In computing, things change at the speed of light, and most things are short-lived, because new, better solutions are always waiting. Everyone is predicting a decline for Facebook, especially now that its "wrinkles" are already gathering. For some time now, he has been quietly preparing this "Facebook at Work", which is supposed to challenge the cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 and Google Docs, as well as the Linkedin business network.
It's not that Facebook hasn't crossed the threshold of offices yet, but there it's only used there when the boss isn't looking. But a new product, an application under a working name Facebook at Work (they have been using it for collaboration and chatting for a long time). employees Facebook), which should provide the user with a channel to chat with colleagues, connect with customers and external colleagues, and work together on shared documents, should no longer be disruptive productivity, but helped build it. So the mean boy turns into a good one.
It's supposed to be some kind of thing business-social-cloud a minestrone with the spices of Google Docs, Microsoft Office 365. Although this version will look like almost identical as an already familiar platform, with "newsfeeds" and everything else, the "official" Facebook will be separated business from pleasure, which means a division into general and work profiles. The matter is currently already in the testing phase at some companies, but Facebook has been tight-lipped about the details. What we do know is that the service should not charged. Not at first.
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Who will Facebook benefit from? The site, which is supposed to allow users to communicate in selected groups and collaborate on shared projects, will be a direct competition to Microsoft, more precisely its service Office 365, which operates in the cloud and includes a private social network Yammer– an internal corporate communication channel that was purchased in 2012- ter OneDrive and SharePoint, services that allow sharing of folders and documents. It will also have Google as a competitor Google Drive, a cloud where we can store and back up files for free and access them from a variety of sources.
Status too LinkedIn– a social network where an individual can connect with experts from his "foh", he expands his network within or outside his profession, access to personnel, builds his business reputation and looks for a job (it is a kind of job market) - he is at risk, but the cloud "warehouse" DropBox and fresh Slack, a program (intended for a company) for direct messaging, where thematic worlds are created and where turns work into fun. Although some argue that Facebook's intention is a patellar reflex on Slack, Facebook at Work is not something thrown together hastily, but an app that has been in the works for years, although without a real deadline. Only time will tell what, if anything, will come out of it.
