Team Collaboration

• Parlano White Paper … Parlano released a new White Paper entitled “Moving Beyond the In-Box: Persistent Group Chat: An Approach for More Profitable Team Communications”. “Real-time collaboration is paramount to success and competitive advantage in today’s global market place. Group chat has moved out of the realm of consumer tools and has become an essential tool for enabling people and teams to more effectively communicate.” Registration required. Parlano (PDF, 14 pages, 517KB)
• Exchange Server 2007 Hosted Trial … Microsoft and Unisys released a 5-day free online trial of Exchange Server 2007, so interested parties can try out the various features. “Unisys is hosting the deployment of Exchange 2007, which will give users a look at its messaging, collaboration and voice features whether they are using a PC, a Web browser or a mobile phone.” Network World
• DreamFactory Links WebEx and Salesforce … DreamFactory released its Web Meeting Mashup, enabling users in Salesforce.com to initiate WebEx meeting, sales or training sessions. Available immediately, at no charge. ClickPress
• NetworkWorld’s List of 10 … NetworkWorld announced a list of “10 enterprise software companies to watch”. Not in ranked order they are Alfresco (open-source ECM), Coupa Software (open-source eprocurement), InvisibleCRM (a number of things, including sync for Salesforce.com for offline access), Kineticsware (extensions for Microsoft’s Dynamics ERP platform), LucidEra (BI), Panoratio (BI), TimeBridge (enhanced meeting scheduling, and definitely a favorite of mine), Varonis Systems (governance software), Vertica Systems (database management), and Workday (software-as-a-service ERP). Congrats to all. NetworkWorld
• Web 2.0 in the Enterprise … Video conversation between Dan Farber (ZDNet) and Ross Mayfield (Socialtext), Matthew Glotzbach (Google) and Satish Dharmaraj (Zimbra) on Web 2.0 in the enterprise. BNET (5 mins). ITNews and ComputerWorld UK have more.
• writewith … Unimedia Corp. released the beta of writewith, a Web-based collaborative editing service. Users upload documents or write directly into the browser pane, can share the document with others, can edit together, and can view a comprehensive history for each document. writewith.com
• Box.net Box Widget … Box.net released the Box Widget, a way of sharing documents and files stored in Box.net on any website or blog. You need to have a Box.net Professional account to use it. Box.net

Productivity

• Paper Planners and Pens … Six reasons why paper and pen is better for to do lists. WebWorkerDaily
• Be On Time … Stuart reflects on the on-time habits of successful people. “Successful people understand that time is a valuable commodity and they are driven to maximize every possible second to their advantage. You can see it everywhere you go, they are the types that have their laptops on and being productive while they wait for their flights, they hire the right people to take time consuming tasks off their plates to free them up to invest their time where it is needed the most and they also maximize every possible second for productive tasks.” He notes the basic principles of valuing time in business. Connect IT News