Blog #4

Taylor Therrien
Top 10 Mobile Apps for Business Collaboration

The article I chose to do this blog on was the Top 10 Mobile Apps for Business Collaboration. When I saw the title of the article I knew it was something I was interested in. Being in a business school and knowing I want to be successful in business, I figured this might not only be an easy assignment to complete, but also a valuable lesson. Since average college students are on their phones for a large amount of time out of the day, this could be a helpful hint for anyone who wants to be a successful business person and get the most use out of their phone. There are ten applications but going through all of them would take a lot of time. Out of the ten, I picked out my favorite four. The first application is Cisco WebEx. This application makes it easy for anyone to host and/or conduct online meetings. This is perfect for anyone in a time crunch who needs to get tasks done right away. The next application is Microsoft SharePoint. This application provides a portal for file sharing, communication, and content management. This application is only available on the iPhone. The third application is called Salesforce Chatter. This is like a business twitter. You can post presentations, and statuses about anything business related. The next application is Seesmic. This is a great application because it resembles twitter only it's a social networking site for business and management professionals. It's a great way of fast communication. I feel that all of these applications could be seen as a necessity for business people that are on their phones constantly. Using your phone for communication and a business tool is something that is getting more and more popular by the day. Collaboration is extremely important is today's culture, and especially in business. If there were no collaboration, communication would be a downfall and therefor business would dramatically shift for the worse. These applications make collaboration and in specific, business collaboration a lot easier.