Traction Software, the leading developer of products for secure, scalable, web-based collaboration, announced Traction® TeamPage™ Release 3.7. New features added in this release include extensible widgets, edit history and rollback, inline sections, flexible outputs to any format, and upgraded mobile device support.

“Traction’s products combine the group editing of a wiki, the simplicity of a blog, and a unique access control and comment model to provide secure, scalable web-based working communication and collaboration. TeamPage 3.7 adds new capabilities to link, edit, discuss, and deliver web content securely to customers, suppliers and external stakeholders as well as groups within a single enterprise. These new capabilities are based on feedback from leading Consulting, Pharmaceutical, Finance and US Government customers.” Greg Lloyd, Traction Co-Founder and President

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John Blossom explains why he believes that the absolute domination of Microsoft via its desktop PC based model is more and more seriously challenged by the raise of alternate models based on the so called concept of “Office 2.0″.

“The lights won’t be going out in Redmond any time soon, but in an era in which technology has greatly accelerated the pace of change in publishing you can expect that transition to be more rapid than many expect today. Office 2.0, your time has come.”

Through its Live Office initiative, Microsoft is trying to anticipate the danger though. The company knows that “new generation of enterprise content users are going to be creating business information online, making it far easier to consume content in devices other than standard Windows platforms.”

As Windows Vista’s launch date and performances are more and more questionable, users need to think now about alternatives in which Windows is not an obligation.

Moreover, Blossom pulls out three major issues to be addressed by companies over the next several years:

• Desktop workflow applications are becoming a big question mark for high-end revenues.
• Supporting print is going to get complicated.
• A lot of assumptions about DRM packaging may be going out the window.

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Update: Office 2.0: Enterprise PC-Based Computing Moves To New Shore, on the same subject.

Fuld & Co, an international leader in competitive intelligence education and consulting, just published its latest survey of 17 competitive intelligence software packages. They assessed the packages on the basis of more than 120 criteria drawn from its Competitive Intelligence Cycle. These include the software’s ability to aid in planning and handling published information, such as from trade publications and the Internet, and primary information, such as from field sales reps. Other criteria include the software’s ability to aid in analysis and then to compile data for use in summary reports.

While the software packages are accorded scores in each of five key areas, Fuld & Co. avoids declaring “winners.” “While the software packages excel at different CI functions, no single software package excels at all five intelligence processes,” says Leonard Fuld, founder and president. Still, most packages fall under two broad categories: products designed specifically for CI, and tools that were not built with CI in mind, but could be used to augment the intelligence process. Choosing between the two is a vital decision, particularly with regard to budget.

The software companies whose CI products were evaluated include Autonomy Inc., Brimstone, Cipher, ClearForest, Coemergence, Comintell, Cymfony, firstRain Inc., Netro City, Nielsen BuzzMetrics (formerly Intelliseek), QL2 Software, Rocketinfo, Strategy Software Inc., TEMIS, Traction Software, and Wincite Systems. Fuld & Co. does not sell or re-sell any of the software evaluated in this report.

Executives can obtain a copy of the report by going to http://www.fuld.com/Products/ISR2006/HomePage.html, registering, and filling out a brief qualifying survey.

Via marketWIRE.