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ZoomCall Pro Video Phone 5.5.1 (Windows)

Easy-to-use videoconferencing software that works with most personal computers and web cameras. Its advanced network support allows connections when both users are behind a firewall and even works through HTTPS and SOCKS proxies. The software provides superior videoconferencing quality and provides a noise reduction feature for noisy USB cameras. It...

Tags: Video Conferencing, Microsoft Windows, Videophone, Visicron Systems, Data Collaboration Functionality, Tools & Techniques, Collaboration, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-07

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Salesforce Chatter: Facebook for the Enterprise

Salesforce is announcing today a Salesforce Chatter, an enteprise collaboration application akin to Facebook. The move puts SalesForce in competition with offerings from other providers, including IBM Lotus. Here's what's being delivered. Features: Profiles: Just like profiles on popular consumer-oriented social networking sites, Salesforce Chatter profiles include...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Platform, App, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Google: Firms can get rid of Office in a year

In other words, Google Appsare still at that 1 to 2 percent mark.Good Riddance!It won't be missed.Man, so true, MS Office is a big hairball of baroque features to format for8.5x11. MS Office will be on a downward slide from here on out.In terms of what is need for the...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Microsoft Uses Sync Framework to Create New Collaboration Solution

As Microsoft, the world leader in software for personal and business computing, prepared the next version of its Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications it wanted to combine the functionality of two of its most popular collaboration tools: Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft Groove. The company's development teams, however, faced...

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

Case studies 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

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

The 2010 Productivity Tool Bonanza - Microsoft, Google, Zoho & Open Standards

On the eve of what looks to be a major Microsoft productivity products year in 2010 with the Windows 7 operating system, Exchange 2010, Office 2010, MOSS/SharePoint 2010 and Azure it's interesting to look at how the market for these products serve has changed. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Open Standard, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Shouldn’t services firms have their own ERP?

I caught up this week with Morris Panner, CEO of OpenAir now part of NetSuite. One aspect of our wide-ranging conversation concerned the continuing evolution of businesses, the economy, etc. towards a greater services orientation. Drawing on that, we discussed how services firms need their own version of ERP. ...

Tags: Staffing, ERP, Services Firm, Service Firm, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-25

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

More on Microsoft Project 2010

The Completeness of the PPM Solution Grows (More from the Project Conference 2009 in Phoenix) As the demonstrations of Project 2010 continue, I noted the following: 1) Microsoft has added a lot of functionality in its Resource Management and Time Entry...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Capability, Collaboration, Content Management, Groupware, Microsoft Project, Team Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-16

SAP's Schwarz & Sikka: The Road to More Agile Business Performance

Last week I had the opportunity to spend time with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka and separately SAP executive board member John Schwarz, and I've been ruminating on our conversations a lot since those meetings. Fortunately I was part of a group of bloggers who have been following SAP closely, and...

Tags: Performance, SAP AG, Financial Planning, Change Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Finance, Tools & Techniques, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Where's the tipping point for on-demand ERP?

NetSuite delivered a solid quarter, indicated it was gaining traction with its OneWorld ERP suite and took a few jabs at SAP's Business By Design. The larger question: Where's the tipping point for on-demand ERP? That question was raised by JMP Securities analyst Patrick Walravens. The tipping...

Tags: Revenue, On-demand, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, ERP, Business, Design, McGeever, Managed Hosting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Web Squared: Web 2.0's Successor?

Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discussed their vision and nomenclature for the next iteration of the web in a webinar last Thursday: I believe the recording will be available online sometime this week, slides are above. With the term 'Web 2.0' enjoying its fifth birthday...

Tags: Web, ISBN, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-28

Enterprise 2.0 conference impressions

I'm in seat 14c on a Virgin America flight back from Boston to San Francisco after an exhilarating Enterprise 2.0 Conference. There's a lot of similarities between this airline and the Enterprise 2.0 movement. The plane has wifi and a good modern user experience but essentially...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Collaboration Environment, Sharepoint Plan, Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Enterprise 2.0 Conference: Let's Focus on Business Value

I'm in a drizzly, blustery Boston Massachusetts on the eve of this year's Enterprise 2.0 conference. Where last year the conference weather was hot and humid, and the economy still pretty overheated, the weather this year fits the economic cycle pretty well. Enterprise 2.0 was not well...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-21

Opera 'reinvents the Web'; Will anyone notice?

Opera 'reinvents the Web'; Will anyone notice?Agreed and what about security?Thats avery interesting point. I checked in a couple of other places. They are indeed going to put a lite web server inside the browser.This will not go down well with the ISPs.Apart from ISP TOS another thing I am...

Tags: Opera Software ASA, Opera Unite, server, Web, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

News to know: Windows 7; Google; Vizio; Treknology; Green tech

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy Sean Portnoy: Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Green Technology, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Google Secure Data Connector Powers Oracle Gadgets

Oracle are announcing the ability to drill down into sensitive behind-the-firewall data via gadgets securely embedded in Google Sites web pages powered by Google Secure Data Connectors GSDC. If that last sentence was a mouthful, think of it this way: where we rely...

Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), VPNs, Enterprise Software, Security, Marketing, Software, Networking, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Is there an open source alternative to Microsoft Outlook?

Is there an open source alternative to Microsoft Outlook?Do you mean in Windows?Because in KDE you have Kontact, and in Gnome you have Evolution. You could try googling to see if either of those have decent Windows ports. You'd probably have better luck finding one for Evolution.RE: Is there an...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Kontact, open source alternative, Mozilla Thunderbird, open source, GNOME, KDE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-07