This text examines every available groupware option, including intranets, Lotus Notes, Novell GroupWise, Oracle and ICL Teamware solutions. The book gives comprehensive coverage of the intranet revolution - its advantages and disadvantages, and how intranets may be combined with other groupware. Detailed case studies of groupware implementations at Big Six accounting firms are provided. The book also covers groupware topics such as desktop video conferencing, e-mail and messaging technologies, and new Web-base meeting software. It includes sections on implementing groupware in vertical markets, ranging from the construction industry, to consulting firms, to hardware and software development teams. Also included is a comprehensive list of groupware resources, including Websites and URLs, groupware interest groups, lists of vendors and products, events, newsletters and conferences.

Author Biography

DAVID COLEMAN is the founder and conference chairman for the Groupware '9X conferences and Expo held annually in Boston, London, and San Jose. He is editor of GroupTalk, the newsletter of workgroup computing, and architect of the Business Transformation Game, a role-playing simulation that uses groupware to teach collaboration skills. He is also a principal at Collaborative Strategies, a San Francisco-based groupware consulting firm.