Simon Barratt

Collaborative Team Workspaces: The new Locus for Team Work

Mike Fitzmaurice - Microsoft Sharepoint guy
p2p v server based workspaces
server based:
contextual, out of box, self service, alerts
p2p:
one conceptual space hosted on multiple pcs
sync by either direct or store/forward
one of the server can be a peer
GVO groove virtual office

differentiators: deployment

Andy Fax VP Product Strategy for SiteScape
Forum: Integrated RT and team workspace

Why integrate the collaborative pieces?
Exposing the collaborative tools in context of the process ands more value to the individual components.  Allows you to quickly meet and generate knowlege (collective memory)

David Marshak Senior Product Manager IBM
Visualisation of communication and activity centric collaboration

Activity based collaboration, Just drop the document on the contact that you wish to review it with.

Presence on objects (you know when an object is being looked at)

Lance Shaw - Product Marketing EMC
product: eroom
managed content in context with people and processes

event triggered collaboration

improving business processes

Case Study: Lessons from using Collaborative Workspaces in Financial Services
Thomas Fredell CTO IntraLinks Inc

lots on information across lots of different companies
single shared workspace for all the banks to work on sharing information on syndicated loans

value:
it works - removes costs courier fedex
neutral 3rd party is a necessity - competitors would rather work this way with you
technology is critical, but not enough - still needs good support
'confidentiality' must me comprehensive, from vetting the people to securing the data