Collaborative Software - Which one?

[david2dot0]

Who are the leaders in this area? QuickPlace? How are the competitors different? What type of customers are they trying to get (small little teams or big companies)? Thanks, David

 

[Guest_imported]

It really depends on the size/volume of data?
Locations to be reached could be ASP managed or customer managed?
How much it needs to be adapted / or straight out of packet?
Who's going to do the adapting?
What integration desired with other products, Unix,MS office?
Does it need to be industry standards based,e.g. XML?
Collaboration systems should ideally be able to be used in small and be expanded for use in large operations.

There are now a lot of systems available, so you need to define your business requirements so that the appropriate technical solution can be mapped against the appropriate product. Or the best match and then "tinkered" with.

 

[jimleeus]

As a former Lotus BP techie (admin and dev) I confess to being biased. That being said, here is a quick list of Quickplace pros and cons.

PROS:

Easy to setup (both IT and end user).
Minimal IT support cost/effort (as long as the Quickplace owners are trained in setting up their own Quickplaces and they do not require customization of their places).
The built-in feature set is outstanding, again requiring minimal IT effort to configure.

CONS:

Customization and/or integration with other apps can be a pain.
The cost - smaller shops may balk at the price (server and CALs).

Jim