Press releases on a Vancouver-based company saving time and money with a conferencing system. What you have to think about is this…if you really try it, and give the system a fair shake (that is be dedicated to trying and not expect more than it can deliver) you really might be able to save time…

Nice review of screen-sharing tools. Shinkuro also has a rudimentary screen-sharing capability. I think it would be fine for something like “see this here…” kind of thing. Best Screen Sharing Tools Reviewed At Buyer's Review – Online Collaboration and Web Conferencing Breaking News – Kolabora.com: “Best Screen Sharing Tools Reviewed At Buyer's Review Last Thursday,…

Like most of GrokDotCom's articles, this is particularly good and insightful. I always look at what search terms people use to reach my site. Interestingly, most folks arrive because of something I've posted in this blog and it relates to what they are looking for in someway. Whether I helped or hindered I don't know….

Perhaps this is one of the keystones of KM. Tap into an record the “conventional wisdom” to leverage. But this article points out the catch, what if it's wrong. Also I think the conventional wisdom capture, while it might be the most important information to capture, is the hardest to capture. Who wants to write…

This is a page straight from my book of philosophy. Lot's of great technologies. Start off in the bliss and excitement of a new cool tool, and then, slowly, the shine wears off. Now I like getting my newsfeeds in Outlook (I use Newsgator), but I have a long line of other applications that have…

Not for the faint of heart (or budget, I expect). Oracle is offering additions to its suite of collaboration tools. Oracle Blends IM, Collaboration: “Enterprises looking for integrated messaging and collaboration software will soon get an enhanced offering from Oracle Corp. OCS (Oracle Collaboration Suite) 3.0, due in the fourth quarter, adds an instant messaging…

Nice, short article with good points about marketing. I think the point later in the article about being able try new and innovative technologies (they use blogs and live chat on your site) is a double edged sword. True, smaller companies can try these pretty easily without internal read tape, but they also are on…

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Key Trend Cap Gemini Ernst & Young highlights ad hoc collaboration with Social Software as one of six key 24-month technology trends. Ad Hoc Collaboration A new generation of tools and approaches toward software-based collaboration creates an environment in which people, no longer limited to the confines of a single…

This is part of an excellent article that anyone thinking about collaboration space should read. Bottom line, Microsoft is currently missing the boat and paddling madly to get in the race. The author mentions SharePoint, LiveMeeting (aka PlaceWare) Outlook, NetMeeting, and Groove as parts of a Microsoft collaboration portfolio, but they are just that…parts. For…

More buzz and articles are being written about this idea that collaboration isn't about tools. It's about how we work and process information together. The outcome is often 1+1=3. The bottom line from a recent META group article on collaboration states that “Effective collaboration strategies will enable workers and teams to be more productive within…