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Knowledge Management for the Masses
The deployment of semantic-based knowledge management tools on a large scale is still in the future, but social semantic web tools such as OntoWiki point the way forward [more Development]
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Keeping Pace with Intranet Technologies

While it's a good idea to experiment with new technology for R&D purposes, basing an intranet on any untested technology is inviting disaster. [more Administration]

Should Second Life Live on Your Intranet?
IBM thinks so. This month, Big Blue became the first company to host private regions of the virtual world on its own servers. [more Administration]

An Apple User Tries Ubuntu
Can a longtime citizen of Cupertino find happiness in the land of GNU? [more Administration]

Socialtext Embraces Facebook-Inspired Tools
The commercial wiki vendor has created what it calls a Facebook for the enterprise. [more Collaboration]

Utilizing RSS in your Lotus Intranet
In the past few years as Lotus has embraced Web 2.0 technologies, they’ve started to embed RSS support in nearly all of their groupware products. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

Building a CMS From Scratch Is So 1990s
Unless you have requirements that no existing tool can accommodate, developing a system with a content management framework is the better move. [more Collaboration]

CollabNet Adds a Host of Features
CollabNet OnDemand, a hosted solution of distributed development tools, brings the power of enterprise-class collaboration to the masses. [more Collaboration]

Semantic Outreach Group Ends on High Note
The Semantic Web Education and Outreach Interest Group spearheaded many projects, including the Linking Open Data Project. [more Collaboration]

Vialect’s IntraNet 6 Adds Web 2.0 Features
The company’s capable instant intranet application gets a new interface and improved usability and search. [more Collaboration]

Young Guns Driving Semantic Web (Part 2)
We take a look inside the work that excites three members of the next generation of semantic web technologists. [more Development]

Adobe Merges Business Units Serving PCs, Mobile
The company is putting under one roof businesses selling software for computers, phones, and consumer electronics to make them run on a single technology platform. [more Development]

SharePoint Site Collection Governance
Robert Bogue takes you through a process of evaluating the needs of your business units and how to design a SharePoint strategy. [more Microsoft Sharepoint]

Keys to Outsourcing Your Intranet
Whether you outsource all or a portion of your intranet development, you need to take an active role to ensure the arrangement works. [more Development]

Highlights of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
The suite doesn't deliver much new for collaboration and instead focuses on improving graphics and layout features. [more Administration]

Introducing the Semantic Web Gang Podcast
The regular monthly podcast will tap into the insights on the news of the moment from some of those at the forefront in bringing the Semantic Web vision to reality. [more Development]

Keeping Your Intranet Off Life Support, Part 2
Paul Chin discusses three more system-threatening ailments including obsolete tools and unsanctioned applications. [more Administration]

YouTube Helps Video Creators Track Viewership
With tools released on Wednesday for charting the popularity of clips posted to the popular video-sharing site, video creators can analyze their own celebrity potential. [more Collaboration]

Try Before You Buy with Lotus Greenhouse
The Lotus Greenhouse is a free online community that integrates Sametime, Quickr, Connections, and more. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

To Market, To Market, The Semantic Way
From enterprise marketing management tools to search engine optimization, marketers have had to become conversant with semantic web and other technologies. [more Development]

Open Source Joomla Emerges as a Top CMS Tool
Joomla has become one of the most downloaded content management systems on the web and recently released a retooled version 1.5. [more Administration]

Can You Afford a Network Outage?
As mobile computing becomes more the norm and integrally woven into the business, the reliability of these networks become paramount. [more Administration]

Users Play a Role in Malware Prevention
Unfortunately, thousands unknowingly take the malware bait, whether by actively doing something or by failing to take the necessary precautions. [more Administration]

Sorce Intranet Wins Best Design Suite
The recognition may help more and U.S. companies learn what 200 European companies know: Sorce creates an outstanding intranet design tool. [more Collaboration]






Top 10 Linux Desktop Hurdles
Linux has come a long way, but issues remain. Matt Hartley examines the obstacles and what is needed to overcome them. [more Administration]

