Why You Want WebEx Connect or BeehiveFirst there was Notes and then Exchange. This week the collaboration suite space got a lot more competitive with both Cisco and Oracle introducing new collaboration suites.September 24, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Cisco
Immersive Cocoon: The Answer for the 3-D Internet?As some vendors struggle to define the 3-D interface within the confines of today’s tools, visionaries are moving beyond conventional boundaries.The Immersive Cocoon is a carbon fiber shell that surrounds the user in a 360o display.September 14, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Mobility
411 and DNS: A Global SPAMbase?Tired of managing a bazillion phone numbers and email addresses? Try storing them in DNS.September 7, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Mobility
Are browsers the answer for the 3-D Web?Just got back from a camping trip in northern Israel when I saw this release announcing GoWeb3D, a new virtual world venture that will bring virtual offices, conference rooms, classrooms, exhibit halls, and retail spaces to the Web.GoWeb3D is the latest of a string of announcements over the summer around the merging of the virtual world space with the browser.September 7, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Hardware
Eight pitfalls of predictive marketsPredictive markets sound like such a great idea for determining what will work in the market and what won't. But misplaced trust in these markets can spell gloom and doom for many an organization.July 30, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Finance
Software that Makes Your Company More EntrepenuerialA class of social software is helping companies become more entrepreneurial and none a moment too soon.In a survey of 300 business executives, Interminds LLC, a management consultancy, found that nearly three quarters (71 percent) of business executives indicated that innovation was stagnant in their organizations.July 28, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Innovation
Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?When the time came for a new PBX, Brian Snipes chose to do something a bit unconventional. The IT manager at law firm Hare, Wynn, Newell, and Newton LLP didn’t purchase a commercial PBX, nor did he settle on the open source market leader, Asterisk.July 22, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Networking
Yahoo and Icahn Reach AgreementThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo has reached an agreement with Carl Icahn, the activist investor who has been waging a proxy contest to unseat the board and push Yahoo closer to a deal with Microsoft.Yahoo said Mr.July 20, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Legal
How to make Microsoft Silverlight enterprise fitA father and son team think they’ve found a way to make Microsoft Silverlight more enterprise friendly. Navot and Gai Peled who run Gizmo, Ltd.July 17, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Microsoft
Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 PercentIs the iPhone going to rule enterprise mobility? Consider this: a recent Goldman Sachs survey of its IT executives showed that 17 percent expect to support the iPhone 3G in the next year.July 8, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in iPhone
Sharepoint Addons and Mashups Strike it Big in BostonSharepoint, RSS and Mashups are going to take center stage this week at the Enterprise 2.0 show in Boston.June 10, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Collaboration
SocialText unveils new wiki spreadsheetSocialText just announced its latest addition to SocialText SocialCalc, a multi-user wiki-based spreadsheet. SocialText isn’t the first to deliver an online spreadsheet, but it is the first to integrate an online spreadsheet with a leading Wiki and allows linking between sheets.June 9, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in CXO
Nortel Demos Virtual World PlatformNortel demoed a virtual world prototype here in a Ottawa at a day long event. Dubbed Project Chainsaw, the virtual world is the first project to come out of Nortel new research effort that imposes a VC-like model for funding research.May 16, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Telcos
Dialcom: Web Conferencing that WorksI’ve complained about all of the things wrong with the way folk use Web conferencing. Now let me tell you about a web conference that went off well.May 2, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Enterprise Software
Four Reasons To Skip Web ConferencesRemember when PowerPoints were first created how we were flooded with every special effect in the PowerPoint pail? Text would come swooping in from the right.May 1, 2008 by Dave Greenfield in Enterprise Software