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Portals and content management systems are widely used in organizations today. For many, the desire to integrate them into a single collaborative environment is critical. But there’s a lot to think about before moving forward. In this article we cover the basic considerations for integrating a CMS into an enterprise portal.

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5 Things to Consider when Integrating your Content Management System and Portal

I have been working with Visio for many years now for making mock-ups and wireframes, but a few weeks ago I bought Balsamiq Mockups. It’s a tool that lets you make simple mock-ups that look simple. Here’s a quick review.

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Review: Balsamiq Mockups for Wireframes

Google recently announced a much-anticipated addition to the Google Talk service. In addition to being able to sent text instant messages from within the Google Mail system, users can now conduct voice and video chats — all from within the browser.

After users download a Google-provided plugin, they will see “Video and More” in the conventional chat window. Other IM systems, such as MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Chat, have had voice/video capabilities, but Google just added the feature. However, is this product a “Skype killer” like some are saying?

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Google Brings Video and Voice to Google Talk

Zoho, a Web-hosted Microsoft Office and Google competitor, has announced offline support for their Zoho Mail product. Zoho Mail joins Zoho Writer — the company’s word processing product — in using (ironically enough) Google Gears for offline support and access.

By comparison, Google has yet to implement any type of offline access to their Web-hosted email product, Gmail. Zoho, in choosing to utilize Google’s own offline-enabling engine, beat the search giant to the punch in an effort to remain competitive in the space.

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Zoho Beats Google, Offers Offline Email Support

Sitemasher introduced its online Web site Development and Management platform aimed to simplify the process of developing Web sites. To differentiate the product from other systems on the market, Sitemasher brings “an intuitive Web site builder” along with integrated content management, analytics, search engine optimization and Web site hosting in one online tool.

With this tool and workflows everyone involved with the design, launch and maintenance of a Web site has a way to collaborate throughout the project lifecycle.

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Sitemasher Releases Web Dev Collaboration Platform