We often use the word “Collaboration” when it comes to working with other team members from our organization or another company. Collaboration is the term used to imply people working in a team for a common cause by sharing data, voice and video. In majority of the modern organizations, collaboration signifies the use of server IT tools and technology such as:
- Voice-based communication including Unified Communication, IP telephony, hardware and software phones, voice mails and Contact Center applications.
- Video conferencing based communication tools
- Video streaming
- Software clients like websites, email, voice and video, data and video, WebEx voice and blog sites
However, there are several companies and IT product manufacturers who believe that collaboration can have a larger perimeter that would enable people to collaborate using any device of their choice and from any corner of the earth at any point in time. This implies that collaboration can be made possible on a wide range of devices that a user can choose according to his preference or availability. Thus, they will be able to complete their job irrespective of their location and time. Users will be able to take complete advantage of the latest development in the field of mobile telephony or cloud computing. They would get the opportunity to use the latest features that have been developed specifically for their devices.
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) policies, being the latest trend, has given the word collaboration a paradigm shift. The biggest benefits attached to these policies are the increase in productivity and the reduction of costs. The above combination leads to better collaboration and enhanced mobility benefiting the business in several ways. Some of the most tangible and valuable benefits are as follows:
Globalization:
Collaboration leads to globalization as the employees are able to work from anywhere around the world and that too productively. Thus, there is a marked improvement in the productivity of the employees as they are able to work in team and share ideas or collaborate with the best minds. As a company owner, you will be able to rope in the best talent from any corner or your country or the world. The integration of the new employees will be faster. Employee retention rate will also be improved as a shift in location will not lead to a loss of job.
Business Resilience:
The flexibility of time and equipment offered by wider collaboration leads to powerful business resilience – employees will be able to work from anywhere and with any device of their choice. For instance, if there is a snowstorm in a particular office location then the employees will be able to work from any other location with the help of their handheld devices like smartphones and laptops. They need not come to the office and can collaborate with other people by using advanced collaboration tools.
Performance Improvement and Cost Reduction
The latest technologies have been adopted and sustained because they have not only helped improve productivity of employees but at the same time saved money. Video conferencing, VPN and many other technologies have helped the employees work at any point in time irrespective of their location. Higher productivity and cost reduction are the only reasons why the collaboration tools and technologies have managed to sustain.
Environmental benefits
The better collaboration tools have reduced the travel for employees, which has indirectly reduced the production of GHGs or Greenhouse Gases. Video conferencing has significantly cut down on travel for executives, which has a considerable contribution in the reduction of CO2 emissions.
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