Enterprise 2.0 blog

The Office 2.0 Conference is a fun event to attend with many interesting web-based apps to explore.  Ismael  Ghalimi is a very passionate conference host, who boasts 100% use of web/SaaS-based  applications to run the event. Ismael has also taken a firm stand on the use of paper and signage at his conference with nary a pulp-based product in sight.  I got quite a few demos while attending the conference today, but a few of them stood out for me.

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It’s been interesting to watch Dell’s strategy lately. As the wold’s second largest PC maker, Dell has frequently been in the news as they swap market share for margins.

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The AP is reporting that Google will offer users a free Web browser starting Tuesday Sept. 2. Called Chrome, the new browser is a clear challenge to Microsoft, with whom Google continues to do battle over the desktop.

Will you switch?

Videoconferencing is experiencing a boom in 2008, and at Frost & Sullivan, we expect the trend to continue in 2009 and beyond. Our latest research shows that revenues for the videoconferencing infrastructure systems market in the Americas region reached about $137.3 million in 2007, growing by a robust 17.9 percent over 2006.

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The mobile workforce must feel frustrated. The market is chock full of cool 3G smart phones with slick interfaces and modern look and feel. Excitedly purchased with thoughts of using the device for work and play, it has to be disappointing to later be told by the grim faced IT department that they don’t approve the device you’ve purchased. Bummer.

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Cisco has announced this morning that it is buying PostPath, a maker of a Linux-based messaging & calendaring solution that competes directly with Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino. Cisco notes that they will use this acquisition to build advanced capabilities into WebEx Connect’s SaaS-based services rather than offer PostPath as an on-premises solution.

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Finding the right tools to manage your workload is crucial. But tread lightly - as information overload isn’t a better problem per se - it’s just a different problem. Having one’s work flow interrupted with updates and reminders doesn’t lead to increased productivity. On the contrary, it hinders focusing attention on tasks and moving them along to completion.

Staying afloat in the depths of one’s email is a daily struggle for most of us. It’s difficult to carve out time to devote to other time consuming projects. Luckily there are collaborative tools that can help ease the strain. But just as important as the existence of the tools is the best practices associated with them. Here are a few I came up with:

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The Office 2.0 Conference is coming up next week, taking place from September 3-5 at San Francisco’s St Regis Hotel.  Ismael Ghalimi coined the phrase “Office 2.0″ a few years back and is the producer of the conference.  I went last year and heard some great speakers.  So I am eager to attend this year’s event and have already perused the agenda to map out some of the most interesting sessions.

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Last week American Airlines began the first flights of Aircell equipped planes, offering wireless Internet connectivity at a fairly low cost. The introduction of Aircell raises many of the same issues that we saw with Boeing’s ill-fated Connexion service a few years ago, namely the potential to get stuck next to a person who spends the whole flight talking using VOIP over wireless. But there are other issues as well….

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Steve’s comments below got me thinking about why we don’t just accept information overload, but actually ask for it.

There was plenty of chatter in the blogs this weekend over the decision by the Obama campaign to text its supporters news of the VP pick as soon as it happened (well, as soon as the campaign was ready to release it). Most of it seemed centered around (1) the timing of the text’s release (another 3am brouhaha), (2) the “next-gen Internet outreach” approach, and (3) the pick himself. Mainly lost in the discussion was whether anyone really needed to know the information in real time, on their cells and PDAs.

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