Alternatives to email
The report of the International Data Corporation and the McKinsey Global Institute shows that workers spend 28% of their work time reading and responding to electronic messages, which reduces productivity by 25%. E-mail has become the primary means of communication for each organization. Replacing the email is difficult, but, nevertheless, possible.
Email has certain drawbacks that have forced owners and employees of companies to think about a suitable alternative that can effectively replace email. E-mail lacks transparency, letters can be ignored or forgotten, they do not require an instant response, the average response time is too long, which does not provide the necessary efficiency in solving problems and questions.
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The global information technology provider Atos, headquartered in France, was able to reduce email usage by 64% due to an internal interaction system that functions as a wiki. Community members based on a project, client, or topic can jointly edit documents, gaining consent from other participants and stakeholders.
So, if your organization is interested in alternative ways to communicate to increase employee productivity, here are some communication tools that can help:
He adapts the most useful functions of social networks for the daily activities of the company. Provides: disk (cloud storage for files), corporate messenger, mail, calendar, CRM (customer relationship management system), chat and video calls, a single interactive event stream in the corporate portal, online work with documents, their joint editing, social and mixed LAN functions, etc. Bitrix24 helps managers monitor the timely execution of tasks in the divisions, and also manages personnel.
"Zuu-lah" means a place where a person is happy, relaxed and where he is most comfortable. ZulaApp allows the team to manage the task without attachment to a desktop computer. In this case, well-established cooperation and productivity by mobile phone is offered. Zula has all the tools the team needs for constant interaction: instantly joining the conversation, discussing ideas, distributing content, online chats, calls, video conferencing, email, etc.
UcallWeconn provides IP-telephony services, offers affordable international calls at high speed. You can call from a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone. One of the features of UcallWeconn is the ability to purchase and quickly connect a virtual phone number in more than 70 countries. It can be used on Google Chrome for Android mobile or Firefox Browse for Android.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is one of tens of thousands of teams from around the world using Slack to work. Slack is a corporate instant messenger that has all the basic functions like: direct messages, file sharing, integration with existing services (G-drive and Dropbox), search in the archive, customized messages, etc. Most importantly, most features can be used for free. Slack collects in one window discussions in general topics, private groups and personal messages. The messenger has its own hosting, preview mode for images. Slack is called "Skype killer and corporate e-mail."
Microsoft Sharepoint is a platform for creating a corporate portal, a program for organizing collaboration. Offers some simple features to improve performance, integrates seamlessly with O365 and Yammer, has advanced security technologies. With the program it is very easy to start a conversation or work together on files. Sharepoint interacts with One Drive, which provides 1TB per person for $ 5 / month. As part of Office 365, OneDrive for Business allows you to use familiar tools to create, edit and view documents in real time.
HipChat offers group and private chat, file sharing and smart integration to stimulate employee productivity. Functions include continuous operation, mobility, search capability, video calls, screen sharing and security. Access is provided using a program that runs on Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and even Linux. HipChat can be integrated with over 80 services, such as JIRA, Bitbucket, GitHub, Heroku, Zendesk, Mailchimp, etc.
Jive is one of the leading providers of modern communications and collaboration solutions for businesses. The main products he offers include: Jive N (pre-built pages for employees, open sales, HR portal, technical support, and more), Jive X (easily customizable and promoted optimization solutions for mobile phones; the solution is easily integrated with CRM and marketing system), Jive Chime (real-time messaging, private and public chat), Jive Daily (the company’s news application) and Jive Circle (mobile employee directory).
An application that works with an existing email. Merges emails and messages, groups them together with relevant files and sends them to a specific location. Fleep can be used on PC or Mac, Android or iPhone. Files are distributed and saved in File Drawer, important notes and task lists are stored in Pinboard and it's all easy to find.
Email has certain drawbacks that have forced owners and employees of companies to think about a suitable alternative that can effectively replace email. E-mail lacks transparency, letters can be ignored or forgotten, they do not require an instant response, the average response time is too long, which does not provide the necessary efficiency in solving problems and questions.
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The global information technology provider Atos, headquartered in France, was able to reduce email usage by 64% due to an internal interaction system that functions as a wiki. Community members based on a project, client, or topic can jointly edit documents, gaining consent from other participants and stakeholders.
So, if your organization is interested in alternative ways to communicate to increase employee productivity, here are some communication tools that can help:
Bitrix24
He adapts the most useful functions of social networks for the daily activities of the company. Provides: disk (cloud storage for files), corporate messenger, mail, calendar, CRM (customer relationship management system), chat and video calls, a single interactive event stream in the corporate portal, online work with documents, their joint editing, social and mixed LAN functions, etc. Bitrix24 helps managers monitor the timely execution of tasks in the divisions, and also manages personnel.
Zulaapp
"Zuu-lah" means a place where a person is happy, relaxed and where he is most comfortable. ZulaApp allows the team to manage the task without attachment to a desktop computer. In this case, well-established cooperation and productivity by mobile phone is offered. Zula has all the tools the team needs for constant interaction: instantly joining the conversation, discussing ideas, distributing content, online chats, calls, video conferencing, email, etc.
Ucallwecon
UcallWeconn provides IP-telephony services, offers affordable international calls at high speed. You can call from a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone. One of the features of UcallWeconn is the ability to purchase and quickly connect a virtual phone number in more than 70 countries. It can be used on Google Chrome for Android mobile or Firefox Browse for Android.
Slack
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is one of tens of thousands of teams from around the world using Slack to work. Slack is a corporate instant messenger that has all the basic functions like: direct messages, file sharing, integration with existing services (G-drive and Dropbox), search in the archive, customized messages, etc. Most importantly, most features can be used for free. Slack collects in one window discussions in general topics, private groups and personal messages. The messenger has its own hosting, preview mode for images. Slack is called "Skype killer and corporate e-mail."
Sharepoint
Microsoft Sharepoint is a platform for creating a corporate portal, a program for organizing collaboration. Offers some simple features to improve performance, integrates seamlessly with O365 and Yammer, has advanced security technologies. With the program it is very easy to start a conversation or work together on files. Sharepoint interacts with One Drive, which provides 1TB per person for $ 5 / month. As part of Office 365, OneDrive for Business allows you to use familiar tools to create, edit and view documents in real time.
HipChat
HipChat offers group and private chat, file sharing and smart integration to stimulate employee productivity. Functions include continuous operation, mobility, search capability, video calls, screen sharing and security. Access is provided using a program that runs on Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and even Linux. HipChat can be integrated with over 80 services, such as JIRA, Bitbucket, GitHub, Heroku, Zendesk, Mailchimp, etc.
Jive
Jive is one of the leading providers of modern communications and collaboration solutions for businesses. The main products he offers include: Jive N (pre-built pages for employees, open sales, HR portal, technical support, and more), Jive X (easily customizable and promoted optimization solutions for mobile phones; the solution is easily integrated with CRM and marketing system), Jive Chime (real-time messaging, private and public chat), Jive Daily (the company’s news application) and Jive Circle (mobile employee directory).
Fleep
An application that works with an existing email. Merges emails and messages, groups them together with relevant files and sends them to a specific location. Fleep can be used on PC or Mac, Android or iPhone. Files are distributed and saved in File Drawer, important notes and task lists are stored in Pinboard and it's all easy to find.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/302080/
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