How cloud-based collaboration boosts performance

Online collaboration has evolved during the last decade, delivering even greater value - thanks to a new generation of business technology applications. 

Forbes Insights released 'Collaborating in the Cloud,' a Cisco-sponsored study examining the ways business leaders increasingly look at cloud collaboration as a way to increase productivity, accelerate business results and enhance innovation across borders and functions.

The research combines a global survey of more than 500 executives with 15 executive interviews.

'The ability to collaborate in the cloud is becoming a key driver of competitive advantage,' says Bruce Rogers, Chief Insights Officer of Forbes Media. 'Leading companies are doing more to foster cloud-based collaboration - not only internally, but also with an ever-wider swath of external groups including customers, suppliers, partners, and even regulators.' 

The benefits of cloud-based collaboration, Rogers continues, include 'greater efficiency, organizational dexterity, and innovation,' to name only a few. 

Key findings from the market study include ...