Optimism during Hard Times

I was watching the news this morning and then the commercial below was shown. Talking about optimism ... It was a great start of the day.

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Captaris Announces General Availability of TIFF iFilter for Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007

It took a little bit longer then expected (see my previous posts on the TIFF iFilter here and here), but since this morning you can download the TIFF iFilter from the Captaris website.

The TIFF iFilter provides the ability to include TIFF images as part of your search query inside of Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007, Microsoft Search Server Express and Microsoft Search Server 2008

This is the first of a series of products coming from Captaris that help businesses achieve document driven process automation. The TIFF iFilter fits into the initial phase of the process, which is the starting point where documents are fed into SharePoint. From the initial phase, the next steps to document driven process automation include routing, capture and process.

Over the next few months, we will introduce an entire suite of products that address each phase of the process and each product is designed from the ground up to support Office SharePoint Server 2007. This product suite includes RightStar® for routing, RightDocs® for capture and RightFlow® for process.

I am deeply involved in RightStar and RightDocs, and I can only say that it is really exciting to design new products from scratch, watch them being realized by a great team, and then see them enter the market.

Related Posts:

• TIFF iFilter
• TIFF iFilter Presentation

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Swype, SlideIT and ShapeWriter: A Gesture Based Data Entry War

Following the Techcrunch50 from a distance, my eye got caught by a post about Swype.

Swype provides a fast and easy way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the technology enables users to input words. The application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more.

Being a big fan of our own Single Click Entry technology, I thought this is another break-through technology in the data entry space. But after some digging on the web I found Dasur that developed a similar technology called SlideIT. Dasur informs on their website that SlideIT is protected by US Patent no. 7,250,938. Also Swype claims that their technology is patented.

Digging a little bit further I find the following post on StarrTrek. There is another application, called WritingPad, that is developed by the company ShapeWriter, that appears to have the exact same type of technology already deployed as an iPhone application. I could not find information on ShapeWriter claiming a patent.

Considering the amount of interest and press coverage Swype has gotten, I think we will definitely hear more of all three of this companies. And not just because they have a cool technology.

You will find demonstration videos of all three applications below.

Swype Demo Video



SlideIT Demo Video



WritingPad Demo Video

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Open Text to Acquire Captaris

As I posted early this year the company where I was (and still) working for at that point of time (Océ Document Technologies, a subsidiary of Océ [AMS:OCE and OTC:OCENY]) was aquired by Captaris [NASDAQ:CAPA].

Now Captaris is going to be aquired by Open Text [TSE:OTC and NASDAQ:OTEX]. Allthough it is a little hectic to be aquired twice within a year, I really think there are lots of opportunities for both companies. So I am looking forward to work on a joined future.

For more information on this aquisition:

• Press Release
• Thoughts on Open Text - Captaris
• Open Text, acquisition indigestion?
• A Good Deal for Captaris and Open Text
• Open Text to buy Captaris in OCR battle

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Sailing is Life

This presentation I made is about sailing and life. All the pictures were taken during a 3 week sailing trip off the Croatian coast on the Adriatic sea in 2007.

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: motivation success)

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How intrapreneurs can change the world

Management Today posted an interesting article at their website titled "How intrapreneurs can change the world". The article was inspired by the recent publication of a set of essays by Think-tank Demos called ‘The Future Face of Enterprise’.

It is about what the UK needs to do to raise its game. One contribution came from Microsoft UK boss Gordon Frazer, who argued that intrapreneurs were essential if businesses are ‘to deliver greater levels of meaningful innovation’.

Now I am not sure how the intrapreneurial situation is at Microsoft worldwide, but one very nice example of it was released yesterday and is called Photosynth. With Photosynth you can share or relive a vacation destination or explore a distant museum or landmark.

With a nothing more than digital camera and some inspiration, you can use Photosynth to transform regular digital photos into a three-dimensional, 360-degree experience. Anybody who sees your synth is put right in your shoes, sharing in your experience, with detail, clarity and scope impossible to achieve in conventional photos or videos. See this video for a short explanation of how it works.



As the website states: "Photosynth comes from a passionate little startup of two dozen people in Microsoft Live Labs. We are scientists, engineers, and designers working like crazy to deliver on Photosynth’s promise." So there definitely are signs of intrapreneurship at Microsoft.

And they actually seem to have some succes with it, as the service died yesterday because of the number of visitors.

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• 12 Intrapreneur Succes Stories

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9 Software Disasters

Below you will find my visual presentation of 9 software disasters that I use to explain the possible impact of bugs.

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: software. technology)

Update: Wow, just got a message from SlideShare. Thanks guys!

From: SlideShare
Sent: August 20, 2008
Subject: Congratulations! Your slideshow '9 Software Disasters' has been featured on the SlideShare homepage
Message: Hey henricodolfing!

Your slideshow 9 Software Disasters has been featured on the SlideShare homepage by our editorial team.

Cheers,

- the SlideShare team

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• Why Most IT Projects Fail

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