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The dizzying array of communication tools we use in the workplace has led to unprecedented levels of information overload. Is more technology the answer?

Four pillars form the foundation of team collaboration — and an increasing number of collaboration apps are looking to incorporate all four.

According to the latest buzz, the metaverse will change everything about how we interact with each other. While potentially true, we should heed some warnings.

We still have a long way to go to realize the potential of remote collaboration.

Slack, Zoom and Microsoft Teams are morphing into a new generation of development platforms that will become tomorrow’s desktops ... wherever we work.

Without access to the office printer, are we finally making the long-predicted move to the paperless office?

Companies have allowed the promise of asynchronous tools to be corrupted into turning the ‘always on’ business culture into overdrive.

Microsoft collected an enormous amount of workplace analytics in 2020. Taken together, we can get a glimpse into what the future of work might hold.

Which is it: are we wildly productive working at home? Or are we burned out, stir-crazy, cabin-fevered and barely holding on to our sanity?

Solving workplace information overload is bit of a grail for organizations. Will Viva Topics break the logjam?

Microsoft's new Viva platform aims to address the total employee experience. We take a closer look at its potential for collaboration.

While analysis of the Salesforce–Slack acquisition has all been valid, it leaves out one critical element: Slack's new Connect offering.

Project Cortex is more of a vision than a product, and SharePoint Syntex is the first service on the road to realizing that vision.

As part of Microsoft’s Project Cortex rollout, Microsoft is advocating for new knowledge management positions, staffed by living, breathing human beings.

What unintended positive impacts can you take away from this period of change within your company to leverage going forward?

Perhaps now is the time to think less about "getting more stuff done" and concentrate instead on "stuff worth doing."

Collaboration products have been around in their current form since the 1980s. So are the latest products all that different, other than the "teamwork" name?

Project Cortex offers enormous potential for dealing with information overload at work, but can it deliver in its current timeline?

Microsoft now offers nine different collaboration tools, all with overlapping functionality. No wonder its customers are confused