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louwnaw

Salesforce.com for CRM - 2 views

www.salesforce.com/au

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shared by louwnaw on 02 Apr 10 - Cached
  • louwnaw on 02 Apr 10
     
    Salesforce http://www.salesforce.com/au/ Salesforce.com is a sales and service, customer relationship management (CRM), cloud computing operation. To date, 72,500 Companies have made Salesforce Sales Cloud, Australia's most-popular collaborative sales application. Some corporate customers are: BlueScope Steel, Crocs, Langdon Ingredients, Mission Australia, Australian air Express and many more. Features of the application: Accounts and contracts: An abridged customer overview. Marketing and Leads: Manage multichannel campaigns and turn prospects into sales. Opportunities and Quotes: Real time quote, product tracking, sales process, schedule automatic email reminders to keep teams up to date. Approvals and workflow: Eliminate redundant tasks, modify workflow, respond to order requests, define, administer and analyse territories and alter boundaries easily. Email and productivity: Synchronise or embed Salesforce with Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Google Apps, Microsoft word and Excel address book, calendar and email. Personalize email with templates. Genius: Share best practices, sales tools, supporting material, case studies, and similar deals from mentors. Content Library: Integrated content library with web features like tagging, search and ranking, find the latest presentations and information and marketing tools. Analytics and Forecasting: Dashboard graphics to display performance indicators at a glance. Generate reports and forecasting from valid data. Partners: Collaborate with partners in real time, sharing leads, opportunities and tasks towards greater loyalty. Mobile: Salesforce comes with free Mobile Lite or upgrade to the full version. Get instant access to vital information and dashboards. Service Cloud: The platform for modern customer service. Service cloud is a Call centre, a customer portal, integrates with Twitter and Fac
  • anonymous on 03 Apr 10
     
    Cloud computing and businesses seems to be a perfect match. With a report found on Sales Force's website, Predicts 2010: Customer Service Meets Social CRM (Maoz, Jacobs, Davies, & Thompson, 2009), finds that tapping into social networks improve marketing, sales and service processes; when planning social networking projects, consideration about the dominant social networking sites needs to be addressed; and by 2011, all customers will be able to perform their own self-service functions on CRM packages. The report Predicts 2010: Customer Service Meets Social CRM relates to what louwnaw (2010) comments on about social networking integration: "Service Cloud: The platform for modern customer service. Service cloud is a Call centre, a customer portal, integrates with Twitter and Facebook." To in enhance productivity, Sales Force also allows itself to integrate into other products (louwnaw, 2010). Being a cloud service means that it can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection, and as Sales Force promote, no software to be installed. As "it all runs online, in the cloud, you avoid the expense of infrastructure and headaches of software." (Sales Force, 2010c). The real time chat feature allows for any user to communicate and collaborate with one other, encouraging dynamic interactions between people and groups (Sales Force, 2010a). With a great deal of success stories, it is not hard to see why so many companies have chosen this product (Sales Force, 2010b). louwnaw (2010). Salesforce.com Australia Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://groups.diigo.com/group/net-308-at-oua Maoz, M., Jacobs, J., Davies, J., & Thompson, E. (2009). Predicts 2010: Customer Service Meets Social CRM. Retrieved from http://pointonemedia.com/app/portal/mm/customerservice-meets-social-crm.pdf Sales Force (2010a). Chatter Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.salesforce.com/au/chatter/ Sales Force (2010b). Customers Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.
  • louwnaw on 03 Apr 10
     
    Twitter has a more open platform than Facebook and present opportunities for businesses to tap into the online conversations of their customers and initiate micro-interactions with them. (Schindholzer, B 2009) David Markus from Smartcompany .com says functionality, ease of use, stability, price, support, level of integration with other tools and security for cloud computing are the criteria to evaluate web-based collaboration technologies on. Countless case studies confirm that Salesforce.com meet these criteria. Reference Sales Cloud Features Datasheet.( 2010) Retrieved on 1/4/2010 from: http://www.customer-experience-labs.com/2009/06/11/five-use-cases-to-leverage-twitter-for-your-business/ Markus, D.(2010)Retrieved on 30/3/2010 from: http://www.smartcompany.com.au/
Liz Barrett

Fuze Meeting - 5 views

www.fuzemeeting.com

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shared by Liz Barrett on 05 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Liz Barrett on 05 Apr 10
     
    Fuze Meeting is one of the few browser-based web meeting platforms that allows the participant to not only host web conferences from their computer but to also attend a meeting from their Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry or any Wi-Fi or 3G enabled device [1] Since its 2009 software upgrade, participants can now invite attendees from several e-mail and instant messaging clients such as Microsoft Outlook, Windows Live Hotmail, Google Gmail, Google Talk, AOL AIM, Skype, LinkedIn and Yahoo [2] and works seamlessly with Linux, Mac and PC. Fuze Meeting also integrates with Facebook and Twitter allowing users to announce their audio and web meetings to followers. Fuze Meeting provides high-definition, real-time synchronized desktop sharing for online collaboration of videos, images, documents and PowerPoint presentations (as well as text chat). It does this by operating solely through the browser and Internet cloud (in this instance, the Fuze servers) eliminating the need for downloads or installations. [3] Fuze Meeting's simple editing tools allow for annotations on files or video frames, drawing simple graphics or adding text. [4] Control meetings and content; invite participants on the fly or schedule in advance all through the easy-to-use dashboard. At the end of the meeting hosts are able to publish a Fuze Meeting Replay link for others to review the meeting and its content. Fuze Meeting is free for up to three web users and seven audio users however there are competitive, cost-effective pay-as-you-go, monthly and annual plans to cater for larger numbers of users (for example, at the monthly level, Fuze Meeting costs $29 compared to its competition, WebEx or Go-to-Meeting which cost $49 per month). [5]
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  • Liz Barrett on 05 Apr 10
     
    References: [1] 'Share your screen with anyone, anywhere, anytime'. Fuze Meeting. Retrieved from URL: https://www.fuzemeeting.com/landing/search-opt/1?mpc=AF-CJN-FMTG-EN-USD-502-00000-50057&AID=10676806&PID=3145600&SID=organic&cj=AF-CJU-FMTG-EN-USD-000-00000-00000 [2] Boulton, C. (2009). 'Fuze Meeting Lets Users Push Meetings to Facebook, Twitter'. Messaging and Collaboration. eWeek.com. Retrieved from URL: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Fuze-Meeting-Lets-Users-Push-Meetings-to-Facebook-Twitter-615426/ [3] Sailors, J. (2009). 'Fuze Box Software Simplifies The Virtual Meeting'. San Jose Business Journal. Retrieved from URL: http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/12/07/focus22.html [4] Stern, Z. (2009). 'Collaborate Online with Fuze Meeting Service'. Software / Services. PC World Business Center. Retrieved from URL: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/156697/collaborate_online_with_fuze_meeting_service.html [5] 'Web Conferencing Comparison'. Fuze Meeting. Retrieved from URL: http://www.fuzemeeting.com/web-conferencing/comparison
  • meryl olait on 06 Apr 10
     
    Fuze Meeting is a web-browser based web conference service and it also provides compatible applications for Blackberrys and iPhones [1]. Fuze Meeting utilises the Flash browser plug-in to provide a useful tool with an easy-to-use interface [2]. Meetings can include up to 15 attendees and its built-in chat integrates with AOL, Google, MSN, and Yahoo's chat applications [2]. Out of the top 10 web-meeting applications OnlineMeetingReviews.com ranked Fuze Meeting one of the top two products available [2]. Comparable online meeting services include GoToMeeting [3], Dim Dim [4], and iLinc [5]. Apple's GoToMeeting provides everything that Fuze Meeting does and more but at a higher monthly fee [3]. Dim Dim provides slightly more functionality to Fuze Meeting at a lower monthly fee [4]. iLink provide the same functionality as GoToMeeting with a focus towards the high-end corporate market, and iLink's pricing is available on application [5]. All four services offer 30 day free trial offers. Overall Fuze Meeting's nearest competitor in the meeting services market appears to be Dim Dim. Fuze Meeting and Dim Dim's services received an identical overall ranking from No1Reviews.com who tested for reliability, security, usability, features, support and value [6][7]. Fuze Meeting is a product worth considering for anyone interested in using a web conferencing service. ---------------- see References below
  • meryl olait on 06 Apr 10
     
    References [1] Fuze Box Inc (2010). 'Web Conferencing, Online Meeting, Web Meeting Software | Fuze Meeting'. Retrieved April 6, 2010 from http://www.fuzemeeting.com/ [2] OnlineMeetingReviews.com (2010). 'Fuze Meeting Review - 2nd Place'. Retrieved April 6, 2010 from http://www.onlinemeetingreviews.com/reviews/fuzemeeting/ [3] Apple Inc. (2010). 'GoToMeeting'. Retrieved April 6, 2010 http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/ [4] Dimdim, Inc. (2010). 'Easy, Open and Affordable Web Conferencing and Webinars | Dimdim'. Retrieved April 6, 2010 from http://www.dimdim.com/ [5] iLinc Communications. (2010). 'iLinc | Web and Video Conferencing | Online Meetings | Virtual Training | Webinars | eLearning'. Retrieved April 6, 2010 from http://www.ilinc.com/ [6] No1Reviews.com. (2010). 'Fuze Meeting | FuzeMeeting.com Review'. Retrieved April 6, 2010 from http://web-conferencing.no1reviews.com/fuze-meeting.html [7] No1Reviews.com. (2010). 'Dimdim | Dimdim.com Review'. Retrieved April 6, 2010 from http://web-conferencing.no1reviews.com/dimdim.html
Narelle Absolom

HyperOffice - 2 views

www.hyperoffice.com/

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shared by Narelle Absolom on 10 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Narelle Absolom on 10 Apr 10
     
    HyperOffice is an online collaboration suite that is designed for the small to medium sized business. The catchphrase is "collaboration made simple" and one of the advantages of HyperOffice is that it is entirely web based, meaning that no major IT infrastructure or expertise is needed to utilise it in your business [1]. Features of the Collaboration Suite include business email service (web based), online calendar, task manager, online document management, online contact management, custom online portal, intranet/extranet publishing, plus a range of supporting tools such as online database management, polls, discussion boards and a project management tool [2]. The service is mobile device supported and can also synchronise with Outlook, to leverage existing communication applications. It is both Windows and Mac compatible. HyperOffice staff have 10 years experience providing online collaboration [3] and a wide range of clients are presented for reference, which builds credibility in the product [4]. It has also been met with favourable criticism by a number of reviewers [5] [6] [7]. A free 30 day trial if available, after which pricing depends on extended product features and the number of users e.g. Collaboration Suite for 100 users is $6239.90 per year and includes 12.5GB online document storage hosting [8]. This is an affordable solution for small and medium sized businesses that do not have the expertise or budget to implement larger enterprise communications and collaboration tools.
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  • Narelle Absolom on 11 Apr 10
     
