New solutions ranging from startups, such as Trello and Central Desktop , to established players, such as Microsoft , Salesforce , Jive and my own employer — Mindjet — are vying for a piece of the market. Effective teamwork is one of the most critical keys to success. Below are five important trends in collaboration solutions. MORE >>

Windows 7 Microsofts Windows 7 arrived in late 2009 and kicked off a PC upgrade cycle thats expected to. Microsoft Office Green tech Smart phones Collaboration 2.0 There are 30,000 external users who come in through the firewall pinholes to participate in specific communities. Hot Topics iPhone iPad Enterprise 2.0 rc76058@. MORE >>

Windows 7 Microsofts Windows 7 arrived in late 2009 and kicked off a PC upgrade cycle thats expected to. Microsoft Office Green tech Smart phones Collaboration 2.0 ‘ESME’ (’Enterprise Social Messaging Experiment’) is essentially a behind the firewall version of Twitter, designed to run on top of Netweaver. MORE >>

Given that Microsoft is not running its own SharePoint Conference this year, SPTechCon will be one of the bigger and better SharePoint-related conferences of 2010, and we're fortunate to have it in our backyard. Of course, before we get to Cambridge, we have to deliver our monthly KMA Insights webinar.  I hope to see you there MORE >>

In part, that could be because of corporate standards governing firewalls and security and the need for robust software that can be licensed, installed and maintained by large IT departments — as opposed to the web world of beta software, open standards and an anything-goes kind of approach to social networks and information sharing. MORE >>