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Why You Want WebEx Connect or Beehive

Why You Want WebEx Connect or BeehiveWonder of wondersIt's even platform-agnostic.What about Adobe Connect?I've used both Adobe Connect formerly Macromedia Breeze and WebEx and there is no comparison. Adobe Connect is enterprise level online conferencing with screen sharing, presentations, whiteboarding, file sharing, and much more. Further, you only need Flash...

Tags: Java development tools, Enterprise software, Adobe Connect, Adobe Systems Inc., WebEx Communications Inc., WebEx Connect, BEA Beehive

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Why You Want WebEx Connect or Beehive

First there was Notes and then Exchange. This week the collaboration suite space got a lot more competitive with both Cisco and Oracle introducing new collaboration suites.  This morning Cisco will announce WebEx Connect as part of a broader Unified Communications push that also...

Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., IBM Lotus Notes, BEA Beehive, Cisco Systems Inc., Exchange, WebEx Connect, Groupware, Collaboration, Java Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-09-24

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Mindjet takes on Cisco with Catalyst

Mindjet has released a new product called Catalyst that hopes to take the notion of the whiteboard into the digital realm but with a lot more bells and whistles. In doing so they are making a direct play against the like of Cisco's WebEx with aggressive...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Collaboration, Dennis Howlett, Enterprise Software, Groupware, Mindjet, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Cisco Live! - CEO Chambers on Collaboration Business Value

The above video clips from my handheld Flip are from John Chambers Cisco Live! keynote address today and are specifically two edits about Cisco's strategic perspective on collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. In the second edit Chambers talks about Cisco's business architectural re-engineering...

Tags: Web, Collaboration, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Virtual seminars

I'm often invited to share the details of some supplier's web seminars. Here's an exerpt from the most recent example: <please note that this is an exact copy of portions of the message> Hi Dan, This is something very very exciting and interesting that came my...

Tags: Seminar, Blog, Blogging, Productivity, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Unleashing the Power of Real-Time Collaboration: Security Overview of Cisco WebEx Solutions

Enabling real-time collaboration to connect global employees and virtual teams is a growing trend among organizations seeking a competitive advantage. Worldwide, a large and growing number of businesses and government agencies rely on Cisco WebEx Software-as a-Service SaaS solutions to streamline business processes for sales, marketing, training, project management, and...

Tags: Security, WebEx Communications Inc., Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc.

White papers 2009-04-22

News to know: IBM-Sun; RIM, Web 2.0; CTIA; Facebook; iPhone

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. Larry Dignan: IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting Sam Diaz: RIM delivers solid Q4 on BlackBerry...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, CTIA, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Cisco's flip kick into video authoring: It's the bits, folks

It wasn't a surprise to see networking expansionist Cisco buying Flip, the popular video camcorder (though the price tag was steep especially given Cisco's recent stock decline). The logic is simple: Cisco sells networking gear. It needs customers to want to buy more gear. Video...

Tags: Video Authoring, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Flip, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ted Schadler

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Will Cisco and AT&amp;T Go Mano-a-Mano in 2009?

What’s in store in 2009 for Cisco?  Can you say s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s. Just put yourself in John Chambers’ shoes. You’re looking for ways to grow the company, ways that will appeal to you and me even in 2009, the year of cost cutting.  Network...

Tags: Unified Communications, AT&T Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Chances, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Nortel’s Loss, Good News for the Enterprise

As I was reading about Nortel’s rerun today, I was thinking that there might be a silver-lining in all of this for enterprise folk.  The bad news, of course, was Nortel’s $3.4 billion loss reported for the third quarter, its worst loss since 2001....

Tags: R&D, Nortel Networks Corp., Gowan, Research & Development, Business Operations, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-11-10

IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx

IBM will announce Monday that it is launching a beta of "Bluehouse," a social networking and collaboration service designed to link businesses with various partners. The move, part of a broader effort to define IBM's cloud computing strategy, will put it in direct competition with Cisco's collaboration...

Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Collaboration, Beta, Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Cisco's Stepping Up To Collaboration As Business Transformation

Following on the recent analyses  by my colleague Rob Koplowitz on Cisco's Jabber and PostPath acquisitions, here are some additional things that Information and Knowledge Management Professionals should tune into regarding Cisco as the new collaboration kid on the block: First, Cisco is building a meeting-centric workspace...

Tags: Team, Cisco Systems Inc., B2B, Team Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Ted Schadler

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Cisco unveils collaboration lineup; Enterprise 2.0 on the move?

Cisco on Wednesday rolled out its collaboration portfolio as it targets the enterprise market--and notably the Microsoft SharePoint juggernaut. At least Cisco isn't alone--Oracle earlier this week unveiled Beehive, which is another collaboration effort. Oracle wouldn't say that Beehive is a direct competitor to SharePoint, but it...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?

Cisco on Wednesday bought email and calendar software maker PostPath for $215 million in a move that may signal bigger plans for WebEx. Simply put, Cisco and Microsoft are increasingly on a software collision course. Cisco said its latest acquisition will be used to "enhance the existing...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, WebEx Communications Inc., Microsoft Office, Cisco Systems Inc., PostPath, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

South Florida Call Center Increases First Call Resolution by 70 Percent Using Appliance-Based Remote Desktop Support Solution

WechTECH deals with everything from corrupt drivers and application errors to faulty server connections and Active Directory issues. With six help desk representatives supporting clients across South Florida and other areas, WechTECH cannot afford to send personnel to a client's location every time a technical issue occurs. The need to...

Tags: Desktop, Remote Desktop, Thomson First Call, Client, Bomgar, Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations

Case studies 2008-08-20

Scaling the cloud, deflating the price of software

After a week of intensive usage last December getting his company's application to run against Amazon's SimpleDB cloud database, DreamFactory founder and CTO Bill Appleton wondered how big a bill he'd run up. To his amazement, what had seemed like a week's heavy usage had cost just a few cents....

Tags: Software, Database, On-demand, Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, DreamFactory, Bill Appleton, Pricing, Cloud Computing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Adobe merging desktop and web with Acrobat 9 and Acrobat.com

We made a few announcements today around our Acrobat 9 product and a new portal called Acrobat.com which is aimed at helping people work better. I think it's significant because as a company we've released web-based applications like Photoshop Express and Buzzword but Acrobat.com represents something of a combination between...

Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat.com, Linux, Web Conferencing, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-06-02

Breaking away from ERP as bookkeeping

Most traditional business software revolves around transactions â€" the movements recorded in purchase orders, stock movements, bills of materials, invoices, journals and every other document that has evolved to record business operations over the past several centuries. But this is a roundabout way of representing reality that has evolved through...

Tags: Asset, Payroll, ERP, Procurement, Workday, Operational Accounting, Purchasing & Procurement, Asset Management, Finance, Business Operations, Operational Planning, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Veodia ups the video ante

Veodia, a two year old, venture backed narrowcast video play has taken a further step forward in helping proliferate its technology with the release of a Flash based widget that uses the MPEG-4/h.264 standard. The widget allows organizations to distribute channel based content direct into individual websites or to MPEG-4...

Tags: Video, Service, Veodia, Widget, Corporate Communications, Harassment, Pricing, Web Site Development, Marketing, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Internet, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-18

WebEx PCNow 4 (Windows)

Access your PC remotely from anywhere and get to your files, programs, e-mail, and network resources at home, work, or school. Travel anywhere or telecommute and have full access to your computer. All you need to connect is a computer with Internet access and a Web browser. PCNow automatically handles...

Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows, Computer, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-01-31