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VARBusiness: Who Needs Notes/Domino Anymore?

“And yet, nearly anyone following the messaging and collaboration space closely plainly sees that it is the component-oriented Lotus Workplace, not legacy Notes/Domino, where IBM is going to commit its resources long-term. Workplace is less expensive, is Web- and/or rich-client-based,…

Commerce One Poised to Shut Down

Commerce One, an e-business software producer that valued at $20 billion at the height of the dot-com boom, is nearly out of cash and preparing to shut its doors. [Via eWEEK Technology News] Together with Ariba, this was one of…

Google loves IM

Lots and lots of rumours about Google and IM. Hello (part of the Picassa purchase) is an IM application — Windows-only, proprietary protocol, used for image sharing It is more likely that Google will line up behind Jabber/XMPP, since: many…

Can IM morph into ‘instant music’?

“Microsoft has publicly acknowledged similar interests in tying its MSN Music online store into MSN Messenger. In a press conference last month, MSN’s corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi described a scenario in which two IM chatters could listen to each…

IBM sheds light on next Notes/Domino

“Lotus is hoping to refine its Notes evolution message given customer anxiety over Workplace and in light of discouraging market data. A report earlier this year by the Radicati Group predicts that over the next four years Lotus will lose…