name some other areas where such software can be useful. discuss at least one such area.

INTERACTIVE SESSION: TECHNOLOGY Collaborating the Glasscubes Way The current business environment poses a number with the firm. Using this online space, people can of challenges to the workplace and businesses must share files in tasks, discuss ideas and topics, our new ways of accommodating flexitimings and organise schedules. The collaboration software cmployees who work from home the use of per provides a centralized repository for file sharing and sonal devices for work and reduced numbers of as the storage is on the cloud there is most personal meetings. Each of these challenges requires on file or number of files that can be uploaded changes in the IT infrastructure to accommodate the to this space. The software can also automatically employee. For comple, employees are working on the same file when it is uploaded after from remote locations, they still need to connectin modifications real time to share their work progress and commu. Glasscules's Team Collaboration feature allows nicate with others. In such cases, a virtual space is participants to have conversations by posting required for employee collaboration messages on the workspace to be viewed by all team The National School of Healthcare Science members who can also comment on the post. New (NSHCS) was established in 2011 by Health attachments can also be posted here. A feature called cation England (West Midlands) to provide new Workspace Activity Feed summarizes the entire com healthcare science education and training programs versation, displaying questions, comments, etc. nationally. To implement this program NSHCS quick link, which helps in day-to-day team.com needed a way for people working in teams in differ nication. An instant messenger allows users to com ent locations to coca documents and chat municate privately if they needs, and any number on scientific topics. This document creation involved of people can be invited to join that conversation a number of external associates who are involved in Any new and important update can be highlighted in assessments, policies, strategic planning and so on. the workspace using the Workspace Announcement Using email alone for such communication proved Feature. The announcement stays in a wser's work imprudent as it led to fragmented and dignid space until they acknowledge it, thus ensuring that discussions produces multiple email threads all team members are important updates They required a better and reliable collaboration The wens can also stupa free conferences solution and looked for it at the Digital Marketplace for up to 50 participants without any prior booking or which is the government's framework for finding Willing. When a team is working on a specific project and hiring such services. After shortlisting a number that involves a number of tasks, Glasscubes allows of cloud collaboration vendors and using predete tasks to be assigned to individuals or groups as well. mined multi criteria scoring and multiple trials, the Uwers can specify details like priority, what needs to NSHCS settled on Glaubes, which rated beat in e done to complete the task, by what deadline, and both price and quality by whom. On completion, the task can be marked Based in Backinghamshire, UK, Glasscules has completed and is dusation corded. Global been offering collaboration services to firma since provides project management facilities such as Gant 2008. It has a large customer base of more than charts, critical path analysis, contand time track 50,000 customers spread bully in over 100 coun ing of tasks, and comparison with estimates. Tham tries. The name of the firm i inspired by their memben can share their individual calendars and vision of collaboration to create a tool that allows werlay them to build a team calendar that shows users to visualize information and activities outside everyone's availability. All the contacts of the organi their cube (desk, office cubicle, or floor). Glasscubes zation, including suppliers, customers and partner means providing collaboration for individuals and can be stored in Connect, a central place specifically groups who are lolated, allowing them to see and be contacts. The client firm's CRM data can also en What Gloucubes offers clients is an online be transferred here. Glasscubes also in cloud workspace ed intranet, which means that we can acces Clients can invite anyone to join this workspace it anywhere with a device that support an Internet be their employees, customers, suppliers anyone browser. Data security is not an eas all data la who needs to share information and communicate remotely hacked up using SSL encryption. This can 92 Part One Organisations Management and the Networked Enterprise also be used as an extranet by extending Invitations from anywhere, using any device. The team can now to sutaide the firm to connect to the workspace directly post their content onto the workspace, and and share information thanks to the versioning of uploaded documents, According to Start Sutherland, who heads Infor they can now be sure that the content they get is the mation and Digital Systems at the NSHC Glass latest and most accurate che's document control handling worked very well, and adoption of wp multiple online workspaces for the NSHCS and comedy 18, 2017 Duits. The more Clube invited tabam members to acca the workspace CASE STUDY QUESTIONS Name some other areas where such software can betul. Discuss at least one such area 1. Discuss the features of Glasscubes as a collabon tion of 2. Why did the NSHCS require a cool for collabor tion? Was Glasscubes a feasible option? Cose contributed by Shaki University