Comments on: Intel “SuiteTwo” Product Suite Launches

By: Web Strategy by Jeremiah » Intel offers Enterprise 2.0 Suite Appliance “Suite Two”

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:31:28 +0000

[...] Get more details from Techcrunch: ” Intel will announce SuiteTwo today, a product that brings together a number of Enterprise 2.0 apps into an integrated suite. The four products that are included in the release are MovableType from SixApart, SocialText, Simplefeed and Newsgator.” [...]

By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » KnowNow and WordPress Partner on RSS/Blogging

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:21:27 +0000

[...] The new joint product will no doubt go head to head with SixApart’s MovableType, the leading enterprise blogging product on the market. SixApart ’s Anil Dash tells me that MT will not be directly integrating blogging software with its recently acquired technology from Rojo, but rather will focus on integrating the practices via its partnership with Newsgator in the Intel backed Suite Two product. [...]

By: Web 2.0 Packaged For The Enterprise at Thermo[SAT]

Web 2.0 Packaged For The Enterprise at Thermo[SAT] — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:29:27 +0000

[...] Today we announced SuiteTwo, The Enterprise 2.0 Suite powered by Intel. Intel is distributing the Best of Breed wiki (Socialtext), blog (Six Apart), Feed Aggregation (Newsgator) and Feed Publishing (SimpleFeed), supported by Spikesource, through its channels including Dell, NEC, Ingram, Novell and Red Hat. [...]

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Mike Stopforth » links for 2006-11-14 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:23:09 +0000

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By: Miguel Membrado

Miguel Membrado — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:21:53 +0000

Vassil, the same for us at Netcipia. I agree with you, the only way to offer a strong service for companies is to offer them an integrated platform. Intel (and the others) are just trying to catch an empty market before true solutions like yours and ours grow on it. Good luck

By: Enterprise Web 2.0 » SuiteTwo vs. Blogtronix Smackdown

Enterprise Web 2.0 » SuiteTwo vs. Blogtronix Smackdown — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:44:39 +0000

[...] “We at Blogtronix had all of this functionality more than a year ago under one platform and it was all integrated,” Mladjov wrote, in a comment on TechCrunch. “Not to mention that we did this without millions of dollars from VC’s (you need to combine the total of funding all the Suite2 companies) and with a fraction of the developers or the time it took them. In fact, we showed this to Intel Capital last year and they turned us down. Intel was not impressed that we were not from Stanford or Harvard and that we were only two guys (and 10 + developers).” [...]

By: Vassil Mladjov

Vassil Mladjov — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:22:05 +0000

I need to rub this in a bit more, sorry guys.

If this SuiteTwo is a Enterprise 2.0 solution, our Blogtronix collaboration platform needs to be call Enterprise 3.0, since it’s all integrated and does so much more and better. What do you think?

And Anil, I am sorry, but what are you talking in your post about “rant”, I am so happy here that I have something to compare with finally. You also may want check with your VC guys at IntelCap about what is “factually incorrect” before you blog about it.

By: Vassil Mladjov

Vassil Mladjov — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:46:28 +0000

Anil, we are only going after your clients
They will be my credibility.

By: Anil

Anil — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:09:51 +0000

“In comparison, the Suite2 is made of Java, PHP, .NET, and Fortran (did I miss anything). None of the apps are connected together and they all will need separate administration of users and the apps itself. This will not fly in any IT department.”

While I admire Vassil’s willingness to chase this particular ambulance (”they turned us down”!) I should point out that this entire rant is actually factually incorrect. I love strong competition, but there’s no reason to throw all of your credibility into question by making things up.

By: Vassil Mladjov

Vassil Mladjov — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:21:02 +0000

OK, what is the big deal here?
We at Blogtronix had all of this functionality more than a year a go under one platform and it was all integrated. Not to mention that we did this without millions of dollars from VC’s (you need to combine the total of funding all the Suite2 companies) and with a fraction of the developers or the time it took them. In fact, we showed this to Intel Capital last year and they turned us down. Intel was not impressed that we were not from Stanford or Harvard and that we were only two guys (and 10 + developers).

Today in our new version of Blogtronix 1.5, we not only have real enterprise blogging, wiki, RSS feeds and an online RSS reader, but we also have corporate social networking, document management, CMS, security, integrated search, groups, single sign-on, corporate compliance, banners, etc, etc,…

All of our applications run under one platform on one server. In comparison, the Suite2 is made of Java, PHP, .NET, and Fortran (did I miss anything). None of the apps are connected together and they all will need separate administration of users and the apps itself. This will not fly in any IT department.

