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IBM’s Enterprise Collaboration offering is comprised of a plethora of products, services, and solutions, with IBM Lotus Notes/Domino, IBM Lotus Connections, IBM Lotus Sametime, IBM Lotus Quickr, and IBM WebSphere Portal being the primary components. Enterprise collaboration systems, along with their supporting communication technologies, underpin many of the value-add activities of organisations, and so it figures that companies and institutions with complex business processes are likely to require a sop…
Technology Audits - published 10/08/2009 - Richard Edwards
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The Enterprise Collaboration market has been dominated by two vendors for the last couple decades: Microsoft and IBM. This domination has been driven, in the main, by extensive deployments of the vendors’ messaging products (Microsoft Outlook/Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes/Domino) and the fact that most collaboration still takes place via the e-mail Inbox. However, new offerings from EMC Documentum (CenterStage), Oracle (Beehive), and others could provide some organisations with a more compelling proposition.
OpinionWire Articles - published 24/07/2009 - Richard Edwards
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Oracle Beehive is the next generation of Oracle’s enterprise collaboration technologies. Oracle Beehive provides a unified collaboration application and platform comprised of a comprehensive set of integrated, Java-based services. Oracle Beehive unifies common, yet typically disjointed, collaborative services, such as e-mail, time management, Instant Messaging, and Document Management, and delivers these through familiar desktop tools, such as Microsoft Outlook. Access through standard Web browsers is su…
Technology Audits - published 09/07/2009 - Richard Edwards
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Adobe AIR is a runtime environment that allows applications developed using HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash, and Flex technologies to run outside the browser similarly to a native application. The same AIR application can run unmodified on Windows, MAC OS X, and Linux operating systems. Enterprises can make use of this new runtime environment to develop custom applications that reach out to customers and employees, providing rich, interactive multimedia experiences. Building on established Web technologies, the …
Technology Audits - published 29/06/2009 - Chandranshu Singh, Richard Edwards
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FICO Xpress is a suite of mathematical modelling and optimisation products that allow organisations to model and solve large, complex optimisation problems. The offering is based on an optimisation engine and a modelling language – Mosel – which enables model definition and offers various solution techniques with the help of specific solver engines. This functionality is provided through a visual development environment – Xpress-IVE. Developers and business analysts can create and deploy models in Mosel …
Technology Audits - published 29/06/2009 - Chandranshu Singh, Richard Edwards
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Telligent Community Server 2008.5 is an enterprise collaboration software platform that can be deployed as a private, corporate solution, or as public, Web-facing social networking site. The primary versions offered by Telligent are: Community Server Evolution, for internal collaboration and knowledge management; and Community Server, a proven platform that enables deployment of branded Web-facing applications and social communities. Key capabilities of the platform include: wikis, blogs, forums, groups,…
Technology Audits - published 19/06/2009 - Chandranshu Singh, Richard Edwards
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The Google Search Appliance (GSA) is an on-premises search solution suited to either Intranet use or an Internet-facing Web site. Within an Enterprise setting, the GSA is able to search across corporate portals and Web sites, file servers and Content Management systems, and a growing list of business applications. Recent upgrades have improved the GSA’s scalability, provided for increased customisation, and enhanced search results. The GSA integrates well with enterprise Identity and Access Management so…
Technology Audits - published 18/06/2009 - Richard Edwards
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Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro 7 is a Web conferencing and persistent online meeting solution that provides real-time collaboration features, end-to-end event management, and a rich eLearning environment. This Flash-based collaboration platform is offered in a range of guises, such as a virtual classroom for online training, and the product can be tailored and branded to meet specific business requirements. Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro is consumed through a Flash-based client, and thus is accessible to a range o…
Technology Audits - published 12/06/2009 - Chandranshu Singh, Richard Edwards
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During a keynote address last week at Computex 2009 in Taipei, Microsoft’s Steve Guggenheimer (VP of Microsoft’s OEM Division) announced that Windows 7 will be Released To Manufacturing (RTM) in the second half of July this year, and that General Availability (GA) is planned for 22 October 2009. During the announcement, Mr. Guggenheimer also said: “we’ve received great feedback from our partners who are looking forward to offering Windows 7 to their customers in time for the holidays.”
