Irish college gives open workflow software good grades

[Lodahl]

KDEG needed to streamline its workflow and implement cross-platform compatibility, since the group comprises a mix of OpenOffice.org and Word users. Researchers had tried to collaborate using email, but version control was a major problem. KDEG found an answer to the problem right across the street at IBM's Advanced Center for Technology Studies. "When we first encountered IBM Workplace Collaboration Services, we were interested in it as part of our research," says Alex O'Connor, a postgraduate student in KDEG whose work is funded by the Embark Initiative of the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology. "But we quickly realized that the product could also be a useful tool for managing our research and resolving publishing needs. Ultimately, we decided that it could help our teams perform more efficiently."
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