Here are just a few of the product stories that I noticed today. I don't have time to write full posts about all of them, but I will try and cover a few of them in more detail in the next day or two. For now, I'll offer up a quick point of view on each.
IBM Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition - MyPOV: (more detailed reviewing coming) The biggest innovation here is the addition of (OpenSocial based) "embedded experiences" inside Notes email messages and applications. That means developers can add features to their applications that people can access directly from within their Notes client. For example, if a manager receives an email about an expense approval, they can take action on it right from the email message instead of having to switch to tool that sent it. IBM is providing embedded experiences for many of the features of their IBM Connections platform. For example instead of simply sending an email that notifies people when they are mentioned in a Connections conversation, that email contains the entire conversation (including embedded media like pictures and videos) and allows the person to reply to or Like the conversation right from the email. For those familiar with Google+ and Gmail this will sound very similar.
IBM Connections Suite V4.5 now includes IBM Connections Content Manager V4.5 - MyPOV: One of the strengths of IBM solutions is that they understand the business requirements of their customers. The integration of IBM Content Manager into Connections enables people to create and share content with advanced features like check-in/out and version control, which are not available in the standard pages features of IBM Connections Communities/Wikis.
LiveHive (collaboration platform) Launches. MyPOV: I like that rather than just being another Facebook clone using a chronological based activity stream, LiveHive (formerly known as Capture To Cloud) is taking a more FlipBoard or Pinterest like approach. LiveHive should not be confused with former collaboration vendor Hive Live which was purchased by RightNow in Sept 2009, who was then purchased by Oracle in Sept 2011.
Azendoo Social Task Manager Releases New UI and Improved Features - (translated from their French blog post) MyPOV: I really like Azendoo's integration with Evernote. With each release they continue to improve the user experience and the tools they integrate with, making Azendoo one of the leading stand-alone (meaning, not part of a larger collaboration platform) Social Task Management vendors.
Trello (Kanban based Social Task Manager) Release iPad App - MyPOV: While the Kanban approach to task management may be best known to developers and engineers, Trello makes it simple for beginners to get started and use to manage their projects. The drag and drop touch UI of the iPad is a perfect way to move tasks between stages. This is a welcome addition for Trello users.
Evernote for Mac adds new Quick Note feature - MyPOV: I love this. It's already made an impact in my productivity, especially with the built in screen shot feature.
DropBox Delivers A New Menu Bar - MyPOV: I've not tested this myself, but providing notifications of activity is an expected feature in most of today's applications. If DropBox provides effective filtering and the ability to take action on the events, then this should prove to be a useful feature.
Egnyte (File-sharing) Adds Support For Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure and NetApp StorageGRID - MyPOV: Each vendor in the very competitive file-sharing and sync market is looking for ways to differentiate themselves. Egnyte is focused on providing customers a choice of where their content is stored.
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