From Forbes ASAP "Forbes supplement on the information aga -- business
at warp speed"April 7,1997
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Groupware, running on intranets, can provide platform-independent
knowledge sharing. Virtually every groupware maker has come out with a
Web-based version.
Lotus Develoment's Domino lets Web users search Notes databases, view
contents, and create, edit, and delete documents. Alan Baren,
groupware and Internet strategist for Coopers and Lybrand, says,
"domino not only allows us to publish internally, butalso enables us to have interactiveforms, threaded discussions, and even personal Web
pages for all 16,000 employees.
Using Livelink by Open Text, a web browser, and a password, employees
anywhere in the world can access, share, and track documents. John
Lines, director of IT at Conoco, the oil and gas producer and
refiner, says Conoco plans to use Livelink in its process safety
management group. Lines says Livelink will "make available all the
documentation for safety and operational procedures to all employees.
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