    References [1] HyperOffice. (2010). Boost Productivity with Total Collaboration! Retrieved April 11, 2010, from http://www.hyperoffice.com/collaboration-suite/ [2] HyperOffice. (2010). Homepage. Retrieved April 11, 2010, from http://www.hyperoffice.com/index.php [3] HyperOffice. (2010). Press Coverage. Retrieved April 11, 2010, from http://www.hyperoffice.com/in-the-news/ [4] HyperOffice. (2010). Clients. Retrieved April 11, 2010, from http://www.hyperoffice.com/clients/ [5] Mendelson, E. (2006). HyperOffice. PCMag.com. Retrieved April 11, 2010, from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1954116,00.asp [6] Needleman, R. (2006). HyperOffice takes on Outlook and Exchange. Cnet news. Retrieved April 11, 2010, from http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9664455-2.html [7] Online Document Management. (2008). HyperOffice Review. Retrieved April 11, 2010, from http://www.onlinedocumentsharingreviews.com/blog/10-hyperoffice-review [8] HyperOffice, (2010). Pricing. Retrieved April 11, 2010, from http://www.hyperoffice.com/pricing/
  • Liz Barrett on 13 Apr 10
     
    HyperOffice, launched in 1998 and powered by Ajax and other Web 2.0 technologies, [1] is an award-winning, cloud-computing software-as-a-service (SaaS) [2] offering a suite of online collaboration and communication tools specifically targeted at the small-to-medium enterprise (SME). Users collaborate online through dedicated virtual workspaces to share documents, contacts, calendars and projects from any computer or mobile phone both in and out of the office. [3] One of the key differentiators of HyperOffice is its exceptional ability to create a branded or customised portal in your existing website that allows clients to be directly linked through a log-in to those specific areas of your business that they deal with. This is a seamless process and the branding is independent of any reference to HyperOffice. No specialist expertise is required as you can use the HyperOffice Publisher or HTML editor to achieve a professional result. [4] HyperOffice has recently released its Beta HyperSynch feature enabling "iPhone, Droid, Blackberry, mobile phones and other wireless devices to connect, to update and synchronise Outlook email, contacts, calendars, projects tasks and corporate networks via over-the-air updates" [5] As a further enhancement to the product, HyperOffice embedded a 'Skype-Me' icon next to their contact list, in the Shared Contact Manager, and as a result allowed HyperOffice users to contact each other directly using the Skype service and avoid the cost of traditional phone charges. This has seen HyperOffice's sales increase dramatically on a global basis by leveraging off the free and low-cost options of the Skype communications and collaboration application. [6] HyperOffice has also expanded its operations and product distribution into Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) which will result in enhanced opportunities for collaboration with small-to-medium-enterprise (SME) businesses in these areas further underpinning Hy
  • Liz Barrett on 18 Apr 10
     
    References: [1] 'HyperOffice expands global marketing channels for cloud-computing collaboration suite; VNC to distribute new edition of software-with-services business tools to EMEA resellers, partners, customers'. Retrieved from URL: http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2010/04/06/4711839.htm [2] Hamilton, D. (2010). 'Cloud collaboration suite HyperOffice Expands Global Marketing Channels in EMEA". Web Host Industry Review. Retrieved from URL: http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/040610_Cloud_Collaboration_Suite_HyperOffice_Expands_Global_Marketing_Channels_in_EMEA [3] HyperOffice. Retrieved from URL: http://clients.hyperoffice.com/ [4] HyperOffice. Retrieved from URL: http://www.hyperoffice.com/portal-customization/ [5] HyperOffice; HyperSynch Connects iPhone, Droid, Blackberry, Windows Mobile Phone Users to Email, Contacts, Calendars, Projects, Data, Tasks and Corporate Networks. (2010, March). Computer Weekly News,302. Retrieved from ProQuest Computing. (Document ID: 1984904381). [6] HyperOffice; HyperOffice Wins Skype for Business Competition. (2009, September). Computer Weekly News,175. Retrieved from ProQuest Computing. (Document ID: 1855792061) [7] HyperOffice. Retrieved from URL: http://clients.hyperoffice.com/training-and-support
  • Christopher Clarke on 23 Apr 10
     
    HyperOffice is a software as service company offering hosted intranet solutions. The services offers various business oriented tools allowing information, and communication throughout an organisation. Employees can use the service to collaborate on projects and there are many customisation options (HyperOffice, 2010). HyperOffice has many features. These include the desktop which reports on things that may be of interest. It is essentially a dashboard. User-specific features include a calendar (personal and organisation wide). Documents manager, contacts, tasks, bookmarks, notes and reminders. HyperOffice also has features for groups within a company that may be used by teams or setup for specific projects. The document manager in particular has inbuilt version control where all copies of a file are saved as edited versions of the file is uploaded and this allows changes that go in the wrong direction to be rolled back to prior versions. Many of the same features available for personal use are available for groups along with the addition of forums, and voting. Specific to collaboration, HyperOffice can facilitate online meetings and collaborative management of databases. The database feature in particular is very similar to Microsoft Access in functionality in that it allows not only for tables and user permissions but also customs input methods in the way of forms and custom views to show data in the manner which suites it most (HyperOffice, 2010).
  • Christopher Clarke on 23 Apr 10
     
    HyperOffice Review. (2008, July 2). Retrieved April 20, 2010, from Online Document Management: Review Online Document Collaboration & Document Sharing: http://www.onlinedocumentsharingreviews.com/blog/10-hyperoffice-review HyperOffice. (2010). Boost Team Productivity Total Productivity. Retrieved April 20, 2010, from HyperOffice: http://www.hyperoffice.com/collaboration-suite/
Jill Perry

Google Docs - 8 views

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shared by Jill Perry on 09 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Jill Perry on 09 Apr 10
     
    Google Docs is a free application provided by Google in which team members can collaborate online for free. Google Docs offers the ability to create documents, spreadsheets and presentations online. Google Docs offers you the ability to share your documents with whoever you choose and has different settings depending on your needs. You can set the file to either be viewed by other people and or edited as well. One of the advantages of an application such as Google docs is that you have no need to download or upload data. Online storage also reduces the risk of loss of data due to computer crashes. Google Docs offers a number of export options and formats which you can save your files in. Google.com states that they offer "DOC, XLS, CSV, ODS, ODT, PDF, RTF and HTML formats." Online collaboration can take place in real time so that employees can automatically follow the changes and or contribute. Murray, 2010, Describes Web 2 applications such as Google Docs as "Web 2.0 technologies can be modified, remixed, adapted, and displayed in a multitude of variations, allowing for highly customizable workflows to be developed with little effort." Dekeyser and Watson state that "We found the interface to be very usable, effective, and efficient. In addition, setting up collaboration with colleagues proved to be exceedingly simple. We suggest that Google Docs is an excellent platform for ad hoc collaboration on document creation." Overall Google docs is an excellent option for a free collaboration tool that will allow you to operate anywhere. Google is currently improving Google Docs with new features such as being able to upload any file and language translation. Google States that "We're still working to make Google Docs a better place, and we're listening closely to your suggestions".
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  • Jill Perry on 11 Apr 10
     
    References: Dekeyser, S., & Watson, R. (n.d.). Extending Google Docs to Collaborate on Research Papers. Google. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://74.125.155.132/scholar?q=cache:M0i6zuhvc7AJ:scholar.google.com/+google+docs&hl=en&as_sdt=2001 Google Docs. (n.d.). Google. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.google.com/google-d-s/whatsnew.html Google Docs Tour. (n.d.). Google. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html Murray, A. (2008). Electronic Resource Management 2.0: Using Web 2.0 Technologies As Cost-Effective Alternatives To An Electronic Resource Management System. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 20(3), 156-168. Retrieved April 9, 2010, from the Routledge Informa Ltd database.
  • debainsleyroberts on 11 Apr 10
     
    GOOGLE DOCS www.docs.google.com Google Docs is a collaborative software tool created by Google that allows users to work together collaboratively by giving them the ability to store, share and edit documents and projects over the internet (Google Docs. 2010). All users require to access Google Docs is a Google Gmail account, a computer, and an internet connection. Once accessible, users are able to commence sharing and collaborating on their project, whether that is a document, presentation, spreadsheet, drawing or form. Projects able to be created from Google Docs or uploaded from the users current files (PC World. 2010). Tasks such as project management is made easy with Google Docs (Brighthub.com. 2008) as project documents can easily be shared with other users via email invitation link with tracking of users additions and deletions to documents is made simple with the Google Docs interface. The email invitation link also allows the document owners and users to control the accessibility of the documents being collaboratively worked on. Google Docs are a valuable resource for both personal and business users due to users ability to access documents and collaborate on these documents with their peers from anywhere throughout the world as long as there is an internet connection. Users do not require any digital storage equipment such a usb drives or CD Roms etc as all Google Docs data is stored online. REFERENCES Google Docs, (2010). "Getting to know Google Docs" . Retrieved 15 April 2010, From http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=49008 PC World (2010). "Work smarter with online collaboration tools". Retrieved 10 April 2010, From http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/191048/work_smarter_with_online_collaboration_tools.html Brighthub.com (2008) Project Management with Google Docs" Retrieved 9 April 2010 from http://www.brighthub.com/internet/google/articles/17713.aspx
  • Narelle Absolom on 19 Apr 10
     
    Google Docs is a cloud service that allows users to import, export, upload and share documents, drawings, flowcharts, presentations, and spreadsheets. It is useful for both personal and corporate application, given the ability to share and collaborate freely without the need for standalone software or a requirement to carry storage devices [1]. All you need is a Google account (for example, your existing Gmail account) [2]. The service has evolved since its early days of just being for documents and spreadsheets, with some tech experts suggesting Google Docs is well placed to compete with the next version of Microsoft Office [3]. Some of the new features include better search and sharing [3] [4], and a new document editor [5]. Google Docs is great for collaborating online with team members or friends when the need arises to work on a shared file. However, it is important to note that use of cloud computing such as Google Docs does run the risk of losing control of one's information, as well as other security issues [6]. There have also been concerns over whether Google owns all content uploaded, shared and created via its services and applications. The terms and conditions suggest that while the content is yours, Google reserves the right to alter and use it as they see fit (see [7] for further discussion). Despite these possible downsides, Google Docs is proving popular in the corporate arena, with some reports demonstrating an increase in the use of Google Docs over internal networked solutions [8].
  • Narelle Absolom on 19 Apr 10
     
