Collaborative Computing

• Meeting on the Web: Which Tools to Use?

  Which collaboration tool should your business turn to for meetings on the Web? And what’s the difference between a webinar, webcast, and Web conference? How do you decide which one will work best for the message you’re looking to convey?
  Jean Thilmany

• Collaborate via Your BlackBerry

  The BlackBerry has proven its worth to business due to its ability to provide mobile e-mail services. But the device is also being used now for mobile collaboration applications.
  Marc Saltzman

• Best Web Conferencing Tools for Your Buck

  Web conferencing has become essential in the age of higher travel costs, lower budgets, and online collaboration. Here's how to use Web conferencing tools to communicate and collaborate.
  Jean Thilmany

• Business Uses for Twitter

  Microblogging tools like Twitter are enabling direct communication with customers. Should you be developing a Twitter strategy?
  Jodi Mardesich

• Are 500 Contacts Too Many?

  Who's worthy of going in your contact database in Outlook, your cell phone, your social network, etc.? What should be the criteria so you don't end up with 500 e-mail addresses and can't remember who half the people are?
  Renee Oricchio

• Tech Talk: Project Management Software Coordinates Builders' Timelines

  A commercial kitchen designer and builder uses project management software to ensure its teams are working together efficiently.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Making the Most of Your Intranet

  Lower costs and ease of use mean companies of any size can create their own intranets. Here’s how to get the most from this technology.
  Minda Zetlin

• Tech Talk: Using Wikis

  Delivering large project files to clients via e-mail became cumbersome for the employees at Write2Market. Here, CTO Miles Thomason tells Inc. Technology how a wiki transformed his company's ability to share information.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Virtual Conferences: The Next Best Thing to Being There?

  The virtual conference business is booming, as Internet connections get faster and real-world travel gets tougher. Here’s how to make the most of not really being there.
  Minda Zetlin

• Low-Cost -- and Free -- Collaboration Tools

  Project management, shared calendars, contact lists, and other collaborative software can be pricey. Companies such as Zoho, Yugma, and Google aim to provide cost effective solutions. Are they right for your business?
  Bill Pfleging

• Don't Fear the Wiki! Business Can Benefit

  Fear is one of the obstacles keeping businesses from realizing productivity gains by using internal wikis. But the business gains -- collaboration, informed employees, sense of community -- may outweigh any risks.
  Mary O. Foley

• Collaboration 101: Why You Need These Tools

  Collaboration tools are becoming widely available today as major technology players join start-ups to offer new solutions to connect remote workers in just a few easy steps.
  Bill Pfleging