Budget constraints and limited technical support make it critical for most small and medium-size companies to work as efficiently as possible. An important first step in getting more and better work from relatively few people is to enable them to work together in real time, no matter how distant they actually may be.
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15 Free Enterprise Collaboration Tools
Whether your business is looking to start small or go big, many free tools can help jumpstart your enterprise collaboration efforts. Here's a look at 15 of the best -- some old, some new, some basic and some robust
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BankWest sees success with in-house social networking
BankWest has revealed details of its internal social networking service, IdeaBank, with the platform resulting in more collaboration and innovation.
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ABS adopts social software to combat workplace inefficiency
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has adopted social software in the hope of providing greater collaboration across its 3200 strong workforce.
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CSIRO experiments with 'no email' day
The CSIRO is undertaking an experiment few commercial organisations would dare to consider — switching off email for an entire day.
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Enterprise collaboration: 4 ways to achieve more
A new report from Forrester Research finds that while businesses continue to adopt enterprise collaboration tools in 2011, they're not seeing a wide range of benefits from them.
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Why Yammer is snatching up enterprise customers
1. It's a good intranet alternative. Most companies have an intranet meant to facilitate employee collaboration and act as a portal for company information. But employees often use it so infrequently that they forget their passwords. Lawrence DeVoe, chief technology catalyst at Initiative Media, deployed Yammer last April, starting with 10 invites, and within three weeks had gained 400 users. Today, the Yammer population at the company has grown to 1,400. And DeVoe says Yammer cost less than half of what was spent on his previous Intranet tool.
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Yahoo's telecommuting problem is management, not collaboration
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's controversial decision to ban employees from working from home led some to question the value of social business tools. Two executives from social business providers say Yahoo's problem isn't about collaborating. It just needs to manage better.
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3 Common Enterprise Social Network Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Many businesses fight an uphill battle in their enterprise social network deployment: In fact, Gartner predicts that 80 percent of such initiatives fail. Here are the three most common obstacles businesses face and tips for how you can avoid them.
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Gamification the new game changer?
It makes sense that we’re starting to see gaming incorporated into the workplace, as enterprise gamification is gaining credence as an enhancer of innovation, change management and collaboration.
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$5.4 billion wasted during collaboration projects in Australia: Deloitte
The Australian collaboration economy is worth $46 billion but $5.4 billion is wasted on overlong meetings, distractions and failed projects, according to a new Deloitte report.
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Zoos enhance efficiency, patron experience with Skype
Zoos South Australia has enhanced operational efficiency, animal care and customer experience with new video-based collaboration tools.
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Atlassian acquires Trello
It’s an acquisition that will “change how the world works” according to Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Atlassian which today announced it is buying Trello for US$425 million.
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How 'survivor' Ciena is using video to change its culture
Ciena has been in business for 25 years. Not all of them have been easy.
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Atlassian launches Australia-wide remote working initiative
Atlassian is starting an Australia-wide assessment of its employees and the teams they work on to gauge their suitability for remote working.
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