"Providing employees with collaboration tools that enable them to work
together effectively, no matter where they may be located, is no longer a
wish-list or nice-to-have item -- it's a requirement," said
Novell(R) Teaming + Conferencing supports interoperability, greater flexibility and a new model for collaboration through a more "open" technology development process that allows customers and partners to participate in product innovation. Open standards and open source-inspired online workspaces and social networking with real-time conferencing help individuals and teams be more productive and organizations be more successful. Novell Teaming + Conferencing helps boost end-user and team productivity and reduce overall customer costs by improving the everyday business processes people engage in to create, share, discuss and manage information, allowing people and technology to work as one.
When the 31 survey respondents who said they were using more flexible, next-generation collaboration platforms were asked which benefits they are already experiencing, the top responses were increased productivity (48 percent); improved communication and knowledge sharing among staff, partners and suppliers (39 percent); and the ability to capture and exploit knowledge (39 percent). More than a third cited reduced costs, including reduced travel expenses, along with better decision-making throughout the organization and better alignment among employees, teams and management.
According to the IDG survey, companies are particularly interested in ensuring their knowledge workers use collaboration tools to increase organizational innovation, productivity and efficiency, with 67 percent of respondents saying it is of critical or high importance. And 52 percent say it is of critical or high importance that their knowledge workers have access to next-generation collaboration tools and software like wikis, blogs and online team workspaces, which are all part of Novell Teaming + Conferencing.
Customers Benefit from Teaming + Conferencing
Novell Teaming + Conferencing is making a difference for customers around
the world. The City of Dublin (Ohio), Metropolitan Bank Group, RTC Industries,
Save Mart Supermarkets, Suffolk University,
"As a self-supplied grocery retailer, we are extremely focused on business
value, which ultimately translates into satisfying our customers and earning
more of their business," said
More information on Novell Teaming + Conferencing and complete results of the IDG Research Services collaboration survey of IT executives can be found at http://www.novell.com/teaming.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most interoperable Linux* platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For more information, visit http://www.novell.com.
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