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Groove updates Virtual Office

Groove updates Virtual Office 07/09/2004 08:10 AM
Computer Weekly Jul 9 2004 12:36PM GMT

Groove Launches Virtual Office

Groove Launches Virtual Office 07/12/2004 03:44 AM
Groove Networks has just officially relased version 3 of its quality full collaboration software, now appropiately labelled Virtual Office, and overdelivering on the good promises announced by the v.3 beta release which underwent heavy user testing for a number of months. The new Groove sports an array of new features and facilities inside a completely revamped interface. The final results is a finally a tool that can be run on most Windows PCs with no performance penalty, integrating the most flexible and customizable set of real-time collaboration tools. To see what Groove Virtual office has in store for you check out the new online demo. Pricing has slightly increased for the more powerful and feature rich versions while a 60-day free try-out is immediately available for download. This is a must try.

What is Groove’s Virtual Office and how
is Microsoft involved?

What is Groove’s Virtual Office and how
is Microsoft involved? 04/14/2005 08:50 AM

Groove touts performance in updated
Virtual Office

Groove touts performance in updated
Virtual Office 07/09/2004 11:56 AM
Collaboration software vendor Groove Networks Inc. next week plans to announce an updated version of its flagship software, which it said will offer better security, improved performance and new ease-of-use features.Previously known as Groove Workspace 2.5, Groove Virtual Office 3.0 has faster launch times and allows multiple Groove project workspaces to be opened without a noticeable performance hit, according to Andrew Mahon, director of strategic marketing at the Beverly, Mass.-based company. The product also includes a new on-screen launch bar, where contacts with other collaborators can be managed from a single place, as well as synchronization capabilities that allow users to automatically share folders on their Windows machines with other users.In addition to Groove's existing forms-editor tools, the 3.0 release includes 10 forms templates designed to allow users to more quickly use standard forms for their collaboration projects.On the server side, the newest version of the software includes third-party private-key infrastructure security, as well as built-in auditing capabilities and backup functions.Richard Prather, CIO and vice president of technology for CARE, said the worldwide humanitarian relief agency began using Groove last year for about 70 relief workers in Central America and about 40 IT staffers. He's pleased with how it allows remote workers to do their jobs even if an online connection isn't immediately available. Users can take advantage of Groove's off-line work capabilities and then sync up automatically with other group members when they're able to go online, he said.That is a big benefit in remote locations where online connections and even electricity can be frequently cut off, Prather said. The application is also easy to use and intuitive -- even for users without a lot of computer experience, he said.The Groove software is part of a five-nation pilot project called "Information Anywhere" that Atlanta-based CARE is conducting over six months "to determine how to operate in a very decentralized environment with no or poor connectivity," he said.Another user, Glen Johnson, director of the U.S. State Department Iraq Transition Management staff in Washington, said Groove was chosen for a pilot project by his agency primarily because it offers better security. "No (competing products) other than Groove secured the data in transit and on the desktop," Johnson said.Ethan Schoonover, e-business director in Asia for London-based advertising agency Lowe & Partners Worldwide, said some 300 workers at his company have been using Groove for preparing ad pitches, managing accounts and performing strategic research.Version 2.5 of the software works as advertised, and many of the new features in Version 3 are a "great example of a company really listening to user feedback and implementing requested features," Schoonover said.Ease of use is a big plus, he said. "Even our technophobe users could get the hang of it and get comfortable with it," Schoonover said. "Groove 3.0 has cleaned up and streamlined the (user interface), and overall performance is radically improved. Launch of Groove, launch of workspaces, messaging is all significantly faster. This alone addresses a key issue with 2.5, that it was sometimes sluggish. The 3.0 memory footprint seems to be smaller in our initial review, which reduces its impact on older systems."With user data stored on the user's machine and automatically synced when online, "this is the killer app for us," Schoonover said.David Marshak, an analyst at The Patricia Seybold Group Inc. in Boston, said Groove's key strength is that it combines real-time online collaboration capabilities with off-line workspaces. "The integration ... is much better than anyone else has even attempted," he said.Peter O'Kelly, an analyst at Burton Group in Boston, said Groove's natural competitors include Lotus Notes/Domino, which was invented by Groove's founder, Ray Ozzie, and other products such as Microsoft Corp.'s SharePoint and Macromedia Inc.'s Breeze. But none match Groove's exact feature set of security, collaboration and online/off-line work capabilities."It really is at a sweet spot with a combination of features that no one else has completely," O'Kelly said.Pricing starts at $179 per user for Virtual Office Professional Edition, with hosted relay and management services starting at $40 per user a year. Customers can also choose to host their own Groove servers, starting at $9,995 per server per year.

