http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/ en-us 2003-10-20T09:37:16-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/003641.html Instant messaging, presence and conferencing are getting a work out these days since Microsoft announced its Live Meeting service and rivals Lotus and others rushed to put the competitive spin on things. Now comes WiredRed, which has announced its ePop... John Fontana 2003-10-20T09:37:16-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/003477.html Microsoft this week unveiled its Web conferencing service, Live Meeting, and next month will release Office 2003 and Live Communications Server (instant messaging/presence) under the marketing tagline Office System. The "system" name, which also is used for Windows (Windows Server... John Fontana 2003-09-16T10:52:40-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/003423.html Some admins will say there can never be enough tools to manage Microsoft Exchange, so here is another set. Quest Software, which recently acquired Discus Data Solutions, is now shipping the Quest Exchange Management Suite, which combines tools from both... John Fontana 2003-09-08T07:50:18-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/003324.html IBM/Lotus and Microsoft are always locked in a battle to hijack each other's discontented e-mail customers, but there are alternatives to the big guys for those that have had enough of forklift migrations, creative licensing and waiting for the next... John Fontana 2003-08-18T10:50:26-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/003292.html According to the Meta Group, spam blockage and policy enforcement will give way as top concerns for e-mail administrators in 2007 to concerns around stability and security. The top ten concerns in 2007 will be stability, security/hygiene, centralization, encrypted e-mail,... John Fontana 2003-08-11T22:57:46-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/003007.html A startup that is trying to become a big upstart, Kubi Software, on Monday released the beta of its Kubi Server, the IT companion to its client software.... John Fontana 2003-06-23T03:47:16-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/002961.html Talk in the collaboration arena is always about integration of components. Well here's a unique marriage that focuses on application development and reuse:... John Fontana 2003-06-16T03:25:12-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/002826.html Microsoft's annual TechEd conference is just around the corner so look for the company to once again cast a new light on its collaboration platform. This is the first year the company has combined TechEd and the Microsoft Exchange Conference... John Fontana 2003-05-26T22:58:04-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/002788.html Ferris Research has highlighted Wikis as something that may break out of its geek wrapper and begin to find some acceptance in collaboration environments over the next 12 months. According to Ferris, “a Wiki is a piece of Web server... John Fontana 2003-05-19T00:06:49-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/002753.html IBM, Lotus, Domino, Next Gen Mail Server, deskless worker John Fontana 2003-05-12T14:41:03-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/002722.html spam, SurfControl, e-mail, messaging John Fontana 2003-05-05T15:16:57-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/002652.html Kubi Software, Zaplet and AppMail may be on to something, using standard e-mail clients as collaboration environments. Any users with both Notes and Exchange in their environment may benefit from this method of setting up collaboration. Instead of deploying separate... John Fontana 2003-04-21T23:27:03-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/002629.html Last week, Microsoft said its Greenwich beta would debut this fall as Real-Time Communications Server 2003 Standard Edition. No word on other editions, but the name seems to imply there will be others. Microsoft has taken the stand-alone server route... John Fontana 2003-04-14T11:46:53-05:00 http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/collaboration/002628.html Don't wait to begin preparing for instant messaging for the enterprise. The first wave of the game is coming to a close, which is the organic growth of IM fostered by end-users tapping into consumer services. A recent survey by... John Fontana 2003-04-07T11:35:27-05:00