Question: EXPLORING THE INTERNET
Computer technology is a fast-paced, highly competitive industry in which product life cycles sometimes are measured in months or even weeks. To keep up with changes and trends in hardware and software, MIS managers routinely must scan computer publications and websites that discuss new products. A major topic of interest among MIS managers is groupware, software that facilitates the management of large projects among geographically dispersed employees, as well as group activities such as problem solving and brainstorming.
Assignment: 1. Use a search engine and enter the keyword "groupware" to locate companies that provide this type of software. Try the demonstration edition of the groupware if it is available.
2. Based on your research of this business application, why do you think groupware is growing in popularity?
3. Describe the structure of one of the groupware programs you examined as well as your impressions of its value to users.