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Evaluation Shortlist

IBMs Lotus Notes and Domino and IBMs WebSphere Portal Server

The combination of this client/server solution and portal server provides robust team collaboration both online and offline (www.ibm.com)

Ioras Iora ON (Offline Networking) for SharePoint

Browser-based tool for bringing SharePoint data offline (www.iora.com)

Microsofts Office 2007

Forthcoming Office suite integrates more tightly with SharePoint (www.microsoft.com)

PleaseTechs PleaseReview

Document-focused collaboration tool for teams that need to share and jointly edit documents (www.pleasetech.com)

Technical Analyst Michael Caton can be reached at michael_caton@ziffdavis.com.

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