MindAlign 2007 from Parlano is probably one of the best collaboration application that I have not heard of. Until that is, Microsoft acquired them today. It serves a very important synchronous communication need - how to manage multiple IM conversations across different teams in real time.

It provides persistent chat for the enterprise and partners connected to the enterprise. So imagine you work on five different teams and have conversations with team members from each of those teams. Wouldn't it be nice if your IM program let you organize your discussions into groups based on the different teams? That's what MindAlign 2007 does and it integrates well with Microsoft's Live Communication Server and Sharepoint. Now if only, it could be plugged right into my company's wiki based intranet.

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