Driving business innovation through collaboration | 17 Dec 2008 | ComputerWeekly.com

One posting on a ‘collaboration’ blog recently asked, ‘Given recent events, it's fair to say that IT managers everywhere are going to be asked, "OK, so what can you do to help us get through this downturn?" One of the suggestions was the use of open source collaboration solutions which offer a combination of cutting-edge capabilities and lower operating costs.

Collaboration has been described as the next phase of the Internet, and a $34 billion market opportunity. So this Executive overview of Innovate: Collaborate will examine the burgeoning relationship between innovation and collaboration and put key collaborative issues into context, such as the importance of ‘presence’ and whether unified communications can or should be delivered as a service.

Driving business innovation through collaboration | 17 Dec 2008 | ComputerWeekly.com