Collaboration software and productivity software

Collaboration software and productivity software go increasingly hand-in-hand as IT managers look to make better use of information and document sharing across their organisations. For many companies, Microsoft Office is already a standard tool for personal productivity, but tools such as social media, workflow and business process management (BPM) are important aspects of any collaboration software strategy. We look at the latest trends.

October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21
Flexible a fixture as technology critical to hybrid working future

Survey shows knowledge workers in leading economies believe that having an office space will be considered an employee benefit, rather than a mandatory way of working
October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21
Gitex 2021: Batelco brings collaboration to Bahrain operations

Aiming to deliver evolved teamwork capabilities to its customers to accelerate Bahrain’s transition to the digital workplace, digital communications solutions provider adopts new collaboration technology
October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21
Gitex 2021: Avaya builds up AI experience to boost collaboration

New communications and collaboration ecosystem launched to enable customers to achieve better business outcomes in the experience economy and the new hybrid working mode
October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21
CIO interview: Cynthia Stoddard, CIO, Adobe

Leading IT at one of the world’s best-known software companies brings its own challenges and opportunities around digital transformation

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CW500 video: Sahil Rekhi discusses enterprise collaboration for a mobile workforce

How mobile collaboration can improve productivity and employee morale
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How can mobile enterprise collaboration improve workforce productivity and morale