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Here are some of the latest enterprise collaboration product releases…

Google now offers a solution for integrating Microsoft Outlook seamlessly with Google Apps Premier or Education Editions. Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook allows users to connect to Google Apps and sync business emails, contacts, and calendars via the Outlook client. This product is positioned towards Outlook lovers who are reluctant to break away from the familiar interface but want to take advantage of the Google cloud. The standard Gmail web interface is also available when away from the desktop. Google Enterprise president David Girouard asserts that businesses will save an average of $17 per employee per month by switching to Google Apps.

NEC announced this Tuesday a new video web conferencing and collaboration application dubbed UC for Enterprise (UCE) Collaboration. Goals of the new product include frequent and meaningful contact for enhanced customer service, tech support, remote product demos, and as an upgrade from audio-only conferencing. Also introduced was Hosted Collaboration, which offers the same features and functionality packaged as a web-based service for small and medium sized businesses. UCE Collaboration and Hosted Collaboration are focused on reducing the costs of communicating with employees and customers within the enterprise.

Building up steam is collaboration startup WizeHive, which recently announced several new enhancements to it’s free web-based application. WizeHive at the core offers a collaborative environment for group-messaging and task management within user-defined workspaces, alongside activity tracking and file sharing features. Upgrades to the platform include Twitter integration, “3D Tasks” which offers new filters and drag-drop functionality, and an Adobe Air powered desktop client. Video presentations for each of these new features are available on the WizeHive Vimeo homepage.