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The toolkit, which lets programmers connect their applications or data into Google Apps and other Google services, strengthens the already tight relationship between the two vendors

IBM announced last week that it would integrate a virtual worlds platform into Lotus Sametime, Big Blue's collaboration software, that will be used by the U.S. Intelligence agencies to communicate on key topics such as terrorism.

Traditionally, CIOs have not been inclined to share very much information with one another, but CollabWorks hopes to strike a chord in a market where CIOs seem to be gravitating towards social software more and more

Using wikis and blogs to foster internal collaboration among departments

More than a third of small and large businesses will adopt software as a service (Saas) into their technology portfolio during the next year to help bolster activities such as project management and internal collaboration, according to report by THINKstrategies and the Cutter Consortium.

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When it comes to collaborative technologies, they're useful but satisfaction levels from a business perspective are not as high as they could be. This is the sentiment reflected in a report from more than half of 400 CIOs and IT decision makers surveyed by Avanade, an IT consulting firm, about the use of collaborative technologies.