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The article in the New York Times, “Cisco Adds New Technologies to Collaboration Tool Chest,” highlights the new collaboration systems they are implementing. These tools aim is to bring together businesses from all around the globe. They want to move away from a text-based system such as e-mail and use more “People-centric” tools. They have designed their systems to work with any devise from phones to computers. They focused on having the right server, storage and networking infrastructure to make company-to-company collaboration unfold easily without problems. To keep with Cisco’s company aim they have kept the focus on using collaboration but with safety features as their main focus. Some of the new tools are a video posting site, a TelePresence WebEx Engage, which is an application that allows scheduling with video integration between Cisco TelePresence and Cisco WebEx conferencing. The changes have made it easier to collaborate.
This article relates to chapter ten Enterprise Resource Planning and collaboration Systems. This type of upgrade is a form of information technology that directly relates and drives business. Collaboration enables a business to work closely in groups. This allows for feedback that can have huge impacts on business. The live conferencing is especially important because it speeds up communication and saves the cost of traveling. This also allows for businesses to become more personal. When you see the other user business becomes more personal. It also changes the meaning of communication. A userer can physically see your reactions and respond in a real time.
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