#SocBiz #FutureOfWork News Week Ending Sep 25, 2015

September 25, 2015

Here is a recap of some of the key news of the last week in the Social Business / Employee Collaboration / Future of Work world.

Did I miss something big? Please post a link in the comments.

 

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The New Salesforce UI, Intelligence and Integrations Help Employees Get Work Done

The new Microsoft Office 2016 is here

Introducing availability of Office 365 Groups in Outlook 2016

Introducing Office 365 Planner

Microsoft Invite—the easiest way to organize meetings on the go

Expanding the availability of Microsoft Send 

IBM Expands Watson Platform for Next Generation of Builders; Extends Industry’s Largest Portfolio of Cognitive APIs

Teambition is a complete and innovative team application suite

Jive Further Expands Its Executive Leadership With Appointment Of David Puglia As Chief Marketing Officer

Pingpad launches

HipChat and JIRA maker Atlassian has reportedly filed to go public

Google Keep: save your thoughts from wherever—including iPhones

Nimble Adds Group Messaging, Templates & Campaign Reports

The Coca-Cola Company Powers Secure Collaboration for 22,000 Employees with Box

BoxWorks | Transform / your business

Constellation's Connected Enterprise 2015

 

Alan Lepofsky
Alan Lepofsky
Vice President & Principal Analyst Constellation Research
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. Twitter: @alanlepo<br>LinkedIn:&nbsp;https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alanlepo &nbsp; &nbsp; , Title:&nbsp;Big IdeasIntelligent Collaboration: The… Read more
Published
September 25, 2015
Author
Alan Lepofsky
Alan Lepofsky
Categories
Business Themes
Future of Work Tech Optimization Innovation and Product-led Growth New C-Suite Sales Marketing Next-Generation Customer Experience Revenue Optimization Data to Decisions Digital Safety, Privacy, and Cybersecurity
Audience Role
Chief Marketing Officer CMO Chief People Officer Chief Revenue Officer CRO CXO
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