I have previously commented on the use of IBM Connections at Bayer Material Science, a 15,000 employee part of Bayer – see Bayer Material Science to Implement Lotus Connections (November 2010), and An Update on Value and Adoption (March 2011). What I didn’t know was the wider story […]
Research by Plantronics in 2010 found that people who were experiencing issues in communicating by email and IM were able to solve the problem by a phone call. What’s really interesting is the different percentages – 71% for email, and 42% for IM. My take on this is: […]
Cisco announced the acquisition of Versly: “Cisco today announced that it has acquired privately-held Versly. Based in San Francisco, Versly integrates collaboration capabilities via a plug-in into Microsoft Office applications, simplifying the way people work by enabling more effective collaboration around content in documents, spreadsheets, presentations and email. […]
Research In Motion released (or if they had it before, kudos) the BlackBerry Management Center, a web-based service for managing BlackBerry devices in small and medium-sized businesses: “BlackBerry Management Center is a free online service for small businesses to centrally manage company- or employee-owned BlackBerry smartphones in the […]
ThoughtFarmer is hosting its annual Social Intranet Summit on September 28 in Vancouver: “Your intranet is an integral part of your organization’s success. No other technology is responsible for simultaneously enhancing efficiency and productivity, retaining organizational knowledge, and enhancing employee engagement. How can you achieve excellence with your […]
Moxie Software announced new integration options between Employee Spaces and various other enterprise collaboration and communication tools, including SharePoint, Outlook, Skype (for presence availability), and Atlassian Confluence, among others: “Microsoft SharePoint Integration Moxie Software has created a social layer on top of SharePoint’s document and workflow capabilities, enabling […]
IBM announced the availability of mobile device support for IBM Lotus Connections, with apps available for BlackBerry, Android, and Apple devices (shown above): “With today’s news, IBM is delivering its industry leading Connections social networking software for mobile devices. Customers can easily download the software from all major […]
OneDrum has offered real-time co-authoring in Excel and PowerPoint for a while – this week they released the initial alpha release of Microsoft Word co-authoring. See onedrum.com. For more on co-authoring, see Pillar 3 of the 7 Pillars framework.
Mercury Grove released WebCollaboration, an online collaboration team space. Features include an aggregated dashboard, workspaces, lists, calendars, and contacts. It also includes Activity Stream capabilities.
I wrote about eBeam a few months back, and its role in enabling whiteboard capture for storage and collaborative sharing. In the video above, Robert Scoble gets a demo from Rafi and Jody from Luidia, the makers of eBeam.
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