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Though it was only yesterday that Bluenog (news, site) announced the newest iteration of their integrated collaborative environment, better known as Bluenog ICE, the company is already back with more exciting news. Good Samaritans that they are, Bluenog plans to contribute back the enhancements it made to various open source projects during the development phase of Bluenog ICE 4.5.

Simply put, Bluenog ICE is a mash-up of an open source content management system, portal and business intelligence tools. The juiciest part of 4.5 is arguably the inclusion of wikis, thanks to the JSPWiki Open Source Project. Accordingly, initial contributions will center on JSPWiki, which also adds support for page level permissions. Bedework, the open source system responsible for ICE 4.5’s calendaring application, will reportedly also get some early play.

"Our contributions will make it easier for the open source community to use projects such as JetSpeed, Apache, Eclipse and JSPWiki and leverage the expertise and production-ready enhancements Bluenog has developed,” Said Suresh Kuppusamy, CEO and co-founder, Bluenog. “This will help shorten development lifecycles and improve the quality and reliability of applications based on these projects."

No complaints here; although, considering the fact that Bluenog ICE won’t be released to the general public until June 30th, tidbits like this probably only feed the fervor of all you hardcore fans. Sorry about that.

The best we can do for now is suggest you wipe the drool off your lip and follow the latest Bluenog news here. 

We imagine the creation of Bluenog’s (news, site) flagship solution went down a little like this: Someone was tired of switching between their portal, content management system and business intelligence tools, so they threw all three into a melting pot, stirred it up, and *BAM!* out popped Bluenog ICE.

OK, so maybe that’s not how it went. Whatever the case, the recipe is still a stellar one, and the recognition the company’s received certainly proves it. Today at Boston's Enterprise 2.0 conference Bluenog announced that ICE is back for another round, this time as version 4.5. The new software includes an Enterprise Wiki, secure group calendaring features and enhanced centralized administration.

After all the turmoil the economy has spurned upon us throughout the last year, higher education still remains a steadfast institution. Banks, auto makers and publishers may come and go, but education remains solid. Sure, tuition may be higher, but enrollment is still thriving.

Perhaps then it is why Bluenog (news, site), a software solutions company, has extended an invitation to those in the higher education sector to join the enterprise. 

Remember Bluenog, the new-ish Enterprise Content Management solution provider who loves to play with open source solutions? The company claimed to be the first of its kind, but we tend to keep a healthy skepticism.

Recently these new comers' ego has gained a bit of puff. InformationWeek has named Bluenog ICE -- Bluenog's flagship solution -- to its first ever Startup 50 ranking. The award recognizes value, enterprise-readiness and innovation. Let's take another look at what Bluenog is doing.

Swish around in your head the idea of using Open Source micro-blogging for social graphing. Think: Measuring how often one person converses with another. Apply the concept to a service as popular as Twitter and it’s a bit over-the-top, but apply it to a company’s private network and suddenly you’ve got the ability to track your most productive employees.

Spearheading what could possibly be a vehicle to the future of Business Intelligence is the newest offering from Canadian microblogging server Laconica—the most popular Open Source alternative to Twitter. 

In today’s economical crunch, companies are drowning, shifting and morphing. It’s not pretty. In fact, any time serious changes take place within a business, the rest of the world braces itself in anticipation of a news article reporting the resulting few (thousand) cut workers.

That’s why Stellent founder Robert Olson, who recently purchased BI software company Swiftknowledge and assumed the chief executive officer role without cutting any employees at all, could be considered a modern day hero.

ARMO solutions, a young company dedicated to providing enterprise consulting, recently announced an eDiscovery Business Intelligence Document Management System and managed to catch the attention of global trading partners through secured funding. Go ARMO!

At the recent Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Gartner analysts presented their insights into the top 10 technologies and trends to rule the world in 2009.

With emphasis on virtualization, organizations should also pay close attention to cloud computing, green IT, Business Intelligence (BI) and social software — among other strategic trends.

Semantra recently released v. 2.5 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The tool allows users to enter commands in a search box to quickly retrieve information from enterprise data bases, thereby improving communication between human and machine, and speeding up productivity.

As the need for mobile solutions becomes more and more apparent, companies like Webalo Inc. are scrambling to develop and offer the latest and greatest via your cell phone — and they’re not doing half bad.

Webalo Mobile Dashboard allows users of the Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) platform to access reports from any mobile device, making it the first time ever that content from SQL Server, PerformancePoint, SharePoint and Excel can easily transform into cohesive mobile displays without tedious custom programming.

IBM has announced that it is to acquire business intelligence and performance management provider Cognos in a US$ 5 bn deal. Big Blue will pay US$ 58 per share for the publicly listed Ottawa company, which will be integrated as a group within IBM’s Information Management Software division. The deal is expected to be ratified by Cognos’ shareholders within weeks.