The Pond, an Octopz blog on communication, collaboration and coworking online.

Our most recent release of Octopz is now live and features new options for uploading and sharing video files. New features include:

• The ability to choose between streaming and download viewing modes
• Markup indicators on the video timeline, which correspond to the views in the Documents and Views list
• Support for the H264 video codec
• Support for FLV video in native format and quality settings

Other Octopz enhancements in this release include improved monitoring (with automatic resumption) of internet connections and new icons to indicate document/file types. Also, the minimum system requirements for Adobe Flash Player have been bumped to version 9.0.115.

To see Octopz in action, including the latest enhancements, sign up for your own free trial account or take an online tour.

Octopz has partnered up with Mountain Cablevision to deliver our online collaboration software as part of their suite of business productivity tools. Snippet from our news release:

The new partnership opens important doors for Octopz in key industry verticals as well as providing access to creative professionals among Mountain Cablevision’s existing customer base. By offering Octopz online collaboration software to its clients, Mountain Cablevision adds significant value to its own network, with the opportunity to acquire new business and offer enhanced service to its current clients.

The full news release announcing the partnership is here.

Octopz has teamed up with Oddpodz, an online hub and networking site, to extend a trial offer of our advanced online collaboration software to more creative professionals. The details of this strategic partnership are in our news release.

Oddpodz was established in 2006 by entrepreneurs Karen Post, aka The Brand Diva, and Jocelyn Ring a marketing and branding consultant. The site features news, reviews, tips and tools that enable creative thinkers anywhere in the world to connect, chat and collaborate on new ideas and opportunities.

Recent stories published on Oddpodz include tips for creative brainstorming, how to use sound to develop a brand voice, a recommendation for the book Brand Sense and their own take on Octopz.