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Microsoft picks best startups in BizSpark One

by Alex Mermod, December 16, 2009 | Comments

BizSpark One is a new Microsoft program designed to accelerate the growth of high potential startups

BizSpark One is a new Microsoft program designed to accelerate the growth of high potential startups through a customized relationship with Microsoft and a global community of advisors, investors, and peers.Launched in 2009, BizSpark One builds on the foundation of the Microsoft BizSpark™ program, focuses on high-potential startups, but unlike BizSpark, this Program provides “depth” by pairing companies with a ...

The future of collaboration platforms

by Alex Mermod, November 23, 2009 | Comments (3)

How collaboration frameworks are becoming the platforms for all business applications

In the knowledge era, collaboration in business is like ecology in politics: it should not be the theme of a specific party but part of the programs of all of them! Collaboration should be a major component of any business activity, not an application by itself.Similarly, collaboration software should not be a specific application, but a feature available in all ...

Forrester: the Future of Collaboration

by Alex Mermod, November 7, 2009 | Comments

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FORRESTER interviewed 3700 US & EU workers about collaboration habits and needs. Surprising results

October 2009 – For a new study titled « Building the Future of Collaboration », FORRESTER interviewed 3700 knowledge workers in the U.S. and in Europe to learn about their collaboration habits and their needs for improvement, leading to informative findings and a stunning conclusion. The first finding is a strong intensification of remote collaboration in knowledge work on both continents. 80% ...

Ozzie: E-mail is cloud friendly

by Alex Mermod, October 28, 2009 | Comments

How Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie views corporations migration to the cloud

Software visionary and Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie gave his view on how corporations will migrate to the cloud, in a recent speech. "The best way for them to have more confidence in cloud computing is to take some applications that are more cloud-friendly -- such as e-mail and employee collaboration -- to the cloud," Ozzie said. This is ...

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