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IBM distributing limited first beta of Lotus Notes Social Edition

IBM has distributed to partners the first external beta code of Notes/Domino Social Edition, which will allow Notes client applications to run in a browser, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
Time Warner takes on Verizon, CenturyLink with NaviSite's DaaS service

Seeking to capture a slice of market share in the emerging field of virtual desktop services, NaviSite, a Time Warner Cable managed service provider of cloud-based products has announced its next major endeavor: a desktop as a service (DaaS) offering aimed specifically at enterprise customers.
Ray Ozzie pops up at mobile startup Cocomo

Lotus Notes creator and former Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie is coming back with a startup named Cocomo that seems to be focused on mobile communication.
Lenovo announces business focused ThinkPad tablet

Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad Tablet for businesses, which runs on Google's Android 3.1 and blends consumer features such as a camera with business-oriented manageability tools.
Ubuntu Linux boosted by 10,000 seat PC win

Canonical has taken the wraps off a morale-boosting deal that has seen German insurance giant LVM Versicherungen convert 10,000 PCs to use Ubuntu Linux across the company?s operations.
BlackBerry email service will connect to Microsoft's Office 365 only after launch

The BlackBerry servers enterprises have installed in their data centres won't connect to Exchange Online but a free cloud-based BlackBerry email service will soon move into beta.
Security solutions deceived by attack vectors, antivirus tests reveal

A new round of antivirus testing found some products fail to detect malware that tries to infect a computer via a different attack vector, such as through a local network fileshare or a USB drive.
IBM to launch cloud version of Lotus Symphony office suite

IBM is preparing a version of its Lotus Symphony office suite for online use.
Microsoft exec plans to step down

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect and the executive responsible for pushing the company into the cloud, plans to step down, Microsoft said on Monday.
Software start-up offers easy migration to cloud

CIMTrek to help enterprises migrate to cloud

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Can IBM's social approach at Lotusphere kickstart a Lotus Notes comeback?

Despite the tough position in which IBM finds Lotus Notes, the company will once again hold its Lotusphere conference at Walt Disney World from January 15-19 - this time with a more intense focus on new social business technology could have a long-term impact on IBM's future in the email and collaboration market.
The solution to legacy application woes

Legacy applications are one of the most difficult issues to face within IT. A rip-and-replace approach is expensive and thus difficult to justify; plus, it tends to interrupt operations. Meanwhile, the ageing software lingers in accounting's ledgers, overstays its welcome in sales and causes poor network performance throughout the organisation.
15 essential open source tools for Windows administrators

Microsoft offers great tools for enhancing your server-side experience, but open source has impressive options as well.
Five top open source group collaboration suites

Messaging and groupware is at the heart of business and applications most people use everyday. While the big names like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and Google Apps are increasing their influence, enterprises have several viable open source options.
Google Apps: A simple guide

Google would like you to believe that its hosted e-mail and office productivity tools are just as good as Microsoft's. While that's probably not the case yet, Google Apps is a valid and inexpensive alternative to Microsoft Office for many types of customers. Here's what you need to know about Google Apps.
35 years of Microsoft

The year is 1975. Gerald Ford is in the White House, South Vietnam falls, Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in the "Thrilla in Manila" world championship boxing match, the late-night comedy show NBC's Saturday Night (later called Saturday Night Live) debuts, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest sweeps the Oscars, and Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" and Glenn Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" top the music charts.
Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

It can't be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft's chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill Gates' handpicked successor, yet depending on whom you ask, his tenure will either signal a bold new era for the company or mark the beginning of its terminal decline.
10 New Year's resolutions for Google

As 2009 becomes 2010, Google remains the most interesting technology company. Google is involved in so many (probably too many) things and the regulatory environment, if not competition, has begun to heat up.
WAN war breaks out over changed file formats

A changed file format has sparked off a fierce war of words between users, WAN acceleration vendors and the software company involved.
Integrating the phone with the business process

Business efficiency means involving people better, not cutting them out of the loop, argues the boss of Avaya's communications group.

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Integrating SharePoint with Lotus Notes

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What Email Hackers Know that you Don't

E-mail systems such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and GroupWise were constructed with a single purpose in mind: accept and send the maximum amount of mail, and route that mail as efficiently as possible. Without question this has succeeded; e-mail is the most commonly utilized business communication tool on the planet, and its use is projected to continue to rise. In fact, the current volume of e-mail sent worldwide is now more than 50 billion messages per day, with that number expected to double by 2008.
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The Future's in Sight

IBM?s Lotus Sametime, the stalwart crossover player in both the enterprise instant messaging (EIM) and Web conferencing markets, seemed to stall over the last two to three years as an IBM branding effort took the popular application through a name change nobody recognized.
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To Manage Risk, Focus on Security

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