http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/collaboration.html Latest news of collaboration applications from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111709-google-offers-templates-for-sites.html Google Sites, the wiki-based hosted application for building group Web sites, is gaining its first wave of templates with a set for workplaces and a set for personal use. Juan Carlos Perez 2009-11-17T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111709-why-developers-like-sharepoint.html Integration with Visual Studio is one change that makes SharePoint much easier to develop collaboration apps, developers say Paul Krill 2009-11-17T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2009/111609convergence2.html Cisco introduced wide-ranging upgrades with the latest release of its unified communications portfolio at the company's recent Collaboration Summit. The Cisco Unified Communications System 8.0 includes IP applications designed to improve communication using "federated presence" with instant messaging, customer care, conferencing, video and mobility capabilities, according to a Cisco statement. Larry Hettick and Steve Taylor 2009-11-17T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111209-cisco-open-telepresence.html Cisco is making a concerted effort to improve the compatibility of its telepresence gear, something that industry observers say has been lagging, but that is sorely needed if it and other vendors are to succeed. Tim Greene 2009-11-12T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111109-syncplicity.html Syncplicity Tuesday unveiled an enterprise online service that gives users a central repository for storing, sharing and backing up all their information. John Fontana 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111009-twitter-linkedin.html A partnership announced this week lets Twitter and LinkedIn users post status updates to the two Web sites simultaneously. Jon Brodkin 2009-11-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110909-microsoft-brings-silverlight-to.html The two companies' latest collaboration combines Web, client, and social technologies for building apps and services for the social networking site Paul Krill 2009-11-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2009/110209wan2.html At the recent IT Roadmap conference in Washington D.C. there was a panel discussion about how the younger generation uses tools such as texting to stay in touch with friends. One of the implications of the discussion was that the younger generation is more facile with collaboration than is the current workforce. Jim Metzler and Steve Taylor 2009-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110209-collaboration-tools.html At the recent IT Roadmap conference in Washington D.C. there was a panel discussion about how the younger generation uses tools such as texting to stay in touch with friends. One of the implications of the discussion was that the younger generation is more facile with collaboration than is the current workforce. Jim Metzler and Steve Taylor 2009-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110409-novell-prepares-enterprise-social-networking.html Novell has unveiled an enterprise social networking suite that is integrated with Google's new Wave application and lets co-workers collaborate on documents. Juan Carlos Perez 2009-11-04T12:00:00-04:00