Tag Archives: collaboration

Perforce: Version Everything

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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Software developers figured out a long time ago that systems for managing versions made their jobs easier and more productive. Perforce is one of those companies that offered advanced versioning control to developers. Over time, though, they noticed that corporations have the same issues with internal documents – from sales sheets, to graphics, to whitepapers… teams collaborate on documents but often don’t have the latest versions to work from. As a result, collisions occur, frustration ensues and productivity is lost or halted altogether. They’ve put together this infographic pinpointing the … Continue reading →

Infographic: The Rise of the Progressive SMB

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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Progressive SMB

Part of recognizing the opportunity for marketing is understanding how your customers are using your products and services. Our workforce is dramatically changing in the small and medium-sized business (SMB) segment. If your business serves SMB’s, you have to ensure that the remote work force and collaboration tools are available to fully leverage your products and services. If you’re B2C, understand that work hours are changing and buying habits are changing. While retail outlets serve customers during the day and weekends, ecommerce is handling all of the other hours. If … Continue reading →

Infographic: The State of Online Collaboration

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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The world is changing. The global market, off-shoring, remote workers… all of these growing issues are hitting the workplace and requiring the tools that go with them. Within our own agency, we use Mindjet (our client) for mindmapping and process flows, Yammer for dialogue, and Basecamp as our online work repository. From Clinked’s Infographic, The State of Online Collaboration: Our experience, and that of our competitors, is absolutely unequivocal: 97% of businesses using collaboration software have reported being able to service more clients more efficiently. But the biggest benefits are … Continue reading →

Enterprise Collaboration using TWiki Workspaces

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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The importance of a smooth workflow and open communication can never be understated, especially in today’s hyper competitive world where speed, credibility and professionalism are the mantras for success. Yet many organizations function in a “silo culture” that does not encourage sharing information across roles, functions, or departments. Tools such as Twiki help enterprises to get out of such non-collaborative cultures. TWiki® is a flexible, powerful, and easy to use enterprise wiki, enterprise collaboration platform, and web application platform. It is a Structured Wiki, typically used to run a project … Continue reading →

SocialBridge: Online Collaboration Suite for Agencies

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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Be it brainstorming strategy; managing, organizing or sharing marketing campaign; executing projects; or simply connecting to people across the chain, collaboration is the name of the game. What better way to let each individual self-serve the files, documents, or other crucial information they require without having to run to a central console or depend on others to forward the information? SocialBridge allows setting up of customizable online cloud-based communities for each project or specific need, with databases and forms, and a host of access control and collaboration options. Very often, … Continue reading →

Box Makes File Sharing Easy

Posted on by Marty Thompson
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Ever felt constrained when sending large files of information across prospects, clients or business partners? FTP never really caught on as a popular or user-friendly option, and email attachments have their own limitations and bottlenecks. Having shared directories on internal file servers limited access and made more work for IT teams internal. The rise of cloud computing now offers a convenient solution, and among the various cloud based offerings that allows storing, managing and sharing content online, as easy as sending an email, is Box. What sets Box apart from … Continue reading →