From all of us at SAGE, we would like to extend our best wishes for a happy holidays and peace on Earth.

We have created our own holiday card on our web site.  We hope you enjoy it.

You can view the larger version by clicking on the image above or by following this link:

http://www.sagesol.com/holiday2007/

We hope 2007 has brought you joy and satisfaction, and we look forward to a wonderful New Year in 2008.

Best Wishes!
The SAGE Team

Here is what has hit our radar screens in the past week:

Getting Green Computers: Because reducing your carbon footprint is becoming all the rage, how can your IT do the same?  Law.com has a green guidelines for buying and using computers, but most come from computer maker Dell.  If you don't follow one of the recommendations to donate the equipment when you refresh, we suggest you talk to a respected recycler like GigaBiter (full disclosure: they are a SAGE client).

iPhones Making Corporate Inroads: On the heels of Salesforce.com unveiled its iPhone strategy and Google revamping its search page for it, comes this article talking about how the iPhone's ease-of-use is forcing its way inside corporate walls. Integration with Exchange/Outlook may put it over the top.

Give Your IT Workers Some Attention for the Holidays:  It seems that Aretha Franklin and IT staff just want the same thing: respect. Forget the secret Santa, says this EWeek article, they just want to not work in a dungeon and feel like part of the team rather than the hired help.

In late 2006, Google purchased online wiki provider JotSpot, leading to speculation to when the search engine behemoth would launch “Google Wiki.” Fortunately, many eager for the supposed service didn’t hold their breath, because nothing has happened since. Until last week, that is, when JotSpot reemerged in a somewhat different form, to be called “Google Sites.” In short, it’s Google’s competitor to Microsoft’s SharePoint.

Before people start creating PowerPoint charts and Excel spreadsheets proving that SharePoint has many more features, understand this is Google’s vision of a SharePoint competitor much like its Google Apps are a different vision of the standard office suite. It is stripped down and networked, but goes after the same functionality: the ability to create intranets, extranets, and project management tracking sites. Just like SharePoint.

The question we have: will this be a “platform” or a “product.” SharePoint is a “platform”—here are the blocks, now build what you want—like a box of Legos. Before Google swallowed JotSpot, it was mostly wiki and collaboration products—built web applications for specific purposes—a Lego car or spacecraft kit. SharePoint suffers from the perception that it is an intranet application out-of-the-box, which isn’t the case. If Google Sites provides some instant gratification and makes it easy and secure to set up Intranets, wikis, and extranets, then SharePoint has a serious competitor on its hand.