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 works in conjunction with Digital Signature and Version History to display the who, what, when, where, and how of a document. ... Digital Signature Digital Signatures provide basic version information every time a tracked document is attached to a Microsoft Outlook e-mail.

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...

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... Version History As mentioned before, document versions are sent back and forth throughout document collaboration; however, groupware that utilizes Version History creates and displays a flowchart of where the document has been and when it was there.

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? ... You can also rely on the Document Signature to open with the document to tell you exactly what you are looking at. ... Version History compiles the document family tree into a flowchart, and Document Signature lets you know who has worked on the draft every time you open a draft from your hard drive or email.

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. ... Digital Signature displays the tracking information in a signature at the bottom of each email. ... When searching for the document management and collaboration technology for your business, remember that document management will most often require tracking ad hoc processes of fast-paced business.

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... Digital Signature is a signature that is appended to an e-mail that informs the user which draft it is and by whom it was saved. ... Finding the latest version of a document is always very simple to track with a signature like this.

PKI - Old Technology has a New Rival by Isaac Bowman
Currently, when most people think of digital signature capturing the first technology that comes to mind is Public Key Infrastructure or (“PKI”). However, the old guard of PKI is a dying technology. PKI is a good solution with serious limitations that will hinder and impede its continued growth. ... PrivaSign’s patented technology allows for fast digital signature capturing on virtually any document and from any web browser. ... PrivaSign uses a patented, proprietary “click-wrap” method to capture the actual signature and the industry standard form of encryption known as Secure Socket...

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. ... All tracking information is then collected into a digital flow chart displaying the version history of the document. ... In other words, as a document manager, can groupware account for the documents and their versions? ... Is Groupware an Accountable Document Manager?

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. ... Document Sharing Software Solutions I have found that the best way to answer the questions of ad hoc document sharing is to use a document management service or a content management tool that tracks ad hoc document sharing.

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. ... Digital Thread literally threads the document versions together by tagging the metadata of an electronic document, so that no matter to whom it is sent or what changes are made, the data comes back to you. ... Digital Thread technology takes groupware to a whole new level and is the means of tracking document versions across emails, hard...