Windows Live Messenger
Those enamored of MSN Messenger will find more to love here, but newbies might find the interface confusing and counterintuitive in some spots—especially when using multiple Live services at once.
7/12/2006
Can Zoho's Web 2.0 Office Beat Microsoft?
Zoho is one of the more exciting Web 2.0 companies. How do its word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation tools compare with others like ThinkFree, Google Spreadsheets, and Num Sum, as well as against Microsoft's old standbys?
7/12/2006
Wiki App Boosts Content, Collaboration
CustomerVision's BizWiki includes a very good set of authoring and workflow tools for companies that want to collaborate on documents with customers and partners.
5/22/2006
HyperOffice
Good for basic collaboration, but you'll have to train employees if you want them to use shared documents—and turn off that third-party news service.
4/26/2006
Sun Microsystems Java Enterprise System
Sun Microsystems' Messaging Server, Calendar Server and Instant Messaging Server fit together nicely.
4/24/2006
Open-Xchange Server 5
Open-Xchange Server 5 For companies looking for more than just e-mail and calendars, Open-Xchange's Open-Xchange Server 5 provides collaborative applications with integrated Web-based project, document and knowledge management applications.
4/24/2006
Sun, Open-Xchange Collaborate Well
They don't collaborate well with each other, but they do with servers that put an Outlook face on robust e-mail tools.
4/24/2006
Free Office Without The Microsoft—ThinkFree Online
It won't supplant Microsoft Office anytime soon, but ThinkFree is offering Office document compatibility and a lot of Office-like functionality—for free.
4/24/2006
Microsoft Office Live
An impressive work in progress, with free Web hosting for everyone and powerful but sometimes confusing applications for corporate users.
4/18/2006
WebEx WebOffice
The most mature and highly polished online collaboration software I've tested, but you should wait until its e-mail feature is available.
4/17/2006
Kcentrix Does End Run Around Word
Kcentrix Software's PleaseReview simplifies collaboration on Microsoft Word documents by letting groups work on a document through the Web browser and avoiding Word's cumbersome Track Changes capability.
2/27/2006
Seven Server Edition 6.5
With a good array of options for both servers and client devices, Seven's mobile corporate-messaging solution is strong on simplicity and flexibility.
1/20/2006
Arel Plug-In Allows Meetings Anywhere
Arel Communications and Software's well-designed videoconferencing and audio conferencing technology has been part of an integrated Web conferencing tool, Arel Spotlight.
1/2/2006
AIM Triton
A must-have upgrade for AOL subscribers and a compelling download for everyone else, AIM Triton delivers masterful messaging.
12/1/2005
Novell GroupWise 7.0
Like IBM's Lotus Notes and Microsoft's Exchange, Novell's GroupWise client/server architecture provides an excellent environment for managing collaboration on tasks and documents.
11/22/2005
Taldia Launches Personalized News Podcasting
Taldia Inc. launched a new personalized news podcasting service to provide customized news from major news providers.
11/13/2005
Audible Launches Wordcast
Audible entered into the Podcasting hosting and content delivery market today with Wordcast.
11/13/2005
Yahoo! My Web 2.0
Even though it forces you to use the Yahoo! Toolbar, My Web 2.0 currently offers the best social-bookmark experience.
10/21/2005
Simple Glance Has Its Advantages
Web conferencing service provider Glance Networks takes a different approach to Web conferencing than do typical applications.
10/17/2005
Antepo, Jabber Give IM a Boost
Companies looking for an instant messaging system that allows communication with users outside the enterprise will find good solutions in Antepo Inc.'s Open Presence Network System XT server application and Jabber Inc.'s JabberNow appliance.
10/10/2005
Pod 3.5 Lowers IM Barriers
The quandary of public-network instant messaging is that once it's out there in the user community, reining it in via an enterprise IM system is nearly impossible.
10/10/2005
Antepo OPN System XT
Priced at $30 per user, OPN System XT is one of the least-expensive enterprise servers available.
10/10/2005
JabberNow
Jabber's JabberNow puts solid IM and persistent chat capabilities in an easy-to-deploy appliance.
10/10/2005
ZipIt Wireless Messenger
A great way to get IMing kids off the family PC, as long as they don't type very fast.
9/27/2005
Google Talk
Great way to do basic instant messaging and VoIP.
8/24/2005
CommuniGate Pro Real-Time Collaboration 4.3
Priced starting at $22 per user, CommuniGate Pro is a very affordable solution.
8/15/2005
Mailstream Manages E-Mail Flow
Sendmail's Mailstream Manager 2.0 provides a flexible way for companies to do broad content filtering as well as ensure basic e-mail security.
5/23/2005
APM 3.1 Tackles E-Mail Policies
Orchestria's Active Policy Management update gives companies a flexible way to get a better handle on e-mail, IM and Web-based communications.
5/23/2005
RSVME Offers Basic Polling
Using enterprise-class survey software can be a great way to collect data from customers or suppliers.
5/16/2005
Current Corrals Web Content
Near-Time Current 1.5 makes organizing and sharing content a more automated experience.
4/18/2005
MSN Messenger 7.0
MSN Messenger 7.0 is even better than the previous version.
4/14/2005
MyWebEx PC Pro 1.0
For MyWebEx PC, WebEx Communications draws on its popular Web meeting product to offer organizations remote control.
4/4/2005
Workshare Professional 4.0
With the ability to track documents, to manage the integration of document comments and revisions, and to remove metadata from documents,
3/7/2005
Microsoft IM Platform Bridges Gaps
With its new ability to extend collaboration to Office productivity applications and to bridge communications among organizations, Microsoft Corp.'s Live Communications Server 2005 is a good enterprise instant messaging platform choice....
1/24/2005
Thunderbird Gets Messages Out
The Mozilla Foundation's Thunderbird 1.0 is a serviceable messaging application, albeit one without the group calendaring features of IBM's Lotus Notes or Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook.
1/10/2005
Info Select 8
If you like Info Select, you probably love it. It can serve all your PIM, e-mail, general application, and information-management needs—all in one program that you may never have to leave.
1/6/2005
Instant Technologies' Team Sessions 1.0
Instant Technologies' Team Sessions runs on top of IBM Lotus Instant Messaging, which runs on top of Lotus Domino. Therefore, user administration of the application is handled largely in the Domino sphere.
12/6/2004
Parlano's MindAlign 6.0
eWEEK Labs tested the stand-alone version of MindAlign, which differs from both Team Sessions and the competing Jabber Inc. XCP....
12/6/2004
Jabber 3.0 Is Enterprise-Ready
With a more configurable user interface and hooks that more easily customize the application, the new Jabber 3.0 client makes Jabber Inc.'s Jabber platform more suitable for enterprise use.
11/22/2004
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