The interesting thing about Suite2 is that this validates Blogtronix’ model even more today. And even more interesting is that we are now starting to convert many MT and ST users to the Blogtronix platform because it is all integrated and it is under one platform. I know I repeat myself here, but it’s important
Cheers,
Vassil Mladjov

By: Anton

Anton — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:27:59 +0000

Interesting, but integrating so different products in a single package could be a nightmare for users and IT departments Approaches like BlogTronix or Netcipia, really integrated solutions, seems to be more agile…

By: » SuiteTwo Slides Web 2 into Enterprise - The 360

» SuiteTwo Slides Web 2 into Enterprise - The 360 — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:40:46 +0000

[...] Mike Arrington of TechCrunch got the skinny on pricing: [...]

By: mindflush.com » Blog Archive » Kollektiv intelligens - in a box !

mindflush.com » Blog Archive » Kollektiv intelligens - in a box ! — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:55:02 +0000

[...] Det er Intel der har lanceret pakken “SuiteTwo, The Enterprise 2.0 Suite powered by Intel”. Pakken består af en wiki fra Socialtext, blog fra Six Apart, Feed Aggregation fra Newsgator og Feed Publishing fra SimpleFeed. [...]

By: vincent

vincent — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:01:25 +0000

It means cost per user I guess.

By: Jacques FROISSANT Altaïde

Jacques FROISSANT Altaïde — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:05:42 +0000

Intel se lance dans le web 2.0 avec SuiteTwo….

Intel vient d’annoncer par ce communiqué le lancement de SuiteTwo, une suite 2.0 pour l’entreprise intégrant un service de blogs (SixApart), de wikis (Socialtext), un lecteur de flux RSS (Newsgator), un réseau de liens (Simplefeed), en attendant p…

By: BiotechMD

BiotechMD — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:09:00 +0000

what does cost-per-seat mean?

By: Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:48:59 +0000

“… but the downside might be that all this is too much for some businesses and they may opt to adopt each of these products independently.”

Judging by the businesses we’ve been speaking to, I don’t think this is the case. Most don’t have time to put together a solution like this - a single sign on solution with integrated products out of the box is definitely a preference. If they can have something that works seamlessly, demonstrably improves efficiency and doesn’t tie up their IT infrastructure, they’ll take it up quickly and it’ll likely pay for itself.

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By: amit

amit — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:14:24 +0000

hey its really a gr8 move from INTEL

By: Is it just me, or is Intel desperate? » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:02:47 +0000

[...] Okay, someone explain this to me: Intel, a company that makes microprocessors, is backing and selling — but not profiting from — a suite of “Enterprise 2.0″ software for companies that includes blogging software (Typepad), a wiki (Socialtext), and RSS feed software (Simplefeed and Newsgator), called Suite Two. [...]

By: DavidEzra

DavidEzra — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:45:43 +0000

I like the idea / concept of “bundling” … as long as the “bundle” contains the “best” of every service / application within its category (and if necessary, the respective services can be added / deleated to reflect the present competitive landscape as to what is currently “best of breed).

With that said, does anybody know if MoveableType, SocialText, NewsGator, SimpleFeed, and SpikeSource are unmatched / “simply the best” within each of their respective spheres (I’m asking because I’m not an expert in this area)? And more importantly, if someone where to “lock themselves in” by using SuiteTwo, what is there to guarantee that all of these services will remain “the best” going into the future (I’d sure hate to “lock myself in” to a non-changeable bundle only to find that 3 of the 5 become the “worst of breed” by next year)?

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:52:23 +0000

Interesting. I wonder what Intel sees coming to have made this move.

By: Alan Morrison

Alan Morrison — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:25:08 +0000

SocialText pitches its wiki as best of breed, but seems in an awful hurry to add their product functionality to suites, SharePoint, etc. Could it be that in their heart of hearts, they have JotSpot envy?

Blogtronix is the underappreciated one here–they’ve already integrated all of this stuff and have a social networking function to boot.

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:13:44 +0000

Mmm…Don’t think this will be something I will ever use.

By: Awakened Voice Blog

Awakened Voice Blog — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:04:36 +0000

Intel Gets Social…

Intel is offering a suite of social media apps they are calling Suite Two. They are bundling a number of tools together including Movable Type, NewsGator and Socialtext.
According to the official website, “SuiteTwo is a rich set of interconnected…