Jeffrey F. Rayport - MIT Technology Review en Technology Will Make Collaboration Your Next Competitive Advantage <p>New tools are changing the way people work with each other, their companies’ partners, and their customers.</p><p><em>Editor’s note: Today we begin a new monthly topic in </em>Business Impact <em>at</em> Technology Review: <em>Collaboration Tools. Powerful software and widespread Internet connectivity are making it easier than ever for people to work together no matter where they happen to be. Throughout March we will look at the latest tools for collaboration within and between organizations. We’ll analyze why some technology-enabled collaborations work and why others don’t. We’ll explain why some collaboration tools have failed to prove useful to the employees meant to benefit from them. We’ll present case studies, profiles, and interviews that help you understand how to make the people in your organization more collaborative and more productive. </em></p> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:00:00 +0000 The Miracle of Memphis <p>A visit to FedEx’s SuperHub, where technology powers the global economy while you sleep.</p><p>The retail season is in full swing for the holidays, and it couldn’t happen without two giants of logistics, UPS and FedEx. As those brown UPS trucks remind us, the global economy thrives on “synchronizing the world of commerce.” </p> Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0000