1. Presented by: Mark Forgette Patrick Fritz-Morkin Riley Schiefelbein 1

2. Explained Helps teams of users achieve goal Most relevant to CSCW (computer supported cooperative work) Allows for a central work station that can be shared regardless of location 2

3. Why Does It Matter? Becoming a critical aspect of business collaboration Creates a central network for document sharing Online meeting workspaces Discussions Organize, sort, and document information Organizations look to young business professionals 3

4. Examples 4

5. SharePoint Initially introduced in 2000 Fastest growing Microsoft product Most used collaboration software Runs on Windows SharePoint Server Web-based application 5

6. SharePoint Cont… Can work remotely or on a LAN No video communication (Microsoft Lync is in works) Allows teams to: –Centrally store documents –Make announcements –Create wikis –Custom lists $5.25 / User / Month 6

7. SharePoint Demo 7

8. Dropbox Introduced in 2008 –MIT graduates Drew Houston & Arash Ferdowsi –Provides users with initial 2GB of space No more flash drives Scaled down version of SharePoint Can obtain more space by invites 8

9. Dropbox Cont… Doesn’t have nearly as many features as SharePoint No chat/email feature Can‘t make announcements/wikis Best use is for team document sharing 9

10. Our 460 Dropbox 10

11. Dropbox Demo 11

12. LotusLive LotusLive Features 12

13. LotusLive Cont… Excellent alternative to SharePoint Has many features: –Skype interface –UPS shipping app –Email / Chat (25 GB email storage) –Phone Support –$5.00 / User / Month 13

14. Google Apps Hands down the best free collaboration suite Started with the creation of gmail in 2006 (now 7 GB of space on start up) Google Sites added in 2008 Introduced Microsoft Exchange Server interface 14

15. Google Apps Cont… Google Wave was essentially a collaboration suite featuring: –Email –Instant Messaging –Wikis –Social Networking Wave was announced in May 2010, discontinued in August 2010 15

16. Google Apps Cont… Most of us have used Google Apps Common Apps include: –Google Sites –Google Docs –Google Calendar –Google Chat (with phone capabilities) 16

17. Skype Founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (2003) Obvious tool for videoconferencing (introduced in 2006) Skype for business edition: –Screen and file sharing –Whiteboard –Group video conferences 17

18. Other Collaboration Tools Adobe Acrobat Connect : Online training and presentation materials all in flash Basecamp : web-based project mgmt tool Owis : Document mgmt, calendar, knowledge base Pidoco : Cloud-based tool for mobile app UI prototypes 18

19. Recap There are numerous solutions to collaboration needs Businesses look at which solutions meet their business requirements Functionality varies with different software 19

20. Questions?? 20

21. Presented by: Mark Forgette Patrick Fritz-Morking Riley Schiefelbein 21