Stories by Matthew Finnegan

Google sees a ‘new direction’ for its social network after a security flaw prompts it to kill off the consumer version. Google Plus is being tied more tightly into G Suite.

The expanded Workplace chat function is designed to improve collaboration between workers at separate organizations.

The collaboration software firm sees its future success in communications channels, but its latest purchase shows email isn’t dead yet.

At its Ignite conference, the company said its collaboration tool is now used by 329,000 organizations, including 87 of the Fortune 100.

Quip, which is owned by Salesforce, sees Slides as an alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides.

EKM gives Enterprise Grid customers keys used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data stored in the popular team chat app.

Atlassian co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said the decision to discontinue support for its team chat apps ‘was not one we took lightly.’

The Office 365 content collaboration tools will get the update later this year. An AI-driven file recommendation feature is coming to OneDrive as well.

Saint Louis University CIO says that Alexa could be used to boost faculty productivity too.

Atlassian’s Stride bites the dust less than a year after launch as Slack moves to strengthen its team chat position with this week’s deal.

Although the company unveiled a range of updates at Cloud Next this week, it faces a long slog as it seeks to displace Microsoft in the workplace.

As companies look for new ways to share info with workers – especially those who may work remotely – they may soon turn to podcasts. The hard part: creating content that engages.

The free version of Teams, which doesn’t require an Office 365 subscription, is designed to counter competition from Slack.

LogMeIn-owned videoconferencing tool also gets text chat function.

As cloud services become ubiquitous in the workplace, expectations for uptime rise.