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Unlike many other reduced functionality office document solutions, Collabora Online provides a feature rich and familiar look and feel. Staff in many organisations were already unsettled by their new homeworking reality so the introduction of a new look and feel to learn would have simply added to their uncertainty, and further undermined productivity.” Collabora Online – A Real Alternative “Familiarity is so important when it comes to maintaining productivity. In fact, many simply found it too difficult or too expensive to make it work! As a result, many needed to find an affordable solution that was quick and easy to implement, but, importantly, was familiar to their staff.Ĭommenting, Michael Meeks, General Manager of Collabora Productivity, said: Practically overnight, many organisations found that the office document software they had relied on for so long was not as suitable when used in a distributed, less-controllable, homeworking environment. What Had Been Relied On No Longer Worked So Well The need to enable and support widespread homeworking changed all of this. For most organisations pre-pandemic this meant manageable, predictable office buildings in which their staff gathered together to work. We’ve all relied on it for years without giving it much thought – it was ‘set in stone.’ Yes, software updates and improvements in functionality have been introduced over the years, but the basic environment has remained familiar, which has helped maintain productivity.Īs its name suggests, office document software has been optimised for a traditional office environment. This has challenged organisations to find real alternative solutions to new operational challenges, such as homeworking, and question many of the norms that had previously been ‘set in stone.’įor most organisations, office document functionality underpins their productivity. Like it or not, the uncertainty we’ve all experienced over the last two years has forced change upon us. As humans we’re bad at change we much prefer what we know and actively protect the status quo.