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Investment Bank Boosts Collaboration, Document Management, Enterprise Search

As Piper Jaffray grew, so did its need for more effective collaboration, information sharing, and enterprise search capabilities in order to support its international workforce and business operations. The company worked with Inetium, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, to adopt a new collaboration and search solution based on Microsoft Office...

Tags: Bank, Enterprise Search, Document Management, Investment, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration Site, Enterprise Search Result, Cloud Computing, Search, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-06-01

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Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

As Microsoft gets set to launch Windows 7,  Linux desktop vendors are trying to make some waves. Yesterday, IBM and Canonical announced availability of a cloud and Linux-based business desktop alternative for existing PCs or low cost netbooks. The IBM Client for Smart Work...

Tags: Ubuntu, Fedora Project, SuSE, IBM Corp., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, E-mail, Web Browsers, Software, Online Communications, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-21

SharePoint 2010 Vegas First Impressions

Kirk J Koenigsbauer • Microsoft Trying to write a blogpost about the SharePoint 2010 announcements today here in Las Vegas is like trying to summarize Microsoft in a few paragraphs. SharePoint, the fastest growing product in the company's history, is also arguably the...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-19

What makes Microsoft's SharePoint tick?

Make a post explaining what SharePoint is...As you said, it is a complex product. I remember when Lotus Notes came out, it was difficult to pin it to a traditional category - what IS it? SharePoint may have some of the same issues of perception.What is SharePoint:There are 2 SharePoint?s,...

Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Please, someone build a better Wave!

"Wave" isn't just a Google thing, it's an open protocol that anyone can build upon and implement. Google isn't known for good design they have little kids draw logos for them. The direct result of that fact is an ugly user interaction on...

Tags: Google Inc., Wiki, Team Management, Online Communications, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Google Wave: The Microsoft Bob of the New Millennium

Google Wave, the new and highly anticipated workflow/group collaboration mashup web application which is in limited alpha test has left me underwhelmed. Over the weekend I became one of the lucky few to receive a Google Wave invite. I was excited, overjoyed, and...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Google Wave, Collaboration, Wiki, Groupware, E-mail, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-14

The state of US workforce technology adoption

Did you know that among US information workers that: 35% use laptops and 76% use desktop computers? Only 11% use smartphones? 57% are optimistic about technology, but 43% are pessimistic? We know because we surveyed 2,001 US information workers that use computers...

Tags: Team, Collaboration, Smart Phone, Information Worker, Tool, Workforce, Gen-Y Employee, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Productivity, E-mail, Knowledge Management, Human Resources, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Ted Schadler

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Practical guide to really making wikis work in the classroom

I stumbled across a great article this morning on the use of wikis in school. As Ruth Reynard points out in The Journal, ...the technology itself does not develop the skill, nor is it the teacher; the technology is only a tool, and teachers must...

Tags: Teacher, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Driving Enterprise Software Financial & Business Value

While my day job is very much designing social business design with my colleagues at the Dachis Group, today we're announcing a loose federation of experts we've named 'enterprise advocates'. The intent, as outlined on the site, is to be advocates for the...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-06

IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability

IBM is going after Google Apps Premier hard and has the pricing to show it's serious. Big Blue is announcing the general availability of LotusLive iNotes, a cloud email, calendar and contact management service, for $36 a year per user. Google Apps Premier runs $50 per user a year. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Pricing Strategy, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, Pricing, Manufacturing, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-02

Scientists replicate the physics of a stellar jet in laboratory

Astronomers will tell you that among the most beautiful structures observed in the Universe are the intricate jets of matter speeding away from accreting stars, such as young proto-stars and stellar mass black holes. But they have a hard time explaining it. A pair of professors the University of Rochester...

Tags: Jet, Magnetic Field, Team Management, Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?

Lets's see, what's the most appealing......the cloud solution that has a fully integrated desktop suite that matches it or the one that doesn't?In other words your headline is the wrong way round.RE: Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?Nice job with the headline that get's...

Tags: cloud computing, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Apps, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Office, Web application

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Spigit Curbs Sharepoint Waste

How many Sharepoint sites did your company start in the past year? Now, how many are actively being used? If you're organization is like many, Sharepoint adoption isn't the same as Sharepoint usage. In a new study by Infotrends Inc. a market consultancy, researchers found that...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Spigit, SAAS Software, Spigit Software, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Web conferencing blues

Cynocast may be a solution in some casesHiI recently checked out cynocast (see http://www.cynocast.com/).No software is installed. It uses a quite ingenious flash operation to run their software in up 10,000 participants browsers.This is their claim (copied from their web site:[i]"CynoCast is end to end 100% Flash technology. It runs...

Tags: Channel management, Tools & Techniques, Web conferencing, Grouputer, Web

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Moderated Knowledge Sharing Bases

There's so much going on in the cloud world you need air traffic control to figure out what solutions to your problems are safe to bring to earth and put to work. The instant gratification world of cloud - select solution> apply credit card to...

Tags: Collaboration, Knowledge, Knowledge Base, MindTouch Collaborative Knowledge Base, Wiki, Strategy, Networking, Online Communications, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-09

What's Missing from Shoretel's Skype-for-SIP Deal

Skype just announced that Shoretel became the first vendor to achieve Skype-for-SIP interoperability. The move will allow Skype clients to function as end nodes on a Shoretel PBX. While significant, the deal misses out on some key capabilities much desired by Shoretel customers. Skype-for-SIP was the SIP...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., ShoreTel, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), VOIP, Telephony, Emerging Technologies, Telecommunications, Networking, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Building Portals and Managing Content with Microsoft SharePoint 2007

View Available Dates and LocationsIn this course, you will learn how to build portals, manage web content, and streamline your business processes using SharePoint 2007. You will gain an understanding of the standard Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 MOSS collaboration portal features, including collaboration portals, user profiles,...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Portals, Content Management, Groupware, Collaboration, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software

Training 2009-09-01

Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000

The Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000 is a compact and simple Wireless-N router with a friendly price of just around $70. The router offers decent throughput speeds and excellent range, and it's also the first router from Netgear to come with a free, comprehensive Web-based Web-filtering tool. Missing are some extras,...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Missing, router, Netgear Inc., Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000

Product reviews 2009-08-20

Designers build portfolios, maybe land jobs at 99 Designs

Culture of cheap cr@p...at least one designer landed a few bucks for his work and 3) other designers have another design for the portfolio.It's exploitation as far as I'm concerned. Graphic design ... at least good graphic design ... is not a hobby some kid does when he runs out...

Tags: Desktop publishing, Branding, job

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Fortune 500 Series: How EMC used social media to recruit, re-brand, rebuild

EMC can best be described as an entity. Not only in the Fortune 500, the infrastructure information provider was recognized by Fortune as one of the 10 most admired companies for product and service quality. This success didn't come easy to the giant, which needed to significantly rebuild its business...

Tags: Social Networking, Brand, Social Media, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-08-11