Cloud Computing Turns Virtual Teams Into a Competitive Advantage

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:15:00 EST

We've heard all the buzzwords before. Virtual companies. Offshoring. Free agent nation. But this time, it's for real. The future of business is no longer enormous, vertically integrated titans (anyone check Ford's stock price recently?), but rather small, nimble, federations. Historically, the cost of coordination has outweighed the benefits of agility, which is why the virtual corporation had a hard time breaking through.

Case Study: Transcending E-mail As a Platform for Multi-Person Collaboration

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:15:00 EDT

E-mail is extremely easy to adopt and use, and lends itself very well to certain types of collaboration. When two people are attempting to collaborate asynchronously, e-mail is usually the best solution. It's certainly far less frustrating than phone tag. But once more people are involved, email's utility rapidly degenerates. While the rise of free, open-source solutions makes it tempting to build one's own collaboration tools, on-demand or Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions are the better choice for the majority of users and uses.

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Cloud Computing Turns Virtual Teams Into a Competitive Advantage

Case Study: Transcending E-mail As a Platform for Multi-Person Collaboration