Cloud Collaboration: What is It and How Can It Help Your Organisation?
The 21st-century world is observing consistent evolution and development. One of the driving forces of evolution is Technology.
30th May 2023 By Adosphere
The 21st-century world is observing consistent evolution and development. One of the driving forces of evolution is Technology. Technology has played a wonderful role in enhancing the productivity of workplaces and businesses. Leaders and managers can create better and more efficient teams and strategies by employing technology and different tools. Platforms like Workplace by Meta and Adosphere, offer a variety of features and tools which have enhanced the efficiency and productivity of teams and workplaces.
With the partnership between Adosphere and Workplace, the professional world has gained a unique platform which can enable productive collaboration between teams.
Businesses are increasingly using cloud-based team collaboration tools to bring together teams from all over the world.
According to the latest State of the Cloud report, 81% of enterprises have a multi-cloud strategy, which includes the use of both public and private clouds.
What is cloud collaboration?
Cloud collaboration enables people to work simultaneously on documents that live "in the cloud" – so you can access files from anywhere with an Internet connection.
The start of a cloud collaboration process involves one user creating a file or document and giving access to other members of the team. Anyone who has access can make changes to the document at any time, including when other people are editing or viewing it. Any changes that you make are saved and synced – so every user sees the same version of the project whenever (and wherever) they view it.
This means that people in different locations and multidisciplinary teams can collaborate on documents together. And there are other benefits, too:
Say goodbye to email attachments
It used to be the case that you'd have to email separate attachments to each person participating in a project if they were working remotely. This makes version control hard. People end up with several different versions of the same document, which complicates things – parts of the project can get missed or people duplicate the same work.
Cloud collaboration tools simplify the process by keeping files in a central location. Employees can edit and review the same document without having to send an updated version to everyone in the team.
Equal participation with other team members
Some remote employees can feel left out of the conversation. All too often, they think that they don't have the same opportunities as others to share their input, which isn't good for team morale.
With cloud collaboration tools, every employee has access to projects and can offer their viewpoint and creativity. They can also share ideas in informal online meetings.
Work as a team in real time
With the rise in flexible working, employees are no longer expected to stick to the traditional 9-5 Monday-Friday. Teams can work on projects at any time of the day and don't even have to be in the same country. Edits and updates appear in real time and everyone who has access to the document can read them.
Using the right collaboration platforms is also important. It's particularly useful if your platforms integrate with the tools that you already use. Existing cloud-based tools such as Jira and BlueJeans can be paired with platforms such as Workplace, for example. This helps speed up collaboration among your teams and helps you get the very best out of the various tools that your organisation uses every day.
Brainstorm ideas more effectively
When your teams are disparate and far-flung, it can be difficult to get everyone together to discuss ideas. The cloud can be a valuable brainstorming facility – enabling you to share thoughts and have productive interactions. The cloud is an ideal medium to develop innovative ideas and facilitate better communication between staff, project managers and other contributors.
Access large files easily
Sending and receiving large files can slow you down. Most email servers can't handle documents that are bigger than a few megabytes. With a cloud-based collaboration platform, you can share audio, video and other large files with ease. Because you're simply storing them in the cloud, there's no need to "send" them. People can go directly to the cloud storage service to find the file that they need.
Adosphere with its incredible features and tools can help teams collaborate and work better to create revolutionary service and output.
