Slack has raised another $427M bringing their total to $1.2B, yes... with a B. This is their 11th funding round. In the video below, I discuss how I expect Slack's future to involve expansion of native functionality, extending them beyond their roots of group messaging (IRC) to include more core collaboration, coordination and content creation capabilities.
Alan Lepofsky - VP and Principal Analyst, Constellation Research. With almost two decades of experience in the collaboration software industry, Lepofsky helps organizations improve the way their employees work together to get their jobs done. Lepofsky’s primary research area The Future of Work, focuses on: integrating collaboration and business processes (Purposeful Collaboration), structuring work via Social Task Management, leveraging analytics and digital assistants to work more productively, the strategic impact of mobile computing on business transformation, and measuring workforce culture based on Digital Proficiency instead of age.
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