This time last year I would have had to trundle into London, scarf donned, gloves firmly in place and moaning well and truly underway. In fact, in February I did have to and my oh my was it horrific.

Notice: As of April 2016 Glasscubes no longer supports editing Powerpoint/Open Office Document within the web browser unless you subscribe to Office 365.  

We don't believe in subdirectories. We feel that they actively encourage multiple versions of documents to exist in different locations and force a user to decide where it should go, which may be a different location to where someone else might choose to look or put it.

We've been working really hard behind the scenes to bring our users the features they asked for and we've recently made some changes to tasks and how they are managed to enable to you to collaborate with your colleague better. You can now categorise and comment on tasks in Glasscubes...

I work from home a lot. I encourage working from home a lot too. I actively encourage employers and employees to work from home when they can because of the benefits from increased productivity, cost savings and potentially reducing their carbon footprint.

I've blogged a few times on how allowing your employees to work from home can help your business overcome potential problems such as swine flu and other business continuity threats, however there is also another prominant threat to everybody. Global warming.

Online collaboration has become one of the hottest topics on the web right now. The arrival of Google Wave means that this trend will probably continue for the foreseeable future as well. But why has it become so popular?

Collaboration is one of those terms which conjures up multiple images in your head. However, for smaller businesses it's a critical aspect of every day life. Working as a team is crucial when resources are limited by office size or money and it may take many guises. Whether it's covering for an absent colleague, cleaning up a mistake or simply filling a skills gap, success will come from a team effort.

In Glasscubes Connect you have always been able to manage opportunities, but we’ve recently added some great new features which means that you can now manage your own opportunities, without seeing everybody else’s.

With a suspected second wave of swine flu just around the corner, many businesses could be left struggling to cope with staff shortages. Last month, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development warned that absence rates could hit up to 50% over the coming months, with swine flu being one of the main contributors.