5 Companies That Transformed Enterprise Communication in 2013
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Heather R. Huhman, Come Recommended
Dec. 3, 2013, 4:48 PM 14,115
The growth of the virtual workplace is booming. It's projected that 3.9 million employees will work remotely by 2016, and as a result, how businesses communicate internally is rapidly changing. The most recent advances in technology, video, voice and social media platforms have made enterprise communication increasingly collaborative and social. They have also significantly expanded the market.
The enterprise video conferencing market alone generated $735 million in the second quarter of 2013, a six percent increase from the previous quarter. Companies that offer enterprise communication platforms are capitalizing on this growth and helping virtual employees maintain interactive and open communication that phone lines and email simply can't provide.
Here are five companies that have changed the face of enterprise communication in 2013.
1. Salesforce
Salesforce is leading the way in enterprise cloud services. This $3 billion company has made the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market relevant to businesses of all types and sizes, reshaping enterprise communication in the process.
In 2013, Salesforce launched their Salesforce1 platform, which caters to the growing mobile movement by allowing customers to easily migrate applications to mobile devices. Salesforce also announced a partnership with Hewlett-Packard to develop a "Superpod" that will provide dedicated infrastructure for large customers to run Salesforce in the cloud. This Superpod gives us a glimpse into the future of enterprise cloud services that will offer not only the traditional shared public infrastructure, but also the option of private cloud technologies.
These announcements mean change for enterprise communication as they increase the convenience and accessibility of Saleforce's services while addressing security and regulation concerns.