Collaboration isn't a new concept. In WinTOTAL, we've supported collaboration in it's simplest form with our integrated e-mail delivery. We know that file sharing is the core collaboration function that most appraisers need to accomplish, but we think it can mean so much more.

Here in our labs, we've been thinking about collaboration (Did you read Adam's blog on it recently, or his article on Windows Live Messenger?) and we've come up with three collaboration challenges we want to address:

• File sharing
• Communication with other assocaites via Instant Message
• Communication and assistance in real time with your XSite visitors

Are there solutions out there that do each of these things already? Yes. But we think we can do it better, and all in one solution instead of seperate applications for each. Head on over to the labs site and check out the project page for our new XSite Desktop Collaborator.

Thanks,

Paul E. Stansberry, III
WinTOTAL Product Manager
a la mode, inc.