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IBM launches first Linux-OpenOffice desktop with virtualization features

IBM has added a Linux desktop with new virtualization capabilities to its portfolio. The Virtual Desktop, which bundles Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux, Virtual Bridges’ KVM-based desktop virtualization software and IBM’s Open Collaboration Client Solution, is available now, Big Blue announced on Thursday. None of the...

Tags: IBM Corp., Virtual Bridges, IBM Lotus Symphony, Linux, Virtualization, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-12-04

IBM Symphony falls on deaf ears without open source e-mail, calendar

IBM's debut of its homegrown open source version of OpenOffice without e-mail or collaboration features is not surprising but nevertheless disappointing. On the one hand, Big Blue's recent endorsement and support and services plan for OpenOffice -- an acknowledgement of the obsolescence of SmartSuite and Workplace...

Tags: Collaboration, Microsoft Office, IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, IBM Corp., IBM Lotus Symphony, OpenOffice, Open Source, Groupware, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-09-18

Will IBM's Lotus Symphony succeed where other Office killers haven't?

Will IBM's Lotus Symphony succeed where other Office killers haven't?The measure of IBM's interest...... will be the amount of money the company decides to spend on marketing. A $100 million budget would indicate one level of interest. Tossing in the product in order to gain a contract would...

Tags: IBM Corp., IBM Lotus Symphony, Office-killer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Will IBM's Lotus Symphony succeed where other Office killers haven't?

IBM's September 18 unveiling of its IBM Lotus Symphony desktop-productivity suite -- yet another Open Document Format ODF alternative to Microsoft Office -- got me thinking about when and whether too many choices yield confusion. IBM Lotus Symphony is another OpenOffice.org variant. It is free and available...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., StarOffice, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., IBM Lotus Symphony, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-09-18

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Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?

Windows 7 looks like a genuinely good OS. Reasonable system requirements, high levels of usability and stability...What's not to like? Well, the price, of course. Volume educational licensing runs around $70 a seat for Windows 7 Professional upgrades. Then there's the actual upgrade process. Major rollouts...

Tags: Ubuntu, IBM Corp., Ubuntu 9.10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Roi/Tco, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-21

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

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

Good newsWhile I'm not a big fan of IBM due to the usual cost associated with their offerings, I like their products overall and the fact that IBM is one of if not the largest proponent of open source software. I've used Lotus Notes and found it not as...

Tags: cloud computing, E-mail servers, pricing strategy, Premier Edition, Louts Notes, Google Inc., Google Apps, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Lotus Symphony 1.3 (Mac)

The IBM Lotus Symphony suite--which is available at no charge--can help you take back control of your IT budget while giving most users the tools they need to excel at their jobs. Designed to handle the tasks that most people perform in a professional setting, IBM Lotus Symphony tools enable...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, OpenDocument Format, Spreadsheet, IBM Corp., OpenDocument Format (ODF), Productivity, Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2009-08-20

IBM expects Linux to make money

IBM expects Linux to make moneyFuture is Linux devices, appliances & distro'sLinux is modular and it is the future platform it already powers the Internet, the future will be smart appliances not huge monolithic closed source dinosaur operating systems such as 'Windows'...;) A smartphone-like app storeDesktop Linux REALLY needs a...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Canonical/Ubuntu, Linux, IBM Corp., OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Can your business work smarter?

Today, productivity is at a premium and IT budgets are at a minimum. Work smarter with IBM Lotus Symphony - a suite of applications for creating, editing, and sharing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations - available at no charge.

Tags: IBM Corp., Productivity

Resource centers 2009-06-03

Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclear

Since the Oracle acquisition of Sun, there’s been no official word yet on the road map for Star Office. Oracle says it’s vision is to deliver an integrated system from applications to disk, ostensibly a commitment to an OpenOffice.org productivity suite. Yet, that’s not a foregone conclusion. Star Office was just...

Tags: Desktop, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Sheri McLeish

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Standardizing Office Suites @ PAE Limited

Premier Auto Electric PAE Limited is a marketing and distribution company dealing in lead acid storage batteries, power backup systems and automotive parts. PAE wanted to standardize on a specific industry-standard office suite that would enable them to create complex documents, spreadsheets and presentation software. The office suite had to...

Tags: Office Suites, IBM Corp., Premier Auto Electric, Symphony, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Backups, Emerging Technologies

Case studies 2009-04-28

Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?

Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?Lotus SymphonyWhat about Lotus Symphony? It's multiplatform, free and based in OpenOffice. Altough I'm a happy MS Office 2007 user and haven't used Symphony, it looks like an option in case OO "dies". http://symphony.lotus.comRE: Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?Sun and Oracle...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

More on Sun vs. IBM

More on Sun vs. IBMRip Sun's head off and suck it's guts out!If this goes ahead It will be interesting to see what IBM retains. Adding SPARC to its x86/64 & POWER line up is not really viable. I was sorry when HP axed Alpha for sucky Itanic. Thanks Carly!...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sales force management, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Free and freer: Lotus Symphony could be your unsung hero

Free and freer: Lotus Symphony could be your unsung heroWhat is Lotus Thinking?The awkward Lotus Symphony is no improvement over other word processors or spreadsheet programs. In fact, its word processor is several steps backwards from the incredibly easy-to-use and productive Lotus Word Pro which, frankly, I still use despite...

Tags: Word processors, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Word Pro, Lotus Symphony, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

Free and freer: Lotus Symphony could be your unsung hero

Everyone knows that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Or is it? With its free productivity tools suite Symphony, IBM/Lotus is looking to shake things up a bit, putting even greater pressure on Microsoft's Office margin and besting Google and Zoho as the lowest-cost alternative....

Tags: Google Inc., IBM Corp., Lotus Symphony, Change Management, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management, Office Suites, Software, Sheri McLeish

Blog posts 2009-01-27

WebEx goes mobile on iPhone; Notes 8.5 ships on Macs

MacWorld held two important announcements for collaboration professionals, especially those interested in multidevice future: 1. Lotus announced that Notes 8.5 is shipping on Macintoshes, specifically on the new Leopard version of OS X. And its open source office productivity suite, Symphony will be available in a few...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, WebEx Communications Inc., Collaboration, Mobile, IBM Lotus Notes, Cisco Systems Inc., WebEx Meeting Center, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Ted Schadler

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Enabling Long Standing Partnerships @ JILIT

To generate reports and release IT documents specific to Jaypee Group's various businesses, JILIT used an office productivity suite. Over time, however, this productivity suite posed a challenge: while the creation of IT documents required simple data entry skills, the cost of upgrading and maintaining the suite was exorbitant. They...

Tags: Partnership, Data Entry, IBM Corp., Business Structures, Finance

Case studies 2009-01-02

When I am wrong you let me know

When I am wrong you let me knowI prefer: "All over it like flies on cow chips"ntIt's actually too badthat Symphony is not simply an updated Lotus Symphony, which I used, and found to be quite good. I often wonder why good code is left to languish, while not at...

Tags: Sales force management, Symphony, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

IBM Linux-OpenOffice Desktop offering - history repeating

IBM Linux-OpenOffice Desktop offering - history repeatingOS/2 was the best OS...ever written at the time. It would still compete with anything MS has ever written. It was fast and you couldn't crash it. Even if you tried.You mention XP has its limitations. What are they?If anybody is planning on encroaching...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, desktop, IBM Corp., Linux, distro

Discussion threads 2008-12-09