Google Docs

Google docs is a relatively current system that google provides through there email system Gmail. If you are writing a proposal for a client and need help with a specific part of the document then you can let anyone with in your company change ether the entire document or just a piece of the document. The best part about this is you don't have to create document series. a document series is when you create a document with the same name, but different sub titles. document series allows you to go back to different versions of a document as it progress through the editing stage. The problem with document series is that it can become very disorganized. document series also use more memory. With Google Docs you eliminate the need for document series by storing each individual change that is made to the document in the gross document file. the gross document file is stored on one of google docs servers and does not take up any space on your hard drive. one of the risks to Google Docs is that you won't be able to retrive a heavily changed document because gross document folders are limited by size. I could see Google Docs helping work flow in an office because you can see document being edited almost instantly. google docs also allows collaboration on many different types of products. for example google sketch up which has been developed into a professional CAD program. GoogleDocs now allows Collaborations on Google sketch up which could greatly expedite a engineering project. Many CAD Files are printed out and delivered to different locations in a company because it is quicker and cheaper than saving and transferring drawing so complex. many of google docs are unused by many non professional user. There even seems to be a miss use by many of this highly resourceful website. one of it's biggest miss uses is data storage. many use Google Docs to store and Retrieve documents. although this works well and eliminates the use of Flash drives it still is a miss use of such an impressive technology.