Angela Ashenden on IT-Analysis.com

Cisco strengthens collaboration portfolio

Angela Ashenden, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:15:00 +0100

Cisco today announced its acquisition (which is expected to close by the end of October) of email and calendaring startup, PostPath, for the princely sum of approximately $215 million. The PostPath... [Read More...]

Collaborative mind mapping

Angela Ashenden, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:55:00 +0100

I don't usually blog about individual briefings from vendors, but I've just had a fascinating briefing from Mindjet, a company which has developed an interactive, collaborative mind mapping solution... [Read More...]

The Mysterious Oracle

Angela Ashenden, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:33:00 +0100

As part of my research into all things collaboration, not least through my development of our forthcoming continuous advisory service, I have regular briefings with software vendors to find out what... [Read More...]

Google launches Google Sites

Angela Ashenden, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:31:00 +0100

Google is once again treading on Microsoft toes with the launch of its newest product, Google Sites. The new offering allows users to create and manage their own websites, and is based on the wiki... [Read More...]

Microsoft announces bid for FAST Search

Angela Ashenden, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:57:00 +0100

Microsoft today announced that it has offered to acquire Norwegian search vendor Fast Search and Transfer (FAST) for approximately $1.2 billion, or 19 Norwegian kroner per share.There are two... [Read More...]

Collaboration market update - IBM and Microsoft in the news again

Angela Ashenden, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:45:00 +0100

The last couple of weeks have seen a wave of product launches and announcements at IBM Lotus, coinciding with the Lotus Collaboration Summit which took place on 18th September. A new version of... [Read More...]

Market activities this week

Angela Ashenden, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:00:00 +0100

There have been two notable events this week in the collaboration software market - firstly the acquisition of Zimbra by Yahoo! on Tuesday, followed by Novell's reach into the broader collaboration ... [Read More...]

Is this really collaboration?

Angela Ashenden, Macehiter Ward-Dutton — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0100

As part of a report I am writing on collaboration, I have been mulling over the increasingly broad use of the words collaboration and collaborative, and wondering how appropriate they are in ... [Read More...]