CIO.com - Collaboration

TD Bank Unites 85,000-Plus Workers

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Built via a slew of mergers and acquisitions, TD Bank Group in recent years had seen its employees lose the ability to easily collaborate with one another as its workforce grew rapidly across the United States and Canada.

Students Turn Social Media Skills into Social Business Strategy

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

San Jose State University and IBM partner in a real-world project to help students translate their Facebook and Twitter prowess into powerful business strategies.

TD Bank Gets Social for Better Business

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

When TD Bank Group made a lot of acquisitions a few years ago, executives knew they needed to find a way to help employees span international borders and work together.

Enterprise Social Software: What Businesses Need to Do Next

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT

A Forrester Research report says that while social software is gaining steam in the marketplace, businesses are nowhere near close to seeing a social revolution. Here's a look at the report's key findings, plus five tips for mapping out the next steps.

What to Look for in Secure Collaboration Tools

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Despite monumental enterprise efforts to secure information, data breaches continue to top headlines, in part because of the way employees collaborate and share data. What's needed are enterprise-level secure collaboration tools.

Unified Communications Success Depends on Changing Employee Habits

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

CIOs offer tips for getting employees to change their most ingrained habits and adopt new unified communications tools.

TIBCO CEO: How Real-Time Computing Will Change the Landscape

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Tibco CEO Vivek Ranadive talks with IDGE Chief Content Officer John Gallant about why your company needs to move to real-time computing and how TIBCO's 'two-second advantage' can change your business.

Collaboration's Fragility

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

We all want every collaborative effort to be an ideal experience, but we get disasters much more often. Here are some of the obstacles we must overcome.

CIO Alert: Five Cures for What Ails IT

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

IT groups often struggle to stay efficient as a business grows and evolves. Here are five tips for CIOs needing to improve budgeting and vendor relationships and align IT and business priorities. First step: Go to lunch.

Cisco Buys Microsoft Office Collaboration Company

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Cisco Monday announced that it has acquired privately held Versly, a maker of collaboration software for Microsoft Office applications.

How To Improve Collaboration with Development and Operations

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

IT managers struggle with getting development and operations (DevOps) teams working together more efficiently. Here are six ways infrastructure and operations (I&O) can improve collaboration.

Workplace Conflict: How to Deal with Difficult People

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

We've all run into at least one of these four types of troublesome co-workers. Teambuilding expert Kaley Klemp explains how to handle them.

How Salesforce.com Plans to Extend Its Enterprise Reach

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Salesforce.com is taking steps to build a bigger platform to support collaboration, application development and social networking in order to create a larger enterprise presence.

Polycom Unveils Videoconferencing System That Supports Lync

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Polycom today unveiled a $10,000 room-size videoconferencing system that integrates with Microsoft's Lync collaboration tools.

Microsoft Matches Google Docs with Collaboration in Word Web App

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft closed the gap between its Office Web Apps and Google Docs somewhat today by adding co-authoring to the free Word Web App, letting multiple users edit a document simultaneously in the Web browser.