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Apptix to Offer Hosted Backup and Data Recovery with Mozy Online Backup
Strategic Partnership with EMC’s Decho will Accelerate Adoption of Mozy Solution in the Small and Medium-sized Business Market... read more »
Sonasoft Provides Disaster Recovery and Meets eDiscovery Needs of Leading Law Firms
SonaSafe software offers data protection and helps to meet regulatory compliance and eDiscovery requirement... read more »
Recommind Expands User-Based Relevancy and Federation Framework in Latest Enterprise Search Release
MindServer Search 6.0 Improves Efficiency by Delivering Actionable Results to Each User... read more »
Websense Extends Web 2.0 Security Capabilities With Innovative Technology Acquisition
Defensio Platform Tackles New Frontier in Web Content: Malware and Spam in Comments on the Social Web... read more »
Lotusphere 2009 Attendance
Here are our observations about attendence for Lotusphere 2009: Around 2,500 paying, full conference registrants. Of these, perhaps 60% were IT staff, the rest were ISVs, consultants, VARs, and sponsors. Around 3,500 people at the event in all. 150 exhibitors. Exhibition traffic was lighter than most years, perhaps 20% down on Lotusphere 2008. Exhibitors commented... read more »
Notes/Domino Is Alive and Well
For the last five years or so, Microsoft periodically tells everyone that Notes is dead, or dying. See this current example at Microsoft’s press Web site. Ferris Research is quoted as saying that Exchange has a 65% share of the messaging market, while Notes/Domino has a 10% share. While it’s true, in our view, that... read more »
Novell Announces Storage Manager 2.5
New version of Novell’s identity-driven solution for storage cuts costs, saves time and helps ensure regulatory compliance... read more »
Needs of Businesses in Today’s Difficult Economy Met by New Messageware Plus Pack for OWA 2007
Accelerates Employee Productivity by Extending the Functionality of Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access... read more »
Symantec Incubates Next Generation Cloud and Web 2.0 Computing Concepts
Cloud-based online workspace liberates users from physical desktop computing... read more »
Messaging Architects to Provide Risk Free Messaging Upgrade to All Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition Users
Free upgrade will provide small businesses worldwide with the benefits of a fully compliant and 100% secure messaging infrastructure without having to pay any extra licensing fees... read more »
CommVault Introduces Simpana 8 Next-Generation Data Management Software with Industry’s First Embedded Global Deduplication
Simpana 8 delivers dramatic operational efficiencies; performance gains; wider, more global management of information; and up to 40% data management cost savings... read more »
LotusLive: New Collaborative SaaS
At Lotusphere, Lotus announced LotusLive, a new collaborative SaaS: A cloud-based portfolio of social networking and collaboration services. Its capabilities will include Web conferencing and event management, online meetings, file sharing, survey forms, dynamic charting, profiles/contacts, chat, and Web-based email and calendaring. IBM’s Bluehouse project is being folded into LotusLive. Initial availability should be in... read more »
Lotusphere General Session: Summary
Blue Man Group was a lot of fun in the opening general session, pumping out jaunty music and staring at us all as if we were weirdos. Dan Ackroyd was the other big name. He was funny, plus he told a rather long tale about the wisdom of treating underlings with respect. Senior IT staff... read more »
Parallels Operations Automation SaaS Module Delivers Business-Class Email and Collaboration Solution through OX Platform
Hosting and SaaS Providers Benefit from the Application Packaging Standard (APS) and an Automated SaaS Platform... read more »
Cloud Services After the Economic Storm Passes
Cloud services–including Exchange Online and Hosted Notes email–would seem well positioned in light of the current economy. Customers are looking for areas to cut operating expenses; and what enterprise service is better suited for commoditization than email? Hosting providers that demonstrate high availability and reliability stand ready to reap the benefits of a down economy,... read more »
Microsoft’s vs. Lotus’ Cloud-Based Collaboration
Both Microsoft and Lotus are developing cloud-based collaboration services. Microsoft’s offerings are being described fairly clearly, while Lotus’ mode of presentation is confusing, to the detriment of Lotus and customers alike. Microsoft Services In late 2008, Microsoft announced the availability of a number of cloud-based collaboration services. These were based on cloud-hosted and cloud-managed instances... read more »
Lotus “Intends” to Support Microsoft ActiveSync
In some way one of the most important announcements from Lotusphere 2009 was not aired until Wednesday in a press release, nor covered in analyst pre-briefings, the general session, or a breakout. Ferris learned of it from a posting on Volker Weber’s excellent Web site (“Ceci n’est pas un blog“). It is that Lotus “intends”... read more »
ColdSpark Announces Availability of Compliance Catalyst Solution
The Compliance Catalyst solution is the enterprise platform to enforce policy and compliance across all messaging, regardless of the source, without replacing your existing email infrastructure... read more »
Server-Free Collaborative Content Management Solution for Every Desktop, Workgroup and Project Team
Content Circles launches a secure, fast, easy-to-use solution for today’s
flexible, geographically dispersed workforce... read more »
Skype and IBM collaborate on LotusLive Integration for the Enterprise
Skype voice and video calling to be available for global businesses via IBM Cloud Services... read more »
Autonomy Corporation plc Announces Agreement to Acquire Interwoven, Inc. for an Aggregate Consideration of Approx. US$775 Million
Combination of Autonomy and Interwoven Extends Meaning Based Computing to New Customer Base Enabling World’s First Comprehensive Manage-In-Place Architecture... read more »
IBM Makes Collaboration Easier, Faster and Universally Accessible
New Version of Lotus Sametime; Support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync; Lotus Notes Traveler Support for Orange, Samsung and Verizon Wireless... read more »
Wot? Me (Nick Shelness) Biased?
I recently received an email from an independent reader who accused me of manifesting a pro-Microsoft, and an anti-IBM, bias. It set me to thinking. I’ve never worked for Microsoft. I spent part of my career working for one of its major competitors (Lotus). I had the honor of being an IBM Fellow. There are... read more »
Instant Technologies Wins IBM Lotus Award
Instant Queue Manager Wins Best in Lotusphere Showcase Award at IBM Lotusphere 2009... read more »
Agnitum Announces the New Year Edition of Outpost Pro 2009 Product Line
Revamped, even more stable and bullet-proof Outpost 2009 security is now on the market... read more »