Document Collaboration News & Articles

IBM has been preparing SmartCloud Docs (SCD) for quite a while now and has made no secret of it. Today’s announcement comes as part of a much bigger picture around IBM’s cloud computing ambitions and also sees the release of new services -- the IBM SmartCloud.

There’s a new TeamViewer. Version 8 of the popular remote control and online meetings software offers enhanced performance, additional capabilities and, for enterprises, a new Management Console.

About two-thirds of businesses are using social technology for marketing and other such purposes -- but without integration into their businesses processes. Only 37 percent expect social media will be used regularly across their entire business over the next two years, and only 9 percent see it as being completely integrated. About half project that its integration will be specific to departments or projects.

Document collaboration software provider, Workshare, is joining the enterprise social network game with their acquisition of IdeaPlane.

It’s time for the Mobile App of the Week. This week our focus is on Accellion for Android, a file management and file sharing application.

Jahia has just released Jahia Wise enabling document sharing and collaboration no matter what environment you’re working in.

It’s quiet enough in the document management space this week. There are a few notable items though including the Xerox, McAfee partnership, Jahia is gearing up for the Wise release, we take a look at Office.com, OpenText beats recent earnings trends, and bigtincan upgrades platform.

Microsoft isn't the only company making an announcement surrounding the newest version their Windows Operating System. Box has also announced that they have designed a new version of their file managing app -- specifically for Windows 8.

Enterprise workflow integration specialist harmon.ie is releasing Connect for SharePoint, a collaboration tool designed to create a single, unified user experience that crosses not only multiple devices but also the Microsoft and Apple platforms.

It's time for the Mobile App of the Week and this week our focus is on Box.net's Android app. Box's cloud-based file sharing and document collaboration platform allows users to view, share and collaborate on files from wherever they are.

There’s a new enterprise social collaboration product out. The New York City-based Unison Technologies has unveiled a new version of its service, a quick-to-launch social network based around virtual rooms. 

While the upgrade to Xerox’s document review platform is interesting from a functionality point of view, it's even more interesting from an industry perspective because it shows the company's ongoing commitment to extending and building its document management capabilities.
 

Aaron Levie is on a mission. The Box co-founder and CEO has a dream: he wants workers everywhere to have hassle-free access to the documents and other content they need to do great work from anywhere, at any time, using any computer or mobile device.  

At the end of this month Jahia will introduce a new open source solution called Jahia Wise that combines document management and social collaboration. Easy to use, it has all the functionality required to enable workers to integrate all their information sources and populate their websites or intranets with enterprise content.

Box is adding new features designed to make enterprise-wide adoption of its cloud-based online content-sharing service irresistible.