    References [1] Albanesius, C. (2010). Google Docs Adds Cloud Storage For Any File. PCMag.com. Retrieved April 9, 2010, from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357996,00.asp [2] Jones, S. (2007). Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Beta). PC Authority. Retrieved April 9, 2010, from http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Review/71792,google-docs--spreadsheets-beta.aspx [3] Lytle, M. (2009). Google Docs gear up to take on MS Office 2010. TechRadar.com. Retrieved April 9, 2010, from http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/google-docs-gear-up-to-take-on-ms-office-2010-617724 [4] Bangaru, V. (2009). Pardon our Dust. The Official Google Docs Blog. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/07/pardon-our-dust.html [5] Belomestnykh, O. (2010). A rebuilt, more real time Google documents. The Official Google Docs Blog. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/rebuilt-more-real-time-google-documents.html [6] Brodkin, J. (2008). Gartner: Seven cloud-computing security risks. InfoWorld. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/gartner-seven-cloud-computing-security-risks-853 [7] Absolom, N. (2009). Google Terms of Service Explained! Retrieved April 19, 2010,
  • Narelle Absolom on 19 Apr 10
     
    [8] Achohido, B. (2009). Microsoft Prepares Office Web Apps, But Popularity of Google Docs Loom. Inside Tech. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from http://insidetech.monster.com/news/articles/6001-microsoft-prepares-office-web-apps-but-popularity-of-google-docs-loom-
  • Christopher Clarke on 23 Apr 10
     
    Commentary on specific collaborator features of Google Docs Google Docs is a great document editor and word processor alternative to Microsoft Word which makes collaboration on a document easy. Before the introduction of Google Docs, you were required to send documents around via email, hover over your colleagues back or ensure that only one of you were editing the document at a time and still require a method to ensure the document is going in the direction desired. Then Google Docs introduced the ability to have more than one person edit a single online document in much the same way as a wiki. You would edit, save, refresh, see and take into account your partners' edits who would then repeat the same process. Recently Google Docs has adopted a feature from another Google product, Wave, something that had been present in the Docs spreadsheet application for a while but absent from Google Docs Document, Presentation and Drawing. Google Docs introduced real time collaborative editing (Rochelle, 2010). Real time collaborative editing allows two or more people to work on a single document simultaneously and instantly see the changes each other is making (Rochelle, 2010). To aid this Google Docs integrates a chat feature (Rochelle, 2010) and comments. Chat allows real time communication outside the document but in the same window maintaining focus. Comments allow commentary on specific parts of a document to be made. Useful when you want to suggest a change but are not entirely sure or you dislike the change your colleague has just made. Unlike chat, the contents of comments stay put between edits, allowing notes be to left for when another person is editing the document.
  • Christopher Clarke on 23 Apr 10
     
    Google Docs also integrates version tracking for documents allowing you to see which changes were made by who and when (Ross, 2009). The ability also exists to revert to previous revisions of a document (Google, 2010) in case you make a mistake or a decision does not pan out. These revisions are created during auto-save and when you specifically save (automatic on exit of a document). Google. (2010). Tools: Revision history. Retrieved April 21, 2010, from Google Docs Help: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=92199 Gralla, P. (2010, April 22). Google Docs better; ready to take on Office? Retrieved April 22, 2010, from BusinessWeek: http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-04-22/google-docs-better-ready-to-take-on-office-.html Rochelle, J. (2010, April 12). A new Google Docs. Retrieved April 20, 2010, from Google Docs Blog: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html Ross, G. (2009, August 10). Google Docs Review. Retrieved April 20, 2010, from Notebook Review: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5281&review=google+docs+review
Elaine McDonald

Comindwork - 8 views

www.comindwork.com

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  • Elaine McDonald on 06 Apr 10
     
    Comindwork software is a versatile online project management and implementation tool that allows organisations to record, maintain and share project information from a single location. It is fully customisable and integrates all of the features and capabilities necessary to manage and execute diverse project tasks, such as schedules, milestones, Gantt charts and project risks along with the management of tasks and issues. Comindwork's Project and Team Dashboards support effective communication through its collaboration and blog facility, regular Email Notifications and RSS, [2] Twitter integration ( http://twitter.com/comindwork ) plus comprehensive reporting and chart display for visualisation of a project's status.[1] Assistance for project managers is provided by the centralised storage that stores all the project artefacts in an organised way, making an overview available at any time. It is easy to link tasks, pages, discussions, people and results for a more effective view of the task organization and to allocate tasks efficiently within the team. Team members and clients can communicate informally, share ideas and useful tips through the project blog or discuss project requirements via the Wiki feature. [2] Clients have the ability to track project tasks and project progress status at anytime. They can see the next milestone and know what progress to expect. They are able to review and comment on the project and comments are tracked until they are purposely closed. Clients have full access to the features set up by the original organisation's account with Comindwork. However, if a client wants to add their own projects, they can upgrade their account and add their own customers, projects and users independent of the original company that opened the account with Comindwork. [3] ....................continued in comment
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  • Elaine McDonald on 11 Apr 10
     
    ......Comindwork's customer, the original company, benefits from a client's signup through affiliation-discounts on their future payments. In this way the Comindwork system works to link companies and grow the Comindwork business. [1] References [1]Online Project Management Software Free and Tools: Project Management, Collaboration, Communication, Tracking - COMINDWORK. (2009). Online Project Management Software Free and Tools: Project Management, Collaboration, Communication, Tracking - COMINDWORK. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.comindwork.com/ [2]Project Management Software Comindwork free download. Comindwork is online project management software that includes: * Project Management - Creating project tasks, build schedule, Gantt charts, milestone.... (2009, April 14). Free Downloads Center - software and free game downloads. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Business/Project_Management/Project_Management_Software_Comindwork.html [3]Wright, D. (2008, September 23). Techspoke: Comindwork. Techspoke LLC - technology bespoke, custom software consulting. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.techspoke.com/blog/2008/09/comindwork.html
  • Jill Perry on 11 Apr 10
     
    Comindwork is an online application that can be utilized by business for online collaboration. It offers a free service for smaller projects, with a pricing structure that then varies on your enterprises needs and demands. As such its flexibility can be fit in with any organizations growth. The interaction that can be achieved through Comindwork with clients is also a feature of this product. Allowing client's access gives you the ability to communicate effectively and quickly with them in a professional manner. Jay (2010) at Smashing Apps states that "It's simple and clear time tracker interface provides project managers with a quick overview on time management issues." Beckman (2010) states that "Comindwork combines over 250 project management related capabilities under one roof, yet does it with a web interface that is, by and large, a breeze to use. Some of the strengths of the service include traditional project management tools, knowledge management, collaboration tools, information sharing and versioning, and both agile and traditional waterfall management tools (e.g.: think Gantt)." Gunderloy, (2008) of WebWorkerDaily states "Comindwork includes bits of functionality that you might ordinarily find spread across multiple sites and services. As with just about any other project management software, it will track projects, tasks, team members, and deadlines, as well as the connections between them. But in addition, it includes time-tracking, issue-tracking, internal blogs, and svn-versioned file storage." Komssi et al (2009) states that "Software as a Service (SaaS) is accepted as one of the most important models in the service-oriented software business today". As a management tool using software as a service (SaaS), Comindwork is a good way of implementing employee and client integration.
  • Jill Perry on 16 Apr 10
     
    References: Beckman, Z. (2010, February 4). Not a panacea, but trying: Comindwork is attractive | Rational Scrum. Rational Scrum. Retrieved April 15, 2010, from http://www.rational-scrum.com/2010/02/easy-to-use-project-management-tools/ Gunderloy, M. (2008, February 18). Comindwork Piles on Project Management Features . WebWorkerDaily . Retrieved April 16, 2010, from http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/02/18/comindwork-project-management-features/ Jay, A. (2010, January 8). Comindwork, The Most Customizable Suit Of Flexible To-Dos, Wiki, Emails - With Gantt Charts, MS Project And Workflows @ SmashingApps. Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers @ SmashingApps. Retrieved April 15, 2010, from http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/01/08/comindwork-the-most-customizable-suit-of-flexible-to-dos-wiki-emails-with-gantt-charts-ms-project-and-workflows.html Komssi, M., Kauppinen, M., Heiskari, J., & Ropponen, M. (2009). Transforming a Software Product Company into a Service Business: Case Study at F-Secure. Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2009. COMPSAC '09. 33rd Annual IEEE International, 1, 61-66. Retrieved April 15, 2010, from the IEEE Xplore database.
Christopher Clarke

GoToMeeting - 7 views

gotomeeting.com

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  • Christopher Clarke on 05 Apr 10
     
    GoToMeeting is a service from Citrix that facilitates online meetings between multiple people. The service not only allows for audio chat, but also desktop/screen and file sharing (Citrix, 2010). The service supports up to 15 concurrent users in a single meeting. Similar services are available for larger presentations in the form of GoToWebinar and GoToTraining allowing for 100-1000 and 25-200 users respectively depending on the level of service subscribed. At the conclusion of a meeting, GoToMeeting offers the ability to see who attended the meeting and who did not. To protect the security of its subscribers, GoToMeeting and Citrix's other GoTo products use 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) end-to-end encryption (Citrix, 2010). This ensures that all communication is only seen by the intended recipients. AES encryption is a proven encryption algorithm and the cipher approved by the NSA (an American intelligence agency) for storing information up to the SECRET level (and TOP SECRET if a 192-bit or 256-bit key is used) (CNSS Secretariat, 2003). GoToMeeting has several competitors. The main competitors appear to be Cisco WebEx and Microsoft SharedView (successor to NetMeeting). However, competition also exists with combinations of free tools that fill the same need once combined. For example, Skype coupled with TeamViewer could be used to accomplish much the same task although not nearly as easy to use in the screen sharing combined with audio conferencing aspect. Citrix. (2010). Features. Retrieved April 12, 2010, from GoToMeeting: http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/online_collaboration Citrix. (2010). Security & Reliability. Retrieved April 13, 2010, from GoToMeeting: http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/secure_web_conferencing CNSS Secretariat. (2003,
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  • Liz Power on 12 Apr 10
     
    GotoMeeting is a tool which delivers online meetings and webinars. Viewers can watch from anywhere as long as they have access to a computer with internet. There are both meetings and webinars which both provide meeting organizers with the ability to share applications or documents in real time [1]. There is also the ability to record meetings and/or webinars for viewers to watch at their own leisure. GotoMeeting software is for small groups who can all contribute to the meeting as if they were in the one room. Users can either dial in or use voip depending on their requirements. GotoWebinar is ideal for one presenter interacting with up to 1,000 people at one time. The attendees are able to communicate with the presenter via instant chat messages. It is also possible to engage the users by running polls, having a Q&A session at the end of the webinar. There are a few competitors in this market with Webex being a major competitor. Most of the applications are similar with a few variables depending on the price. One thing that gives GoToMeeting the edge is the price at approx $500 per month for unlimited webinars for up to 1,000 attendees [2]. In comparing GotoMeeting and Wimba's Live Classroom (another competitor in the market), Flatley (2006)[3] favoured GoToMeeting as the "easiest to use" with students catching on quickly with no guidance. In keeping up with current trends, Citrix have announced its GoToMeeting App for iPad which is available in the App Store [4]. This makes GotoMeeting more accessible which creates a more productive work environment. References [1] GoToWebinar: Features. Retrieved 14 April 2010 from http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/webinar/internet_conference [2] Flat-Rate Pricing. Retrieved 14 April 2010 from http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/webinar/gotowebinar_pricing [3] Flatley, M., E. (2007). Teaching the Virtual Presentation. Business Communication Quarterly 2007; 70; 301. Retrieved 14 April 2010 from http://bcq.sagepub.com.dbg
  • Anamaria R on 18 Apr 10
     
