National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education Collaboration in the Cloud Online Tools for Transportation Research AASHTO RAC Annual Meeting July 26-29, 2010 Steve Wagner University of Wisconsin- Madison
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National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education
Collaboration in the Cloud
Online Tools for Transportation
Research
AASHTO RAC Annual Meeting
July 26-29, 2010
Steve Wagner
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Collaboration requires efficient communication across time, space, and
disparate systems.
Cloud computing is web-based and agnostic
regarding time, location, and operating system.
Systems
Cloud computing requiresa computer, an Internet connection, and a web
browser.
Location
Applications in the cloud do not care about your location.
Time
Synchronous
Real-time, multi-userediting environments.
[Etherpad Screenshot]
MeetingWordsCollabedit
SubEthaEditPiratePad
GobbySync.in
Google Wave
Real-time, multi-usercommunicationenvironments.
[Campfire Screenshot]
EchowavesHipChatMibbit
Google Wave
Asynchronous
Asynchronous, multi-user editing environments for
single documents.
[Writeboard]
Live DocumentsZoho Writer
Google DocsThinkFree
Asynchronous, multi-user environments for multiple, interlinked