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	August 6, 2009 The Forrester Wave™: Collaboration Platforms, Q3 2009 Microsoft And IBM Lotus Lead; Novell Challenges by Rob Koplowitz with Matthew Brown, Sara Burnes	Average: 9  (7 ratings)

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Executive Summary

In Forrester's 66-criteria evaluation of collaboration platform vendors, we found that Microsoft and IBM Lotus led the pack based on the breadth of functionality in their offerings. Novell edged into the Leaders' quadrant with its Teaming product. MindTouch, the only open source option in this Forrester Wave, landed as a Strong Performer. Open Text represented a strong option, particularly for current Open Text ECM Suite customers. Atlassian, Jive Software, Socialtext, and Traction Software all approach the market with strong social networking capabilities. New entrant Cisco WebEx debuted as a Contender and will look to disrupt the market landscape over time. Central Desktop is the only pure software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering with a focus on small and medium businesses, as well as enterprise departments.

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