Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Workplace Collaboration and Web 2.0 – A Powerful Combination Indeed

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As we watch cloud computing take on the mainstream (and mainstream media), the amount of coverage in the space continues to fascinate and encourage me. Journalists from every major online and print communication are writing, reporters talking and writers blogging – all adding to the hype of – and questions surrounding – where online data management is headed. Even more compelling are instances when we get our hands on hard facts and figures, the real research, to back it all up.

Check it out:

The Aberdeen Group, using surveys and interviews with 270 organizations from around the globe, has just come out with a report entitled “Workforce Collaboration and Web 2.0. In it there are real-life examples of how and why Best-in-Class companies are using online collaboration to grow and improve their bottom lines.

Some highlights of the report:

* 75% or more of these organizations currently use software that
centers around file sharing, document sharing, and application sharing

* 69% of them in are budgeted to invest in collaboration tools
over the next 12 months

* 59% of Best-in-Class companies directly attribute measurable
business performance improvement
to their use of workforce
collaboration and Web 2.0 software tools

* These companies reduced project time to completion on average by 34%

* They also reported decreased training cost per employee on
average by 14%

If you are interested to read more, here’s a copy of the Box.net sponsored report:

Aberdeen Report

-Kendra

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