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Microsoft prepares 'Tahiti' a new collaboration service aimed at consumers and businesses

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Think of it as Sametime Instant Meetings. Participants will be able to exchange handouts without e-mailing them to one another and the service is intended to work across firewalls. Tahiti will require users to sign on via a Windows Live ID.

See some more at Mary Jo Foley's blog

Posted by Carl Tyler On 03/30/2007 | | del.icio.us  Technorati  Digg This 

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Gravatar Image1 - Carl,
Your conclusion is not quite right.
I look at SameTime Instant Meetings as a solution targetted at business users in the SME+ segment.
You should compare this with the 'Meet Now' function of Microsoft Office LiveMeeting.
Tahity is targetted at users of Windows Live Messenger, which is a consulmer proposition and also targets the the smaller organisations in the SME market, hence the Office Live strategy.
As far as I know, Tahiti is 'powered by' the LiveMeeting platform.

I would say this is another example of Microsoft's ability to leverage Enterprise solutions in the consumer / SME market and vice versa ...

Posted by Peter de Haas At 07:07:47 AM On 03/31/2007 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image2 - @1 Thanks Peter. When I say think of it as Sametime Instant Meetings, I mean in the sense you can start them immediately without schedulling etc. So I don't see this as competition because the target market is different, but was trying to help people understand it's capability.

Posted by Carl At 09:26:11 AM On 03/31/2007 | - Website - |


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