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Michael Sampson

Daily Report for May 29, 2007

Team Collaboration Email in the Workplace … James argues that dealing with information overload requires a response from across the organization, not just an isolated person her and there. Check out his 3 page PDF on living more productively with email. ChiefTech. Key ideas in the PDF: … […]

Did Eric Buy a Mac?

On May 21, I told the story of how I visited the US for a week without a Mac — that I’d just purchased a new Lenovo X60 Tablet PC with Vista Business and took that instead … and that it worked well. Two days later, Eric took […]

Daily Report for May 28, 2007

Team Collaboration User Scenarios … Paul argues that the poor adoption of portals and similar systems is because they aren’t designed according to the way people think and work. He wants to see user scenarios drive design, not software requirements. “One method for shifting the focus from requirements […]

Daily Report for May 26, 2007

Team Collaboration Partners for Microsoft OCS 2007 … Microsoft announced an additional set of IP PBX vendors that are supporting Office Communications Server 2007, for voice over IP, IM and conferencing. “The IP PBX and gateway companies pledging interoperability with OCS 2007 include Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, […]

Daily Report, 20070525

Team Collaboration Business Objects Acquired Inxight Software … Wow, my favorite text visualization and navigation firm, Inxight Software, just got acquired by Business Objects. “The combination of Business Objects and Inxight Software will provide organizations with a comprehensive BI solution to address all of their data assets. With […]

Running is Going Great!, 20070525

As I disclosed back in February, one of my resolutions for 2007 was to cultivate increased energy and vitality to handle the multiple demands placed on my time and life. I can’t believe it … but running is going extremely well … I’m so delighted with my progress. […]

Daily Report, May 23

Team Collaboration 123Together Streamlines Exchange Provisioning for Mid-Market … 123Together, a provider of hosting services including Exchange and SharePoint, released a set of automation tools to enable mid-market organizations to easily and quickly migrate their internal Exchange systems to a hosted one offered by 123Together. The tools provide […]