The Latest from Jeff Widman
The Static Document Model Is Dying–RIP .doc, .xls, and .ppt
My TechCrunch internship has ended, and for my final TechCrunchIT post, I wanted to connect the dots I see within the enterprise space. Thanks for the wonderful time. When Writely and Zoho Writer laun
Techrigy Hits 1 Billion Conversations–Think Google Alerts On Steroids
Last month, I e-mailed my entire family and suggested they setup Google Alerts on their name. When a week later someone created a malicious Facebook group slandering my sister (very uncool), I was rem
SEO At the Enterprise Level–A Major Flop
When I hear SEO, I think of brilliant quantitative guys shut-up in an apartment somewhere running A/B split tests and writing link-bait. Search Engine Optimization is the way companies make it easy fo
CrunchBoard Jobs: TechCrunch Remote Intern, Director of Marketing, VP Mobile Ad Sales, CTO
Update: TechCrunch is looking for 4 remote interns–5+ hours per week. While this week saw fewer new jobs on CrunchBoard, companies are still adding jobs in New York, Silicon Valley, Boston, Phil
When IBM Beats Facebook And Twitter: Discover Relevant People Within Your Network
When twitter recently added a “Suggested Friends” feature, I was more than a little disappointed. Unlike Facebook’s “People You May Know” feature, no explanation is provi
Intacct Innovates Boring Accounting Using The SaaS Paradigm
Intacct just launched the Winter 2009 edition of their SaaS based financial accounting system. Major highlights include a Global Consolidations product for real-time financial reports across internati
Sync Your Gmail Contacts, Calendar With iPhone & Windows Mobile
Last August, I upgraded from a simple flip phone to a HTC Touch. Immediately I began looking for a way to avoid manually entering my Gmail contacts into the phone. After several hours of fruitless sea
New Napera Beta Integrates Software Into Network Switches–Get A Free 24-port Gigabit Network Switch
Napera, a recent Seattle-based startup, is looking for 100 IT and Network Managers for a closed beta test of their new 24-port gigabit network switch. Details below. Napera is testing a relatively new
CrunchBoard Jobs: Widget Developer, SEO Specialist, Python Developer, More…
<a href="http://www.crunchboard.com/"><img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/logo.png" width="200" height="31" /></a>Despite the continuous stream of <a href="http://techcrunch.co
Browser-Based File Manager Bypasses Downloading–Create, Edit & Save Microsoft Office Files Directly To The Server
IT Hit just launched the Beta version of their web-based file manager. Certainly the ability to create, edit, and save Microsoft Office Documents on the server–without downloading the file or an
Zoho Seeks To Capitalize On Closure Of Google Notebook With Easy Import
Tomorrow morning Zoho will announce new import functionality for migrating Google Notebooks into Zoho Notebook. This comes on the heels of Google’s decision to stop Google Notebook development a
IBM Announces Lotus Notes ActiveSync Support For iPhone
IBM just announced Lotus Notes ActiveSync support will be released later this year. The code is already live, and was demonstrated in a seminar earlier today at Lotusphere. This is native integration
Genius Inside Releases SaaS Version Of Enterprise Grade Project Management Software
Genius Inside just released a fully-featured SaaS version of their project management software. And by fully featured, I mean more than just advanced task tracking–like 37 Signals’ Basecam
Lotusphere 2009: IBM Attempts The Tightrope Of Open Collaboration Within Large Enterprise
I’m at Lotusphere 2009 today through Thursday. Main announcements this morning: IBM highlighted partnerships with LinkedIn, TripIt, Skype, and Salesforce.com. On the internal side, the Notes cre
CrunchBoard Jobs: Bed & Breakfast Software Engineer, CTO, Program Manager, Web Architect
<a href="http://www.crunchboard.com/"><img class="alignright" style="margin:10px;" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/logo.png" alt="" width="200" height="31" /></a>Want to work as
Is Enterprise RSS Dead? Newsgator CEO: "Who cares?"
Enterprise RSS promised to be far more than just Google Reader on steroids. It allows groups to keep abreast of private updates using push technology without cluttering up e-mail. Similarly, I use SM2
Salesforce.com Launches The Service Cloud, A Customer Service SaaS Application
These days, when I have technical question, I reach for Google long before customer service. What if customer service could reach for Google? Salesforce.com just launched a new customer service appl
70,000% Increase In Beta Testing For Upcoming Microsoft Exchange Release
A little over three years ago, Ray Ozzie wrote his famous memo re-focusing Microsoft from software to services. We started seeing results of that memo last October, when Microsoft announced Windows Az
Another Enterprise Administrative Tool Shifts to the Cloud: Pirelli Broadband Group adopts SaaS Capacity Management System
Pirelli Broadband Solutions, the broadband arm of the Pirelli Group, announced they adopted Neptuny’s Caplan SaaS. Capacity management has long been the domain of large enterprises; it wasn’t
LogRhythm Joins Effort to Secure Online Payments–Increases Focus On Log Security
LogRhythm just joined the Payment Card Industry Security Council (PCI) with the goal of making log info more secure. IT departments typically use logs to monitor security breaches, whether malicious e