Michael Caton

During the past few weeks, I have been working with a few enterprise instant messaging platforms to test their interoperability in the context of federation, or connecting separate IM networks. What a mess. A couple of the products seemingly work well, but so much work needs to be done, and the framework just doesnt scale […]

Tacit Software Inc.s ActiveNet provides a good tool set for capturing and sharing individual knowledge to meet an organizations goals. Click here to read the full review of Tacit Softwares ActiveNet. 2 Tacit Software Inc.s ActiveNet provides a good tool set for capturing and sharing individual knowledge to meet an organizations goals. ActiveNet 3.2, which […]

Contextware Inc.s Contextware 2.3 provides a simple-to-use yet deep application for capturing an organizations knowledge in the context of business processes. Click here to read the full review of Contextware 2.3. 2 Contextware Inc.s Contextware 2.3 provides a simple-to-use yet deep application for capturing an organizations knowledge in the context of business processes. During eWEEK […]

Palisade Systems Inc.s Packetsure 4.1 with content Surety puts a new spin on e-mail security by learning what constitutes unacceptable e-mail through example sets. Click here to read the full review of Packetsure 4.1. 2 Palisade Systems Inc.s Packetsure 4.1 with content Surety puts a new spin on e-mail security by learning what constitutes unacceptable […]

The flexibility inherent in Salesforce.com Inc.s namesake service gives companies not only a way to build new applications but also an opportunity to integrate existing applications into their sales processes and build new processes for the Salesforce application. During eWEEK Labs tests of the Summer 05 release of Salesforce, we looked at three applications that […]

The latest update to Salesforce.com offers significantly improved customization capabilities and a host of minor improvements for users of Salesforce.com Inc.s namesake service. Click here to read the full review of Salesforce.com Summer 05. 2 The latest update to Salesforce.com offers significantly improved customization capabilities and a host of minor improvements for users of Salesforce.com […]

Gordano Messaging Suite 11 is most directly comparable—in its architecture and features—to CommuniGate Pro in that it includes a presence engine and shared calendar support beyond Outlook. Click here to read the full review of Gordano Messaging Suite 11. 2 Gordano Messaging Suite 11 is most directly comparable—in its architecture and features—to CommuniGate Pro in […]

Companies looking for a way to leverage Microsoft Corp. Outlook—but not necessarily with Exchange—have a growing number of flexible groupware servers from which to choose. eWEEK Labs evaluated four of the newest of these servers: Bynari Inc.s Insight Server 4.2, CommuniGate Systems CommuniGate Pro Real-Time Collaboration 4.3, Gordano Ltd.s Gordano Messaging Suite 11 and Scalix […]

Scalix Servers latest version number, 9.2.1, is a little misleading. This is really the third major release of the product as Scalix Server, whose roots can be found in Hewlett-Packard Corp.s OpenMail. Click here to read the full review of Scalix Server 9.2.1. 2 Scalix Servers latest version number, 9.2.1, is a little misleading. This […]

Bynaris Insight Server 4.2 strikes a good balance between being an open platform and providing a low-cost groupware option. With a cost of $27 per user for Insight Server, Insight Connector and Insight WebClient, Bynari provides a well-priced solution for companies looking to provide groupware for Outlook users. Click here to read the full review […]