Microsoft signed an agreement with Interoute, to provide voice-over-IP calling services in Europe for customers with Office Communications Server. " It is a secure knowledge-sharing system that enables organizations more control over their content and allows for secure collaboration, both internally and with their business partners. KnowledgeTree Update. KnowledgeTree released Version 3.6.1 of its document management solution, and a new plug-in for Microsoft Office. MORE

1 This thinking was originally tested in WorldJam, IBMs first large-scale collaboration, held in May 2001, when over 50,000 employees (or 16 percent of the IBM employee population) discussed critical issues with IBM leaders over the course of a three-day online collaboration event. In the first year in which it was offered, over 2000 innovators registered for access to services and hundreds created server accounts. MORE

For some, they create a sense of community, relationship and “realness&# — voices and not just words on a screen. MORE

It is free, and supports the use of voice-over-IP. Okay, so this is an idea. re-orienting what I've historically done about new products and services in line with common collaborative processes. I'm not promising to do this again, or regularly. I'm just experimenting. Comments welcome. I'll have to re-think this layout though. it's hard to scan. Managing a Project. Interesting academic article from January 2009 on collaboration in software teams. MORE

With this addition, participants now have a range of audio options to choose from, including integrated toll-free, a toll-based number, or Voice over IP (VoIP) for audio over the Internet. Some firms are allowing users much more control over what they use at work. Video Going Mainstream. Recent announcements by Cisco (the TANDBERG acquisition attempt) and Logitech (the LifeSize acquisition), point to the mainstreaming of video conferencing. " MORE

They mention some of the revolutionary promises like sharing information freely under the creative commons license, the easiness of sharing text, photos, video and audio materials via the web, communicating in real time through Voice over IP and teleconference-like tools, and the combination of mobile phone and the web (like I could blog by SMS from Ghana). And with all this collaboration over the web- fighting over scarce resources will not diminuish. MORE

These team workspaces, accessible securely by team members both inside and outside the company, incorporate multiple integrated collaboration tools, including blogs, wikis, instant message, chat, voice over IP and web conferencing, providing the powerful core of a unified communications and collaboration solution. Collaborative Thinking Perceptions on collaboration and social software by Mike Gotta « Info 2.0: Harnessing the power of Web 2.0 MORE

Networks ideally should support: • Voice over IP (VoIP) to provide fully integrated. must be purposefully developed over time. Cisco on Cisco Implementing the. Cisco Collaboration. Framework IntroductionExecutive OverviewContentsForeword A Guide to Accelerating Business Value with. a Collaboration Framework Creating a Collaborative Enterprise Cisco on Cisco Implementing the. Cisco Collaboration. Framework IntroductionExecutive OverviewContentsForeword . MORE