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Michael Sampson

MacBook vs MacBook Air

Apart from a difference of 1.5 pounds, James argues that the MacBook is a much better investment for the road warrior. “Looking at this from any angle tells us that the Air is much more expensive for a lot less performance, primarily in the area of processor and […]

Microsoft Online Services Exits Beta

Microsoft launched its Online Services for hosted Exchange and SharePoint; Microsoft Online Services had previously been available in beta to select customers. “Today, at a launch event in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division at Microsoft Corp., was joined by customers and partners to […]

Novell GroupWise 8 Released

Novell released version 8 of GroupWise, its email and calendaring platform, and added a plethora of new capabilities. “Novell today announced the availability of GroupWise 8, the most flexible, cross-platform e-mail and calendaring solution on the market. With the broadest support for Windows, Linux, Mac and the Web, […]

TimeBridge Daily Brief Launched

TimeBridge introduced the Daily Brief, an enhancement to its calendaring service that shows each user their agenda for the day, as well as supporting material to provide travel directions and background information on meeting attendees. “TimeBridge introduced the public beta of a new enhancement to its Personal Scheduling […]

Central Desktop Launches Enterprise Solution Package

Central Desktop took the wraps off an enterprise-focused edition of its hosted collaboration software. Includes a workflow engine to support business processes. “Central Desktop, a leading SaaS-based social technology platform for next-generation business teams to interact, share and manage their daily work activities, today announced the release of […]

EMC Forms Decho, for Personal Information Management

EMC combined Mozy and Pi into a new firm, called Decho, to help individuals manage their growing volumes of digital information. “The personal information once stored in albums, boxes and filing cabinets-such as financial records, personal documents, family photos and videos, portfolios of professional work, and correspondence-comprises each […]

eXpresso Going with Office 97-2003 Format

To get over the problem of file format incompatiblity between different versions of Office documents, eXpresso is going to standardize on the 97-2003 format, and then add collaborative capabilities. “Not surprisingly, Office 97-2003 document formats will continue to be the lingua franca of business and remain the common […]

Security Concerns with Microsoft SharePoint

Ongoing governance and oversight of SharePoint usage and content is critical, but usually done poorly. “Most business managers have little visibility into their Microsoft SharePoint environments, and believe that the collaboration tool could put them at risk of data theft, according to new research from enterprise provisioning firm […]

ShowDocument

Review of ShowDocument, a co-authoring and co-editing tool. “It’s easy to collaborate when the other person is sitting next to you. You can point to a specific sentence in a document, illustrate your idea through impromptu sketches, and write notes on the page margins. On the other hand, […]