Blogging Software Winner: Blogger.com
The category was wide open -- competition included WordPress, Movable Type, Traction TeamPage, Apple iWeb, and TypePad. [more Collaboration]






GNU/Linux Desktop: The Case Against Running Windows Apps
I admit that, nine years ago, I advocated the ability to run Windows apps on the GNU/Linux desktop as strongly as anyone. But times have changed. [more Administration]

Google Wins Intranet Journal's Semantic Award
It gets the popular vote, beating Metaweb’s Freebase, even if Google isn’t pure semantic web technology. [more Knowledge Management]






Ballmer Delivers on Windows Server: Well, Mostly
Microsoft launches "most important" servers in the company's history, though enterprises may find some key components missing. [more Administration]

Google Wins Enterprise Search Award
Intranet Journal voters pick the search giant over ISYS, Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007, Coveo, and Fast. [more Knowledge Management]






Bring Information into Notes with My Widgets
My Widgets lets you surface information from the Google Gadget catalog, Notes views, web pages, and RSS feeds. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

Collaboration Product of the Year: Mindjet MindManager 7
What started out as a simple mind-mapping software tool years ago has become a full-fledged collaboration solution. [more Collaboration]






Intranet Journal Announces 2008 Product of the Year Winners
The dominance of Google can’t be denied yet again, as it takes home two awards this year. Other winners include Blogger, Sorce Intranet, and MindJet MindManager 7. [more Collaboration]





Keep Your Intranet Off Life Support, Part 1
Your intranet may be thriving at the moment, but it still needs regular checkups and a healthy diet of content. [more Collaboration]

Don Facebook: Don't Ever Leave the Family
A recent article illustrates just how difficult it is to permanently delete your account from the Facebook “family." [more Collaboration]

Intranet Briefs: FatWire, Open Text
FatWire Software buys Australian firm Future Tense, while Open Text works with SharePoint on case management. [more Collaboration]

HyperOffice Adds Business Tools to iPhone
HyperOffice releases the beta of its collaboration tools that connect the iPhone to corporate email, contacts, calendars, notes, and tasks. [more Collaboration]

Web 2.0 Goes to Work
Whizzy new enterprise apps sneak in via early adopters. How is IT coping? [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

Lotus Beefs up Linux, SAP Support
One of the biggest announcements at Lotusphere was the strategic partnership with SAP. Lotus also made a commitment to Linux users with support for Ubuntu, Red Hat, and Novell. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

Intranet Migration: 5 Questions Before Moving Day
Before packing up all your digital belongings and carting everything from one location to another, there are five key questions intranet managers need to answer. [more Knowledge Management]

Microsoft Offers to Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion
Microsoft bids to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion, seeking to join forces against Google in what would be the biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner-AOL merger. [more Knowledge Management]

OpenOffice Rolls Out Impressive Updates
If the latest update of Microsoft Office and its shift in formats has you thinking of change, consider OpenOffice, the free, open source suite. [more Collaboration]

Nielsen Picks Best Intranets, Big and Small
Usability expert Jakob Nielsen names the 10 best intranets in the world, ranging from sites that serve 200 employees up to mammoth sites like Bank of America's and IKEA's. [more Compliance]

Reuters Embraces Tagging, Semantic Web
With its new Calais web service, the media company hopes to supercharge the generation of semantic metadata. [more Knowledge Management]

The New Snake Oil Salesmen
There's far too much shameless self-promotion on the Internet in the guise of something else, Paul Chin writes. [more Security]

Lotus Users Get a Mobile Collaboration Tool
IBM's Connections app goes mobile courtesy of the BlackBerry platform. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

Mashups, SMB Support On Tap At Lotusphere
At the annual Lotus event in Orlando, IBM turns its focus to the evolution of the Notes product line. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

10 Up-and-Coming Open Source Apps
Matt Hartley explores applications you probably never heard of, including Gutenprint, Openads, Eraser, MPlayerOSX, and FreePOPs. [more Administration]

9 Characteristics of Free Software Users
In contrast to users of proprietary software, users of GNU/Linux and other free software reveal a distinctly self-sufficient ethic, among other key differences. [more Knowledge Management]