    GoToMeeting is a "popular online meeting application" (Ramachandran & Beeram, 2009) that is used to "collaborate online, give presentations and for online training." (Ramachandran & Beeram, 2009) This easy-to-use application allows collaborating with anyone, anywhere, saving businesses time and money particularly with traveling expenses. (Business Wire, 2009) GoToMeeting is used by small and large businesses; with the ability to "host an online meeting with up to 15 people". (Online Meetings, 2010) For $US49 a month and an Internet connection, it can be operated on Mac or PC, and now on the iPad. An App for the iPad was created, due to the "need for more mobility in our work styles." (Citrix Online, 2010) This creates more opportunity to collaborate remotely, without the need to be in the office. Online meetings can begin with a simple click of a button. Members can be invited to join by phone or a link in an email or instant message. (How It Works, 2010) Members can join quickly and start collaborating, using their computers microphone and speakers or by calling in via telephone. (Ramachandran & Beeram, 2009) Some feature of GoToMeeting are listed below: * Display presenters screen - The presenters screen is shown, displaying the desktop, an application or document. The presenter can change the screen shown to view another members screen. This helps members visualize. * Drawing tools - encouraging interactive collaboration. Highlighting and drawing using the pen, highlighter, arrow or spotlight tool * Record Meetings - meeting can be reviewed at a later date. Recording can be posted on the company website for other employees to listen to. * Mouse and keyboard controls - can be given to other members in the meeting, allowing members to collaborate.
  • Anamaria R on 19 Apr 10
     
    * Security features - Creating a safe and secure environment. "SSL-encrypted Web site, End-to-end 128-bit AES encryption, Automatic inactivity time-out" (Security & Reliability, 2010) GoToMeeting is a quick and simple meeting tool that is effective for small and large businesses and allows employees to collaborate with each other on a daily basis. Reference: Business Wire. (2009). Retrieved April 17, 2010, from http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/images/pdf/caseStudies/GoToMeeting_GoToWebinar_cs_Business_Wire.pdf Citrix Online Launches GoToMeeting App for iPad. (2010). Retrieved April 17, 2010, from http://www.citrixonline.com/pr/pressRelease.tmpl?FileID=040210& SourceTemplate=expertcity%2Fpr%2FpressReleases.tmpl How It Works. (2010). Retrieved April 16, 2010, from http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/web_meeting Online Meetings Made Easy. (2010). Retrieved April 16, 2010, from http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/online_meeting Ramachandran, K. & Beeram, S. (2009). Supporting Enterprise-Grade Audio Conferencing on the Internet. Lecture Notes In Computer Science, 5448(2009), 143-152. Retrieved April 16, from SpringerLink database. Security & Reliability. (2010). Retrieved April 16, 2010, from http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/secure_web_conferencing
blue puffle

Collaboration Software and Online Project Management for Businesses - 6 views

www.centraldesktop.com

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  • blue puffle on 10 Apr 10
     
    Central Desktop is a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) social technology tool that allows global online collaboration between multiple users within organisations. The flexibility of Software-as-a-Service or SaaS for short, is that it allows organisations to rent the use of developed software, without the costs involved in maintaining licensing and continual upgrading to the latest product [5]. Central Desktop offers low cost, scalable SaaS solutions, advanced enterprise security, support, secure online meetings, centralised IT and staff resources and Salesforce.com integration. In 2009, Central Desktop announced Zoho Projects as online spreadsheet partner [2]. Central Desktop offers a range of plans to cater for different industries, with a 30-free trial option. Plans are available as the Workgroup edition, the Enterprise edition and the Community edition. Central Desktop offers risk free, Upgrade Anytime and Cancel Anytime options and no cancellation fees. The upgraded 2.0 version announced in February of 2010, offers wizards, templates with drop-down menus and an online file viewer that is compatible with Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF and Photoshop, JPEG and TIF [3]. YouTube [4] offers an overview of the database features available through Central Desktop. According to Central Desktop it "is a Web-based collaboration software solution that allows users to securely organize, share and communicate from a single online location. With no software or hardware to install, organizations using Central Desktop can increase revenue, maximize productivity and improve project management. Central Desktop offers a full suite of collaboration tools, including wikis, document sharing, Web conferencing, task management and shared calendars. Central Desktop also features a fully integrated micro-blogging tool that allows users to post their status and syndicate their updates out to other social networks like Twitter and Facebook" [1].
  • blue puffle on 11 Apr 10
     
    Customers of Central Desktop include the Humane Society of the U.S., CBS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Avid Technology, Omniture, InterContinental Hotel Group and the University of Wisconsin-Madison [1]. Central Desktop has received a range of awards and recognition from industry peers since it's founding in 2005. The latest awards received are the 2010 Hot Technology Companies and the 2010 Hot 90 Award - Southern California [1]. References: [1] CentralDesktop (2010). Retrieved April 09, 2010 from http://www.centraldesktop.com/about-press [2] CrunchBase (2010). Retrieved April 09, 2010 from http://www.crunchbase.com/company/central-desktop [3] PcWorld (2010). Retrieved April 09, 2010 from http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/189948/central_desktops_20_upgrade_focuses_on_user_interface.html [4] CentralDesktop overview (2007). Retrieved April 10, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG_ajNsJvqU&feature=related [5] What is SaaS (n.d.). Retrieved April 09, 2010 from http://www.whatissaas.net/
  • Joanne Sinadinovic on 15 Apr 10
     
    With 275,000+ customers……"Central Desktop is a heavy-hitter in the online collaboration arena. It's used by companies such as Sony, Adobe, J.D. Power and Associates and Greenpeace…" [1] Benefits of central desktop are: * Does not require you to download any software. It is 100% web based. * Data can be exported from CentralDesktop ®. * Three types of workspace options for teams, the company at large, and external customers. * Avoids the need of using multiple passwords, usernames, and products to share information and collaborate with teams. * 5 different levels of security and protection. * Strong support from customer base that is over 200,000 strong and received a number of awards touting the software. " [2] "Central desktop offers real-time collaboration for your team members. With the web meetings and audio conferencing features you can also collaborate with customers or partners by voice, sharing screens or remote presentation. Central Desktop also integrates with Skype (with voice supported), Yahoo, MSN Messenger, AIM, ICQ and Jabber, centralizing all your communication".[1] "Their next moves include upgrading mobile device support, and providing an enhanced API, as well as increasing the ability to customize for verticals. Recent research has indicated that collaboration will be one of the major growth uses of mobile devices so this is timely. Central Desktop also plans to set up a marketplace where customers can share templates. [3] References: [1] The Mobility Guy http://www.themobilityguy.com/2009/06/27/mini-review-online-collaboration-with-central-desktop/ [accessed April 14, 2010]. [2] Business Services Insider, http://www.businessservicesinsider.com/Web-Conference-Calling-Services/Central-Desktop-Review.html [accessed April 14, 2010]. [3] Appopedia, http://www.theappgap.com/reviews?product=Central+Desktop [accessed April 14, 2010].
Narelle Absolom

Microsoft Office Communicator - 7 views

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  • Narelle Absolom on 10 Apr 10
     
    Microsoft Office Communicator (OC) is the replacement for Microsoft's previous instant messaging client, Windows Messenger. OC has been expanded to incorporate a larger range of communication capabilities than its predecessor. OC is a unified communications tool that integrates instant messaging and chat with voice and video, and enables sharing of desktops for collaborative work. It also integrates with Microsoft Office programs [1]. The software can be extended into the enterprise environment by linking in with Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) and many mobile devices support instant messaging functionality through OC, for example, the popular Blackberry devices [2]. To get the most out of OC, IP phones should be utilised along with web cams; there are a range of IP phones to choose from [3]. OC has received praise over their VoIP services [4] and have conducted a large amount of research and development into their proprietary IP phone [5]. A disadvantage of any VoIP service is the absolute dependence on network availability - without LAN service, the IP phones do not work. OC runs in real time and does not require a virtual private network (VPN), allowing you access through internet-enabled devices or PCs [6]. This constitutes a significant cost saving, particularly if your company conducts business via long distance teleconferencing or videoconferencing services. Essentially, OC is a method of "streamlining" all communication needs into one integrated application [6]. This can prove useful for team collaboration and online meetings particularly for members who are geographically separate. Other business benefits include the Presence feature and a comprehensive audit history. Presence allows you to quickly see if someone is out of the office, on a call, or otherwise busy. This feature works off Outlook calendars and IP phone status and is similar to the statuses of Windows Messenger denoting "away", "busy" etc and has the
  • Narelle Absolom on 10 Apr 10
     
    added benefit of integrating directly with Outlook (e.g. if you create a new email message, there will be a presence indicator next to the recipients' name(s))[7]. For auditing purposes, all communication history is recorded in the form of audit logs of calls and IM sessions. This is important for appropriate recordkeeping of business records. References [1] Microsoft. (2010). Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Product Overview. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/communicator/HA102037151033.aspx [2] Blackberry. (2010). BlackBerry Instant Messaging for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/server/exchange/office_communicator.jsp [3] Microsoft. (2010). Phones and Devices Optimized for Microsoft Office Communicator. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/bb970310.aspx [4] Poe, R. (2007). Microsoft's Office Communicator Blows Away IP Phones. VoIP-News. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.voip-news.com/feature/microsoft-voip-high-grade-030807/ [5] Microsoft. (2010). Device Highlight: Polycom® CX300. Office Communicator Team Blog. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://communicatorteam.com/archive/2010/03/03/978.aspx [6] Microsoft. (2010). Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Datasheet. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6306ae9c-6ede-4908-800f-256a75bebc75&displaylang=en [7] Howorth, R. (2007). Office Communicator 2007. ZDNet.co.uk. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/communication-and-collaboration/2007/10/16/office-communicator-2007-39290042/
Liz Barrett

Adobe BuzzWord - 6 views

www.adobe.com/buzzword

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  • Liz Barrett on 08 Apr 10
     
