Simon Barratt

Launch Pad

Four new entrants or existing vendors stage their product launch today.  They all have 6 minutes to explain why they're a game changer.

Collanos
Enabling Cross Organisation Teamwork
Synchronized P2P Workspaces - client installation
You invite your members to the workplace, then the data synchs - no central server
including voice services to offer voice conference services (voice and video) - this is the new feature being announced today
Win, Mac, Linux
Join the Collanosphere at www.collanos.com

Pundit view: Isn't this just Groove?  How do you manage the data?  For the constant traveller, lack of a server could be an issue.

Clarizen
On Demand Collaborative Project Management.  Projects are run quicker, with more people than ever - this application is aimed at addressing this.

Manage all your projects from one place.  All team members can comment on any element of the project.

Unique email integration.  No need to login to the syste, to provide updates - can be sent from email.

Provide means to develop best practices and template for your organisaions needs.

Free BETA at http://www.clarizen.com

Pundits view - nothing really new, similar to Documentum's eRoom.  

LiquidTalk
More demands to be out of the office, less time to meet people, imposible to collaborate when you are always on the road.

Hooked to your mobile device.  Longer sales cycles.

A disengaged, disconneted workforce does not deliver.

Mobile Workforce engagement.  Create, fin, organize and push audio/video business content to mobile devices.  Leverages the human voice.

iTunes for business, select what you want have them synched to your device.  Content can be pushed to the device, without human interaction.  LiquidCast, phone in PodCasts, use you phone, record and deliver it.  Can rate and recommend to other employees.

Pundits view - Looks interesting.  DVR for business, training, conversation - time shifting.  Transfer of information versus of transfer of knowledge.  Can't see this as a stand alone app, expect it to be integrating into a CRM.  

KnowNow
They believe this is something people will be excited about - user driven.  KnowNow Live is being launched today.

email is overused, static portals are broken, search is not the answer!  This best be good then, because I was pinning my hopes on search to help!

Imagine, inbox does not equal junkbox, Information finds you, targetted results.

They connect to business data, then agregate, match, classify releavence, inherit security management, pulls from public sources too.  Brings consumer oriented services to the corporation.

Is this a uber web RSS agregator on steroids.  Adding business data to the RSS stream is impressive.

Pundits view - Like what they see, see it being a hard battle ahead.  Competition from IBM/MS and the consumer services (pageflakes).  Aggregators make money.  Looks very promissing.

Time for another mozes SMS poll - the winner is...... KnowNow