IBM developerWorks: But does it come in purple? Most customization options do very little to alleviate repetitive tasks. Cutting a few centimeters off of the total area a mouse travels in a 10-step process does not substantially alter the time it takes to perform the process. On the other hand, certain customization options are very important, at least for some users. [Tomalak's Realm]

 

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Air travel to become more high-tech, study says.

(InfoWorld) - Almost half the world's airlines plan to offer some form of in-flight communications for passengers by the end of 2007, with most favoring Internet access, e-mail and SMS (short messaging service), according to a new study released this week.

By James_Niccolai@idg.com (James Niccolai). [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

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Jabber to roll out IM appliance next week.

(InfoWorld) - SMBs looking for an easy solution for instant messaging will get access next week to a new secure business-grade IM appliance from Jabber. On Tuesday, Jabber will ship its JabberNow appliance, which the company says can allow SMBs and enterprise workgroups to set up secure IM in about 15 minutes.

The plug-and-play appliance is based on Jabber's XCP (Extensible Communications Platform) for enterprises, which in turn is based on the XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) open standard.

The decision to package Jabber's enterprise technology into an appliance was driven largely by government customers who were looking for quick IM and presence interoperability with state and local agencies but didn't want to require the smaller agencies to buy into a whole software stack, said Michael Helfrich, senior vice president of product strategy and marketing.

"With the appliance, we took XCP and insulated the complexity of configuration. We made it Linksys simple," he said, referring to the easy-to-configure wireless router from Cisco Systems.

Other industries Jabber is targeting with the appliance include financial services, manufacturing, legal, and consulting.

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