Michael Caton

At next weeks Collaboration Technology Conference in New York, one session is titled “Conferencing Applications: Are They Becoming Commodities?” The answer is a resounding yes. There are literally hundreds of appliances, applications and service options available for buyers who dont want to use WebEx or Microsoft Live Meeting, the frontrunners in the Web conferencing arena. […]

Bluesprings BPM Suite 4.2 comprises six components for designing, deploying and managing business processes. Click here to read the full review of Bluesprings BPM Suite 4.2. 2 Bluesprings BPM Suite 4.2 comprises six components for designing, deploying and managing business processes. BPM Designer is an integrated and easy-to-use process-modeling tool that follows the standard drag-and-drop […]

We generally like the way Fujitsu has built a Web-based process-design tool into its Interstage BPM application. The Process Designer tool supports drag-and-drop modeling, and each node in a process can be configured via a right mouse click. Click here to read the full review of Interstage BPM 7. 2 We generally like the way […]

Business process management applications continue to evolve rapidly, with the newest software helping companies more efficiently connect human workflow with enterprise applications. eWEEK Labs recently reviewed two such applications: Bluespring Software Inc.s BPM Suite 4.2 and Fujitsu Software Corp.s Interstage Business Process Manager 7. BPM Suite is a good choice for companies that primarily want […]

To help IT managers develop an RFP (request for proposal) for prospective BPM (business process management) vendors, eWEEK Labs has put together a series of questions that can be used as a starting point. A single BPM suite likely wont address all of a companys process issues, so IT managers should look for complementary technologies, […]

Ensuring that workers comply with company communications policies is a complex task. So, not surprisingly, Orchestria Corp.s Active Policy Management 3.1 is a complex solution. But the softwares complexity ensures performance and adaptability that will provide value for companies that need to monitor message-based communications. Click here to read the full review of Active Policy […]

Simple, inexpensive and browser-driven, Audiocasts AVflyer Web conferencing application is a good, basic service for presenting content created in Microsoft PowerPoint over the Web. Priced at $10 per month for a subscription that covers five named presenters and the ability to present to 10 attendees, AVflyer is one of the least expensive Web conferencing solutions […]

Sendmail Inc.s Mailstream Manager 2.0, with its ability to scan for viruses and spam, provides a flexible way for companies to do broad content filtering as well as ensure basic e-mail security. Mailstream Manager 2.0, which began shipping earlier this month, costs $7 per user. In eWEEK Labs tests, Mailstream Manager 2.0 provided a flexible […]

With the addition of self-regulating database management tools and high-availability features, IBMs DB2 Universal Database 8.2 Enterprise Server Edition relieves some management overhead while still delivering broad platform support and data interoperability. Click here to read the full review of IBMs DB2 Universal Database 8.2 Enterprise Server Edition. 2 With the addition of self-regulating database […]

For most users, the application-sharing features of Web-conferencing services provide performance thats good enough to handle typical business documents. However, when working with applications that manage more complex and robust data—namely, three-dimensional CAD applications—most Web-conferencing solutions will leave attendees and presenters out of sync. CoCreate Software Inc.s OneSpace.net 2005 provides a different experience because of […]

As soon as we logged on to Microsoft Live Meeting 2005, whether as a presenter or as an attendee, we noticed considerable changes in the UI. Many familiar elements are there, particularly for the attendee, but the UI has a new Office-style design. Click here to read the full review of Live Meeting 2005. 2 […]

With their latest updates, Microsoft Corp. and WebEx Communications Inc. have improved the ease of use of their respective hosted Web conferencing services through new user interfaces and tighter telephony integration. Updated last month, Microsoft Live Meeting 2005 includes several changes to the presenter and administrator tools that considerably improved the service in eWEEK Labs […]