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Collaboration Software: How To Choose What’s Best For You

Feb 25, 2010
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Smallbiztechnology.com: Collaboration Software: How To Choose What’s Best For You

Advice on how to sift and evaluate the many different products available. The best advice: try them out first – they’re usually free to try. Duh.


“One of the hidden disadvantages of the Internet is that it has enabled dozens and dozens of companies to create collaboration software. While much of it has basic features such as shared files, calendars and to-do lists, virtually all of them are quite different in many ways.

It can be downright difficult to choose which one is best for your business.

One of the best things you can to choose choose collaboration software that fits you best is to try it out. When you shop for shoes or a pair of pants, what do you do? You try them on. Collaboration software is no different. If you can, suggest that 2 or 3 of your employees (or partners) try out the software so you can get the best feel for what works and does not work for you.”

Small Business Computing Staff

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