Groove touts performance, usability in
updated Virtual Office

Groove touts performance, usability in
updated Virtual Office 07/08/2004 05:23 PM
Once known as Groove Workspace 2.5, Groove Virtual Office 3.0 has faster launch times, better security, improved performance and new ease-of-use features.

World's Largest Internet Consultants
Open Office in London

World's Largest Internet Consultants
Open Office in London 02/01/2005 09:28 PM
WSI, worldwide leader and leading edge Internet Consulting and Education Company, is proud to announce the launch of a new Internet Consultant (IC) office to serve the South London area. [PRWEB Jan 27, 2005]

World’s Largest Internet Consultants
Open Office in San Jose, California

World’s Largest Internet Consultants
Open Office in San Jose, California 02/01/2005 09:10 PM
WSI, worldwide leader and leading edge Internet Consulting and Education Company, is proud to announce the launch of a new Internet Consultant (IC) office to serve the San Jose area and the western states. The office will be doing business as; WSI Elite Net Designs. [PRWEB Jan 31, 2005]

Office 2004 and Virtual PC for Mac
released

Office 2004 and Virtual PC for Mac
released 01/08/2004 07:55 PM
Microsoft Corp. is celebrating 20 years of developing software for the Mac with the launch of new versions of Microsoft Office 2004 and Virtual PC for Mac Version 7.

Bluetooth turns handset to virtual
office

Bluetooth turns handset to virtual
office 04/15/2004 03:41 AM
Electronics Talk Apr 15 2004 7:45AM GMT

Joey Maniac Virtual Office Desk

Joey Maniac Virtual Office Desk 06/10/2004 07:55 AM

As much as plea for help finding one as a post describing it, Funfurde writes about their little version of SoHo heaven: the Joey Maniac Virtual Office desk. It's a sad story, too, as the peculiar little loopy contraption was a victim of its own success after the desk proved so popular Joey Maniac had to outsource the construction, which ended up being too expensive for such a complex design. If you have one that you'd like to get rid of, it sounds like you have a rabid buyer to extort in Funfurde.
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Office 2004 shipping; Virtual PC 7.0
delayed

Office 2004 shipping; Virtual PC 7.0
delayed 05/11/2004 03:04 PM
By Larry Angell - Microsoft's Office 2004 Standard Edition and Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition are both now shipping...

Microsoft Office and Virtual PC at MWSF
2004?

Microsoft Office and Virtual PC at MWSF
2004? 12/08/2003 02:08 PM
Appleinsider reports that Microsoft "will officially renew its commitment" to the Mac platform at the upcoming MacWorld San Francisco in January. M...

Share MS Office, Turn Cassettes Into
CDs, Virtual PC Security

Share MS Office, Turn Cassettes Into
CDs, Virtual PC Security 07/25/2004 01:11 AM
G4 Tech TV Jul 25 2004 5:08AM GMT

Microsoft to announce new versions of
Office, Virtual PC at Macworld

Microsoft to announce new versions of
Office, Virtual PC at Macworld 12/08/2003 03:39 PM
If Apple Computer, Inc. plans to enter the office suite market with its own set of integrated business applications and rumored 'Document' word processor, they are going to have to wait until the latter half of 2004 to do so. The first half of the year will belong to Redmond-based friend and foe, Microsoft, which will officially renew its commitment to the Macintosh platform on January 6th with the introduction of new versions of Microsoft Office and Virtual PC for the Macintosh.

Macworld: Microsoft unveils Office 2004,
Virtual PC 7

Macworld: Microsoft unveils Office 2004,
Virtual PC 7 01/06/2004 02:30 PM
Microsoft Corp.'s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) on Tuesday will unveil the next major upgrade to the company's Office suite of products. The applications included in the Office suite will get some major updates, but users won't be able to get Office 2004 until sometime in the first half of the 2004.

Virtual PC 7 The first major update to
Virtual PC since Microsoft bought the
emulation program from Connectix

Virtual PC 7 The first major update to
Virtual PC since Microsoft bought the
emulation program from Connectix 01/03/2005 07:57 PM
MacWorld Jan 3 2005 11:05PM GMT

The Utility of Consultants

The Utility of Consultants 06/18/2004 09:35 AM

A friend of mine sent me this joke today. Pretty funny.

A cowboy was herding his herd in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"

The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure. Why not?"

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his AT&T cell phone, surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.

