I thought I would offer some comments on some UC predictions offered by Gurdeep Singh Pall, who heads Microsoft's UC group: No Jitter | Microsoft: Gurdeep's UC Predictions single identity with presence at the core is spot on - but it makes you wonder why Microsoft does not openly share its rich presence information? 1. UC gets unified The term "unified communications" has long been muddled and miss-used, and the problem is made worse by vendors who slap a "unified" label on products that are anything but.

I really do enjoy seeing this type of innovation coming from Microsoft - the SharePoint team could learn a lot by working more closely with these folks - and consider leveraging their solutions for the next release of SharePoint. Brier Dudley's blog | Microsoft debuts Vine in Seattle: Twitter+Facebook on steroids | Seattle Times Newspaper It's been awhile since Microsoft introduced a game-changing social Web application, but Vine -- a service that's debuting today with a beta test in Seattle -- could be a contender. Vine is a hyperlocal, personalized

They include desktop and online options Gil first suggested OneNote, another Microsoft desktop tool that is a lightweight word processor optimized for taking and organizing notes. The Microsoft site describes it as a “digital notebook that provides people one place to gather their notes and information, powerful search to find what they are looking for quickly, and easy-to-use shared notebooks so that they can manage information overload and work together more effectively.” This is the fourth part of a five part series on how enterprise 2.0 tools can work for

Microsoft’s Sharepoint is the first commercial product to make the list and is also one of the most mature and popular. can get anywhere now (basecamp, 5min.com, Trackback by Anonymous — January 31, 2009 @ 3:10 am Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads Taking Role-Based Access Control to the Next Level Symark Software Top 10 Things You Should Know about Genuine Windows Microsoft Root Account Access Control and Monitoring Using Symark PowerBroker Free Trial Symark Software Essential Topics

They provide native viewing and editing of Microsoft® Office documents in over 47 languages. Other useful features include file sharing capabilities via Wi-Fi desktop connectivity and access to one's MobileMe iDisk account. David said that Microsoft has been opening up access to Office functionality. Here is another app for your iPhone. I

They provide native viewing and editing of Microsoft® Office documents in over 47 languages. Other useful features include file sharing capabilities via Wi-Fi desktop connectivity and access to one's MobileMe iDisk account. David said that Microsoft has been opening up access to Office functionality. Here is another app for your iPhone. I

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can then delete the original email or newsletter to keep my inbox and desktop from becoming overwhelmed. always save the plain text doc once it is posted as a desktop back up to what gets put in the cloud through the blog platform. think that Microsoft should create away for content to be easily exported from Word to blogs. This is the third part of a five part series on how enterprise 2.0 tools can work for an enterprise of one, myself in this case.

Third, as Google moves to balance control of video standards among companies that include Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe, ownership of On2 gives them leverage to ensure its platforms (Android, Chrome browser, Chrome OS, Apps and Gears) include native video capabilities that are independent of control or licensing by any of its potential competitors. Google recently purchased video compression provider On2 Technologies for about $106.5M. As Gartner’s Andrew Fran k writes, this is a “relatively small sum in the heady world of Internet valuations, for a company that’s been steadily losing