    Transform how your team works, be it the educational sector (teachers and students) or the commercial sector (project teams) by using Adobe's Acrobat Buzzword service. Buzzword is a simple yet powerful multi-user document editing service designed to streamline review processes for simultaneous collaborative report writing. Buzzword, may look and behave like a word processor, but it is a web-based server that runs in Flash giving a high-quality graphical and design interface, full document formatting and 'print-perfect' documents in Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, Rich Text and Open Office [1] and across computing platforms. You can create your document within Buzzword or import an existing one. Eliminate the endless back-and-forward and usually large email responses and attachments and keep control of annotations and versions. Control your document access by making certain people 'co-authors' who can edit and other team members 'reviewers' who can only comment. Each reviewer uses a different colour making it easier to keep tabs on who is annotating and there is a feature that enables you to view who is online and editing a particular document. [1] [2] Enterprise, government and educational sectors have found Buzzword to be an integral part of their collaboration process and claim that since adopting the service, they have 'reduced duplicate input and shortened the time it takes to finalise a document from several days to just hours'. [3] For Acrobat.com subscription pricing, please refer to: https://acrobat.com/pricing.html [1] Adobe Buzzword. Retrieved from URL: http://www.adobe.com/acom/buzzword [2] Miller, M. (2009). 'Comparing Google Docs with Competing Cloud Computing Applications'. Retrieved from URL: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p
  • Jill Perry on 09 Apr 10
     
    An outstanding feature of Adobe Buzzword is that it offers a free subscription service for smaller users, through to premium services for larger corporations. For a small business the free subscription would be ideal. As a result Adobe Buzzword can be adapted and used by corporations of any size as well as educational institutes. Some reviews of Adobe Buzzword have been very positive with Michael Klurfield of TECHGEIST saying "Buzzword is easily the best word processing software online right now." He explained that Buzzword does such things as annotations and comments are a lot easier in Buzzword than in Microsoft Word and that the sharing off documents is easy. PC MAG.COM compares uploading of Microsoft Word documents to Buzzword to both Google Docs and Zoho Writer and found that although there were some layout problems it was superior when uploading images. A paper from the 25th Annual Conference on distance Teaching and Learning identified Adobe Buzzword as "we find Adobe's Buzzword to be the best tool for the development of the course" (Staley and Ice, 2009) One of the problems Buzzword overcame for them was the necessity of having to email large documents back and forth and worry about version control. Adobe Buzzword it also incorporates the placement of images into your document and automatically flows the text around them. Its tools allow resizing of images. As with most word processors Buzzword can create bulleted lists and incorporate symbols and numbers. (http://www.adobe.com/acom/buzzword/) Sobti, (2009) states that "Buzzword differs from most other online document editors in that it is built on Adobe Flash, and which this makes the environment that much more rich" Adobe also has extensive help and demonstration sections for a new user for ease of learning.
  • Jill Perry on 15 Apr 10
     
    References: Adobe - Acrobat.com Documents. (n.d.). Adobe. Retrieved April 14, 2010, from http://www.adobe.com/acom/buzzword/ Klurfield, M. (2009, June 16). Adobe Buzzword " Very Cool Online Wordprocessing | Techgeist. Techgeist. Retrieved April 14, 2010, from http://techgeist.net/2009/06/adobe-buzzword-very-cool-online-wordprocessing/ Mendelson, E. (2008, August 4). Adobe Buzzword beta - Compatibility with Microsoft Word - Reviews by PC Magazine. Technology Product Reviews, News, Prices & Downloads | PCMag.com | PC Magazine . Retrieved April 14, 2010, from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327019,00.asp Sobti, K. (2009, July 24). The ODE Adobe Acrobat Buzzword - Online Best Latest The ODE Adobe Acrobat Buzzword Price Reviews | Features in India. Digit - Thinkdigit Technology Guides | Technology News & Reviews | Free Downloads | Video | Online Tech Support Forums in India. Retrieved April 14, 2010, from http://www.thinkdigit.com/General/The-ODE-Adobe-Acrobat-Buzzword_3231.html Stanley, J., & Ice, P. (2009). Intructional Design Project Managment 2.0: A Model of Development and Practive. 25th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning, .(2009), .. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Resource_library/proceedings/09_19400.pdf
Ellen Summers

SlideShare - Online Powerpoint and Keynote Presentation Tool - 9 views

www.slideshare.net/

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  • Ellen Summers on 16 Apr 10
     
    Slideshare is the worlds largest community for sharing presentations online with over 25 million users a month. Users can upload powerpoint and keynote presentations, and word and PDF documents. Presentations can be commented on, bookmarked and shared and it is a great way to learn from others [1]. Businesses can upload presentations or documents to share ideas amongst the organisation and also generate leads due to the viral nature of the platform. Slideshare is linked with many other platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter [2]. Search engines will index the information in the presentations and it will enhance search engine ranking [3]. Presentations can also be made private and only accessible to members within your organisation [2]. Slideshare is being used by many businesses to market their products or services using the platform as a lead and traffic generation tool by either highlighting your business or directly generating leads through Slideshares LeadShare or Adshare tools designed specifically for business. There are no upfront costs and you only pay when leads are generated[1]. Slideshare also has its own branded channels for afee. The business channel allows businesses or organisations to customise its own microsite targeting the professional community. Here you can showcase eBooks, webinars and presenations while capturing leads and targeting a specific audience. Each microsite is a customised project for Slideshare and can be worked into an organisations budget [4]. [1] Slide Share Inc (2009). Slideshare. Retrieved 16 April, 2010, from http://www.slideshare.net/about [2] Learning Tools (2010). Top 100 Tools: Slideshare. Retrieved 19 April, 2010, from http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Top100Tools/slideshare.html [3] ZenDesk (2010). SlideShare Forum. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from http://slideshare.zendesk.com/forums [4] Slideshare (2010). Slideshare Branded Channels. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from http://www.slideshare.net/channel
  • Jill Perry on 16 Apr 10
     
    One of the attractive features of Slideshare is the ability to not only upload presentations for online display, however by using their Leadshare application you can collect and update customer contacts. Leadshare also allows the user to link the presentation to the business contact details. Slideshare can be embedded in your web page, blogs and social networks at no extra cost. Kelly, (2010) explains that Slideshare has a number of additional features which enhance its use. These include presentations that have audio tracks known as 'Slidecasts' and a plugin which allows presentations to be uploaded directly from the Powerpoint tool. It also has plugins to allow access from networking services such as Facebook and Linkedin. Slideshare as demonstrated by Mullen, (2009) is a great way of presenting information. Mullen states "Increasingly Slideshare is being used as a tool by conference organisers to make PowerPoint presentations available to anyone unable to make the conference in person." PcWorld recently reported on Slideshare's new service called Channels which will allow companies to create a microsite. Perez (2010) states that "Companies can be a sponsor of a Channel focused on a specific topic, like virtualization, or they can create a Channel just for their brand." Perez reports that this service adds to two other marketing services of Slideshare's, which are Adshare and Leadshare. Slideshare is an effective way of sharing and be able to show your presentation to a wide audience. As stated by Slideshare "Anyone can view presentations & documents on topics that interest them. The site is growing rapidly with over 25 million monthly visitors."
  • Jill Perry on 18 Apr 10
     
    References: About Us. (n.d.). Upload & Share PowerPoint presentations and documents. Retrieved April 17, 2010, from http://www.slideshare.net/about Kelly, B. (2010). Slideshows. STRIDE Handbook 8 on E-Learning (pp. 106-109). India: India Gandhi National Open University. Mullan, J. (2009). Should we be more Social? Law Librarians and Social Media. Legal Information Management, 9, 175-181. Retrieved April 17, 2010, from the Cambridge Journals database. Perez, J. C. (2010, February 3). SlideShare to Let Companies Sponsor 'channels' on Its Site - PCWorld Business Center. Reviews and News on Tech Products, Software and Downloads - PCWorld. Retrieved April 17, 2010, from http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/188442/slideshare_to_let_companies_sponsor_channels_on_its_site.html Slideshare LeadShare FAQs. (n.d.). Upload & Share PowerPoint presentations and documents. Retrieved April 17, 2010, from http://www.slideshare.net/business/leadshare/faqs
Elaine McDonald

Web conferencing solution Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro - 2 views

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  • Elaine McDonald on 22 Mar 10
     
    Slogan: Travel is a luxury, communication is not. Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro is a web conferencing solution. The full capabilities of Adobe's Acrobat Connect Pro software allows hosting of instant, collaborative meetings with hundreds of participants using only a web browser and Adobe Flash Player. (Adobe, 2009) Some of the features are: * Secure sharing of desktops, documents and presentations. * Control over access to online meetings. * Instant communicate and collaborate. * Online meeting rooms. * Video and audio * Screen-sharing * Text and chat (Adobe, 2009) Clemson University (USA) chose Adobe's Acrobat Connect Pro to accommodate the needs of graduate students who couldn't always attend their classes in person. The university decided on Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, partly because it was easy to scale as and needs and resources allowed or dictated. (Dawson, 2009) Adobe's Acrobat Connect Pro conferencing solution encompasses a comprehensive set of tools that have satisfied a variety of needs for both on and off campus students and tutors. IT support staff, teachers and students frequently use the system for troubleshooting and learning support. The use of video conferencing has significantly reduced travel expenses for the faculty. (Dawson, 2009) Designed to protect meeting spaces from security threats, one of Connect Pro's greatest assets is the end-to-end encryption provided by password strength optimisers that require user authentication both for presenters and attendees alike. Hosts and presenters can control all levels of attendee access, from media files to voice privileges. In addition, Adobe Connect Pro provides features to enable the keeping of full logs of meetings and the functionality to audit logs for potentially malicious use or data corruption. (TopTenReviews, 2010) References below - in comment
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  • anonymous on 30 Mar 10
     
    Not all businesses are looking for an all-in-one product that cost more than a 2 day old kidney on the black-market. Adobe is certainly a worldwide name, giving it the upper hand in the multimedia and creativity software market (Toptenreviews.com, n.d). Communication in a business is an important aspect; and video conferencing is not bound by physical boarders, meaning several people from around the world can participate as if they are sitting within the same room. With Adobe Flash installed on 98% of internet-connected computers, Adobe has taken advantage of this and has built a collaboration tool that integrates straight into the web browser (Toptenreviews.com, n.d); something that Radvision's SCOPIA Desktop does not do. With all online video conferences, great dependency weighs heavily on the internet connection; Acrobat Connect Pro is bandwidth friendly and is not a hog (Toptenreviews.com, n.d). However, this product would work effortlessly for a web conferencing environment. In 2009, the U.S Marine Corps selected Adobe's product Acrobat Connect Pro to communicate enabling Marines to communicate more effortlessly and securely across locations worldwide (Adobe, 2009). "Some of the world's most secure organizations in financial services, life sciences, and government - including the U.S. Department of Defense - have turned to Acrobat Connect Pro as a real-time collaboration solution. It not only meets the government's highest security standards, but also enables increased efficiency and communication across networks." (Adobe, 2009) - Rob Tarkoff (senior vice president, Adobe's Business Productivity Business Unit) References Adobe (2010). Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Retrieved March 30, 2010, from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/ Adobe (2009). U.S. Marine Corps Selects Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro for Mission-Critical Communications Retrieved March 30, 2010, from http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/20
  • Elaine McDonald on 11 Apr 10
     