The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored.

He then accesses a Micrsoft SQL Server database through an ODBC-connected Excel spreadsheet with hundreds of complex formulas. He uploads all of this data via an email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.

Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1586 cows and calves."

"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the cowboy.

He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.

Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"

The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"

"You're an IT consultant," says the cowboy.

"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"

"No guessing required." answered the cowboy "You showed up here even though nobody called you, you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you don't know anything about my business."

"Now give me back my dog."

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New List of Wi-Fi Consultants for
Libraries

New List of Wi-Fi Consultants for
Libraries 06/03/2004 11:42 PM

Bill Drew has started a list of consultants on The Wireless Librarian site. Get help with your own Wi-Fi implementation or help the list grow by sending in additions.

Open Source Consultants

Open Source Consultants 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
Most large open source projects have a "core team". Members of the core team often have consulting businesses. These folks known a lot about the project (they wrote it), and they tend to be productive programmers. If you need help, hire them. This is one of the best support options money can buy.

You pay peanuts, you get postgresql
consultants?

You pay peanuts, you get postgresql
consultants? 01/07/2003 02:46 PM
Linux Productivity Magazine featured PostgreSQL in their January 2003 issue. It's a very nice introduction to PostgreSQL that i wished i had read when i first tried the database out. Most of the article is great (from a geekish point of view), except for the following:

TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) is all the rage these days, so consider the following PostgreSQL assets:

• Zero purchase cost
• Zero barrier to entry
  
• Zero license compliance tracking cost
• Legal to copy throughout the enterprise
• Voluminous documentation online at no cost
• Several books on Postgres are available
• Community support via Postgres mailing lists
• Zero license cost for evaluation -- you can easily back out of Postgres
  
• Postgres knowledgeable contractors can be cheaper than Oracle or DB2 gurus

-- Steve Litt

The last point is most interesting. Open source software is free, but skills are not. From a professional viewpoint, it makes little sense for a really smart contractor to learn PostgreSQL if DB2 or Oracle skills pay better and are in demand. PostgreSQL advocates should avoid such statements, which to me is equivalent to saying You pay peanuts, you get postgresql consultants...

"zeldman.wooden"

Dealing with difficult consultants

Dealing with difficult consultants 01/07/2003 02:47 PM
CNET Jan 7 2003 1:02AM ET

The Virtual Mobile Virtual Network
Operator From 7-Eleven

The Virtual Mobile Virtual Network
Operator From 7-Eleven 04/27/2004 05:27 PM
Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are nothing new. Virgin, both in the UK and the US, has been quite successful creating their own mobile phone carrier, despite not having a network of their own, but simply handling the branding and management, while leaving all the technology issues to a network operator partner. So far, most MVNOs seem to be targeting the youth market (often with "pre-paid plans"), and considering just how lucrative that market seems these days, it's no surprise that plenty of others want into the market. However, operating the whole MVNO is probably a lot of work, so now we're getting to the point where you have virtual MVNOs (VMVNOs) who will do all the work for a company, and simply slap their brand on the final product. That seems to be what's happening with convenience store 7-Eleven, who has announced plans to sell pre-paid mobile phones and service under the "Speak Out" brand - though, all the work appears to be done by Ztar Mobile. Other retailers are quickly expected to follow. Wal-Mart is at the top of the list, with Costco and Home Depot also apparently considering their own mobile phone offerings. The idea is to target younger users, or those with bad credit histories, who can simply pick up a phone at the store, and use it until their minutes run out, at which point they can top it up again - back at the store, of course.

HotFix Watch: Stop error message when
you install Virtual PC Additions and SMS
client components on a Windows NT
4.0-based virtual machine

HotFix Watch: Stop error message when
you install Virtual PC Additions and SMS
client components on a Windows NT
4.0-based virtual machine 09/08/2004 07:55 PM

IE 'Unsafe' 98 Percent Of 2004, Say
Consultants

IE 'Unsafe' 98 Percent Of 2004, Say
Consultants 03/27/2005 12:36 PM
Information Week Mar 27 2005 3:22PM GMT

Maternity unit sacks consultants

Maternity unit sacks consultants 08/11/2004 06:26 AM
Two locum consultants are sacked at an under-threat maternity unit following concerns about "clinical practices"

