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  About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365

  About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC).

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 18:55

  Tags: Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, collaboration, e-mail, applications, software, Google, Microsoft

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  Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

  IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

  By Michael Cooney | 24 May, 2012 13:33

  Tags: web 2.0, unified communications, software, social media, networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, IBM, collaboration, ceo, applications

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  Box to beef up IT administration features of cloud content management software

  Box will start letting customers test a new set of IT administration controls for its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software on Thursday.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 13:00

  Tags: Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, collaboration, applications, software, Box.net

• Managing Mobile Mania

  In the space of just a few years, Art Johnston has gone from thinking of unified communications as optional to viewing it as "a strategy that we need to implement to be competitive."

  By Mary K. Pratt | 22 May, 2012 00:22

  Tags: software, smartphones, Mobile and Wireless, freemium, Enterprise Web 2.0/Collaboration, consumer electronics, collaboration, Argo Turboserve, applications

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  Final count down to Facebook's IPO begins

  After all the buildup, Facebook's long-anticipated initial public offering is finally here.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 18 May, 2012 23:43

  Tags: Web 2.0 and Web Apps, software, IT industry, internet, Facebook, Enterprise Web 2.0/Collaboration, e-commerce, e-business, collaboration, applications

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  9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012

  While there are sure to be a lot of new networking and IT companies that emerge in 2012, these nine stood out for their potential to deliver game-changing innovations in a wide array of fields, including Cloud computing, enterprise search, and mobile application development. (These are in addition to seven hot Cloud companies and seven storage companies to watch that we highlighted last year.)

  By Brad Reed | 11 January, 2012 07:32

  Tags: business issues, CloudBees, collaboration, Lightspeed Venture Partners

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  With thick skin, Google CIO finds job rewarding

  When Ben Fried left his post as IT managing director at Morgan Stanley and took over as Google's CIO in May 2008, he knew what he was getting into: supporting a user base full of technology experts and computer industry stars, like co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, CEO Eric Schmidt and Vice President Vint Cerf. In a recent interview with IDG News Service, Fried spoke candidly about his job and shared tips and advice for fellow CIOs, including the urgent need for tablet device strategies. An edited transcript of the interview follows.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 January, 2011 05:25

  Tags: CIO role, cloud computing, collaboration, e-mail, Google, internet, it management, it strategy, laptops, Office suites, security, Software as a service, tablet PCs, Ben Fried

• Wikipedia celebrates a decade of edit wars, controversy and Internet dominance

  Wikipedia and its users are planning more than 300 celebration events across six continents for the 10th anniversary of the free, online encyclopedia that has become an Internet juggernaut by spreading access to information with a model that lets anyone edit its articles.

  By Jon Brodkin | 11 January, 2011 23:25

  Tags: applications, collaboration, Google, internet, Internet-based applications and services, networking, social media, software, unified communications, web 2.0, wikipedia

• 12 amazing productivity boosters

  It's official: I can no longer think of a single person I know (unless, of course, you count my two-year-old) who doesn't have more work on their to-do list than any human being can reasonably be expected to handle. If you're like everyone I know, chances are you could use a few new tools to help you manage your priorities, simplify your life, and accomplish more. This guide is for you.

  By Robert Strohmeyer | 11 November, 2010 11:11

  Tags: applications, collaboration, productivity, schedulers & contact managers, software, voice recognition

• Why Google Docs will be a 'killer app' for tablets

  Google on Monday announced that it will introduce versions of Google Docs for tablets running both the Android and Apple iOS4 mobile operating systems.

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 21 September, 2010 09:24

  Tags: Apple, apple ipad, applications, cloud, cloud computing, collaboration, desktop pcs, Google, hardware systems, internet, Office, software, tablet PC, tablets, wireless technology

Whitepapers about collaboration

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  Case study: Robinson Legal integrates an all-in-one unified communications and collaboration (UCC) solution

  A 5-year old analogue telephony system used by law firm Robinson Legal was costing $36,000 annually in call line and rental charges yet the phones were only being used to make, take and transfer calls without the multi functional benefits available from unified communications and collaboration. Learn how Robinson Legal selected a highly flexible telephony solution that integrated voice, e-mail, text, and faxes and mobile devices – all accessible from just one call number.

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  Becoming a Social Business

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  Improving Productivity in the Connected Enterprise Through Collaboration