    References - Adobe - Acrobat Connect Pro free trial. (2009). Adobe. Retrieved March 22, 2010, from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/trial/ Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro 2010 - TopTenREVIEWS. (2010). Web Conferencing Review 2010 - TopTenREVIEWS. Retrieved March 22, 2010, from http://web-conferencing-services.toptenreviews.com/adobe-connect-pro-review.html Dawson, C. (2009). Education IT mobile edition. Education IT mobile edition. Retrieved March 22, 2010, from http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2730
  • Tracy Maurer on 14 Apr 10
     
    Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro If your students/employees have a web browser and Adobe Flash Player then Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro is an e-learning tool that may have value in their education, training and conferencing needs [1]. Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro has three main streams of use and several key features: 1. Web Conferencing a. Delivery through any web browser that doesn't require extra software downloads. b. Worldwide connection of distributed teams c. Synchronous viewing by all participants. d. Custom URL for consistency. e. Works with multiple audio platforms f. Facility to record meetings g. Customisable interface 2. eLearning a. Content creation can be customised to suit the situation - virtual or self-paced courses. b. Synchronous viewing by all participants c. Customisable templates that can be adapted for reuse. d. Tracking of students progress e. Surveying and polling of students f. Facility to incorporate third-party systems within the existing e-learning tool 3. Web Seminars a. Branding of interface b. Extends your arm of contacts and participants c. Cut costs while increasing your point of contact. d. Manage registrations e. Qualify attendees and send out email notifications. Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro is built on the foundation of Flash technology, which is compatible with up to 98% of Internet connected computers. Add to this its ability to function on an extremely low bandwidth, and its user authentication strengths, this makes it an effective, safe and highly accessible application [2]. While Oliver Rist, of Pcmag.com, rates the overall application highly, he does warn that its depth of features can lead to a need for a large learning curve when starting out [3]. Rist also lists the applications main strengths as being within the meeting, or conferencing, component because of its slick and clever interface, which can be customised all while working within the web browser.
  • Tracy Maurer on 14 Apr 10
     
    [1] Adobe (2010) Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro. Retrieved on 14th April 2010 from http://www.adobe.com/ap/products/acrobatconnectpro/elearning/ [2] TopTen Revies (2010) Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro. Retrieved on 14th April 2010 from http://web-conferencing-services.toptenreviews.com/adobe-connect-pro-review.html [3] Rist, Oliver (2008) Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional. Retrieved on 14th April 2010 from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2279709,00.asp
Liz Barrett

WebEx Online Classroom - 3 views

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  • Liz Barrett on 30 Mar 10
     
    WebEx Online Classroom is the perfect tool for providing live just-in-time online instructor-led training or self-paced training to employees, partners and clients where participants can access either service from their web browser at any time from any place. WebEx Online Classroom allows for easy e-learning/e-training content creation and delivery and with the added e-commerce feature one could turn their in-house training service into a profit-earning centre. [1] Instructors are able to set up remote 'labs' for participants to practice on during any stage of the program, create polls or quizzes, receive instant feedback or track participation and attendance along the way. They are also able to record and archive. [1] WebEx Online Classroom allows for presentation sharing, streaming media or live video, interact in 'real-time' with the participants as well as passing control from user-to-user and share applications simultaneously. [1] Real-time demonstrations provide strategic advantages with respect to: [2] [3] * Rolling out new products faster * Accelerating customer usage of your products * Training new reps and partners * Bringing employees up to speed on new applications * Providing and/or improving remote support to your IT department and client base * Re-train or re-skill personnel who have been injured and/or returning to the workforce [4] The WebEx application has now been made available, free of charge, to Apple iPhone and iPad users. This means that the aforementioned training applications can be delivered to students who are on the move. It also delivers the traditional benefits of WebEx, i.e. virtual meetings and subsequent collaboration, sharing and annotation as well as individual or group chat sessions. [5]
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  • Liz Barrett on 30 Mar 10
     
    References: [1] 'Online Classroom: Deliver high-touch e-Learning'. Retrieved from URL: http://www.webex.com.au/smb/online-classroom.html [2] 'Delivery high-touch eLearning programs while cutting costs'. Retrieved from URL: http://www2.webex.com/companyinfo/overview/elearning.html [3] Bardwell, M. (2006). 'Canon USA Inc accelerates time-to-market with WebEx'. Retrieved from URL: http://www.webex.com/pdf/casestudy_canon.pdf [4] Telecomworldwire (2008). 'Walter Reed EEOO selects WebEx Online Classroom application to train injured soldiers'. Retrieved from URL: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ECZ/is_2008_April_15/ai_n25157509/ [5] 'Cisco WebEx Meeting Center on the iPad'. Retrieved from URL: http://webex.com/apple/
  • Vivien Rayner on 31 Mar 10
     
    Although predominantly marketed as a web based training tool for small-medium businesses, Webex offers a stable platform for collaboration in the educational sector. Steve Mackenzie is Distance Learning Development Team Leader in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at De Montfort University. He compares the usability and effectiveness of three web conferencing tools; Wimba, Webex and WiZiQ. He uses them as live online learning tools and his practical experience makes him well qualified to compare them. Mackenzie believes that technology should be invisible. He compares things like logging in, audio quality, whiteboard tools, feedback tools, the general environment look and feel, recording of sessions and of course support, he places more importance on the user interface and how much the tool maximises interaction. [1] Mackenzie's verdict is that Webex is the pick of the bunch providing a stable, least problematic web conferencing environment. He regards it as the easiest to log into and by far has the most appealing look and feel for participants and is easy to work with for teachers. [1] This is supported by other software review sites. [2] [3] One of WebEx's features has been its development of applications for iPhone. Users can view and join meetings and conferences from their phone, making collaboration possible away from their Internet-connected computers. [3]
  • Vivien Rayner on 14 Apr 10
     
    References: [1] Mackenzie, S. (2009). The Three Dubya's - Wimba, Webex and WiZiQ. Learnadoodledastic Retrieved 31 March 2010, from http://learnadoodledastic.blogspot.com/2009/09/dubyadubya-dubya-wimba-webex-and-wiziq.html [2] GiveMeaReview. (2010). Webex Review. Givemeareview.com Retrieved 14 April, 2010, from http://www.givemeareview.com/online-meeting/webex.html [3] TopTenREVIEWS. (2010). Web Conferencing Review: Webex. Retrieved 14 April, 2010, from http://web-conferencing-services.toptenreviews.com/webex--review.html
Elaine McDonald

AJAXWorkspace - Project Management Software for Everyone! - 5 views

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  • Elaine McDonald on 06 Apr 10
     
    Online project management tools such as AJAXWorkspace facilitate team collaboration by eliminating delays from miscommunication or uncertainty over job roles. Effective online project management helps to keep teams on task and projects on budget. AJAXWorkspace uses a common Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) workspace as the foundation for an online collaboration workspace. (Myerson, 2009) AJAXworkspace management software provides more than 10 powerful online project management and collaboration tools such as document management, task to-do list, notepad, file sharing, discussion board, news, polls, graphical reporting and more. (AJAXWorkspace) The project expenses feature in AJAXWorkspace allows users to manage all team expenses associated with a project. Team members can submit their expenses for approval online for the project manger to either approve or reject. Approved expenses can be deducted from the project budget and team members can find project expenses Key Performance Indicators (KPI) under the project's dashboard feature. (AJAXWorkspace) The dashboard feature exhibits a workspace summary of recent news, activities and tasks, as well as upcoming events, documents list, graphical reporting of pending tasks and bookmarks. AJAXWorkspace allows the creation and tracking of many projects in the one workspace. Is easy to use from anywhere that a computer and Internet access is available. (van Bavel, 2010) Using a common central Ajax workspace, team members can collaborate on one or more projects at individual, departmental, and corporate levels. Different templates can be created for each level and also for both private and public use. The central workspace provides technical support, training, network monitoring, and data security. (Myerson, 2009) AJAXWorkspace offers superior, flexible project management services that support financial and personal accountability by tracking expenses, monitoring budgets, and regulating resources.
  • Elaine McDonald on 07 Apr 10
     
    References Myerson, J. (2009, October 20). Manage tasks with common Ajax workspace. IBM - United States. Retrieved April 7, 2010, from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-aj-workspace/?ca=drs- Project management and online collaboration features: AJAXWorkspace. (2010). Project management software, online collaboration & task software: AJAXWorkspace. Retrieved April 7, 2010, from http://www.ajaxworkspace.com/project-management-features/ van Bavel, I. (2010). Internet Business Tool, Internet Business Idea, Starting Online Business. Internet Business Tool, Internet Business Idea, Starting Online Business. Retrieved April 7, 2010, from http://www.internetbusinessinfo.net/
  • Joanne Sinadinovic on 14 Apr 10
     
    "Secure project management software which consists of an integrated suite of collaboration functionalities. Organize your tasks, manage projects and coordinate well with your entire enterprise, colleagues and team members within a central location". [1]
    "It helps you in effectively organizing your tasks, managing projects and coordinating well with your project members or colleagues within a centralize location. It is an ideal tool for any kind of project management, whether you are working in an organization or a freelancer from home" [2]
    Advantages of AJAXWorkspace:
    "The online workspace services consist of the following criteria: * Cost effective, No Hardware or Software to Buy * It's a Free Services * Rapid Setup and Deployment with no client-side implementation * Access your data at anytime, from anywhere in the world. * Secure and Reliable which available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. * Free Automatic Upgrades Services * Interactive, fast and high usability with latest MS AJAX Framework". [3] References:
    [1] Project Management and Collaboration Software, http://www.web-based-software.com/project-management/index2.asp [accessed April 14, 2010]. [2] Earn money online from home, http://netstrive.blogspot.com/2009/02/indiaspeaksnet-get-paid-for-survey.html [accessed April 14, 2010]. [3] Online project management software and collaboration workspace, http://ajaxworkspace.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/ajaxworkspace-implementation-plan/ [accessed April 14, 2010].
Tracy Maurer

Web SMS Service, Mobile Phone Marketing & Advertising, Bulk SMS Australia - 1 views

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  • Tracy Maurer on 11 Apr 10
     
    Burst SMS is a pay as you use web based instant messaging service that is marketed as a 'private label SMS marketing tool' for responsible mobile marketing and advertising [1]. The service can be accessed remotely from any external online source and offers instant messaging facility in both single and multiple SMS sending modes, to just about anywhere in the world [2]. It is a system that can be rebranded to fit any companies profile and is touted as being wholly SPAM compliant with a built in industry compliant opt-out system [3]. The system has the following features: · Web based SMS delivery to one or many recipients · Cheap SMS rates - within Australia 8.8 cents per SMS. Elsewhere in the world 7.2 - 15.8 cents per SMS. · Marketing application - offers up to 250 SMS messages per minute, within 10 seconds. Includes an opt-out code. · Delivers reports · SMS reseller offering, with a white label web SMS system · Provides quick and easy communication within a business - facilitates team communication. · Unlimited number of contacts · Use of a keyboard to send messages rather than a predictive text pad. · Personalise text messaging to multiple contacts by using the [firstname] variable [4]. · Sits as a bookmark in your toolbar - no login required · Multiple personalising features - schedule reminders, favourites list, use personal mobile number identifier to elicit a response. · Sends out updates, alerts, reminders, promotional messages, confirmations etc. · Sends pictures, video's and audio. The value of using such a system for collaborative purposes is found in its ability to contact, and send personalised messages to, multiple people at one time in order to relay updates, new ideas, and changes in schedules simply and effectively, which saves time, money and concern [5].
  • Tracy Maurer on 13 Apr 10
     
