HTC Vive unveils standalone VR headset, collaboration app for the enterprise
The company's Vive Focus head-mounted display is now available in the U.S.; its Vive Sync app will arrive after beta testing gets under way in December.
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Making the business case for collaboration
Collaboration software can help connect disparate employees, boost team productivity, aid innovation and even bolster a company's bottom line. But justifying the expense isn't always easy. Here's how to make the case.
Dropbox Paper adds timelines for team project planning
The collaborative word processing tool is designed to provide light-weight team coordination functions and highlights efforts by Dropbox to diversify beyond content storage.
Amazon opens up Alexa for Business to third-party devices
The move allows the voice-activated digital assistant to push further into the enterprise by expanding the variety of devices in which it's embedded.
8x8's team chat app connects users to Slack, Google Hangouts and others
The unified communications firm’s goal is interoperability between a variety of rival collaboration tools; it’s included in 8x8's X Series software.
Atlassian revamps Jira Software, adds roadmaps tool
The redesign follows a multi-year migration of the popular issue-tracking app to the AWS cloud and the acquisition last year of Trello.
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.
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.