Google aims Plus at the enterprise as consumer side falters
Google sees a ‘new direction’ for its social network after a security flaw prompts it to kill off the consumer version. Google Plus is being tied more tightly into G Suite.
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Facebook opens Workplace Chat to multi-company groups
The expanded Workplace chat function is designed to improve collaboration between workers at separate organizations.
Slack embraces email with its Astro acquisition
The collaboration software firm sees its future success in communications channels, but its latest purchase shows email isn’t dead yet.
Microsoft aims Teams at more frontline workers, retires StaffHub
At its Ignite conference, the company said its collaboration tool is now used by 329,000 organizations, including 87 of the Fortune 100.
Quip builds out productivity offerings with 'Slides'
Quip, which is owned by Salesforce, sees Slides as an alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides.
Slack adds enterprise key management for Enterprise Grid users
EKM gives Enterprise Grid customers keys used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data stored in the popular team chat app.
Atlassian exec apologizes to HipChat and Stride users for Slack decision
Atlassian co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said the decision to discontinue support for its team chat apps ‘was not one we took lightly.’
Atlassian launches Jira Ops
Boston-based OpsGenie’s ‘next-generation’ alert tools will integrate with the latest addition to Atlassian’s Jira product family to help IT operations teams deal with outages.
US universities roll out Alexa devices to answer students’ questions
Saint Louis University CIO says that Alexa could be used to boost faculty productivity too.
Zoho One adds AI and analytics upgrades at its one-year mark
The Indian software firm’s all-in-one business app suite has seen impressive growth since its launch in 2017, says analyst.
Google touts G Suite momentum in office productivity battle
Although the company unveiled a range of updates at Cloud Next this week, it faces a long slog as it seeks to displace Microsoft in the workplace.
Google adds AI features to G Suite, including ‘Smart Reply’ for Hangouts Chat
Google is adding new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to G Suite as it aims to attract more users to its cloud-based productivity apps.
The next corporate collaboration tool: Podcasts?
As companies look for new ways to share info with workers – especially those who may work remotely – they may soon turn to podcasts. The hard part: creating content that engages.
GoToMeeting adds AI transcription features, Amazon Alexa integration
LogMeIn-owned videoconferencing tool also gets text chat function.
Slack outage causes disruption, but highlights importance of team chat
As cloud services become ubiquitous in the workplace, expectations for uptime rise.