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Here we are waving farewell to another August and heading into a long weekend, not to mention, it’s still sunny (where I am at least). Things could be worse.

This week we kicked-off some of our summer cobwebs and got to work on our September editorial focus: Information Management Agility. While that topic was warming up, Enterprise Collaboration was still fighting for the spotlight.

Of course, Cisco’s multi-billion dollar efforts to acquire Skype drew many eyes, as did our round-up of leading social platforms for enterprise collaboration. The release of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management is always a source of chatter. Irina Guseva dissected the highlights, but gently reminded us that reports such as this are just one data point, and are absolutely not a substitute for doing your homework when selecting a CMS.

Editor’s Picks for the Week

• Alert: What’s Coming for Open Source CMS in September 2010
  Get the quick view on what’s happening with 20 popular open source projects.
• What Does a Social CRM Process Look Like?
  Love WEM but you’re new to Social CRM? Here’s the red carpet for getting started.
• Cisco Moves to Acquire Skype for US$ 5 Billion
  Rumors, rumors, lies and statistics. Arrington broke the tale of a US$ 5 bil. acquisition of Skype by Cisco. Here’s the story with a bit more enterprise collaboration context.
• 4 Key Steps in Developing Requirements for SharePoint Projects
  So a SharePoint project is on the horizon. Step back and check out Dux Raymond Sy’s guidance on avoid some common pitfalls. You won’t be sorry.

Most Popular Articles

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• Enterprise 2.0: All Social Software is Not Created Equal.
  Implementation and adoption challenges will continue to plague even the smartest of organizations who don’t take the time to understand what their employees really need.
• What is SharePoint 2010? Vision and Reality
  No doubt, the product has taken the information management world by storm. Here’s the quick synopsis of what it is and isn’t.
  
• Web CMS Market Predicted to Hit $1 Billion in 2010
  New research on the size and growth of the the Web CMS market is good news for most vendors. Others need to get their brand shaped-up if they want to play in the big leagues.
• Chromium 7 Has Arrived and It’s Not that Awesome
  Chromium 7 arrived (not even a week after version 6 went beta), and the changes should hit Chrome fairly quickly.
• The Importance of Context: Why Enterprise 2.0 Still Fails to Deliver Value
  Don’t let the apparent inherent value of new enterprise 2.0 tools and culture fool you — success is not ensured. Here’s a take on why.
  

New Industry Job Openings

Here’s what’s been brewing for new jobs and career upgrades. Both seekers and employers, catch the best fish of the season in our industry job board.

Featured Jobs

• Enterprise Sales Rep at Salesforce.com
• Copy Editor/Proofreader at Business Wire
• Senior Interactive Graphic Designer at NPR
• Sr. Marketing Intelligence Analyst at Sophos
• Content Manager at Expedia
• Project Manager at MBDC
• Senior Tech Writer at Microsoft
  

Traveling or Virtual, There are Events to Attend

Wondering how to spend your time in the coming months? Fear not, our Industry Events Calendar will keep you busy.

Featured Events

• Sep 19, 2010 – Oracle OpenWorld 2010 in San Francisco
• Oct 7, 2010 – HartmanEVENT 2010 - Social Media & Mobile Usability in Utrecht NL
• Oct 7, 2010 — Forrester’s Content & Collaboration Forum in New York
• Oct 13, 2010 – Day Software Ignite Conference in Chicago
• Oct 19, 2010 — Smart Content Conference in New York
• Nov 2, 2010 — Day Software Ignite Conference in Berlin
• Nov 2, 2010 — J. Boye Conference in Aarhus, DK
• …view all events here.

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The Cloud clearly isn’t going away. But the concerns over security, privacy and compliance over Cloud computing haven’t gone away either, which have hindered adoption of Cloud computing by CIOs and other IT decision-makers.

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When Salesforce.com (news, site) pulled out its checkbook for Jigsaw last spring, CEO Marc Benioff said, “With Jigsaw, we’ll make it as easy as Wikipedia to source data, as easy as iTunes to buy data, and as easy as Facebook to stay updated as the data changes." A tall order, yes, but this week’s reveal proved that it wasn’t just talk.  

 

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This week Google celebrated the second birthday of Chrome with a new stable release, and Wave’s life was prolonged by at least four months. 

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Hyland Software (news, site) added to its inventory of content management (ECM) solutions with the recent acquisition of Hershey Systems, a provider of Web-based ECM solutions to the higher education market.

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Wonder how your company would hold up against a team of hackers? At this year’s DEF CON Hacking Conference, held last month, there were some interesting surprises.

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In what has to be top of any advertising agencies wish list, Xerox (news, site) has decided to rebrand itself through a major ad campaign that will roll-out next week and carry over through 2011 as a business process management and document management company rather than one that just provides copiers.

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This week the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project released a study that probed cell phones and American Adults. What they found showed that texting has permeated generational boundaries. Sure, adults still don’t text as much as kids do, but the numbers are climbing, nonetheless.

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After two weeks of bids and counter bids, Dell (news, site) finally announced last night that it was pulling out of the race to acquire data storage provider 3Par. As a result, it is now likely that HP (news, site) will acquire the Fremont, CA, company for the US$ 2.35 billion final offer that has been accepted by the boards of HP and 3Par.

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Attention all you Yammer (news, site) fans! Today we caught wind of an announcement that makes it sound like the enterprise’s favorite microblogging platform is en route to becoming a full E2.0 suite. 

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This week we reviewed a handful of different platforms for enterprise collaboration, saw big names like IBM crawl out of less-than-social caves, and once again celebrated the awesomeness of e-mail. Meanwhile, experts admonished us to beware of getting too carried away, lest social Frankensteins rise from our laboratories.  

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Earlier on in the summer, Motive Systems (news, site) said that it was taking its document management software to the cloud and that it would have the process completed by the end of August. That process is now finished and M-Files Vault, a system that is specifically targeted at the SMB market is now available.

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Social media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories in scan-friendly format:

• MySpace Users Can Now Update Facebook Status Simultaneously
• Twitter Changes Mean Never Giving Your Password Out Again
• Older Adults Taking Up Social Media
• Apple’s Ping Launches As New iTunes Social Network

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What if you could spot a trend before it is one? Curt Dalton wondered the same thing. With his Internet Time Machine, a search retrieval and analysis engine, companies can reverse the traditional process for finding relevant searches related to specific products and niche interests.

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HootSuite has been busy making lives easier with a number of new announcements over the month of August including a private beta of their HootSuite for Blackberry. For cloud service vendors, there’s also some good news on SMB adaptation of SaaS and hybrid systems.

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The history of advertising has relied on capturing the emotions of potential customers. Whether it’s tugging at heart stings or pushing buttons, there’s no denying the power of words to persuade consumers into buying, donating or otherwise making a commitment to a brand.

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Plone 4 (news, site) not only ramps up on features but also paves the way for future releases that will offer even more.

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A new-ish collaboration tool Agreedo allows users to make plans available to online colleagues to better prepare, run and manage meetings and teams.

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While you may not have heard of Saba, the enterprise-level networking company has been a powerhouse for big names like Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Cisco. This week they released Saba Live, a real-time tool jam-packed with just about every aspect of enterprise collaboration ever. 

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While a personal secretary is great for bringing the most important e-mails to the forefront, not all of us can afford/actually want one. This week Google attempts to solve that problem with Priority Inbox, an experimental feature that sorts messages into three sections: “Important and unread,” “Starred,” and “Everything else”. 

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