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Session

Case Study: Examining The Results of Peer-to-Peer Collaboration at PricewaterhouseCoopers

Jamey Harvey, Founder, Co-President & Chief Product Officer, Ikimbo

Track: Business Track
Date: Friday, February 16
Time: 11:30am - 12:00pm
Location: Grand Ballroom

Peer-To-Peer Enterprise Collaboration Beta Trials

Market overview; definition of worldwide problem; definition of PWC problem- secure instant communication/file sharing
What are the challenges of rolling out scalable, privately branded business collaboration hubs to their employees, partners and customers?
Quantifying the business benefits of enterprise collaboration and communication software
- peer-to-peer and group-to-group file, application and information sharing
- business-class instant messaging as a platform
- wireless/PDA integration
- e-commerce opportunities
- open APIs for third party development
Calculating the cost savings that PriceWaterhousecoopers have made by:
- only purchasing the computing power needed for current projects
- reducing administration and infrastructure costs associated with esoteric hardware
- scaling capacity based on actual not projected demands?
Utilizing self-upgrading platforms which automatically increase in speed as their participants upgrade their computers