Hu Yashida, CTO Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) gets right down to the point of why effective collaboration, both inside an organization and outside with customers and partners alike, is going to be the key competitive differentiator for companies in a world going increasing flat.
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[referring to the book - The World is Flat, by Tom Friedman]
....found it very interesting, especially the chapter on "How Companies Cope". In this chapter Friedman gives 6 rules for corporate success in a Flat World. Rule number 4: "The best companies are the best Collaborators" ...
HDS believed that we needed to build on our core competence of storage and data services, and work through partnerships and collaboration to grow our business.
Connectbeam facilitates this business model by providing a Web 2.0 style, information and knowledge sharing, and co-creating, application for companies to engage with their partners and customers.
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