The Technology Trends of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams

• Approver Update … Approver updated its online document approval service. “The fixes mostly had to do with workgroups, contacts and inviting users to review documents.” Approver
• Intralinks Update … Intralinks added two new features to its on-demand secure document exchange service: a Workspace Builder (“Workspace Builder streamlines the workspace set-up process by giving clients a more powerful, intuitive way to upload and organize large amounts of documents. Using Workspace Builder, clients can compile and organize information in their workspaces by adding multiple files or whole folder structures at one time. The new tool also allows for seamless document upload that automatically indexes and numbers files. To reorganize their workspaces, clients can simply drag and drop information.“) and the Download Wizard (“The Download Wizard tool enables users to download all of the items they have access to in a particular workspace or folder en masse. Users can search and filter for particular documents across multiple workspaces with keyword, “new since” and “unread only” searches. Following a search, users can view file size, number of attachments and other details, then download and print desired files in bulk.“). Intralinks
• SamePage 3.4 … eTouch announced Version 3.4 of SamePage, its enterprise wiki offering. “Major enhancements also include support for multi-lingual content and versioning of attachments, an import/export feature, a math editor and a better user interface.” PRWeb
• Web 2.0 Problems … Steve points to a recent presentation about the security limitations of Web 2.0 offerings, and left terrified. “Rasmus explained some of the security issues associated with modern JavaScript dependent web sites. Rasmus concluded that it’s essentially impossible to ensure that the web is a secure place to work … ” Steve Richards

Insights on Being Productive and Effective as an Individual

• Productivity isn’t a Destination … Doing real work is what counts. Steve Richards
• Things Screencast … Ian provides an overview of Things, the upcoming GTD application for Mac users from CulturedCode. Things is still in the Alpha stage of development. CulturedCode
• Manage Your Calendar … The Manager Tools team provide direction on how to manage a calendar. “We spend a lot of time talking to executive clients about how they spend their time, and how they manage their priorities through their calendars. Several times over the past couple of years we’ve talked about how when we start coaching an executive, we ask for two things immediately: an accounting of what they consider their priorities, and a print out of their calendar. They almost NEVER match, except with CEOs and COOs.” Manager Tools

Other Noteworthy Insights

• Becoming a Digital Nomad … Chris outlines a process for becoming more mobile in your work and life style, with recommendations on devices (a smartphone), services (Google Apps or Zoho), storage, and more. And he addresses the “why” question: “As information and information workers get more modular, new value sources will arise in the value chain. Think about the changes to your business when you consider what it’d be like if fewer and fewer people showed up in the office. Imagine what works and what doesn’t work about data moving out to the Net instead of just being locked into your hard drive, or some shared office servers. How do things move differently when they don’t have to be tethered to a PLACE or a set of machines?” Chris Brogan