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A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to the future of collaboration

Businesses are using collaborative software to operate in revolutionary new ways. In this 13-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at:

  • How a new generation of collaborative software could prove a knowledge management boon. But when so many channels are in use, Peter Ray Allison questions if this may only contribute towards information overload.
  • The use of content collaboration platforms enabling businesses to create an agile and modern digital workplace
  • Chromebooks as collaboration clients, both in Google-oriented and mixed-platform environments

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