Slack vs Sharepoint (2019): a (non) comparison

The terms “communication” and “collaboration” are brandished very loosely in the software market. Businesses are looking to solve specific problems, but with every manner of software from video conferencing platforms, to project management solutions, to intranet platforms, to group chat solutions billing themselves as “communication/collaboration” platforms, they are left understandably confused. This confusion frequently brings … Read more

Stride and Hipchat end of life: updates as of 2019

What is happening to Hipchat and Stride? You might have already heard this, but Atlassian has announced a “strategic partnership” with Slack, which is basically a cute euphemism for “we’re outta this race”. Under this deal, Slack has acquired the IP of Hipchat/Stride, and Hipchat and Stride are set to be retired on Feb 15, 2019. … Read more

6 Things About Work Management System Your Boss Wants To Know

Nowadays, companies are eager to track and optimize everything. Well, they can do that know since digital technologies bring absolute real-time traceability. We don’t talk just about front office operations (like sales) but even internal operations are on the same path. This is why many businesses have started to adopt collaborative software to optimize performance … Read more

Monetizing ISP Email – How ISPs can transform subscriber email from a resource sap into cash cow.

As an Internet Service Provider, offering subscribers free personal email has become a personal nightmare, requiring too much overhead for no return. Setting up even a simple in-house email server requires a full time hire to oversee the implementation, maintenance, upgrades, spam and hotfixes, etc. What returns do you see for all that work? Not … Read more

Service Provider Leverage in Emerging Collaboration Markets

The Collaboration Market The rapidly growing cloud market and the significant shifts in the voice and data services marketplace have created unprecedented challenges and opportunities for service providers. While the challenges presented to service providers are numerous and of strategic significance, in the interest of brevity, I will focus on opportunities specific to cloud collaboration. … Read more

Your “What online document sharing software….” questions answered

Continuing from my last post (about the common questions about project management HyperOffice features answer), this post is about common document sharing questions that our document management capabilities answer. Do you have any of the following questions? What is a cloud based document management software like Sharepoint, but cheaper and simpler? HyperOffice has been called … Read more

Your “What online project management software…” questions answered

I was going through Quora today, and I came across multiple questions related to online project management software, the answer for which was quite simply, HyperOffice. That gave me the idea of doing a post where I explain how HyperOffice features answer common questions people ask about an online project management tool. So here goes.. … Read more

Email and Knowledge Management: It’s like keeping a fish in a kennel

At its heart, knowledge management is all about the ability to capture the knowledge created in an organization, and making it available to everyone in the company today, and in the future.  Every document, presentation, contact, or even message created in a company represents this knowledge, which might be of use to someone else in … Read more

2013 state of collaboration – Report

Collaborative Strategies, a leading consultancy which closely follows the collaboration software market, just released its annual report on the “state of collaboration” in 2013. Companies looking to implement collaboration software, or already using it, will take a lot away from this study in terms of experiences of other companies.  The main findings of the study … Read more