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. ... Familiarity Another concern businesses may have in incorporating new technology is whether or not the new technology is compatible with current technology. ... Technology Groupware utilizes a variety of technologies which enable effective tracking and managing of ad hoc documents.

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. ... The purpose of these articles is to equip the groupware user or investigator with helpful knowledge about the product in order to enable more effective...

Groupware as a Document Manager: Collaboration Series #3 by Joe Miller
This article is the third 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. ... This third article explores groupware as a document manager, and provokes a critical approach to finding the right groupware to meet your business’s needs. ... However, groupware technology uses existing IT infrastructure and opens up accessibility to everyone with whom a user collaborates.

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. ... In order to find groupware for your business online collaboration needs, you need to be equipped with the knowledge of the tools your business needs in its groupware. ... The purpose of these articles is to equip the groupware user or investigator with helpful knowledge about the product in order to enable more effective use or to lead...

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... Digital Thread Technology Groupware with Digital Thread Technology strings a digital thread through each draft of a document as it changes hands, even through email. ... In sifting through the millions of groupware packages indexed online, the most cost efficient groupware will not require new IT...

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 as a Collaboration Tool Due to the fact that millions of groupware packages are available for businesses, users must do their homework to find the right groupware to suit their business needs.

Groupware: Answers the 5 Questions of Document Collaboration by Joe Miller
Every organization which creates collaborative documents, whether they are budgets, presentations, reports, spreadsheets, or other documents recognizes that collaborative efforts are requirement. That collaboration always forces the 5 eternal document collaboration questions: Who? ... These technologies are Digital Thread technology, Version History technology, and Document Signature technology. ... This groupware technology will track documents and their drafts, allowing you to always know what you are looking at and which draft it is.

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... Knowing what technologies to look for will help whittle down the results to a groupware that works the way businesses work. ... Any given internet search on “groupware” or “collaboration software” will yield millions of results.

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. ... Digital Thread Technology. ... As a document is created, whether a budget plan, a marketing presentation, or a legal contract, Digital Thread Technology inserts tracking information into the metadata of the electronic document.

Document Sharing: Who Hand is in the Cookie Jar? by Joe Miller
Document Sharing Three years of editorial experience in college taught me many things about document sharing. My editing experience was far from limited due either to my interest in a variety of subjects or to my indecisiveness during those college years-I’m not sure which. ... Try looking up “Digital Thread Technology”, which places a tag in the metadata of any Microsoft program and tracks it over email and servers. ... You may do what most people do in searching for the right document sharing software and type “document sharing” into Google and feel overwhelmed by the 20 million 800...