Along with Vista, Microsoft has launched a new version of its Office suite (Office ‘07). One of the key features of Office ‘07 is that it enables enhanced versions of Microsoft’s collaboration software, termed SharePoint. Peter O’Kelly of The Burton Group explains why he thinks this is significant.

Increasingly, computer users are discovering that it is better to get their software as a service off the Web instead of purchasing programs that must be loaded and maintained by the buyer. Jeff Kaplan, who is the CEO of THINK Strategies, explains what is happening.

Popular blogs have learned that one way to maximize their audience is to routinely provide a methodology for readers to contribute. For example, bloggers normally provide a “comments” link at the end of each article. If developing a collaborative relationship optimizes the audience, might the concept be applicable to the ...

In recent months, Cisco Systems has been gobbling up online collaboration companies and communities. They bought Five Across in December and purchased Tribe in February, and most recently WebEx in March. Looks like they have a real agenda going, but what? David Coleman of Collaborative Strategies, shares his thoughts.

Online collaboration is expected to become an integral feature of future business software. While Microsoft can integrate its applications with Windows, third party software vendors will need another platform. Inside Digital Media’s Phil Leigh speaks with Shankar Iyer, vice president for strategic initiatives at WebEx.

Online collaboration is expected to become an integral feature of future business software. While Microsoft can integrate its applications with Windows, 3rd party software vendors will need another platform. Cisco and WebEx may have the answer. Shankar Iyer, vice president for strategic initiatives at WebEx, explains how.

Microsoft is rightly concerned that Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Flash can become the primary software platform in Web 2.0 for rich Internet applications. As such it might be a major threat to the historical dominance of Microsoft. Greg DeMichillie, of Directions on Microsoft, shares his analysis.

Perhaps the best way for the uninitiated to understand concepts like Web 2.0 and Software-as-a-Service, is to actually experience them. Jonathan Sposato, the CEO of Picknik.com, demonstrates photo-editing software that is available as Software-as-a-Service. It is an application that consumers can readily relate to, implying an evolution toward Web-centric ...

If you can capture video displayed on your computer screen, you can use Camtasia Studio by TechSmith to create a file of the video that can be podcast. In point of fact, anything that you can capture on your computer screen can be podcast, as Troy Smith of Tech ...

When you present a PowerPoint, you may also want to record your narration. That way you can put the entire synchronized presentation on the Internet, available for download and even as a video podcast. Inside Digital Media’s Phil Leigh speaks with Troy Stein, of Tech Smith, about how ...

WebEx and Microsoft LiveMeeting are great tools for online collaboration. But if all meeting participants can not be present at the appointed time, it is convenient to make a Webcast, or even a podcast, recording of the session available. One good tool is Camtasia software from TechSmith.

One of the important trends enabled by Web 2.0 is the mashup. Increasingly, Web applications are made available to 3rd parties, permitting them to develop layered applets on top of the underlying application. This example from www.programmableweb.com involves Google Maps.

Recently, Cisco Systems paid 8 times revenue to purchase WebEx, for $3.2 billion in cash. Steve Borsch, of Connecting the Dots, who is an expert consultant in the Enterprise 2.0 space, provides his analysis of the deal.

In order to reduce deployment costs, Cablevision planned a service to provide DVR capability within its own network facilities instead of requiring each subscriber to have their own DVR. A federal court recently ruled this to be a copyright infringement.

Last month, a San Diego trial court ruled that Microsoft owes $1.5 billion to Alcatel for the original Bell Labs MP3 patents. Microsoft had already paid the Fraunhofer Institute $16 million for the patents and thought that it was safe. Industry consultant Jim Griffin of OneHouse LLC provides some ...

Steady advances in computer and Internet technology make it increasingly convenient for workers to collaborate online. As a result, video conferencing is becoming more popular. Andrew Davis of Wainhouse Research gives us his latest analysis of the market.

Recently, the Copyright Royalty Board set new rates for the Internet radio industry. Internet radio will be required to pay 10 times the rates of the conventional broadcast radio business even though it generates less than 1 percent the revenue. Jon Potter, who is the executive director of the

Of the 50 percent of consumers who own HD televisions that are not watching HD programming, half of them don’t even realize that they aren’t seeing the HD quality they paid for. In this second installment of a conversation with Bruce Leichtman, of Leichtman Research Group, we discuss the ...

Research shows that half of the consumers who purchased high definition TVs do not watch HD programming. Bruce Leichtman, Leichtman Research Group, explains how the different types of digital and high-definition televisions are contributing to the confusion. This is the first in a two-part series.

Don Tapscott argues that online collaboration will forever change the way we do business. At least that is the theme of his current best-selling book, Wikinomics. He speaks with authority, having earlier published Paradigm Shift, Digital Capital, and Growing Up Digital.

As the digital media come of age, it will be interesting to see whether the content creators or the Internet distributors will hold the greater power. Paul Vigna, of Dow Jones recently wrote an editorial for The Wall Street Journal, arguing that content will be king.

This is the second part of a two-part podcast dealing with some of the Internet security issues raised by many Web 2.0 applications. Kailash Ambwani is the CEO of FaceTime Communications.

The arrival of the Web 2.0 world has brought with it a universe of new ways to stay connected with one another. All those connections have brought with them a new universe of security risks. Web 2.0 tools like instant messaging, Web conferencing and P2P file transfers, among others essentially ...

In a battle over the value of copyrights, Viacom recently asked YouTube to remove all of its content, including popular videos like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Professor Rich Hanley, at the Communications School of Quinnipiac University shares his views on the relative negotiating strength of content ...