Collaboration Software: Index of Collaboration Software Technologies by Joe Miller
Collaboration Software Collaboration Software, also known as group collaboration software or groupware, is software which allows cooperation on a business document between multiple parties on multiple computers. Collaboration software also allows the integration and merging of document changes... This article presents an index of collaboration software technologies to assist businesses in finding collaboration software that works for them. ... Business collaboration can be a messy ad hoc process, and collaboration software needs to be able to manage it.

Can Group Collaboration Software Meet Business Needs? by Joe Miller
According to a survey conducted by InfoTrends/CAP Ventures entitled “Content-Centric Collaboration,” 51 percent of businesspeople utilizing technology such as Microsoft Office and e-mail collaborate almost daily as a part of their business operations and need group collaboration software to... However, two challenges seem to stand in the way of supporting electronic collaboration: “convincing users to consistently take advantage of capabilities” and “encouraging users to contribute information into the system.” One of the questions that has arisen from these challenges is “Is there a group...

Does your Company have Documentum? by Mike Nielsen
Are you lost in the mess of documents that get passed around your company, never knowing what the latest version is and which one you should work on without worrying if someone else has already made the same editions that you are making? Perhaps you have heard of collaboration software solutions... The major advantages to using NextPage’s collaboration software include the following: • Do NOT need a centralized server • Do NOT need an IT infrastructure • Installation can be done in a matter of minutes • Will work with associates who are NOT NextPage subscribers • Solves...

Groove Network. Are you in it? by Mike Nielsen
If you are in a business that passes documents around to be reviewed and edited over and over before they are ready to be posted for advertising or for a client, then you have probably already heard of a software solution to help keep your “floating” documents organized from Groove Network. ... The major advantages to using NextPage’s collaboration software include the following: • Do NOT need a centralized server • Do NOT need an IT infrastructure • Installation can be done in a matter of minutes • Will work with associates who are NOT NextPage subscribers • Solves document...

Huddle Up; Groupware on Three by Joe Miller
It could just be me, but my experiences with document collaboration remind me of a football game. It sounds crazy, I know, but working with a group and sending emails off to other members of the group caries with it that familiar uneasy sensation of Thanksgiving Day football games, where I often... But it could be, because groupware is distinguished from other document collaboration software by three characteristics designed to work the way businesses do. ... Digital Thread Business collaboration requires a lot of document sharing through email.

Groupware and Online Collaboration: Collaboration Series #4 by Joe Miller
This article is the fourth of a series of articles exploring specific aspects of groupware. The brief informational articles in this series discuss some of the technologies associated with groupware, as well as some of the characteristics of groupware. ... Online Collaboration Online collaboration consists of sending emails back and forth to edit and review attached documents, like market reports, budgets, contracts, and press releases. ... The market has recognized the need for groupware, or online collaboration software, to manage and track document changes.

Groupware Finds Home in American Business: Collaboration Tool Analysis by Joe Miller
What is Groupware? Have you ever had to manage document collaboration in a hurry? No need to be ashamed if you said "yes." Virtually every American business has experienced moments of ad hoc team collaboration. In other words, the ideal business collaboration method involves meticulous record... Groupware is time-saving software recognized by American businesses for solving the ad hoc collaboration challenges. ... Your usability analysis of groupware as a collaboration tool must take into account online collaboration.

Groupware: Avoid the Ad Hoc Shuffle by Joe Miller
Groupware Efforts are continually made to manage the unavoidable ad hoc business process, but ad hoc processes do not necessarily mean a pile of messy, shuffled documents, at least not anymore. Groupware is software which tracks and manages the ad hoc business collaboration. ... Groupware is software that manages ad hoc collaboration while working the way businesses do. ... In most cases, collaboration and document tracking software are built around organized and established drafting processes.

Groupware: What Works the Way Businesses Do? by Joe Miller
Groupware The internet is full of 1.5 million to 7 million indexed pages of groupware packages available on the market today. Every business needs groupware to control, manage, or track documents. Groupware is similar to other systems that enable document management, often using a centralized... Ad Hoc Collaboration Often times, however, businesses do not, or cannot, follow an outlined document collaboration process. ... Installation This is often the most costly part of collaboration software.

Groupware and Version History: Collaboration Series #1 by Joe Miller
This article is the first of a series of articles exploring specific aspects of groupware. The brief informational articles in this series discuss some of the technologies associated with groupware, as well as some of the characteristics of groupware. ... I have already mentioned that groupware helps businesses meet their collaborative needs, but groupware is not simply software used by businesses to organize documents and their drafts. ... Groupware deals specifically with the ad hoc nature of much of the document collaboration in today’s fast-paced business.