Update on Adobe Connect

Updated on 25 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

I had not talked with Adobe for a year or so, and thought it was time. So I got Peter Ryce (product manager) on the phone and got caught up. Adobe has increased their head count in India which was part of their long term plan to keep a tool management in one geogrpahic region, so tools like Adobe Presenter are managed outof India, while Connect is still managed in San Jose. Since Citrix Online has a new e-learning product ( GotoTraining) in beta and currently free (due out this month). I asked Adobe if they would be firing a counter salvo.

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Email: A Barrier to Effective Collaboration?

Updated on 24 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

Email remains the most popular tool, according to a Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Adobe, to understand how knowledge workers collaborate in European countries. Adoption of Enterprise 2.0 technologies such as wikis, blogs and other collaboration platforms remains low. Due to familiarity with email and lack of awareness, trust and training in collaboration tools – perhaps even a lack of collaboration technology infrastructure – emails with attachments remain the primary means.

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