Wired Red joins Web conferencing fray
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...
October 20, 2003
Microsoft's Live Meeting
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...
September 16, 2003
Another tool for managing Exchange
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...
September 08, 2003
Spam-fighting Outlook alternative
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...
August 18, 2003
Security to overtake spam
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,...
August 11, 2003
Kubi serves up collaboration
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....
June 23, 2003
Component integration
Talk in the collaboration arena is always about integration of components. Well here's a unique marriage that focuses on application development and reuse:...
June 16, 2003
Microsoft and collaboration
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...
May 26, 2003
Wikis
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...
May 19, 2003
Deskless workers
IBM, Lotus, Domino, Next Gen Mail Server, deskless worker
May 12, 2003
Can the spam?
spam, SurfControl, e-mail, messaging
May 05, 2003
Collaboration via standard e-mail
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...
April 21, 2003
Greenwich time
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...
April 14, 2003
Get ready for IM now
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...
April 07, 2003
