Review of collaborative software applications and integration with standard collaboration tools

Abstract

Collaborative software or groupware applications have become crucial communication channels for numerous companies all over the world. Nowadays it's really hard to keep track of huge amount of data and information that even small enterprises deal with. Knowledge management also plays a significant role in the whole story. Assuming all this, it is essential to know how those applications can help speeding up processes in almost every company, as well as making employees more productive. This review introduces some notable software solutions and possibilities to integrate them with the email. Furthermore, it provides both the comparison between given solutions and suggestions on what types of businesses are suitable for some of these applications.