Collaborative Thinking: The issue of (in this case, successful use of wikis) culture is critically important when forming, nurturing and sustaining collaboration strategies. A key point is to understand the influence of "directed" collaboration versus "volunteered" collaboration. If we go back to the definition of Enterprise 2.0, one concept that anchors the meme is the notion of "emergence". Enterprise 2.0, by its very definition, does not address all types of collaboration.

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PloneGov is an awarded eGovernment open source initiative. The European Commission recently released a detailed case study about this innovative collaborative project. In the weeks to come, we propose to publish excerpts as a serialized novel, this article being the first episode.

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Alfresco Software today announced the winners of its 2007 Annual Content Excellence Awards. The debut year for the awards program recognizes its top partners and contributors in the categories of Partner of the Year, Content Management and Collaboration Implementation of the Year, Web Content Management Implementation of the Year, and Contributor of the Year, in Europe and North America.

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"On February 2-5 2008 sprinters gathered in Davis, California to improve Plone's ability to support scientific collaboration. We made some excellent progress and had a great time in the process."

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Anybody else surprised that IBM took this long to introduce Lotus Notes and Symphony bundle for Linux? Considering their support for Unix and Linux over the years...I sure am surprised this hasn't arrived before 2008. Still this is good new...

IBM opens the door for Linux-based servers and desktops with a new Lotus Notes and Symphony bundle for SUSE, Red Hat and Ubuntu Linux.

IBM has seen the future, and in its vision, Linux-based servers and desktops will be powering tomorrow's office with Lotus Notes and Symphony in what it calls an open collaboration client solution. Read more...

Packt is pleased to announce a new book titled Zimbra which is a compact, friendly Administrators Guide containing plenty of step-by-step instructions as well as useful references and checklists. It shows readers how to install and configure Zimbra for use with the web client, Outlook, and mobile devices.

Zimbra is open-source server and client software for messaging and collaboration: email, group calendaring, contacts, and web document management and authoring. This book shows readers how to install and configure Zimbra for use with the web client, Outlook, and mobile devices. Readers will learn about Zimbra Collaboration Suite architecture and get an overview of its Administration. The book covers setting up users, using Zimbra as your main email server, and security, spam, and virus issues. It wraps up by looking at some Zimlets – Zimbra mashups – as well as backing up and managing performance.

"So it’s January 2008 and like all good collaboration managers, you’ve vowed that this will be the year your organization crafts a comprehensive “Collaboration Architecture” covering tools, processes, and policies for collaboration in your organization. Easy right? Well………"

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Yes, another challenge for those of us that work in the IT department! Just what we wanted, right? We're spending all this time reworking the corporate Intranet so everyone can collaborate better. What happens when we're done and no one shows up?

It could be tempting to conclude that because your employees enjoy keeping a personal blog or spending time with contacts on social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, that they would want to participate in an internal corporate version of those sites. But don't be so sure.

A new study has found that the phenomenon of social networking and collaboration does not yet have a natural extension behind the enterprise firewall.

Can't we just get a break?

Seriously though, I'm curious how your office Intranet is doing? Have you recently added collaboration and social networking tools to your server? If so, how well is the improved server working for you? What recommendations do you have for others to follow? Inquiring minds want to know!

"How she will work in the future will be very different from how we work today," Scalet said. "She is going to expect [collaboration] tools ... to be able to work. What scared me is that we don't think that way today as corporations. We think as baby boomers [about] this very traditional, structured, formal [work environment].""

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Is SharePoint a Web 2.0 platform? Is SharePoint a content management system? Is SharePoint a workflow manager? Is SharePoint a social computing platform? Or is SharePoint a portal to other applications?"

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