In a salvo fired squarely at the online productivity tools offered by Google, Microsoft has released a beta version of Office Live Workspace -- a free Web service that allows users to post Word, Powerpoint, Excel or PDF files directly from within their Office application onto the Internet.
The launch of Google Gears, which is likely to mean the search giant's word processing, spreadsheet and calendar applications will soon work offline, is unlikely to dent the market share of Microsoft's Office productivity suite, according to an analyst.
Jive Software -- boosted by a venture capital injection -- is set to take on Microsoft's SharePoint with Clearspace, its Web collaboration product.
Microsoft has jumped on the Web 2.0 express with the launch of an add-on for SharePoint server that enables businesses to make use of popular "community" collaboration features such as wikis and blogs.
Open source is nothing to be afraid of, according to Mozilla's chief executive officer.
If you're considering an upgrade to Entourage 2008, think again -- for some reason, Microsoft hasn't bothered to add some vital functions that are critical to making Apple Mac systems welcome on any Exchange network.
Most people agree that IBM's Lotus Notes product is one of the most advanced and popular collaboration suites out there.
While elements of Microsoft's Office suite have been in use for more than 20 years, the company now appears unpleasantly convinced that nobody really has any idea how to use the product.
You don't have to wander very far in the blogosphere before you'll find someone slagging off Domino, aka Lotus Notes.
Though it is not cheap, perhaps the single best reason to make the leap to Office 2003 is the integration with Windows SharePoint Services.
video Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discuss newly formed agreements over antitrust issues, patents and technical collaboration.
A new program to convert Lotus Notes/Domino users to the Microsoft platform stands on shaky ground in Australia and the rest of Asia-Pacific, and has the potential to fail miserably.
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A new generation of enterprise portals offers a way to collabrate and interact, but getting workers to give up e-mail may be their biggest challenge.
Open source is nothing to be afraid of, according to Mozilla's chief executive officer.
Open source is nothing to be afraid of, according to Mozilla's chief executive officer.
Open source is nothing to be afraid of, according to Mozilla's chief executive officer.
Open source is nothing to be afraid of, according to Mozilla's chief executive officer.
The popularity of OpenOffice, the open source productivity suite, will be key to the financial success of Novell, said company president and CEO, Ron Hovsepian, who hopes to be a 'custodian' between the open source community and the commercial world. Also: Watch the videos.
The market for collaborative applications has grown significantly with the introduction of Web-based solutions for gathering and sharing information within organisations. In this review, we look at two of the most popular commercial collaborative platforms.
Blogging is an increasingly important element of business communication and collaboration. But different types of blog suit different kinds of business. Here's a classification.
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Both IBM/Lotus and Microsoft have recently released new versions of their groupware suites--Notes/Domino and Exchange--with an emphasis on collaboration. We take them both through their paces.
Oracle is betting on the lure of cost savings and the strength of its database to help sell its new product, Oracle Collaboration Suite. Get an advance look at this competitor to Microsoft Exchange.
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