Tag Archives: xobni

21/09/2008 Posted in Design, Efficiency, IT, Strategy 1 Comment

I’m all for disruption but….

By Ben Kepes

TechCrunch waxes poetical on the threat to Microsoft, and in particular the exalted position of Outlook, that Facebook poses. TechCrunch says that; Facebook succeeds because it is the killer web application for communications and personal information management. Facebook Mail is not without its problems, but the combination of Facebook Mail,

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09/07/2008 Posted in Business, Collaboration, Design, Efficiency, IT 1 Comment

The prognosis for email…

By Ben Kepes

Over on RWW, Alex Iskold posted about email, asking whether or not it is in danger. Alex pointed out that there are some threats to email, in the form of Twitter, Instant messaging and SMS. Alex came up with a diagram to illustrate the areas that email has traditionally been

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02/05/2008 Posted in Efficiency, IT, New business, SaaS, Strategy, Web x.0 Leave a comment

Xobni walks away, what now?

By Ben Kepes

Staunch move by Xobni to walk away from Microsoft’s takeover offer. Apparently they felt uncomfortable with Microsoft’s intentions for them. I wonder if Bill Gates will continue to use the Xobni plugin? Xobni sees itself as much more than just a simple outlook plugin – they’re working on a YahooMail

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21/04/2008 Posted in Governance, IT, Strategy 4 Comments

Someone else rebuffs Microsoft’s advances…

By Ben Kepes

The blogosphere is mildly warm with talk about Microsoft’s attempts to acquire…… no not Yahoo but Xobni. Xobni (inbox spelt backwards) (Diversity coverage here) is a cool Outlook plugin that brings some social networking and efficiency functionality to the MS offering. Apparently Xobni has said; we’re staying an independent company

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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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