Jive vs IBM vs Socialtext … Jon puts Jive Clearspace, Lotus Connections and Socialtext through their paces. “The three leaders in this space are Jive Clearspace, Lotus Connections and Socialtext. Having used all three, I thought I’d take a look at what they offer, how you might decide which was right for you, and how to get started. This is not intended to be a thorough review of all the features. Some social software elements are starting to become a commodity, the ability to have a profile, follow people, tag content etc. are common to all, even though they might be implemented slightly differently. Instead the focus is on what separates them, and commercial and technical reasons to help you decide which to go for.” More

Twitter for KM … Eric outlines three KM-related benefits for using Twitter: “It lowers resistance to sharing information. (The 140 character limitation is now a strength.); It makes it easy to tap into a global mindset; and it provides quick recognition and feedback for what you think and know. I believe that we will find that Twitter and the form of communication it represents will impact our worlds in ways that exceed what we have seen with blogs or the web itself.“. I’d add a fourth: it opens opportunities for serendipitous discovery. More

KMWorld 2009 … KMWorld 2009 will be held in November in San Jose. “With the economic earthquake around the globe, our enterprises have to be smarter, creative and innovative. Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, says that the only way for us to survive the world economic reset in a knowledge age is to capitalize on our human capital, put our creativity to work, stoke our innovative furnace. There are many ways to fuel the creative fires—from management techniques, to team-building, and effectively leveraging existing and emerging technological investments. KMWorld 2009 is where the latest strategies and solutions will be explored.” More

Content Circles … Content Circles released pricing for its collaboration tool, at just under $100 per user per year. “Content Circles revenue model focuses on Workgroup Leaders. While anyone can join a workgroup (Circle), view and contribute content to that workgroup for free, the creation of new workgroups requires a paid license. Users see the value of the application by participating in a workgroup and collaborating with other members before paying for the application. This is the essence of the recurring subscription revenue model: Demonstrate your customer value every day.” More

Calgoo Acquired … Meridex announced the acquisition of Calgoo Software, for $175K in stock. “Calgoo is a private Vancouver, BC-based company that has developed first-to-market In-Calendar Marketing service that uses Calgoo’s patent-pending calendar inter-operability technology to offer businesses a complementary marketing medium to email. Businesses use In-Calendar Marketing to allow their customers to subscribe to live calendar feeds with the business’ promotions, sales and special events with a single click.” More

Other Things
– a pretty wild home office.
– perhaps outsourcers should be buying telepresence offerings.
– Office 14 is NOT coming in 2009, says Steve Ballmer.