the new business value of today’s collaboration trends

The New Business Value of Today’s Collaboration Trends

Colleen O’Keefe

SVP & GM, Collaboration Solutions and Global Services

Novell, Inc.

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TIME IS MONEY


Collaboration Trends

Business Use Case

Customer Perspective on Business Value


• Slide will have no words on it –

• Slow moving collaboration tools result in a slow

moving businesses

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2010 State of the CIO Survey

Source: CIO Magazine, 2010 State of the CIO Survey, January 2010

Rank improving end-user workforce productivity as their top projected accomplishment


Some Workers Are Finding Zero Benefit From Collaboration Software

Source: Workforce Technographics® US, Canada, and UK Survey, Q3 2009

Don’t find collaboration tools necessary to accomplish their job


Stay in the Loop

Get Feedback

Work Together


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Stay in the Loop

Problem: Users needing information must

continually seek it out; time consuming. Knowledge

is dropped on the floor and people are making

decisions without the right information

Need: A way to find appropriate information from

experts and communities and be made aware of

updates when they happen

Benefits: More agile, more effective, more

informed workforce. Achieve better results, faster

DemonstrationStay in the Loop


Stay in the Loop – Summary

• Find relevant people and communities

• Follow users and groups

• Get notified

• See a flow of relevant information

• Make more informed decisions


Get Feedback

Problem: Traditional collaboration is slow, un-engaging, and

lacks a vehicle to request input from a large body of interested

parties. It’s hard to track progress and drive results

Need: A way to gather input and feedback into

a single, shared, real-time conversation

Benefits: Get immediate

feedback from the right people;

reach the best decisions faster

DemonstrationGet Feedback


Get Feedback – Summary

• Publish work-in-progress

• See who’s available to jump in and offer feedback

• Get immediate feedback—a dialog

• All feedback recorded in one place


Work Together

Problem: It’s hard to get work done with partners because of

access challenges with collaboration tools. And, waiting for revision

cycles and merging is a productivity killer

Need: Need an easy way to collaborate with partners in a rich

―work together‖ environment without compromising security

Benefits: Faster, better

collaboration with the people

who matter, wherever they work

DemonstrationWork Together


Work Together – Summary

• Working together, inside and outside the organization

• Working interactively—no merging or clean-up

• Working in your native habitat: file explorer, MS Office


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