While it can seem so obvious that it sounds like a platitude, we all rely on others to accomplish major endeavors, whether it’s parenting, performing, or publishing. And while it is true that some of our work requires solitude, focus, and our own individual capabilities, we’ve learned that much of the world is over-rotated to […]
Tag: collaboration
Zoho Notebook brings document capture and creation capabilities to Office Suite
Zoho on Wednesday will use its Zoholics Mexico City customer event to launch a revamped Office Suite that will now include Zoho Notebook, an app that uses a card-style format to help business professionals capture text, photos, audio or create checklists and sketches. Zoho Notebook will be added to a package that already includes word processing, […]
Smartsheet TV ad depicts a hellish existence for the few firms that don’t use its software
Most B2B TV commercials tend to focus on the amazing things customers are doing with the advertiser’s product, but a recent spot from Smartsheet puts the spotlight on the holdouts instead. In “Work Different,” the SaaS-based provider of project management and collaboration tools boasts that 96 per cent of the Fortune 500 use its product. […]
What it takes to overcome the ‘last mile of lost productivity in workplace collaboration tools
Collaboration has taken on multiple dimensions for businesses of every size and industry. There are a number of key drivers fueling the accelerating demand for collaborative solutions, ranging from the rise in remote workers and virtual office models, to advanced technology tools and infrastructures that enable high-level collaboration in virtually any environment on any device. […]
Editor’s Note: Why the best collaboration tools keep us at a safe distance from each other
Long before she became my wife, I was sitting on a plane when I decided to make a grand gesture to a beautiful girl I barely knew. On the seatback in front of me was a device — I think it was called a SkyPhone — which I could use by swiping my credit card, […]
Mitel tells a 30-second case study about Major League Baseball to market its connectivity technology
There are no direct references to Moneyball, the Michael Lewis best-seller about the use of statistical analysis by Billy Beane when he was with the Boston Red Sox, but a new TV commercial from Mitel reinforces how much goes on off the field to make Major League Baseball teams successful. The 30-second spot, dubbed “Game […]
Slack’s VP of engineering breaks down the message he’s using to convert e-mail holdouts
It’s already one of most talked-about startups innovating in workplace productivity and collaboration, but Slack’s Michael Lopp is working hard to respond to enterprise decision-makers who say they just can’t let go of traditional e-mail. Though it is based in San Francisco, the firm’s vice-president of engineering has been making a series of in-person appearances […]
App of the Month: Workmates
You’ve used recruitment marketing to attract the best employee talent on the planet. Hopefully if you’re using technology to attract employees, you’re using something to retain them as well. If you have a global staff, one that works in an office all the time, or one that’s remote, you also want to encourage the “team” […]
Avoiding the Horrors of Modern Day Marketing
Marketers, are you always “on”? Joe Staples, CMO at Workfront, and Jennifer Johnson, Senior Marketing Program Manager, Informatica, talked about this problem at MarTech in San Francisco. The fast pace of work is prevalent, which creates some “Horrors of Modern Day Marketing” fit for the big screen. Attack of the Mutating Workload We’re constantly […]
Inside the Mind Of… Pekka Koskinen
Pekka Koskinen is a well-known fixture in Finland’s tech ecosystem. He founded Leadfeeder, the company where he currently serves as CEO, to be a robust web analytics tool for sales intelligence, and the web app has been growing rapidly since its launch in 2012. In the process, Koskinen’s thoughts on using web traffic data to […]
What is Digital Transformation? “Just a Buzzword” No More
Everyone knows the cautionary tale of Blockbuster, whose board members talked a good game but famously failed to anticipate the pace of the shift to video on demand. Nobody wants to be the new Blockbuster. But there’s still a strange ambivalence persisting in many organizations when it comes to taking the necessary steps to futureproof business models. […]
What the Trello Deal Tells Us About the State of Collaboration and Enterprise Software Stacks
Trello, an app considered indispensable by many software developers, has joined the Atlassian family, announced last week, in a deal worth $425 million. As Wired said in its coverage, Trello was developed basically as a niche to-do list app for a specialized purpose and audience (software developers) that 95% of the population has never heard […]
9 Myths About Knowledge Base That Keep Businesses From Growing
Although more and more businesses are entering the world of knowledge management, a great number of business owners are still skeptical about using a knowledge base system. They continue to use old strategies for sharing their content, both within their business organization, and with their customers. They choose the path of least resistance, because it […]
Box’s IPO success endorses enterprise collaboration
The enterprise collaboration space is hot. Recently, cloud file-sharing company Box has started trading publicly on the New York Stock, debuting at $20.20 per share. Interestingly, the company is trading much as 77 percent above its IPO price. Box offers companies cloud-based storage services, make it easy to share documents with your team or your […]