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By Toni Tantlinger | News and Experts Most businesses recognize that employee collaboration is a must for a productive and efficient workplace. But many companies aren’t set up properly to take the greatest advantage of one of their best tools for promoting that collaboration – technology, says Mayur Ramgir , founder and CEO of Zonopact Inc., , creator of the Clintra cloud-based software platform that allows businesses to store and access all their data in one location. “What I’ve found is businesses often have their data segmented,” Ramgir says. “One department has client information stored in a particular location, but other departments either don’t have access to it or can’t easily find it. That deters rather than promotes collaboration.” While there can be reasons to limit access to some data, business leaders need to understand that they are missing out on effective ways to let technology encourage teamwork in the workplace. “Employees become frustrated if there’s a file they nee...

The technology in the medical industry is moving fast, as indicated by one of the latest innovations for remembering to take prescription medications. The wireless pill bottle, developed by AdhereTech , a New York technology firm, will wirelessly transmit data to the patient as a reminder to take medications via a phone call or text message. The hi-tech bottle will also measure the exact number of pills or liquid left in the bottle. By using built-in sensors and technology similar to a cell phone, the goals of the wireless pill bottle is to use a cellular network for secure data transfer to help patients adhere a schedule for taking their medication on time. The wireless pill bottle technology recently won the grand prize at the Healthcare Innovation World Cup , funded by Boehringer Ingelheim , a group of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies, and organized by HITLAB , a cross-disciplinary public health teaching and research organization. The developers are in the ...