As I mentioned in Real-Time Collaborative Editing , I had a fantastic experience participating in group editing of a Mind Map of collaborative tools during a session at Learn Trends. You can see the result below. But it was interesting to see the results exported which I've embedded below. MORE >>

Now an essential tool for approximately one billion mobile workers across the globe, email continues to dominate the way in which we communicate. With web workers now using more sophisticated collaborative apps and social business tools to communicate and share information, are we going to see email’s reign come to an end? Simple. Indeed, MORE >>

Unlike apps like Yammer and Socialtext , which are trying to be more general social tools for the enterprise, WorkSimple concentrates specifically on the sharing of goals. The tool allows managers to provide continuous feedback through comments, goal tracking and goal reviews. MORE >>

As Google+ is a general-purpose social networking tool, a user can connect with any other Google+ user. Hangouts is Google+’s built-in multi-user video chat tool. Hangouts isn’t Google+’s only collaboration tool. Why Google+ isn’t the perfect enterprise social-networking tool — yet. MORE >>

While it’s certainly premature to declare email — which turned 40 years old in 2011 — “dead” as a technology, it’s fair to acknowledge that a new generation of communication tools is gaining traction as a more effective means of communication for the enterprise. BonitaSoft chatter Email Facebook Future Of Work Twitter Yammer8, 2011. MORE >>