    References for BurstSMS: [1] CrunchBase (2008) Burst sms. Retrieved on 13th April 2010 from http://www.crunchbase.com/company/burst-sms [2] BurstSMS (2010) Web SMS Service. Retrieved on 11th April 2010 from http://burstsms.com/home [3] MobileMarketing Magazine (2010) Burst SMS Offers Opt-out Advice. Retrieved on 13th April 2010 from http://www.mobilemarketingmagazine.co.uk/2010/01/burst-sms-offers-optout-advice.html [4] BurstSMS blog (2010) 10 ways the Burst Web SMS Bookmarklet can make your text messaging life easier. Retrieved on 13th April 2010 from http://blog.burstsms.com/10-ways-the-burstsms-bookmarklet-can-make-you [5] MattE (2010) How a school kept parents happy using SMS. Retrieved on 13th April 2010 from http://www.plusone.com.au/diary/2010/03/17/how-a-school-kept-parents-happy-using-sms/
meryl olait

Ning | Create Social Networks for your interests. - 11 views

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  • Ning is the social platform for the world's interests and passions online. Millions of people every day are coming together across Ning to explore and express their interests, discover new passions, and meet new people around shared pursuits.
  • Get your Ning Network up and running in less than 30 seconds.
  • Turn your passion into a business, or drive grassroots funding for your campaign or cause.
  • meryl olait on 02 Apr 10
     
    Web2 has seen the rise in online social networks like MySpace and Facebook, Ning is different because it allows you to create your own social network to share with a few people or with the world [1]. Project managers, activists, educators or anyone interested in starting-up an online community have the opportunity to create their own free Social Network with Ning [1] [2]. With your own Social Network you can share and discuss projects, form workgroups, collaborate and meet over any cause or topic of interest [1]. Members can ask to join a created Social Network, the administrator and network friends can invite other members to join [3]. Your Social Network can be a public, globally accessible network or it can be a private, select group of approved members only [3]. Ning is a feature-rich Social Network and with the Ning Apps directory, members can add extra functionality to their personal Ning page [4]. Ning network administrators can pick and choose from many features to customise the look and feel of their social network and their members' experience [5]. Your network's members can upload photos to their own photo gallery, they can chat, create conversation topics, upload videos and customise the appearance of their profile page [6]. The searchable Ning Blog [7] has a series of FAQ and help articles to assist new users and network administrators. Your Ning Network can be set up so it appears under your own domain name [8]. Since it commencement in 2005 Ning's co-founders Marc Andreessen (from Netscape fame) & Gina Bianchini have been the brains behind developing the platform for the 20 million visitors who currently use Ning today [9]. see References below
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  • meryl olait on 02 Apr 10
     
    References [1] Ning Inc. (2010). 'Ning | Create and discover Ning Social Networks for your interests and passions'. Retrieved March 30, 2010 from http://www.ning.com/ [2] boyd, d.m. & Ellison N.B. (2007). 'Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship.' Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13 (1). Retrieved April 15, 2010 from http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html [3] Oppenheimer, L. (2010). 'Engaging Your Members in Three Simple Steps'. Ning Blog. Retrieved April 2, 2010 from http://blog.ning.com/2010/04/engaging-your-members-in-three-simple-steps.html [4] Ford, K. (2009). 'Announcing the Ning Appathon Winners'. Ning Blog. Retrieved April 1, 2010 from http://blog.ning.com/2009/11/announcing-the-ning-appathon-winners.html [5] Ning Inc. (2010). 'Choose the right features for your Ning Network'. Ning Help. Retrieved April 2, 2010 from http://help.ning.com/cgi-bin/ning.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=ZoiLYvRj&p_faqid=3497 [6] Ning Inc. (2010). 'Customize the theme of your profile page'. Ning Help. Retrieved April 2, 2010 from http://help.ning.com/cgi-bin/ning.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3413&p_sid=z9hBYmYj References continued below
  • Liz Power on 12 Apr 10
     
    Ning is an online social collaboration tool which brings together networks of people with similar interests and passions [1]. Ning submits information into categories to ensure content is accessible for users. The categories include: sports, causes, education, art, politics, entertainment, networking and music [1]. It is about creating a customized social network and inviting people to join or joining social networks already created with topics of interest. Ning integrates different applications like blogs, wiki, forums, photo galleries and calendars [1]. Ning's main competitor in the online social network space is SocialGo with Facebook and MySpace offering a similar service however not as tailored and unique [2]. As at 12/11/2008 Ning had over 4 million visitors a month [4] after its launch in 2005. In a recent article, McCracken (2009) [2] revealed that Ning has announced it will no longer provide free networks, which means network creators will either have to switch to a paid plan or leave Ning and move elsewhere. It is a brave move and with other competitors offering a similar service for free, it will be interesting to see if creators will remain with Ning or move on. However as Ramirez (2009) [3] points out, according to the 'ownership rights' which is part of the 'Terms of Services', "Ning owns all right, title and interest, including, all intellectual property rights, in and to the Ning Technology". So depending on what Ning is to be used for, it is important to read the terms of service for any online collaboration tool. References [1] Ning: Create and Discover. Retrieved 16 April 2010 from http://www.ning.com/ [2] McCracken, H. (2010). Ning: No More Free Networks. Retrieved 16 April 2010 from http://www.pcworld.com/article/194379/ning_no_more_free_networks.html [3] Ramirez, N. (2009). Ning Review. Retrieved 16 April 2009 from http://www.thecommunityarchitect.com/2009/06/01/ning-review/ [4] Nations, D. (n.d.). What is Ning? Retrie
  • meryl olait on 15 Apr 10
     
    References continued .... [7] Ning Inc. (2010). 'Why You'll ♥ Ning'. Retrieved April 2, 2010 from http://about.ning.com/ [8] Ning Inc. (2010). 'Extend your brand by using your own domain'. Retrieved March 30, 2010 from http://help.ning.com/cgi-bin/ning.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3640 [9] Parr, B. (2010). 'Ning CEO Gina Bianchini Stepping Down. Mashable - the social media guide'. Retrieved April 2, 2010 from http://mashable.com/2010/03/15/ning-ceo-gina-bianchini-stepping-down/
Tracy Maurer

EBSCOhost: The Many Forms of E-Collaboration: Blogs, Wikis, Portals, Groupware, Discus... - 5 views

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  • Tracy Maurer on 05 Apr 10
     
    This article discusses the different types of online collaborative tools available to businesses, which could more effectively enhance their various communities of practice. However, she argues that technology should only be a supportive tool to intranet webmasters and knowledge managers, and not the driving force behind them when creating a community of collaborators. She also suggests that a company may have to tap into several forms of online collaboration to be successful. Frichter highlights three main services that online collaborative tools should offer: 1. A way to communicate 2. A mechanism to share documents 3. A means to discover other members of the community [1]. The article also discusses areas of the workflow in which online collaborative tools could help, tasks that can be helped through it, and how it can increase the efficiency and productivity of a workplace. The hierarchy of collaborative tools suggested here are: · e-mail · Mailing lists · Discussion boards · Instant Messaging · Groupware and portals · Weblogs · Wikis In conclusion, Fichter re-iterates the importance of asking key evaluation questions when determining what collaborative tools you need and what will be most effective. However, most importantly, she suggests that it is necessary to assess the culture of the workplace in order to match the needs with the tools, and it usually takes more than one tool to meet those needs. The key to this article is that it identifies several online collaborative tools, which are worth further investigation to understand their true value both individually and collectively. [1] Fichter, Darlene (2005) The many forms of e-collaboration: Blogs, wikis, portals, groupware, discussion boards, and instant messaging. Online Vol. 29 Issue 4, pp 48-50.
  • Duane Fogarty on 09 Apr 10
     
    "If you haven't put in a suite of collaboration tools, it's probably time to do so... know your workplace culture and environment... define your requirements... communication, sharing, and management" Darlene Fichter, [2]. Fichter is an IT solutions consultant working for Northern Lights Internet Solutions Ltd, which can be found at http://www.lights.ca/ [1]. Fichter provides an excellent discussion on collaborative tools and identifies newcomers to collaboration/social media in the workplace. One of the strongest aspects of the article is how Fichter proposes questions one should ask when determining what collaborative tool will function best for the firm. Fichter states the importance of knowing your environment; "What IT infrastructure is in place already that you can leverage?" [3] This is a valid question to consider; for example a small company without an IT department may need online help added to software package or a key word - 'easy' - the software must be easy to setup and manage. Another similar question to consider is finances; "are there financial and human resources available to purchase, install, and maintain an application?" [3] Fichter suggests that a firm may need to progress step by step and advance to collaboration tool extras, while in the beginning start with something small and sleek. Some web-based collaboration tools offer a free service for small business, and other offer a paid, supported subscription. "How frequently do people need to communicate? What type of communication is preferred-asynchronous-text, voice, or video?" [3] The Fichter article demonstrates the needs associated with software selection and how important it is to consider communication limitations in a collaboration product. The article is a good source as it highlights the fact that collaborative tools are diverse and can be adapted for various user needs. Fichter adapts web2.0 technology such as Wikis and blogs as possible solutions fo
  • Duane Fogarty on 09 Apr 10
     
    References/Notes [1] Northern Lights Internet Solutions Ltd, http://www.lights.ca/ [accessed April 7, 2010]. [2] Fichter, Darlene (2005). The many forms of e-collaboration: Blogs, wikis, portals, groupware, discussion boards, and instant messaging. Online Vol. 29 Issue 4, pp 48-50. [3] Fichter, Darlene (2005). The paragraphs on know your environment and define your requirements. Online Vol. 29 Issue 4, pp50.
meryl olait

Friendpaste | pastebin - 3 views

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  • Removal/Lock code is a password to let you remove or lock edit of paste you upload.
  • preferred languages
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  • meryl olait on 14 Apr 10
     
