Team Collaboration

• ThoughtSlinger Beta … ThoughtSlinger released Thoughtslinger, a collaborative text editor for Windows. It supports multiple people authoring and editing a document simultaneously, change tracking, revision acceptance/rejection by the document owner, and support for limiting editing access to certain parts of the document. Available immediately.ThoughtSlinger
• Kerio MailServer 6.4 … Kerio Technologies released Version 6.4 of Kerio MailServer, its email and calendaring server for the SMB market. New features include support for wireless devices from RIM, Nokia and Palm, offering wireless email, calendaring and contact management capabilities. Support for Outlook 2007 is added, as is the ability for users to synchronize Address Book (contacts) and iCal (calendar) with Kerio MailServer. Available immediately. Kerio Technologies
• Washington Group Goes eRoom and Documentum … EMC Corporation announced that the Washington Group International is implementing Documentum (for enterprise content management) and eRoom (for collaboration). Washington Group is an engineering, construction and management solutions company. “We initially implemented eRoom for one specific need, but it was so easy to use and facilitated collaboration so well that it quickly spread throughout the organization. Because eRoom provides easy, ’24×7′ access to shared information, it has become an indispensable tool.” sys-con
• Laplink Conference Center … Laplink introduced the Laplink Conference Center, an integrated audio and web conferencing solution that includes screen sharing capabilities. Supports instant messaging and secure file sharing. Available immediately, for Windows only. Laplink
• Vignette Collaboration … Vignette released a new version of Vignette Collaboration, a collaboration and community networking server. New features: blog, RSS and wiki support, configurable workflow processes for team workspaces, and integration with Vignette Portal and Vignette Content Management, among others. Available immediately. PXP Software is an early adopter. Vignette
• Microsoft UC Devices … Microsoft and various partners announced a forthcoming range of enhanced devices that integrate with email, instant messaging, presence, voice-over-IP, and mobile platforms. The initial devices span IP phones, USB phones, wired and wireless headsets, conferencing phones, and laptops. They will work with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and the Office Communicator 2007 client. CIO Today and InfoWorld, see also Microsoft and Nortel

Mobility

• Funambol 6 … Funambol released Version 6.0 of its open-source wireless email server for Linux and Windows users. New features: faster synchronization of address book and calendar information, data compression during synchronization, support for Windows Mobile and Office, and more.”Funambol allows wireless operators, Internet companies, and businesses to push e-mail to mobile devices from Exchange, Domino, and IMAP/POP servers. It also is designed to synchronize contacts and calendar data between servers and devices that support the open-source SyncML (Synchronization Markup Language) standard.” Available immediately. InfoWorld

Productivity

• We Hate Meetings Because … … Key reasons why people hate meetings: (1) lack of organization about the intention of the meeting, (2) other meeting attendees who dominate or try to disrupt meetings, (3) people falling asleep, and (4) the checking of email during meetings, and (5) insufficient bio-breaks. INC.
• Get Busy Living or Die … Peter Snell, the winner of the 1964 gold medal for the 1500-metre race at the Toyko Olympics counseled New Zealanders to “get busy living or get busy dying”. Recommendations include ongoing physical exercise and training. Stuff