Google Denies Infringing Startup's Patent
The search giant responds to the lawsuit filed by Jarg and Northeastern University, denying patent infringement claims. [more Knowledge Management]

Computer Sabotage: Are You Taking it Seriously?
What are you doing in 2008 to make sure your systems are safe and that any malicious activity is handled swiftly and severely? [more Security]

Enterprise IM: Reality or Myth?
Despite any preconceived notions about the frivolous nature of instant messages, there are many business advantages to using IM. [more Development]

The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry
One relatively small firm is reviled by competitors across the spectrum. Unfortunately for them, this upstart’s fortunes are headed only higher. [more Development]

What is a Web Office?
An expert outlines what can be accomplished with the growing number of online office productivity suites. [more Collaboration]

Managing the SharePoint Learning Curve
It’s a powerful program, but the amount of knowledge needed to master it can overwhelm any developer or manager. [more Sharepoint]

Facebook’s About-Face: Is Our Privacy for Sale?
Facebook's fiasco over its Beacon technology shows that we have less control over what personal information is shared with others, Paul Chin argues. [more Security]

Lotusphere Survival Guide
The strength of the annual conference is the vast amount of technical knowledge that you can glean from breakout sessions. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

IBM Amps Up Social Networking in Lotus Notes
IBM Atlas allows companies to view social networks within the organization and helps experts find each other. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

Adobe Contribute Tutorial, Part II
Now that you've set up your website for use with Contribute as an administrator, it's time to teach your end user how to update the site. [more Tutorials]

Microsoft Releases Office Update Ahead of Schedule
The software giant said Office 2007 Service Pack 1 will crash less, is easier to use, and is more secure than the original program. [more Collaboration]

Siderean: From Search to Navigation
Siderean Software sees the future in exploiting semantics to make information more accessible and discovery more viable. [more Knowledge Management]

Adobe Contribute Tutorial, Part I
To maximize Contribute’s capabilities you need to create your site in Dreamweaver and carefully choose how you set up your templates. [more Tutorials]

Adenin Beefs Up Intranet Solution IntelliEnterprise
Version 9 offers some impressive improvements, including new search functionality, tag clouds, profile pages, and PDF integration. [more Administration]

News Corp, LinkedIn Not in Takeover Talks: Source
News Corp is not holding takeover discussions with the fast-growing online social network for professionals, a source said. [more Collaboration]

Open Source Profits During A Recession
IT firms and individual consultants can turn things around quickly by offering valuable resources to their customers. [more Collaboration]

Top 10 User-Generated Sites: Thumbs Up or Down?
The Web 2.0 trend toward getting users to do the heavy lifting is radically remaking the Internet. Will the current top sites continue to be leaders -- or losers? [more Collaboration]

Acquire the Excellence Habit
Joey Smith implores managers to insist on excellence with all of their suppliers, vendors, and employees. [more Collaboration]

8.3 Million Americans Victims of ID Theft
Nearly 4 percent of American adults were victims of identity theft in 2005, but half of them did not incur any out-of-pocket expenses, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said. [more Collaboration]

10 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Intranet
Tips include implementing social media tools, RSS feeds, and investing in search technology. [more Collaboration]

How Popular Is Your Lotus Domino Site?
Track who is hitting your web sites and how often with built-in tools in Lotus Domino. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

Why Everyone Should Use Google Calendar
Google calendar is such an easy and powerful tool for so many things that have little or nothing to do with your actual appointments and schedule, that everyone should use it, Mike Elgan writes [more Administration]

Understanding SharePoint Branding Options
Our expert tears apart options including site definitions, site templates, and themes and discusses what you need to use to modify the appearance of pages. [more Microsoft SharePoint]

Top 10 IT Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
IT management consultant Joey Smith knows what it takes to develop a great management style. [more Administration]

IT Adoption of Vista to Begin in 2008
A new report predicts Windows Vista deployments among enterprise customers are preparing to take off – just as soon as the first service pack arrives. [more Administration]

10 Black Friday Secrets Retailers Don't Want You To Know
With the right technology -- and the best Web sites -- the Friday after Thanksgiving can be your day to score great deals. [more Administration]

