Integration and NGO Foot Soldiers
- Corporate responsibility at IBM is a class act so high expectations then when the IBM Institute for Business Value this week came out with a piece on CSR: Attaining sustainable growth through corporate social responsibility. Dazzling stuff but one or two clangers as well. IBM...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Collaboration, Revolution, Business, IBM Corp., Integration, NGO, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-02-16
- United Nations Agency Boosts Collaboration, Extends Knowledge Base With Portal Solution
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is pledged to help cut poverty in half by 2015. To help achieve this important strategic goal, it needed to improve collaboration among its country offices in Asia Pacific. The agency relied primarily on e-mail messages for communication between offices, and network storage for...
- Tags: Collaboration, Knowledge, Microsoft Corp., Portal, Knowledge Base, United Nations Development Programme, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-02-13
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