PC Magazine Chances are, you work within a small team. Maybe it's your whole office, or a department within a larger office, or maybe the team constantly changes with each new assignment. Your projects typically involve exchanging files back and forth and endless email threads. PC Labs has recently concluded testing of four such solutions. Here are some things we discovered.
Virtual offices fall into two categories.
The first type, services like HotOffice and InTandem, target companies that want a corporate portal or intranet. They can be used on a per-project basis or as an entirely outsourced network infrastructure. The second type, services like eRoom and Lotus QuickPlace, focus solely on projects. In either case, you can bring a team together on the Web without having any IS infrastructure of your own. Don t expect full groupware power.