Collaboration Software Comparison
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The document compares various enterprise collaboration tools and emphasizes that despite their similar features, they serve different purposes based on organizational needs. It highlights the importance of understanding the context in which these solutions activate collaboration among users. Additionally, the comparison is based on customer feedback regarding target users, tools, structure, and use cases.
Collaboration Software Comparison
- 1. Users www.microsoA.com www.jivesoAware.com www.salesforce.com www.podio.com Social sharing, file Social network + focused management, group work group work & innova2on and idea management spaces Manage collabora2on in cross-‐organiza2onal projects or programs. Large corpora*on, social network of employees Social sharing and social networking Flexible social network with user groups Connect employee network to share knowledge more openly All employees inside enterprise Intranet communica*on, file management, group work Defined by organiza*onal structure Communicate and manage content across enterprise Large corpora*on social network and employees Integrated enterprise social network Large social network and organiza*onal structure Connect employees and manage content in company-‐wide network. Sales, marke*ng and customer service network Knowledge sharing and communica*on related to Salesforce content Social network connected to sales, marke*ng and customer service Connect employees to support sales, marke*ng and service Groups of employees inside/outside enterprise Collabora*on suite boosted with small business applica*ons Organiza*on divided into workspaces Manage work and typical processes of small and medium size enterprise File management and team collabora*on Defined by organiza*onal structure Team or project -‐driven collabora*on in shared workspaces Ad-‐hoc cross-‐ organiza*onal teams www.yammer.com Network of people from sca0ered loca2ons and organiza2ons Enterprise collabora*on in team/project workspaces www.lumoflow.com Solu*ons Structure File sharing and shared storages Ad-‐hoc teams and organiza*onal structure Deliver and manage files in shared storage www.huddle.com www.box.com Use Case
- 2. Collabora*on SoAware Comparison Enterprise collabora*on and social collabora*on soAware have became mainstream of the enterprise solu*ons. This can also be seen from the solu*on market: It's packed with hundreds of different tools. From the surface they all look the same. Almost every collabora*on suite provides tools for social sharing, file management, discussions, task tracking and other basic collabora*on needs. But what are the major differences? The key to this answer can be found from the original purpose of the soAware. Purpose defines in which context the solu*on can most probable ac*vate the people and keep collabora*on meaningful. In this comparison target users, tools, structure and use cases are based on our customers’ comments. Some of these tools can be implemented to different purposes as well, but this comparison should help you to understand what challenges the solu*on have been designed to solve. For more informa*on please contact us www.lumoflow.com Copyright -‐ 2013 Lumo Research Ltd, Helsinki