    Friendpaste is an opensource review system where users can paste text or code, then share the link with friends or colleagues, who can also contribute, edit or add comments line by line [1]. Friendpaste has a simple user-interface that gives the user a choice of over 160 coding languages with preferred syntax highlighting, version reviewing, revision numbering, paste comparisons and a variety of colour schemes for sourcecode makes this product a highly usable pastebin product [1]. Friendpaste affords users' with good privacy, there is no need to login or register and user-preferences for example colour schemes options and preferred coding language are the only pices of information stored via Cookies [1]. Friendpaste provides users with a link and html to embed their text or code onto a web page [1]. Code can be locked and password protected to prevent edits [2]. Friendpaste is featured in Smashing Apps; '69 Coolest Web Apps Of 2009' and has been reviewed by Pssolutions and Go4webapps [3],[4],[5]. Pssolutions suggests that Friendpaste can be used to extend your Twitter conversations [4]. Go4webapps recommends the Friendpaste textMate Bundle to paste code to Friendpaste without the need to open a browser [5]. Enki Multimedia, the authors of Friendpaste say, "We build small and simple products that fit your needs" [6]. Watch a real-time video review of Friendpaste at http://vimeo.com/10813960 [7]. ------------------ see References below
  • meryl olait on 14 Apr 10
     
    References [1] Enki Multimedia. (2009a). 'Friendpaste - About Friendpaste'. Retrieved April 7 2010 from http://friendpaste.com/about [2] Enki Multimedia. (2009b). 'Friendpaste - Welcome'. Retrieved April 7 2010 from http://friendpaste.com/ [3] Jay, A. (2009). '69 Coolest Web Apps Of 2009'. Retrieved April 7 2010 from http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/12/29/69-coolest-web-apps-of-2009.html [4] Pssolutions. (2009). 'Paste a huge chunk of text to a friend'. Retrieved April 7 2010 from http://pssolutions09.blogspot.com/2009/06/paste-huge-chunk-of-text-to-friend.html [5] Go4webapps. (2010). 'Friendpaste - share your stuff with your friends'. Retrieved April 12 2010 from http://go4webapps.com/2010/04/09/friendpaste-share-your-stuff-with-your-friends/ [6] Enki Multimedia. (2010). 'Enki Multimedia: Simple small business software'. Retrieved April 12 2010 from http://e-engura.com/ [7] Chesneau, B. (2010). 'Friendpaste - review paste in realtime'. Retrieved April 14, 2010 from http://vimeo.com/10813960
  • Joanne Sinadinovic on 14 Apr 10
     
    "Friendpaste offers a service called application programming interface through which anyone can write their own program to post public paste in a new and different way. This service offers a contact with friendpaste via irc on freenodes or twitter"[1]
    "Freenode is a service of peer-directed projects center (PDPC) Freenode provide discussion facilities for the Free and Open source Software communities, for not for profit organizations and for related communities and organizations. Freenode provides facilities to a variety of group and organizations." [1]
    "You can use formatting for dozens of different kinds of code, and it has a revision and annotation system so the friends you share your code with can leave smarter comments. One of the great code-centric features is the ability to leave a comment based on the line number of the code you are reviewing making it easier to reference comments to their appropriate place". [2]
    "Friendpaste is the first application that uses CouchDB and it makes use of CouchDB's revision feature. Unlike a lot of pastie-like systems, Friendpaste lets you edit a paste and lets you review older versions. So changes can easily be tracked and different versions compared." [3]
    References [1] Friendpaste - share your stuff with your friends, http://go4webapps.com/2010/04/09/friendpaste-share-your-stuff-with-your-friends/ [accessed April 13, 2010]. [2] Clipboard: Friendpaste is a Code-Friendly Text Sharing Tool, http://posts.kennethreitz.com/post/86416667/clipboard-friendpaste-is-a-code-friendly-text-sharing [accessed April 13, 2010]. [3] Planet PHP, rel=nofollow target=
Jane Power

Mindjet Catalyst - Mind Mapping by Mindjet - 6 views

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  • Mindjet Catalyst is a simple yet powerful collaboration solution that combines secure online workspaces, web conferencing, and a best-in-class visual productivity application (mind mapping). With Mindjet Catalyst, teams can visually connect ideas, information and people to save time, improve business processes and drive innovation – whether you are driving the sales process, managing a meeting, conducting a meeting, or simply getting organized.
  • Jane Power on 11 Apr 10
     
    Mindjet [5] is best known for its mind mapping software but with the introduction of Catalyst [5] in October 2009 Mindjet released the power of their mapping software to the web. Catalyst is an online mapping tool that is delivered on a subscription service across the web. It enables team members to co-edit a map in real time. Members can brainstorm ideas, design business process, store their documents in a secure and centralised workspace and keep a work log of all changes. Catalyst also augments the support of social networking tools to help share the vision [1]. Currently the service is delivered as a subscription service charged at $25/user/month plus an extra $25 for web conferencing moderators. Catalyst runs on all major browsers [4] but it must have Adobe Flash Player 9.0 enabled. "We think better in picture than text and how that can that be related to business process" Scott Raskin CEO of Mindjet (Howlett, 2009). "Catalyst team members can simultaneously video-conference while modifying a shared document on an online " (Chapman, 2009). While this online collaborative mapping tool is impressive an area of consideration is the fact that it does not alert team members of asynchronous changes [3] via IM or email. Alerting team members of change during a project is an important feature for collaborative tools as discussed in the research study by Daniela Damian M. Sc. [2] which looks at how real projects actually use collaboration tools and what were their main areas of use and importance are. However, with the inclusion of social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter this oversight could be overcome with good project management practices.
  • Jane Power on 16 Apr 10
     
    References [1] Chapman, G. (2009, Oct 8). Mindjet boosts online collaboration with Catalyst. Retrieved April 13, 2010, from Google (AFP): http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jAtF77pDeYcjJL7H5N3Z7ykx4n3w [2] Damian, D. (2010, Feb 1). Case study of feature based awareness in a commercial software team and implications for the design of collaborative tools. Retrieved April 16, 2010, from UVicDSpace: https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/dspace/handle/1828/2133 [3] Howlett, D. (2009, October 6). Mindjet takes on Cisco with Catalyst. Retrieved April 16, 2010, from ZDNet: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=1377 [4] mindjet. (2010). Catalyst - Technical Requirements. Retrieved April 16, 2010, from Mindjet: http://www.mindjet.com/products/mindjet-catalyst/requirements [ 5]Mindjet. (2010). Catalyst. Retrieved April 16, 2010, from Mindjet: http://www.mindjet.com/products/mindjet-catalyst/overview [6] Mindjet. (2010). Mindjet. Retrieved April 16, 2010, from Mindjet: http://www.mindjet.com/
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CAD collaboration made easy with SolidWorks.com - 4 views

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  • louwnaw on 05 Apr 10
     
    Virtual servers, Cloud computing and Software-as-a-service,(SaaS), are all pioneering new innovative value-adding utilities. Gmail, Hotmail, YouTube, are a few SaaS tools already known to most people, but now the Internet is exploding with collaborative services and applications. With peer pressure from Google's Google docs and other web-based software developers, giant software companies like Microsoft, Adobe, SAP etc are all launching into web-based applications. [1] Microsoft's (Light) Office app will be available for free with Office 2010.[2] Even hardware technology are pointing to "slim-down" operating systems like netbooks that have little data storage capabilities, no moving parts and only connects and rely on the internet [1] CRM, Customer Relations Management and ERP; Enterprise Resource Planning are the most popular applications that companies are taking up as web-collaborative applications. ***Now Engineering design are available in the cloud. SolidWorks CEO, Jeff Ray says the one prevailing advantage to all customers is cost. [4]
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  • louwnaw on 05 Apr 10
     
    Web applications to make sharing easy are: *eDrawings Viewer: With eviewer anyone can view, interpret and understand 2D and 3D design data. Free download. *Drawings Now: Another web service from SolidWorks. Upload and share designs with anyone from any browser. Email a link to colleague or client who can pan, zoom and print drawings. Informal collaboration on intermediary models can provide feedback without the encumbrance of a huge file size of the formal design with all the attributes. File types are not limited to SolidWorks files (SLDDRW) but accepts generic CAD, DWG and DXF files as well. *BluePrint Now: Web- based drafting to upload and proof files from anywhere. *Shared Storage: Invite with an email link anyone whom you would like to share drawings with from a space on a secure server provided by SolidWorks. *SolidWorks Community: "Filled with extremely passionate engineers". Connect with engineers, designers, manufacturers and suppliers, as well as certified SolidWorks professionals. [3] *Cloud enabled Data Management will be available in the 2nd half of 2010. [4]
  • louwnaw on 05 Apr 10
     
    [1] Patrick Stafford 2009 How cloud computing could change your business and save you thousands. Retrieved on 4/4/2010 from:http://www.smartcompany.com.au/ [2] Lia Timson 2010 Word, Excel, Powerpoint-free on the web. Retrieved 4/4/2010 from: http://www.watoday.com.au/technology/ [3]SolidWorks website. Retrieved on 4/4/2010 from: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/free-cad-software-downloads.htm [4] Johnson, A. 2010. CAD moves to the clouds. Retrieved on 4/4/2010 from:http://www.manmonthly.com.au/Article/CAD-moves-to-the-clouds/514146.aspx
  • Jacqui Harry on 17 Apr 10
     
    SolidWorks offers improved collaboration between CAD team members as they can share designs with one another and external partners. Another important feature is the SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) [1]. The SolidWorks User Group Network is arrange geographically and offers users a valuable resource, the ability to network with local peers and partners helping businesses become more productive. It also connects global users, assisting them with improved understanding of SolidWorks features and SolidWorks related products. Users are able to network with peers to share experiences and technical queries and methodologies. [1] SolidWorks User Network Group, available from: http://www.swugn.org/swugn/benefits.htm
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Commenting on SharePoint as discussed by Craig - 2 views

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  • louwnaw on 31 Mar 10
     
    Commentary by Louwna. Posted to Diigo on: 1/4/2010 http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx from a discussion by Craig on 31/03/2010 As recent as November 2009, Microsoft was warning businesses about security, privacy issues specially differing jurisdiction when considering cloud computing as a means of collaboration. "Privacy protections are essential to building the customer trust needed for cloud computing and the internet to reach their full potential." Stafford warns that a lot of cloud computing services don't have their own infrastructure but rent from others. This will necessarily be the smaller companies. Customers of SharePoint can be assured that "sophisticated controls for securing company resources" have been thoroughly integrated into the product as it is backed by years of research from Microsoft. (Stafford, P. 2009) SharePoint encourages 3rd party developers to develop custom modifications or to incorporate SharePoint into existing collaboration software. Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 Social Fest was a, 'competition by invite', to ten, cloud-collaboration, IT companies who each came up with some unique new way of utilizing SharePoint into their own collaborative platforms. SharePoint has a built in editor that allows some customization. SharePoint 2010 will provide deeper integration with Office 2010 soon to be available for retail sales. This version of Office will support Office Web Apps coming with Office 2010. Online support called "SharePoint Online Services" is already supporting more than a million users on line. Microsoft promises; "We're going to be more Internet-focused and cloud focused than ever before." ( Johnston, S.J. 2009) (Stafford, P. 2009) Retrieved on 31/03/10 from: no
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