When we’re all in the same office all the time, it’s easy enough to collaborate. In the real world, we’re on the go, or in different time zones to begin with.

Collaboration can be synchronous, with everyone sharing a screen and chatting. It can also be a matter of giving everyone access to a file so collaboration can take place over time as each member of the team adds and adjusts. Too often, though, it ends up being a matter of multiple iterations and emails, .27 of which get lost.

Take advantage of the technologies that make remote collaboration work better.

Here are some options:

• Adobe Share (Acrobat) and ConnectNow are easy to use and have an interface familiar to Adobe users.
• GoToMeeting is another way to share screens, with voice or chat.
• Dropbox is an easy way to send files. FileReplicationPro is the powerhouse alternative.
• Google Docs can feel clunky compared to some of the others, but it’s free and everyone has access.
• SimpleGroupware is an open source option with email, CMS, and other components. There’s a mobile version now, too.

If you try out a few possibilities and they don’t fit your needs precisely, we can build something that’s exactly right for your workflow and setting.

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