Integration A good way for adopting new practices is in the design and integration with existing tools. Just like Jon Mell describes less use of email by incorporating IM into email (placing it in the same spot where you create a new email)…what I would like to see at the end of an Office Communicator Live Meeting, is to be able to spin this real-time (synchronous) ad-hoc group into an asynchronous ad-hoc group using a social network and group tool. The other day when I posted on social networks and ad-hoc groups , I mentioned these online tools need to mirror both our offline behaviour, and our online real-time behaviour.

Team workspaces, web / video conferencing, and integration with desktop productivity tools (including Windows Explorer) were the among the list of improvements cited in the press release . Synchronous Collaboration (web/video conferencing, instant messaging, presence, voice chat) Beehive Platform (platform services including security, policy management, integration, object model, admin Last week Oracle announced enhancements to its nascent collaboration platform, Beehive. These enhanced capabilities build on announcements Oracle made earlier this year when it announced

Mindquarry.com - Work on projects online or off-line, then synchronize as soon as you are back. The great part is that if you work on a document offline, once you go back online it will synchronize with other group memebers. it offers very extensive functionality and suits smaller companies like ours. Godzhesas More then a year has passed, the list is still great, but it would be wonderful to see an update :) Skip to content Skip to navigation Mashable Mashable Lists Twitter How To Music Travel WordPress Jobs Games Google Business More Lists Blogger Blogging Bookmarks Browsers Business Celebrity Current Events Dating Desktop Apps Events

The need for better intra-domain presence integration and interoperability is clear - but at the end of the day - communication vendors will not be well-positioned as the "master" presence system. The open conversation provides a level of situational awareness that people can benefit by - it helps them self-synchronize with a conversation flow if they need to involve themselves in an activity. I've posted a lot recently regarding enterprise social messaging ("Twitter for the enterprise"): Twitter in the Workplace

There are a range of new features in SharePoint 2010, including the Office ribbon interface, tighter Office integration, rich media support, and more. SharePoint Workspace Client enables SharePoint data to be taken offline (or worked with online), with full synchronization back to SharePoint. - Pillar 4 (team-aware calendaring): failed in 2007, unknown for 2010 (will have to federate calendars with Exchange to get a pass, Day 1 of the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 is underway. Here's what I've seen announced or discussed during the day.

You might avoid some messy integration and user adoption issues down the road.  Connectbeam Social Profiles Integrated into Microsoft Outlook Here's a screen shot of this integration: Contact information, synchronized with LDAP or Active Directory Connectbeam is one of those first-movers in the market that often gets overlooked but they continue to do some creative things (see below). While initially identified as a social bookmark system for the enterprise (an "internal delicious"), the company has done a credible job of expanding the conversation

This is software you can brand and integrate tightly into your existing domain. Awareness builds these features into complete communities for companies, or customers use the Awareness API and widgets to integrate Web 2.0 8221; Mzinga (Acquired Prospero, March 2008) “We enable organizations to easily, quickly, and cost-effectively develop branded, integrated communities and social networks comprised of message boards, blogs, ratings, and chats and to manage them using a single, intuitive About Contact Web Strategy Vault Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing Jeremiah Owyang discusses how web tools and social media enable companies to connect with customers List of “White Label” or “Private Label” (Applications you can Rebrand) Social Networking Platforms, Community Platforms February 12th, 2007 | Category: White Label Social Network , Industry Index , Social Networking Left Graphic: Forrester Wave™: Community Platforms, Q1 ’09 Important Update:

You can subscribe to documents via RSS to be notified of changes and keep your writings organized with Backpack integration. Near-Time integrates blogging, wikis, calendaring, email, file sharing, RSS output, tags and more. Free to use. Supported file types: Text Text chat: NO Revisions: NO RSS: NO Email updates: NO Public/Private: Private Max Editors: N/A Real-Time - Co-editing: YES Software/Web-based: Win, Mac, Lin March 1, 2007 Collaborative Writing Tools And Technology: A Mini-Guide Collaborative writing tools are those technologies that facilitate the editing and reviewing of a text document by multiple individuals either in real-time or asynchronously. Online, web-based collaborative writing tools offer great flexibility and usefulness in learning groups and educational settings as they provide an easy mean to generate text exercises, research reports and other writing assignments in a full collaborative fashion.

None of them require any of the others, but if they’re installed in the same WAS cell, they are loosely integrated via configuration files. A REST-style API using Atom Publishing Protocol (Atompub) and Atom Synchronization Format (ASF) is available for every component. Also, check out how to integrate Lotus Connections (well, WebSphere, really) with Windows SSO using the SPNEGO TAI . Connected Search Archives IBM Lotus Connections, in plain English Edit: I used to be the IBM Lotus Connections Technical Evangelist. I

Enterprise Adaptability integrates several recognized IBM competencies: Enterprise-class Web 3.0ish social software via SmallBlue/IBM Atlas —this software analyzes IM (instant messaging), email and other digital knowledge artifacts to create synthetic profiles and social web models among people. It has learned to integrate these with enterprise infrastructure. The Global Human Capital Journal Globalization: Coming soon to a theatre near you Categories Beyond Sourcing China, India & Globalization Economy Innovation/Web 2.0 Practice Reviews Technology/Leaders The Enterprise Tags Architecture CEO China CIO CTO CMO Collaboration Culture Customer Experience Development Digital Hollywood E-Business Economics Economy Empowerment Enterprise Enterprise 2.0