Because all of their files and other assets are synced in the cloud, they can share them with collaborators in their workgroups seamlessly as well.

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To lead collective work to create products or operate other areas of business, their workers need to effectively draw others together into workgroups and projects.

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The last two hosted applications are great for small workgroups (less than ten people) who want to get a simple but powerful CRM up and running quickly.

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Other new features include bringing teams to Creative Cloud, which on top of providing the latest upgrades and updates also brings virtual workgroups and 100GB of cloud storage per user.

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In brief, the formation element offers different notions in the form of social networks, workgroups or matrix teams, communities, and swarms, based on how these groups are created, and how members join in.

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By becoming a Platinum member of The Linux Foundation, HP will have a seat on the Board of Directors and will be directly involved in advancing Linux-based initiatives, workgroups, Labs, events, and more that support its business goals.

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