Jive Software Gets Closer to the Enterprise With Clearspace 2.5
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It's rare that I get to write a post for this newsletter that might appeal to both the ITEC community as well as the people interested in New Marketing Summit, but this story has both. Oregon-based Jive Software has announced Clearspace 2.5, and CMO Sam Lawrence spoke with me on Monday to give me the scoop.

How is Email Overload Affecting Your Company?
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Ross Mayfield from SocialText recently blogged about how broken business practices are the cause of email overload. Ross says: "Most people don't dispute that they suffer from email overload. A recent report from Basex in the NYTimes revealed that people spend 28% of their day interrupted by things like unnecessary email. However, what we do about our overload is a source of much debate."

Ideas on the Desktop of the Future
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Nova Spivack has a bold vision of where he sees desktop computing going. He says that desktops will become a hosted web service. Given our own Nick Saber's recent issues with cloud computing, maybe you'll be skeptical. And yet, there's something to Spivack's assertions.

IBM Launches Green Data Center in Second Life
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

On the heels of its announcement to build a $360 Million USD data center, IBM has built a virtual version for Second Life. In an article by Paul McDougall at Information Week, Big Blue plans to unveil the data center on a webinar later this week. Beyond this, IBM is working to create standards for creation of objects and avatars in virtual worlds.

Project Dogfood Launches
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The term "eating your own dog food" means using your company's own products and services. At CrossTech Media, we just took that to heart by launching Project Dogfood, a conversation with our community about what you want from our online presence. So far, it's been interesting.