Cathleen Moore

Seeking to bolster its position in the deflated KM (knowledge management) segment, IBM Corp.'s Lotus Software is going back to its collaboration roots.

IM vendor IMLogic Inc. on Monday introduced software designed to give IT administrators the power to centrally manage IM use within the enterprise.

In an ongoing effort to prove instant messaging technology can live up to strict corporate communication standards, vendors of IM technology unveiled a slew of offerings designed to bolster IM security in San Francisco at the IM Planet Conference and Expo.

Despite the noise generated around competing architectures, Microsoft Corp., Lotus, and Groove Networks Inc. agree that when it comes to enterprise instant messaging (IM), presence awareness is the true "killer app" and that interoperability is a key challenge facing the industry going forward.

IBM Corp. on Thursday announced several enhancements to its WebSphere Portal, adding new templates focused on the application developer community, a Java-based portlet framework, and integration with IBM's Content Manager product.

Plumtree Software Inc. on Monday announced a line-of-business portal package with new content and functionality designed to streamline human resources and employee-focused business processes.

Aiming to give customers more tools to measure the effectiveness of Web site content, Vignette Corp. this week enhanced the reporting and analysis tools in its V6 content management (CM) system.

Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday plans to introduce Version 5.0 of its My Yahoo Enterprise Edition portal content services featuring new business content packages and the ability to link Yahoo APIs with back-end applications.