Collaborative Workspaces

Collaborative workspaces are secure, virtual "rooms" designed to enhance the exchange of information among a group of workers. We take a look at three such products and provide two product guides designed to help you pick the application best suited for your needs.

Working together in virtual facilities
While all three systems were good, we feel that Documentum's eRoom comes out on top. It is easy to install and configure, has a very intuitive and easy-to-use interface, and can be adapted to meet the needs of virtually any collaborative effort.

Collaborate via e-mail
If your team thinks "collaboration" means hitting the "Reply to All" button, you might want to give them a tool that integrates collaboration via their favorite application - the Outlook or Lotus Notes client. Kubi Software, which launched at this year's DEMO conference, has done this with its Kubi Client.

Before you deploy
Five things to consider before deploying team technology.

Collaborative workspaces buyer's guide
Compare detailed vendor specs and find the application that's right for you with our database.

How we did it
How we tested the various collaborative applications.

Web conferencing product guide
Product information on 24 Web conferencing products from the likes of Akiva, Glance Networks, NetSpoke, VCON and more. (Excel spreadsheet)

Presentation: Collaborative workspaces and virtual teaming
In this multimedia presentation, Brett Trusko, a management consultant and futurist with IRC/Future-Org, takes a deeper look at the factors used in our test of the various collaboration workspaces and provides tips for would-be buyers looking into the technology.

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