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... Your usability analysis of groupware as a collaboration tool must take into account online collaboration. ... Be sure to be thorough in analyzing the costs, including the opportunity costs, of groupware as your business collaboration tool.

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... As a content management tool, groupware utilizes these three tools not only to track the ad hoc collaboration but also to help piece the document back together again with simplified merging procedures.

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. ... Online Collaboration Tools with Groupware 5,200,000 indexed pages are found under “groupware” in Google; 4,840,000 in Yahoo; and 955,263 in MSN...

Research in Modelling Simulation and Collaboration Over the Web by Peter Hale
Collaboration, simulation and modelling have been investigated to assist us in determining the requirements for future research in modelling of problems. Huhns [1] and Paternò [2] both explain that alternatives to the current approach to software development are required. ... (2001) Interactivity and collaboration on the WWW - is the 'WWW shell' sufficient?. ... An open standards web driven method of collaboration is required to make it possible for organisations and individuals to become more deeply involved in projects that are well coordinated using web technologies.

Collaborative Software Creation by Peter Hale
The intention is to create collaborative tools that allow users to develop software in a way they will be familiar with from their use of spreadsheets. Sternemann and Zelm (1999) explained that even then it had become necessary to research collaborative modelling and visualisation tools, because... To assist in this project, it is essential that new ways of enabling collaboration between all those involved in software creation and use are investigated. ... Johnson et al (2003) and Johnson (2004) examine how this kind of collaboration can be achieved and tested.

Using a Client Extranet for Efficient Online Collaboration by Rick Mosenkis
Efficient collaboration with clients is essential for any service firm. Traditionally, collaboration has focused on face-to-face meetings, supported by email to share work in progress. Over the past several years, a new tool has grown in popularity: the client service extranet. ... While face-to-face meetings remain the most effective (and essential) collaboration tool, extranets have replaced email as the favored forum for sharing and organizing the vast number of documents that are part of all client/agency relationships.

Online Spreadsheets vs. Microsoft Excel and How a Combination of Both Works by Reto Laemmler
There has been lots of rumor about Google's plan competing with Microsoft's most profitable office product suite. The acquisition of Writely (online web processor) followed by the release of Google Spreadsheets made it pretty obvious that the leader of search engines is also interested in... The downside of an online spreadsheet is that a user needs to learn a new tool. ... The demand for better collaboration support for file based documents is clearly there. ... It's a known fact that file based documents like Word and Excel have serious limitations when it comes to collaboration.

What is a Document Manager without Version History? by Joe Miller
Document Manager and Version History In previous articles I have discussed the usefulness of a document manager, such as groupware, in organizing document sharing. I have also discussed the role that a Version History plays in a good document manager. ... Digital Thread Technology Every tool a document manager utilizes has its own tricks. ... Having Version History as one of your document manager tools creates a three-point advantage in document collaboration, advantages that take businesses to a higher level of efficiency, organization, and communication.

Looking for an Alternative to Microsoft Office? You Should Be! by Greg Diehl
Now is the time to look at an alternative to Microsoft Office. Are you locked into using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint? Are you spending extra because you need a database, and Access does not come with the basic Office package? Well, the time has come to look at alternatives, or at least... o runs on Windows (R), just like Microsoft Office o all files can be saved in Microsoft Office formats o a word processor o a spreadsheet o a presentation tool o a database o a drawing tool o export to Acrobat PDF format (requires third-party add ins to do this in Microsoft Office) o...

End User Modelling Tools by Peter Hale
User involvement is important in the development of software but a domain expert does not necessarily possess expertise in software development, and a software developer cannot have expertise in every domain to which software might apply. So it is important to make it possible for software to be... Enabling users themselves to create software using UML type tools would require development of a new type of UML tool specifically designed for ordinary users. ... This would also fill a gap left by engineering and scientific modelling tools which are powerful but do not have collaboration,...