Murdoch's Free WSJ.com Could Hurt Parts of Dow
The plan could undercut Dow Jones's Internet news archive Factiva and its Dow Jones Newswires. [more Administration]

When Good Tech Support Goes Bad
Support is increasingly needed for everything from MP3 players to software suites. So why aren’t most companies making a real effort to meet the demand? [more Administration]

Case Study: ISYS Recruited to Manage Resume Glut
Recruitment firm BSI People Group uses ISYS:web 8 to track about 4,000 resumes a month. [more Administration]

Microsoft CEO Sees Opportunities for Growth
Steve Ballmer sees big gains in the BRIC countries. [more Administration]

WebEx, Oracle Collaborate on Sales Solution
The new partnership combines Oracle's Seibel CRM On Demand with WebEx’s powerful reporting tools. [more Collaboration]

Microsoft Beefs Up Office Security Web
Microsoft offers a tool to automate security settings in Office to protect against malicious files. [more Security]

Sharpen Your Skills for the Semantic Web
As the technology begins to penetrate the enterprise, IT workers will need to develop expertise in natural language processing and ontology engineering. [more Knowledge Management]

The Hunt for Semantic Talent
Business leaders need to think about where they're going to find the workers to help them as they deploy semantic technologies. [more Knowledge Management]

Open Text Beefs Up Content Services
The introduction of Open Text Content Services introduces a framework to manage and unify content on three levels. [more Collaboration]

Top Intranet Trends: Usability, Access, Personalization
Intranets are growing from simple communication tools to digital environments for action and collaboration, accessed remotely. [more Collaboration]

RIM Launches Software Aimed at Smaller Firms
The BlackBerry maker is rolling out a professional software package aimed at small and medium businesses with up to 30 wireless users. [more Collaboration]

The 2008 IT Salary Guide
The IT Salary Guide lists salaries for many tech positions, including pay levels for various U.S. regions. Plus: salary incentives for specialty IT skill sets. [more Knowledge Management]

Open Source Alternatives To Geek Squad
Matt Hartley envisions a viable alternative to Best Buy’s support team, built upon open source principles. [more Knowledge Management]

Gossip, E-mailing 'All' Among Top Office Peeves
Colleagues who spend their day gossiping, organizing their home lives, or who press "reply all" on e-mails are among the biggest nuisances, a study finds. [more Knowledge Management]

Avoiding Dangerous Intranet Managers
It's essential that intranet leaders be able to manage their staff as well as the system with equal diligence. [more Development]

Extend Quickr with Open Source Templates
The templates are open source and free, making it easy to justify adding functionality to your Domino-based Quickr environment. [more Lotus Notes Intranets]

Non-certified IT Workers Grab More of the Pie
Certifications used to be the path to big bucks, but employers are now less willing to pay a premium for certified skills. [more Development]

RepliWeb Soups Up Content Delivery
One of the quiet leaders in the web content deployment automation space unveils a major product upgrade. [more Development]

Why Ubuntu Linux Tops Debian
Debian, while secure, stable, and highly customizable, is not as user friendly as Ubuntu. [more Administration]

Linux Providers Hit With IP Suit
The first patent suit filed against Linux has hit the courts, with a patent holder taking aim at enterprise Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell. [more Compliance]

Chin Music
Corpspeak: From Boardroom to Bored Room
Paul Chin urges the obliteration of sentences like: "We need to align our core competencies with industry best practices in order to implement initiatives to better leverage our assets." [more Knowledge Management]

Benchmarking the Big Intranets
The Intranet Benchmarking Forum can help you determine what works on your intranet or portal, what doesn't, and how to increase performance. [more Development]

IT Has Better Things To Do
There's no reason any average user shouldn't be able to handle the simple task of placing their own content on a web site. [more Development]

Dreamweaver Update a Boon for Intranet Designers
Dreamweaver, which mastered the basics of intuitive site construction long ago, focuses on adding advanced functionality and interactivity. [more Development]

Top 10 Open Source Apps to Boost Productivity
Achat, Open Office, and Scribus are some of the tools that can enhance your work life. [more Development]