Met SaaS de markt op: wat kun je leren van Salesforce?

Software as a Service is geen belofte meer, maar wordt door steeds meer bedrijven gebruikt. Eén organisatie heeft uitzonderlijk veel voor deze ontwikkeling betekend: Salesforce. Ook voor mij een grote inspiratiebron. Het heeft de markt voor SaaS opgeschud, en daar profiteren we tot nu toe allemaal van. Salesforce was één van de eersten die een CRM-systeem […]

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Online collaboration bij organisaties: hoeveel vrijheid heb je nodig?

Samenwerken is zo oud als het leven zelf. Dat technologie mensen steeds beter helpt bij online samenwerken is een zegen, zou je denken. Maar het is niet alleen hossanah. Collaboration is een vorm van samenwerking tussen mensen die een gezamenlijk doel willen bereiken en daarbij gebruik maken van online technologie. De trend is dat we […]

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With Dual Mice And Collaboration In Any Window, YC’s Screenhero Gives WebEx And Screen Sharing Apps A Run For Their Money

screenhero-logoWe all love the idea of being able to connect and work with people in our always-online day and age, but ironically, when it comes to document collaboration, a lot of the software designed to aid in that — WebEx, GoToMeeting and the rest — is actually more geared to presenting rather than actually letting people work together on things, in real time, or focused on documents within a particular platform, like Google Docs.

Enter Screenhero. Part of the current batch of Y-Combinator startups, Screenhero is launching with a way of letting two (and potentially more) people work on documents, or even each other’s computer desktops, in possibly the easiest way to date, by simultaneously giving each collaborator an independent cursor and mouse, and complete control over a document, as if it were his or her own.

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Infographic: The Rise of the Progressive SMB

Part of recognizing the opportunity for marketing is understanding how your customers are using your products and services. Our workforce is dramatically changing in the small and medium-sized business (SMB) segment. If your business serves SMB’s, you have to ensure that the remote work force and collaboration tools are available to fully leverage your products and services. If you’re B2C, understand that work hours are changing and buying habits are changing. While retail outlets serve customers during the day and weekends, ecommerce is handling all of the other hours. If … Continue reading

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How Social Collaboration Free Trials Can Benefit Your Business

In the enterprise social networking space, there have been a number of significant and noticeable changes over the last few months; fresh new faces, energy, content and announcements from key players in the industry. Vendors are chomping at the bit to corner this fast-paced, idea-driven marketplace. One instance is the introduction of the 30-day free […]

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Infographic: The State of Online Collaboration

The world is changing. The global market, off-shoring, remote workers… all of these growing issues are hitting the workplace and requiring the tools that go with them. Within our own agency, we use Mindjet (our client) for mindmapping and process flows, Yammer for dialogue, and Basecamp as our online work repository. From Clinked’s Infographic, The State of Online Collaboration: Our experience, and that of our competitors, is absolutely unequivocal: 97% of businesses using collaboration software have reported being able to service more clients more efficiently. But the biggest benefits are … Continue reading

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A Brief History of Project Management

At Mavenlink, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at the past 2500 years or so and see how project management came to be what it is today. Despite new method developments and technology changes over time, project management has kept its core goal intact to deliver successful projects in a […]

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Does Your Business Need Unified Communications and Collaboration?

The answer to the question, “Does Your Business Need Unified Communications And Collaboration?”, should always be a resounding YES! The truth of the matter is this: without Unified Communications And Collaboration, your business functions at a far less effective rate. Doubt this proposition? Then consider this: without United Communications And Collaboration, a full 100% of […]

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After Squatting At AOL For 2 Months, Eric Simons Launches Claco, A Collaboration Network For Teachers

Screen shot 2012-09-26 at 12.38.19 PMIf you happened to pass through AOL’s offices in Palo Alto last November or December, you might have had your first run-in with the elusive creature “founder squatter.” Say what? Following in the grand boot-strapping, couch-surfing tradition, last winter, Eric Simons spent two months squatting at AOL’s office, sleeping on couches and pilfering Ramen noodles and other snacks left out for employees. He was hard at work building Class Connect, a platform on which teachers can post and share lesson plans.

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