Online collaboration is something that we do everyday. Even outside of a school or business environment, collaborations happen in our daily lives when we send e-mails and text messages to friends or relatives as both parties constructively engage in a conversation as if the other was there in front of you. Businesses have turned to online collaboration mediums such as cloud computing as a way to cut costs and maintain productivity. Teams are now able to share ideas instantly as software companies are integrating instant messaging, video conferencing, and storage clouds within their programs.
Collaboration within a online community is the next big thing. It's easy, useful, innovative, and growing at a fast pace. Most cloud services are free of charge or ask for a small fee, so try it out when you get the chance. Check out some of the services companies are using here. Have any of you used any of these programs?
I agree with you, this cloud computing is just the next step in collaboration that the internet fosters. It is interesting to see how businesses put it to use to save money and time though.
ReplyDeleteI have definitely used Google Docs which is a Google App to allow users at different places to edit documents like word or excel from afar. Cloud computing certainly helps collaboration, specifically when it is hard to be with a group at the same place at the same time.
ReplyDeleteNo I've never had the chance to use any of these companies but you are absolutely right that this is the future. I think though people will have to be careful with how they use it because all new technologies their is always the possible of unseen problems that could occur, I'm not just thinking about technological ones but of the more pressing concern of culture problems that could happen.
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