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Overview Catalyst Summary Table of figures Table of tables Market Developments Collaboration tools can combat diseconomies of scale Productivity suites significantly reduce human latency within an organization Content management systems are crucial for allowing employees to find and share documents Team workspaces allow dispersed teams to collaborate effectively Social networks support communities that facilitate expertise-sharing Enterprises are at different stages of the collaboration roadmap Consumer technology is influencing key elements of the collaboration suite Vendors are offering collaboration platforms that can integrate the different components of the roadmap Collaboration Decision Matrix Shortlist: IBM and Microsoft Consider: Adobe, Cisco, Novell and Oracle Explore: EMC, Google and Open Text Market Leaders Market leaders: technology assessment Market leaders: user sentiment Market leaders: market impact Vendor Analysis Adobe: collaboration radars Recommendation: consider Cisco: collaboration radars Recommendation: consider EMC: collaboration radars Recommendation: explore Google: collaboration radars Recommendation: explore IBM: collaboration radars Recommendation: shortlist Microsoft: collaboration radars Recommendation: shortlist Novell: collaboration radars Recommendation: consider Open Text: collaboration radars Recommendation: explore Oracle: collaboration radars Recommendation: consider New entrants are making the collaboration market extremely competitive Specialist vendors are important participants in the collaboration market APPENDIX Summary scores Datamonitor ratings Extended methodology Technology assessment User sentiment Market impact Sources Further reading Ask the analyst Datamonitor consulting Disclaimer List of Tables Table 1: Vendors profiled in the Collaboration Decision Matrix Table 2: Collaboration Decision Matrix- Table 3: Collaboration Decision Matrix: vendor summary scores List of Figures Figure 1: Collaboration tools allow enterprises to be more efficient organizations Figure 2: Enterprises tend to follow a well-set collaboration roadmap Figure 3: Collaboration Decision Matrix Figure 4: Market leaders analysis: technology Figure 5: Market leaders analysis: user sentiment Figure 6: Market leaders analysis: market impact Figure 7: Adobes collaboration radars Figure 8: Ciscos collaboration radars Figure 9: EMCs collaboration radars Figure 10: Googles collaboration radars Figure 11: IBMs collaboration radars Figure 12: Microsofts collaboration radars Figure 13: Novells collaboration radars Figure 14: Open Texts collaboration radars Figure 15: Oracles collaboration radars Figure 16: Expanded list of collaboration vendors