Best Practices for Enabling Secure External Collaboration

Author: Irwin Lazar, President and Principal Analyst

Table of Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • The Rise of Team Collaboration
  • Business Benefits of Team Collaboration
  • Why Email isn’t the Answer for B2B Collaboration
  • Safely Extending Team Collaboration to Business Partners
  • B2B Team Collaboration Approaches
    • Direct Federation
    • Guest Accounts
    • Third-Party Federation Services
  • Picking the Right Approach: What to Look For?
  • Vendor Comparisons
  • Conclusions and Recommendations