TimeTTracker 2000 R7 - The Consultants
Best Friend

TimeTTracker 2000 R7 - The Consultants
Best Friend 08/27/2004 01:58 PM

ForceNine Consultants Look at Hot Spot
Market

ForceNine Consultants Look at Hot Spot
Market 11/12/2003 02:58 PM
Much of this study is really obvious: For example, it states that customers will either pay a monthly subscription or on a per-session basis. Ya think? But, one interesting stat here is that just 17 percent of hot spots are in hotels, airports, train stations and conventions. These are the places, the study concludes, that business people will want Wi-Fi access. I suspect that number is a bit skewed because while maybe not so many conference centers have permanent Wi-Fi networks, often conference sponsors deploy a network for the duration of the show. Those instances wouldn't be included in the 17 percent figure. Also, the study concludes that coffee shops are not conducive to business traveler usage. Really? I think they are. There's always a coffee shop and usually an empty seat nearby so seems to me a perfect place to park it and get some work done while on the road....

CMS Consultants Releases WorldLink
Version 5.1.0

CMS Consultants Releases WorldLink
Version 5.1.0 01/05/2005 04:34 AM
New release extends enterprise shipping solution functionality through enhancements to shipment consolidation options, data archiving, carrier set-up, and European-origin. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

Must-have open source applications for
consultants

Must-have open source applications for
consultants 02/01/2005 08:49 PM
As a consultant to small businesses trying to get up to speed on Linux, my must-have applications are OpenOffice.org, MySQLAdmin, and Rekall. I'm going to include Knoppix as well; although it isn't an application in the sense of being a single package, I use it as a system recovery tool rather than an operating system.

CMS Consultants Releases WorldLink
Version 5.2.0

CMS Consultants Releases WorldLink
Version 5.2.0 04/04/2005 02:25 AM
New release enhances key shipping mangagement processing functionality and broadens support of parcel carriers via ConnectShip [PRWEB Apr 4, 2005]

e-Prescriptions Can Work, Consultants
Contend

e-Prescriptions Can Work, Consultants
Contend 04/11/2005 11:13 PM
In response to a JAMA study that reported increases in some medication errors due to new computerized systems, health IT consultancy Capgemini releases recommendations on how to avoid problems.

2004 Campaign Saw Big Contracts, Many
Consultants, More TV Time Than Ever

2004 Campaign Saw Big Contracts, Many
Consultants, More TV Time Than Ever 12/30/2004 09:59 PM
today's Washington Post story

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35062-2004Dec29.html
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Symantec to acquire security consultants
@Stake

Symantec to acquire security consultants
@Stake 09/16/2004 07:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - Symantec Corp. has agreed to acquire @Stake Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based provider of IT security consulting services.

Top Web Site Blunders by Coaches,
Consultants and Experts

Top Web Site Blunders by Coaches,
Consultants and Experts 09/08/2004 08:15 PM
Business Knowledge Source Sep 9 2004 0:14AM GMT

Open letter to MovableType Developers /
Consultants

Open letter to MovableType Developers /
Consultants 12/19/2004 03:42 PM

This note was forwarded through SixApart and should be hitting the Developer Network mailing list or Forums shortly

I am in need of a MT consultant / developer. I have a MT site www.geeknewscentral.com, it is firing on most cylinders but it has a custom CSS that has made it difficult for me to enable dynamic html and make other changes. The designer of the skin has been too busy with her own projects to be able to support us.

I have a small/medium sized budget and I am willing to pay someone to come in look at the layout, and tell me what can be done better or what needs to be brought up to speed. I would like a permanent relationship with someone that I can hire to pay for their time $$$.$$ to keeps an eye on new plugins etc and that I can rely on.

I would do it myself but have too many irons in the fire. If you would be interested in working with us, please send me a e-mail introducing yourself and some links to some of the MT work that you are currently or have done in the past. Included should be your rate scale and any minimums, keep in mind I am looking for a long term relationship in which the consultant/developer becomes a integral part of our team.

The individual must be willing to sign a NDA.

Task that I am wanting completed:

A top to bottom overview of the layout of the site and clean up of any CSS and MT Tags.
Implement several specific changes to the site layout (NDA)
Get dynamic pages working!
Suggestions of plugins that could enhance the site!
Develop a Podcast only blog in line with out current design
Develop 2-3 new skins for new domains (NDA)

If you fit that description and will stick with us for the long haul drop me a e-mail.

Virtual Universe 0.49 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.49 (Virtual World
Server) 08/15/2004 09:31 PM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.46 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.46 (Virtual World
Server) 06/26/2004 04:00 PM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.42 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.42 (Virtual World
Server) 01/28/2004 06:54 AM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.38 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.38 (Virtual World
Server) 11/02/2003 10:51 AM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.
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