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's Lotus division plans to bulk up the Macintosh version of its Notes client software, citing the Mac's growing market share.
IBM's Lotus division has introduced the latest updates to its desktop messaging and collaboration server software.
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.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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.
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 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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