How Cloud Computing Has Created A Productivity Software Storm

Grazed from CCI. Author: John O’Keefe.

Wave after wave of technological innovation has crashed over businesses in the last few decades. Gone are the days when having a PC and an up-to-date office suite was the cutting-edge of corporate IT. Of course, some innovations have had bigger impacts than other. Cloud technology is the latest trend reaching the threshold of widespread adoption. The recent IPO of Box attests to the success of cloud storage companies. Much of the excitement around cloud technology is based on the door it opens to the quick adoption of other business intelligence tools. It is clearly one of the main forces driving the explosive growth of productivity software.

The growth of workplace communications

Collaborative software tools, like Slack and Join.Me, which facilitate workplace communications are experiencing unprecedented growth. More established players like Salesforce and Evernote are rapidly growing the services they offer enterprises, such as Salesforce’s analytics cloud Wave…

The e-signature market, which had seen slower uptake than other productivity tools, grew by 40% in 2014 and Docusign recently reported 70% year-on-year growth. Players in the productivity market also have the exciting prospect of growth in Western markets being matched in emerging markets as the relatively low cost of cloud computing allows countries like China and Brazil to quickly catch up…

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