Two Items from InfoWorld re MS Office Live Meeting (ex-PlaceWare)

PlaceWare had been used by some as a synchronous e-Learning tool prior to its purchase by Microsoft. It will be "interesting" to see how the change in ownership affects its adoption, and whether it will take market share from the remaining synchronous players. Either way, expect to find Office Live Meeting used more and more by entrepreneurs for conferencing with clients and associates.

Microsoft fires Web conferencing salvo. Microsoft this week will unveil Office Live Meeting, the first service offered as part of its Office productivity suite. Although the first version will pepper only a few enhancements above the service Microsoft acquired from PlaceWare earlier this year, the move signals Microsoft's long-term aspiration to bring online meetings into the enterprise collaboration platform fold. [InfoWorld: Top News]

PlaceWare relaunches as MS Office Live Meeting. Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition of PlaceWare Inc. bore fruit Monday with the launch of Office Live Meeting, an online conferencing service that pits Microsoft against WebEx Communications Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp. and a host of other players. [InfoWorld: Top News]

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