OpinionWire Articles - published 11/06/2009 - Richard Edwards
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Lotus Connections is an enterprise social software offering from IBM that is designed to help organisations “work smarter” and more effectively by empowering individuals and teams. The features offered by Lotus Connections can enable those within a business or institution to keep track of people, ideas, and know-how. Corporate employees spend a great deal of time collaborating via e-mails, documents, spreadsheets and presentations; however, the social network that ties all of this ‘stuff’ together is mis…
Technology Audits - published 01/06/2009 - Richard Edwards
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The information required for business decision-making and operational activities is contained within both structured and unstructured data sets, and these in turn are generally stored within siloed repositories and IT systems that are scattered across the enterprise. Furthermore, an increasing amount of actionable business information is now stored beyond the corporate firewall, either with partners and suppliers, or with customers and communities. Only through the application of Enterprise Search soluti…
OpinionWire Articles - published 28/05/2009 - Richard Edwards
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Corporate employees now spend more time working on e-mails, documents, spreadsheets, and presentations than ever before, and as a result the number of digital assets that have to be stored, managed, shared, and protected each year is increasing.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 27/04/2009 - Richard Edwards
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Corporate Intranets have been with us for well over a decade, and so as organisations consider all aspects of their business at this critical juncture, now is as good a time as any to revisit this highly important aspect of Information Management and corporate culture.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 27/04/2009 - Richard Edwards
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Capscan’s Matchcode is an address management solution that accurately captures and cleanses address data against the Royal Mail’s Postcode Address File (PAF) and other international address files covering about 240 other postal territories worldwide. The solution operates in two modes: point of capture and batch mode. Matchcode can infer a complete and accurate address from partly accurate information at the point of data capture. In the data capture mode, the solution can be integrated with applications…
Technology Audits - published 15/04/2009 - Karthik Balakrishnan, Richard Edwards, Somak Roy
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Corporate Performance Management (CPM) has been born out of the need to proactively manage performance for business optimisation. CPM can play an important role in controlling costs, optimising resources, and ensuring that business units are adding value. Business Intelligence (BI) has a crucial part to play in performance management, by presenting information in a timely and easily consumed fashion, and in providing the ability to reason and understand the meaning behind performance information through …
Technology Evaluation and Comparison Reports - published 01/04/2009 - Balachandar Ganesh, Richard Edwards, Sarah Burnett, Tim Jennings
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Corporate employees now spend more time collaborating via e-mails, documents, spreadsheets, and presentations than anything else, and as a result the number of digital assets which have to be stored, managed, shared, and protected each year is increasing. With a faltering economy and fierce competition across all markets and sectors, organisations must now ensure that their collaboration facilities are up-to-scratch, and that staff are employing these tools efficiently, effectively, and securely.
OpinionWire Articles - published 27/03/2009 - Richard Edwards
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“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Attributed to Thomas J. Watson Sr. (1874-1956) while he was president of International Business Machines, this apocryphal quote could turn out to be true in a manner of speaking if one were to rephrase the statement thus: ‘I think there is a world market for maybe five computer clouds.’
Butler Group Review Articles - published 17/03/2009 - Richard Edwards
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SAP offers a replete portfolio of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions which encompass a range of applications targeting specific business functions and requirements. SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management Solutions Release 7.0 (EPM) is comprised of many products, solutions, and technologies, and represents the culmination of a series of acquisitions over a three-year period, with Business Objects being the most significant. SAP’s product line-up includes some best-in-class pr…
Technology Audits - published 17/03/2009 - Richard Edwards
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Speech-based transcription, dictation, and translation capabilities have improved markedly over the past decade due to refined algorithms, increased computational power, and general advancements in digital audio and recording equipment.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 05/03/2009 - Richard Edwards
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The WebFOCUS Performance Management Framework (PMF) is an application suite for enterprise metrics management and Business Intelligence (BI). Using PMF, business strategies can be measured and tracked and ‘owners’ are automatically linked to their business objectives. Built entirely on the WebFOCUS BI platform, PMF offers built-in multi-dimensional support. Organisations can benefit from PMF’s rapid start-up and simple customisation capabilities and need not be existing customers as the solution is also …
Technology Audits - published 04/03/2009 - Richard Edwards
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InterSystems DeepSee™ is a Business Intelligence (BI) solution that enables the real-time analysis of transactional data, and is designed to be optimal for embedding within transactional applications. Business users in healthcare, government, financial services, telecommunications, retail, and logistics require analysis and alerting based on current data for real-time decision making. DeepSee has four modules that provide capabilities for building data models, analytical elements, dashboards, and connect…
Technology Audits - published 04/03/2009 - Aanchal Sabharwal, Richard Edwards, Somak Roy
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The acquisition of Business Objects by SAP and Cognos by IBM has caused a great deal of turbulence in the Business Intelligence (BI) world, and this in turn is having an effect on the BI applications market. However, there is also another reason for the slow-down in this particular market: abstinence.
OpinionWire Articles - published 26/02/2009 - Richard Edwards
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Information workers are becoming engulfed in an avalanche of data: becoming ‘digitally snow blind’ as they stare at endless screens of information, trying to decide which link or which search result will provide them with the information they need to do their job. Enterprise Search enables these users to quickly identity, filter, access, and use the information required to do their tasks. MindServer Enterprise Search combines sophisticated search technology with a simple user interface to provide the use…
Technology Audits - published 12/02/2009 - Richard Edwards
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The dns Managed Security Services (dnsMSS) offering is comprised of: managed firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN), Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) monitoring, e-mail security, vulnerability assessments, identity management, content security, strong authentication, and Security Information and Event (SIEM) monitoring. Security, authentication, and compliance management are expensive and specialised tasks that some organisations prefer to outsource to experts. d…
Technology Audits - published 12/02/2009 - Karthik Balakrishnan, Richard Edwards, Somak Roy
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Safend’s Data Protection portfolio of endpoint software security products are designed to protect an organisation’s confidential information from loss and theft by monitoring, detecting, and restricting data transfers to or from Windows-based computers. Any and every digital file type is potentially susceptible to loss or theft as a result of either benign or malignant behaviour. Although Microsoft has introduced some functionality in Windows Vista to address information-security management issues, these…
Technology Audits - published 09/02/2009 - Richard Edwards
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