Pankaj Taneja

Pankaj Taneja

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  • 3 illustrations of why integrated communiction and collaboration software is good for you
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    Posted on 2010-10-04

    I recently wrote an article about the benefits of integrated communication and collaboration software, which I would love for fellow infoworld.com readers to read.

    I wrote the article in the wake of an emerging trend in the exciting business and collaboration software market, that of the convergence of three traditionally separate software areas - communication, collaboration and web conferencing. Earlier, companies used to have Exchange or IBM Lotus Notes for business email, SharePoint for collaboration and document management, and WebEx for web conferencing. But increasingly you find all these three in a single solution like Google Apps, Microsoft BPOS or HyperOffice.

    There are many benefits of this appoach including cost savings, ability to innovate, seamless data exchange...

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  • Michael Porter's Model and Online Collaboration
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    Posted on 2010-06-06

    A few days ago, HP announced its entrant to the online collaboration market titled HP virtual rooms. This adds to a list of solutions which already comprises Google Apps, Microsoft BPOS, IBM LotusLive, Cisco WebEx, Adobe Acrobat.com, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Salesforce Chatter.com, VMWare’s Zimbra; as well as slightly lesser known players like Zoho, HyperOffice, Jive etc.

    Having been in the online collaboration industry for 6 years, and done an MBA degree before that, it was natural for the two to come together in my collaboro-management mind.

    Using Porter’s five-force model, a universally accepted model used to analyze markets across the board, on the collaboration market, may yield some interesting insights. The model analyzes every market on five parameters – intensity of competition, barriers to entry, threat from substitutes, bargaining power of customers, and finally bargaining power of suppliers. The first four parameters or forces, act upon the fifth and...

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  • An Assessment of Acrobat.com
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    Posted on 2009-07-01

    In the wake of Google's recent launch of Google Waves, which it sees as the future of online collaboration, Adobe recently took out its web based productivity suite, Acrobat.com, out of beta and introduced its version of online spreadsheets, Tables, to add to its already existing online word processor, Buzzword.

    As opposed to Google's minimalistic style, Acrobat.com presents a highly visually appealing environment where teams can get together in real time and collaborate on files, as well as avail online meeting and screen sharing functions. The service has acheived massive success in its beta phase, with Erik Larson, director of marketing and product management for Adobe's business productivity, reporting in his blog that a staggering 100k users were signing up every week.

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