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Collaboration

The latest News and Information on Collaboration, tools and related technologies.

How not to do remote collaboration

Collaborating remotely has historically been a challenge — and now that so many more of us are home and interacting virtually, those challenges are more apparent than ever. Fortunately, Miro makes collaboration significantly more manageable. Simply put, collaboration is the act of working together to create something. It might be a website, a diagram of some kind, or a vision statement. The key is people coming together to work. But before Miro, there were other ways to collaborate online.

10 Commandments to Become a Customer Support Rockstar in 2021

Gone are the days when customer support was just about resolving your customer’s issue. It has now become a key component of a brand’s overall customer experience and plays a vital role in differentiating it from the competition. 73% of customers fall in love with a brand and remain loyal because of friendly customer service reps, says a report by RightNow.

Dev Sneak Peek: Collapsed Reply Threads

We’ve heard your feedback and are happy to announce that Mattermost will be introducing Collapsed Reply Threads in beta early next year! This feature is a top priority for our team and is the most voted feature request on our idea forum. Threads are core to the messaging experience in Mattermost. They allow users to organize conversations about various topics within a channel.

Messaging is now mainstream: Salesforce's acquisition of Slack

The internet is changing all aspects of business communication, and with more of us than ever working remotely, it’s a change that is accelerating. Messaging—the ability to synchronously communicate with teams, coordinating work and workflows—is at the center of this new mode of day-to-day business life. The importance of messaging tools—like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Mattermost—is well-known to those who have already made this shift.

Part 1: Increase Revenue Using Automated Customer Support Alerts

Here at TeamSupport we talk a lot about tools you can use to gauge customer sentiment and measure the overall health of the relationship you have with each of your customers. Why is this important? Because of the high-value nature of B2B (business-to-business) customers, missing the signs that one may be unhappy or at risk of leaving can prove costly.

Gitter goes native!

Like proud parents, we’re delighted to announce that Gitter now has true native connectivity with Matrix. It’s only been two months since Gitter joined Element, so already going native is pretty quick work. Matrix users now appear in Gitter like any other user, although with their Matrix ID and a Matrix flair (icon) next to their username. Likewise, Gitter users now appear as native within Matrix, but with their Gitter username, display name and avatar.

New Release: Read More About Rocket.Chat 3.9

It’s the most wonderful time of the month: and by that we mean release time – Rocket.Chat 3.9 is here! To make sure you don’t miss out on anything, we listed the most important features and improvements of our newest version below. If you wish to view the original and full list, click here!

How we scale our Tech culture at Freshworks

“Culture forms the bedrock of everything we do at Freshworks.” – Suman Gopalan, CHRO Freshworks When the pandemic broke out in March 2020, at Freshworks we were apprehensive about a lot of things, particularly about how we were going to collaborate across teams in different locations and get things done. Fast forward to September, we are quite proud of how far we have come, and of all the things we have been able to achieve.

Wire - The future of communication starts here.

Wire™ is the most secure collaboration platform, transforming the way businesses communicate at the same speed that our founders disrupted telephony with Skype. Headquartered in Berlin with offices in Switzerland and San Francisco, Wire’s award-winning collaboration and communication platform counts over 1,800 enterprise customers worldwide. Recognized by IDC, Forrester, and Gartner as one of the most secure collaboration platforms, Wire offers messaging, audio/video conferencing, file-sharing, and external collaboration - all protected by the strongest end-to-end encryption.