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Today’s show covers: #1.) RIM’s latest enterprise news; #2.) eWeek on 2008 technologies you should check out; #3.) a pointer to DOD conferences in the Washington DC area; and #4.) news about the very popular blogging tool WordPress.  Once we get through the news, there is an interview I recently recorded with President/CEO Eric Basu about how his company Sentek Consulting uses the latest technologies to enable effective virtual teams.

Links mentioned during the news portion of the podcast include:

• Download Squad on RIM News
• BlackBerry on Lotus Connections
• Download Squad on RIM News
• eWeek’s 2008 Technologies To Not Ignore
• AFCEA’s DOD Spring & Fall 2008 Course Schedule
• Automattic’s WordPress $29 million venture funding (from The New York Times, True Ventures, Radar Ventures, and Polaris Venture Partners)

Links mentioned during the interview on virtual teams includes:

• RIM Blackberry
• WebEx
• Skype
• Palm Treo Smartphones
• Jott
• GrandCentral

Our microbrew recommendation of the show is the Widmer Broken Halo IPA. And if you have any tech questions post them to: forums.friendsintech.com.