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Mid-size and enterprise companies are using Web 2.0 collaboration systems to build solutions that service several different parts of the organization. In many cases, line-of-business users from many departments are interested in using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 as an integrated platform as part of their solution. This article highlights some of the common scenarios, sponsors, benefits, and opportunities for multiplying the ROI of a collaboration platform by leveraging its use across multiple departments.

Preview Services Limited, a specialist provider of outsourced document management services to businesses and public organizations of all sizes is realizing the benefit of Imaging Business Machines' (IBML's) intelligent document scanning platform. The return on the investment is expected to yield a break-even point in less than 18 months according to Preview management. Submitted by Imaging Business Machines, LLC

Is lack of standards compliance an anti-trust issue? The Opera folks think so. Yesterday, the Norwegian browser-maker submitted an anti-trust complaint against Microsoft to the European Commission. "We are filing this complaint on behalf of all consumers who are tired of having a monopolist make choices for them," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software ASA. "In addition to promoting the free choice of individual consumers, we are a champion of open Web standards and cross-platform innovation. We cannot rest until we've brought fair and equitable options to consumers worldwide."Opera CTO Håkon Wium Lie summarizes Opera's position nicely in a video at Dailymotion.com.

Paul Sparta, chairman and CEO, Plateau Systems"Access to a vast data mine of knowledge is critical in today's business world--but imagine how much more strategic the mine would be if it could proactively deliver targeted knowledge to individuals based on their job roles or unique requirements, without their ever asking for it. That's where the integration of e-learning (or more precisely, learning management) and KM shows its greatest benefit—organizations can create a true readiness platform that stores institutional knowledge and is able to automatically deliver it to individuals and groups of individuals based on their needs." Elliot Masie, CEO, The MASIE Center

With consolidation and diversification in mind, Hugh Symons began its search for a solution. Following a thorough investigation of the market for high-volume intelligent scanners, the management team short-listed three products, one of which was IBML's ImageTrac High Volume Colour Scanning Platform. Submitted by Imaging Business Machines, LLC

User stories from the knowledge frontAs one of Germany’s largest investment firms, Union Investment decided to stake some of its money on a more flexible IT infrastructure--one that could accommodate both old and new systems across multiple locations.Data exchange between the different IT systems at Union Investment offices in Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Zurich, Milan, Madrid, Tokyo, Budapest and Warsaw, was being handled by a custom interface program. However, the system lacked the flexibility to manage reorganizations and changes in software components. So the company turned to a enterprise application integration solution, called BusinessWare, from Vitria Technology.

Just when you thought the Java application server market was pretty well saturated (if not in actual decline), along comes a brand new entrant with familiar-sounding promises of "lighter, faster, easier." What's doubly ironic is that this new contender comes from the very folks who've done so much (intentionally or not) to make "Java appserver" a bad name in recent years. I'm talking about the people at SpringSource (purveyors of the celebrated Spring Framework). The newly announced SpringSource Application Platform is (according to its creators) "acompletely module-based Java application server that is designed to runenterprise Java applications and Spring-powered applications with a newdegree of flexibility and reliability." Spring geeks will recognize it as the long-awaited integration of Spring with OSGi. Source: www.springsource.com

In the life sciences industry, the demands of regulatory compliance are becoming more stringent. At thesame time, the information management capabilities necessary to meet those demands withoutcompromising business performance grow increasingly complex. This white paper describes the dualnature of information—a source of innovation and regulatory risk—and defines the three informationimperatives that life sciences organizations must meet. The paper then introduces the EMC DocumentumEnterprise Compliance Platform (ECP) for Life Sciences and explains how the components of the ECP canhelp meet these imperatives while streamlining drug development, accelerating the submission process,coordinating manufacturing, and speeding global commercialization. Submitted by EMC Documentum

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Advances in technology and emerging trends in community-driven web platforms have changed the ways we communicate, manage, and share knowledge.  As organizations continue to address key knowledge management challenges, one-way communication platforms are being eclipsed every day by tools that  facilitate richer dialogues and leverage the collective wisdom of experts throughout the organization.SAVO’s award-winning on-demand application offers more than just knowledge management. As the industry’s leading provider of sales enablement solutions, SAVO maximizes a sales organization’s ability to communicate value and differentiation in clear, consistent, and compelling ways.By harnessing the collective genius of the entire organization, by sharing best-in-class insights from experts across the enterprise, and by driving that expertise into every customer conversation, SAVO delivers profound front-line results to companies of all sizes.