<p>Collaboration platforms and software evolve according to employees' working habits. Vendors makethe technology more customizable and easy to integrate with existing business applications andemail, decreasing the number of unconnected platforms users rely on for team collaboration andcommunication. These all-inclusive project management and communication platforms may someday makea compelling case for abandoning a longtime business staple -- email.</p><p>Employees at Screenpush, a Los Angeles-based interactive marketing firm with 17 employees andbranch offices in Dallas, New York and France, were frustrated by having to toggle back and forthfrom project management tools and email for teamcollaboration and communication across the company's disparate offices. The company chose GlipInc., a cloud collaboration startup, to help reach its aggressive, "no more internal email" goalfor 2014.Team collaboration platform addresses organizational challenges</p><p>Screenpush builds website and marketing applications and manages small marketing campaigns forits clients -- which range from those in the fashion and sports industry to beverage makers andtechnology companies. The marketing firm needed a platform for content delivery, as well asmonitoring and managingexternal projects and clients, while also facilitating internal communication, said JoshuaOtten, CEO and managing partner of operations and strategy for Screenpush.</p><p>"Our biggest problem was retention. We were using a bunch of different project management toolscobbled together -- like Basecamp and Podio -- but they weren't very user-friendly and were tooproject- or task- based," he said.</p><p><a href="http://searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com/news/2240212627/How-one-company-replaced-email-with-team-collaboration-software">Keep reading...</a></p>