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Maurene Caplan Grey is the founder and principal analyst of Grey Consulting -- an independent research, advisory and consulting firm in the messaging, collaboration and new media markets. Prior to Grey Consulting, Maurene was Gartner's lead analyst on messaging, calendaring/scheduling and human communications. Earlier, she headed United Parcel Service's global messaging environment.

Maurene has been widely quoted in print and broadcast media and has presented at conferences in Europe, South America and the U.S. Maurene is a frequent contributor to New Communications Review and MessagingTalk. Her related industry activities include: - ARMA International: Member of collaborative environment task force; Society for New Communications Research: Advisory Board Member and Research Fellow; and SIIA CODiE 2007 Awards: Judge for the Communications category.

Maurene holds a bachelor's degree in communications, summa cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh, and completed post-graduate work in computer science at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

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  • Zimbra plays matchmaker for Comcast and Yahoo!

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | September 25, 2007, 7:18am PDT

    Earlier this year, Comcast announced their planned launch of SmartZone Communications Center — targeted for late 2007. Jay Fortner in Read/Write Web offers an excellent description of Smart...

  • Symphony plays on in Notes 8

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | September 19, 2007, 12:53pm PDT

    It’s the morning after IBM’s Lotus Collaboration Summit, at which IBM announced that the reincarnation of an ODF-compliant Lotus Symphony is integrated into Notes 8 — as well as...

  • Microsoft and Open Source: Kissing cousins

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | August 20, 2007, 1:28pm PDT

    In early 1994, the World Wide Web opened the gates of Internet travel for the average person — the same year that the Netscape Navigator browser was released. By mid-1994, millions of PC...

  • BlogHer07: A 2.0 human community

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | August 10, 2007, 8:27am PDT

    About a year ago, I was a neophyte blogger. My first few posts were force-fed into my blog. They were a “should” chore — I should be blogging. I approached “the blog”...

  • Xandros and Scalix: A marriage of convenience

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | August 2, 2007, 1:08pm PDT

    Today’s trivia-by-association question: I say, “Linux.” Quick, what’s your first thought? …   Xandros is gambling that their transition from a desktop Linux player to...

  • Can Postini legitimize Google's enterprise ambitions?

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | July 9, 2007, 3:51pm PDT

    Google has been thundering into the SaaS space with their broadening ”application-of-the-day” suite. Google has portrayed themselves as a productivity suite contender in the enterprise...

  • Confessions of a social community subscribe-aholic

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | July 5, 2007, 1:50pm PDT

    I have subscribed to more social communities than I can keep up with … and yet I keep clicking subscribe links. Some I bookmark, and some I don’t. Most are clutter in my cyber-closet....

  • Web 2.0: Where "low-fi is the next high-fi"

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | June 27, 2007, 7:57am PDT

    My audience [will] live a happier, easier life here on the web! Well, you’re gonna be a rock star with this! Simple, entertaining, funny, and informative! … and my personal favorite...

  • Reality television leads to "unreality" communications

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | June 25, 2007, 10:54am PDT

    I’m not a fan of today’s reality television.  I don’t really want to know that Sharon Osbourne likes to flash her son’s friends. However, there is a certain amount of...

  • Good email can take the ISP fast lane

    By Maurene Caplan Grey | June 22, 2007, 10:45am PDT

    Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable’s Road Runner and Verizon have joined Yahoo and AOL in adopting the CertifiedMail reputation program from Goodmail Systems. Courtesy...

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