http://www.eweek.com Messaging and Collaboration - RSS Feeds en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:02:34 -0500 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:02:34 -0500 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:27 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/More-Opposition-to-Cisco-Tandberg-Bid-Rises-579294/?kc=rss - Cisco Systems is seeing growing resistance to its $3 billion bid for video conferencing systems vendor Tandberg. Panta Capital, a London-based financial firm that represents some Tandberg shareholders, and Scott amp; Associates, a Swiss firm, have both said the offer Cisco is making for Tandber...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/More-Opposition-to-Cisco-Tandberg-Bid-Rises-579294/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:01 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Mozilla-Thunderbird-3-Offers-Tabbed-Email-Filtered-Search-852401/?kc=rss - Mozilla will roll out the newest version of its open-source e-mail application, Thunderbird 3, in mid-November. Supposedly, Mozilla made over 2,000 improvements to the platform, although users are most likely to notice its more top-line features such as filtered search and tabbed e-mail. Thunde...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Mozilla-Thunderbird-3-Offers-Tabbed-Email-Filtered-Search-852401/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:22:43 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Siemens-Communications-Demos-Twitter-in-UC-App-316388/?kc=rss - In a nod to the growing influence of social networking in the business world, Siemens enterprise communications unit is looking to integrate Twitter with its unified communications application. At the VoiceCon 2009 show in San Francisco Nov. 4, the Siemens Enterprise Communications Group or SEN ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Siemens-Communications-Demos-Twitter-in-UC-App-316388/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:35:57 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Novell-Pulse-Launches-With-Google-Wave-Support-For-Realtime-Collaboration-667027/?kc=rss - Novell Nov. 4 launched Pulse, a real-time collaboration platform designed from its inception to let its users communicate with Google Wave users in a secure environment. Pulse is basically Google Wave, but tailored for enterprises and available behind the firewall or on the Web as a cloud comput...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Novell-Pulse-Launches-With-Google-Wave-Support-For-Realtime-Collaboration-667027/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:55:31 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Second-Life-Takes-Virtual-Reality-Behind-The-Firewall-at-IBM-Navy-574778/?kc=rss - Second Life is getting a second wind behind the firewall from its parent Linden Lab. The company Nov. 4 began selling the 3D virtual world software to enterprises that want to use it to let their employees work together in virtual meetings or simulations. Second Life is a 3D virtual world techno...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Second-Life-Takes-Virtual-Reality-Behind-The-Firewall-at-IBM-Navy-574778/?kc=rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:59:05 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Google-Wave-Open-For-Federation-Among-Other-Wave-Providers-170942/?kc=rss - Google Nov. 2 made its Google Wave Federation Protocol available to let would-be wave providers build their own Wave servers and get them communicating with other Wave servers, similar to the way e-mail servers talk to one another. Google wave is currently letting more than 100,000 users send e...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Google-Wave-Open-For-Federation-Among-Other-Wave-Providers-170942/?kc=rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:08:17 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Cisco-Lays-Out-Risks-Rewards-in-Tandberg-Bid-244370/?kc=rss - Cisco Systems officials are making clear that they believe the $3 billion theyre offering to buy video conferencing rival Tandberg is a fair one, in light of not only the benefits that could be captured but also the risks involved. In a blog post Nov. 2, Ned Hooper, Ciscos chief strategy officer...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Cisco-Lays-Out-Risks-Rewards-in-Tandberg-Bid-244370/?kc=rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:08:34 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/PBworks-Watchitoo-Crave-Google-Waves-Realtime-Collaboration-Hype-412241/?kc=rss - Two companies are angling for a chunk of the real-time collaboration market Google has cultivated interest in with Google Wave, the platform that blends instant messaging, file sharing, live editing and social networking. PBworks and startup Watchitoo Nov. 2 launched real-time collaboration plat...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/PBworks-Watchitoo-Crave-Google-Waves-Realtime-Collaboration-Hype-412241/?kc=rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:55:32 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Xobni-Enterprise-Launches-as-Salve-For-Corporate-Microsoft-Outlook-553563/?kc=rss - Xobni Nov. 2 took the plunge into the business market, releasing a secure version of its e-mail search plug-in to let IT administrators give their employees an easy way to sift through content in their Microsoft Outlook inboxes. Xobni Enterprise is shipping with prebuilt extensions for Salesforc...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Xobni-Enterprise-Launches-as-Salve-For-Corporate-Microsoft-Outlook-553563/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:17:52 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Google-Beat-Microsoft-in-The-EMail-Battle-of-Los-Angeles-331638/?kc=rss - Google unanimously won the battle with Microsoft for the right to move Los Angeles' 30,000 municipal employees to its e-mail system, knocking out Novell's GroupWise platform for the $7.25 million contract. The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 Oct. 27 in favor of using Gmail ove...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Google-Beat-Microsoft-in-The-EMail-Battle-of-Los-Angeles-331638/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:35:21 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Jive-Builds-Social-Software-Bridges-to-Microsoft-Office-Apple-IPhone-552211/?kc=rss - Jive Software Oct. 28 released Social Business Suite 4.0, adding integration with Microsoft Office that prompted Jive CEO Dave Hersh to claim the company is turning Office into a Google Docs-like platform. SBS 4.0 has several new features, but eWEEK is focusing on the key areas that make this...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Jive-Builds-Social-Software-Bridges-to-Microsoft-Office-Apple-IPhone-552211/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:37:37 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/REVIEW-Liaise-Beta-Falls-Short-on-Attempt-to-Boost-Outlook-Productivity-153547/?kc=rss - Liaise, a product that debuted at DEMOfall 2009 and was named a Peoples Choice Winner there, is a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook designed to help individuals and teams manage tasks and projects through e-mail. I recently had the chance to test the Liaise beta. While I was impressed with some aspec...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/REVIEW-Liaise-Beta-Falls-Short-on-Attempt-to-Boost-Outlook-Productivity-153547/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:32:50 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/The-Google-Microsoft-Data-Portability-Duel-710926/?kc=rss - Google and Microsoft Oct. 26 made key moves to their messaging and collaboration applications in the name of data portability, the increasingly popular trend of letting users move content created in specific applications outside those apps. Following its pledge to let users shuttle...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/The-Google-Microsoft-Data-Portability-Duel-710926/?kc=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:24:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/New-Tandberg-Profile-Telepresence-Product-Aimed-at-SMBs-492824/?kc=rss - Tandberg is continuing to grow its Profile video conferencing portfolio, rolling out a new offering aimed at the SMB space. The newest addition to the Profile HD video conferencing lineup is a 42-inch offering for the entry-level space, an area that Tandberg officials believe will grow in importanc...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/New-Tandberg-Profile-Telepresence-Product-Aimed-at-SMBs-492824/?kc=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:03:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/IBM-Ubuntu-Cloud-Collaboration-Package-Seeks-to-Cut-Down-Microsoft-Windows-7-719779/?kc=rss - IBM Oct. 20 aimed to cut the legs of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system out from underneath it by offering an Ubuntu Linux-based cloud computing and desktop solution for businesses looking to save some money via the hosted software and open-source route. IBM Client for Smart Work includes the ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/IBM-Ubuntu-Cloud-Collaboration-Package-Seeks-to-Cut-Down-Microsoft-Windows-7-719779/?kc=rss