For perhaps no other reason than to chart the rise of the blog as a marketing/promotion/positioning tool, it’s interesting to see how some of Lombardi’s competitors have used corporate blogs to publish reactions to the recent news of Lombardi’s impending acquisition by IBM. Here’s Appian’s take from CEO Matt Calkins (fun quote: “Lombardi has now [...]
Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 by Neil Ward-DuttonGoogle To Acquire DocVerse; Office War Heats Up Hot on the heels of its Appjet acquisition, this latest news indicates that Google is really taking aim at Microsoft's desktop monopoly at the moment. When you consider that the Docs element of Google Apps definitely plays second fiddle to Gmail in the overall scheme of things, [...]
Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 by Angela AshendenThomas Stoesser from Software AG posted an entry on the AlignSpace blog yesterday titled: “We are still alive“. The fact that he felt the need to write the post says it all… As I said to one of the company’s BPM competitors in a call recently, AlignSpace has some really interesting features and potential as [...]
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2009 by Neil Ward-DuttonJust a few minutes ago I saw a tweet from Lombardi’s Phil Gilbert announcing that IBM is buying Lombardi – one of the most high-profile and successful of specialist BPM technology vendors. There’s going to be a briefing from IBM a little later today so I’m not yet in full possession of the detail – [...]
Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 by Neil Ward-DuttonA few days ago I trailed our Guest Pass webinar on the topic “When BPM and Collaboration collide“. As promised, the webinar is now available for access. Just make sure you’re signed in with your Guest Pass credentials and you’ll be good to go. (You’ll need to ensure that Flash is installed and enabled in [...]
Posted on Monday, December 14, 2009 by adminOut of the blue, I got an email from one of MWD’s friends. They’d been playing around with a few idle moments and an interest in learning a graphics tool, so they’d set about having some fun with our logo. This was far and away my favourite! As someone who first saw stickers a bit [...]
Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2009 by Neil Ward-DuttonMicro Focus shapes up well with the backing of the market « Software Delivery news Nice post from our analyst Bola Rotibi on Micro Focus' ongoing evolution. Subscribe to her blog if you're interested in software delivery trends and best practice! (tags: microfocus acquisition software_delivery compuware borland) Salesforce.com takes on the collaboration giants « Collaboration [...]
Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2009 by adminAre you interested in developments in BPM and/or collaboration? Perhaps you’re engaged in initiatives in one or both of these areas, or you’re interested in understanding how these elements of the IT industry are shifting… if so, would you like an early Christmas present? OK, it’s not exactly in the same league as a bottle [...]
Posted on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Neil Ward-DuttonOffline Gmail graduates from Gmail Labs An update from the Google Apps blog about accessing Google's cloud-based email service in an offline capacity – Good to see this feature attaining full release status, particularly given its importance in a business setting. (tags: google gmail google_apps)
Posted on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Angela AshendenLast week, Google acquired Appjet, the makers of the online collaborative editing tool, Etherpad, for an undisclosed sum. Launched in November 2008, Etherpad targets the same market as Google Docs, although Etherpad supports realtime updates to content, whereas users of Google Docs experience a several-second delay between their making edits to a document and those [...]
Posted on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 by Angela Ashenden
