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March 10, 2005

Microsoft to Gobble Groove Networks

Microsoft to buy Groove Networks | Tech News on ZDNet

Microsoft looks like it is going to make a serious play to become more dominant in the collaboration space. Combine this breaking story with the March 8th post on theofficeweblog about the unveiling of Microsoft's new Office Communicator 2005 that is about to get released, and you get a very clear picture of where Microsoft is heading.

It appears that the folks in Redmond understand that work no longer centers around one person on a PC but is a collaborative effort. At some point, it seems logical MS is going to have to consolidate its growing number of collaboration products.

More at Business Week here.

Posted by Rovy at March 10, 2005 5:30 PM