This is a short presentation aimed at raising awareness of the wide range of personal productivity and business software applications that are available for free for download or use on the World Wide Web. Free offerings range from personal email, to office tools, and even fully-featured business applications such as accounting and customer relationship management tools. During this presentation we will highlight how to find some of the software available and provide demos of some of the more popular applications.

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2. Abstract This is a short presentation aimed at raising awareness of the wide range of personal productivity and business software applications that are available for free for download or use on the World Wide Web. Free offerings range from personal email, to office tools, and even fully-featured business applications such as accounting and customer relationship management tools. During this presentation we will highlight how to find some of the software available and provide demos of some of the more popular applications. FREE!

3. Authors Dr Ben Gardner Ben has been instrumental in developing a Project Collaborate initiative aimed at enabling a culture of openness and collaboration to develop through the implementation of an Enterprise 2.0 Knowledge management and collaboration tool set. Prior to this role Ben held the position of Biology Data Manager where he provided data, information and knowledge management consultancy to customer groups across pharma research and development. Simon Revell Over the past three years Simon has focussed on Collaboration and Web Technologies, including the use of Web 2.0 tools such as Wikis, Blogs, RSS and Social Bookmarking. He has been invited to speak on the topic at conferences all over the world, including keynotes at Office 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Web Innovators, the Knowledge Management Braintrust (USA), Online Information Conference, UK Government Information Assurance Conference and Pharma-Bio-Med.

4. How does Free work? Sponsored links Try before you buy Free Software Pay per click ( PPC ) is an Internet advertising model used on websites, where advertisers pay their host only when the ad is clicked. Proprietary software provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability or convenience. Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction. The most common are software libre, free and open source software (FOSS) and free, libre and open source software (FLOSS). FREE!

5. Personal Productivity Team Collaboration Company Applications Connecting with Customers Email Personal productivity Mobile Project Management Team collaboration Managing the company CRM, Finance, Hosting, Assets Customer/Partner The World of Free FREE! Interaction; Marketing

6. Personal Productivity Online File Storage A file hosting service, online file storage provider, or cyberlocker is an Internet hosting service specifically designed to host static content, typically large files that are not web pages. Office Suite A collection of programs intended to be used by knowledge workers. Web Browser A web browser or Internet browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. Firefox Chrome Note taking A suite of software and services designed for note taking and archiving available in a paid version or a more restricted, advertising-supported Anti-virus Anti-virus software is used to prevent, detect, and remove malware, including but not limited to computer viruses, computer worm, trojan horses, spyware and adware. Email Email is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Personal Productivity Voice Communications Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is for delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. Mind Mapping A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea.

7. Browser Wars More competition has resulted in: Faster browsing Productivity features Improved security Google Chrome Internet Explorer Firefox Safari Personal Productivity

8. Email Email hosting Calendar Email Client Free 5 Gb inbox Smart phone integration Calendar sharing Smart phone integration Other Email solutions are available Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. Available for all OS’s Calendar and tasks Personal Productivity

9. Office Application Suite LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs Personal Productivity Writer Calc Impress Draw Base Math http://www.libreoffice.org/

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14. Team Collaboration Team Collaboration Google Docs Create and share your work online with Google Docs. Upload your files from your desktop: It's easy to get started and it's free! Access anywhere: Edit and view your docs from any computer or smart phone. Share your work: Real-time collaboration means work gets done more quickly. 37signals

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17. Company Applications Company Applications Sales Communications ERP SugarCRM helps your business communicate with prospects, share sales information, close deals and keep customers happy. Accounting Asterisk powers IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways, conference servers and more. Openbravo 3, the agile ERP, empowers organizations worldwide to improve business performance through increased productivity and business agility Business Intelligence Pentaho is the open source business intelligence leader. Thousands of organizations globally depend on Pentaho to make faster and better business decisions that positively impact their bottom lines.

18. Company Applications Company Applications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_and_open_source_software_packages

19. Connecting with Customers Connecting with customers Online Store Company Website and/or blog Forms and surveys Email Marketing Helpdesk

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21. Hosting Connecting with customers

22. Personal Productivity Team Collaboration Company Applications Connecting with Customers Email Personal productivity Mobile Project Management Team collaboration Managing the company CRM, Finance, Hosting, Assets Customer/Partner The World of Free FREE! Interaction; Marketing

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