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Is WhatsApp secure for companies? Can employees carelessly discuss work-related matters via WhatsApp? WhatsApp users were caught by surprise last year when they learned that some of their data is shared with Facebook. Millions of users received a notification about the platform’s Privacy Policy Update in 2021. But the news triggered a question: how secure is WhatsApp and is it actually secure for companies? The reactions were diverse.

Are you new to the marketing business and want to connect with potential clients? Are you familiar with direct mail? Direct mail marketing approaches potential customers that a business might not have reached otherwise for many reasons. Hence, this tool can be creative, relevant, targeted, and engaging in sparking a relationship and lay the first bricks to build trust. A report shows a 5 to 2% average response rate for direct mail campaigns. To know more about this robust tool, keep reading the post.

We are excited to announce the launch of Rocket.Chat’s Instagram Direct App, enabling businesses to integrate their Instagram Business account with our Omnichannel solution. The new integration helps businesses build relationships with customers, facilitating a conversational commerce experience in Instagram DM and providing a single omnichannel platform for the various consumer touchpoints.

Basecamp has always been a top project management solution due to the fact that it charges a flat monthly fee regardless of how many users you have besides also being jam-packed with features. That being said, the unorthodox Basecamp pricing system has put it in a rather awkward position. While the $99/month price point is actually a pretty good deal if you’re working with large teams, it can be pretty expensive for companies of lesser scale.

The educational sector is currently going through major changes. The pandemic has made all education switch online for a while - and this was a wake-up call for many schools and universities to start investing in software for education. It is evident that the whole education system is lagging behind when it comes to digital transformation. However, the pandemic kick-started the growth of the EdTech market, which is expected to reach $404B by 2025.

Student collaboration tools are becoming increasingly important in contemporary education. When students collaborate, they are engaged in the learning process. Thus, collaboration in the classroom can lead to improved learning outcomes. However, student collaboration takes many forms today. Since digital education is being introduced to schools and universities, a new way to collaborate outside the classroom had to be designed.

Jive is a well-known intranet and collaboration software. Founded in 2001, it is one of the pioneers in the team collaboration industry. Having said that, Jive is not the only team collaboration software available in the market. There are plenty of tools (both old and new ones) which are great alternatives to Jive. In this article, we have used our experience in the team collaboration space and compared Jive with similar tools based on features, price, and user reviews.

When we ask our customers what IT teams appreciate most about Mattermost, security is often at the top of the list. The fine-grained control of Mattermost capabilities and the ownership of their critical data within Mattermost are the two most cited benefits. But ownership of data also implies responsibility, and much of the burden of this responsibility is placed on IT to manually execute.

Companies have been remaking the work experience over the past couple of years. This has included adjusting the way they hire, reshaping communication standards to operate well in an at least partially remote atmosphere, and developing a stronger culture overall. These shifts and changes have certainly created obstacles for scaling, but we are proud to announce that 2021 was a fantastic year of growth at Courier!

Messaging apps are meant to be simple, but the sheer volume of them can be overwhelming. You speak to Gran on Facebook because, let’s be honest, that’s the only app she knows how to use. Then we have Lucy over on Instagram. Your friends are split between Signal and Telegram. The family group chat is on WhatsApp, where you can’t get a word in edgeways. Your longtime work friend Jonathan keeps in touch via LinkedIn. All things work related go via email… and so on.