Cloud-based collaboration spaces for enterprise networks

The involvement of multiple collaborative enterprise networks in the various stages of the life cycle of complex service-enhanced products represents a clear trend. Effective operation of these networks requires collaboration platforms providing adequate collaboration spaces. In this context, an advanced cloud-based collaboration platform, which copes with dynamic hierarchies of collaboration spaces, is presented, highlighting the proposed novel features. The platform specially targets networks of small and medium enterprises involved in complex products such as solar plants and intelligent buildings. Validation use cases are also described.