Groupware Applications

The business objectives are recorded and the very data integration and sharing is done at a large scales

Demerits of Office automation system

The primary disadvantages of office automation software 's is that it is too expensive to maintain and periodic updates are not possible at all times , the maintenance cost is high as concrete technical batch is required for getting the job done . Another aspect is to take care of the evolution of the software which changes in the dynamic business environment

IITB .ac .in (2008 ) mentions that another demerit

is the high dependence on such software makes it quite difficult to trust any human being on information and would derive all trust on the software which further may cripple the office operations on a case of disaster

Advantages of Group collaboration software

The group collaboration software makes it easy to communicate among peers and external business units . The advantage would be to fetch communication and effectively obtain data for functioning in the tough business scenario . The group collaboration software also makes sure that all the various communication channels are maintained well for information distribution in a timely and correct manner so that one is able to fetch the right perspective for doing their job

The group collaboration software helps one to video conference with clients , suppliers , manufacturers and save a lot of time and money . They can forward samples , brochures and resource materials and lots more

Large sharing is made possible using such collaboration software which would enable one to fetch the detailed information about a particular decision (Hyperoffice .com , 2008 . Large decision parameters would make sure that all the various domains of employees are catered to their information needs

Disadvantages of Group collaboration software

The biggest disadvantage of the group collaboration software is that the communication would...