Google desktop manages content

Google has released Google Desktop version 4, which contains services to improve the way users manage Web content.

It allows users to access small interactive applications known as "widgets" from within the product`s sidebar, without having to download software or open up a browser, writes ComputerWeekly.

Google Desktop 4 synchronises with other computers, so when a change is made on an individual`s work machine, for instance, it is also made on that individual`s home computer, the article notes.

Compiere, a provider of open source business applications, has announced a collaboration management system for its enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) solution.

Version 2.5.3c`s collaboration management system consists of a content management system (CMS), chat capability and Web store improvements, according to CRM2Day.

The CMS is based on standard XSLT and XML formatting. It supports high-volume environments, including clustering and distributed locations. Content from the core ERP and CRM application is easily integrated, adds the report.

"Microsoft is also commanding a lot of attention at the AIIM Conference and Exposition in Philadelphia, with three general session presentations on its burgeoning enterprise content management (ECM) strategy," writes an IntelligentEnterprise correspondent at the event.

With the pending release of SharePoint Server 2007 MS promises to turn ECM from a specialised discipline to one that is broadly applicable to all workers in an organisation, adds the article.

SharePoint touts improved document management capabilities, records management and Web content management capabilities (the latter from Microsoft Content Management Server).