This post was written by Ellen Rocklin
Lotus Symphony 1, the office productivity suite embedded into Lotus Notes, is now available as an independent product that can be downloaded for free. This would make it an attractive option for anyone who needs a well engineered office product but does not want to pay a lot of money for it. Further, because it is a brand new product and, as IBM has always been in the forefront of accessibility technology, you can be sure that it has been designed and tested with people with disabilities in mind. Given that Symphony is accessible, is well engineered, provides the functions that most people use and is free it seems an ideal product for a large proportion of users, especially anyone who is disabled and looking for an economic way of creating a full function home office.
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Office Depot is traveling the country in a recreational vehicle to promote its home office products. The retailer has kicked off its month-long “Office Highway Tour”, dubbed the “first home office on wheels.” The tour shows how personal electronics and small business technology can aide a home office setting for on-the-go people. Jeff Zbar, a small business advocate and chief home officer, is traveling 3,000 miles with his wife and three children in an Internet-connected, 23-foot RV, complete with a functional home office. The vehicle includes a computer, printer, wireless Internet, files and storage equipment.
Averatec has introduced a new All-In-One Desktop PC into the market. The All-In-One PC is a stylish, ground up design that offers a distinctive new look and performance in a single body PC. The Averatec All-In-One features a sleek 22″ widescreen display, 320GB of data storage, slot loading optical drive, and comes standard with a built-in high definition TV tuner. Averatec, predominantly known for its style conscious, innovative mobile products, diversifies its product line with the introduction of its version of the All-In-One PC. Averatec’s Director of Marketing, Darren Lee, said
AccessLine Communications, which last fall became a division of Telanetix, Inc., this month has launched a new combined business phone system and service package, the AccessLine Digital Phone Service. According to Kent Hellebust, AccessLine’s chief marketing officer, what really makes the new solution stand out is the fact that it’s a combined offering “They have the option of two different phone systems: a home office system that has just two business lines associated with it and up to six phones and a small office phone system that has, variably, between two and eight business lines and up to 24 phone stations.”