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  • IBM targets Microsoft's suite spot

    Once mired in a stagnant market, IBM's Lotus division will use industry standards to loosen Microsoft's grip on desktop software, according to the outgoing Lotus general manager.

  • IBM Lotus bulks up Mac support

    IBM's Lotus division plans to bulk up the Macintosh version of its Notes client software, citing the Mac's growing market share.

  • IBM updates Notes, Domino

    IBM's Lotus division has introduced the latest updates to its desktop messaging and collaboration server software.

  • ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'

    The International Organisation for Standardisation is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format, according to analyst group Gartner.

  • Redmond wants you to get the message

    For Microsoft right now, the business of workplace communications looks a lot like the server business of the early 1990s.

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  • Deep Blue veteran plots Lotus game-plan

    The general manager of Lotus software is a 22-year IBM veteran who was instrumental in IBM's Deep Blue supercomputing chess project. Now he's hoping to stay one move ahead of Microsoft.

  • Will Lotus users bite Microsoft's bait?

    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.

  • Feature: Ad-supported software

    How feasible is it that you could escape paying hefty licensing fees by using software subsidised by advertisements?

  • Enterprise OS wars: Symbian v Windows Mobile

    Symbian is the mobile world's dominant operating system, but can it walk the walk in the business world or will it always be the poor cousin to Windows Mobile in the enterprise? David Braue finds out.

  • Lotus Workplace Messaging: the future is now

    This product represents the first deliverable in IBM's next-generation collaboration strategy and signals the start of a new movement toward less expensive, more stable, and more secure e-mail systems, says Meta Group.

Reviews (8)

  • Windows Small Business Server 2008

    This is an impressive update to Microsoft's Small Business Server that packs a big punch. However, it may be overkill for a lot of companies and isn't quite as easy to manage as it first appears.

  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2003

    For small companies that need a business in a box and want to stick with Microsoft technology, SBS 2003 is the only game in town.

  • Microsoft brings Office to business IM

    Microsoft has added the Office moniker to its upcoming enterprise instant-messaging software in a branding move intended to heighten the product's appeal to potential business buyers.

  • MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

    Microsoft is forcing people to upgrade to newer versions of its instant messenger application and is shutting its doors to third-party IM products such as Trillian.

  • Microsoft to launch corporate IM

    Microsoft is expected to unveil a new instant messaging service aimed at corporate customers, jump-starting belated efforts by the software giant to tap a fast-growing, new market for the hugely popular technology.

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