Workplace communication software comes with new functions
Alibaba’s workplace communication and collaboration software DingTalk is moving into the smart office solution field, seeking to help the digitalization transformation of enterprises.
DingTalk will also leverage the underlying technological advantages of Alibaba’s cloud computing unit to promote synergies and empower easier collaboration and a more efficient work process among companies.
It has unveiled a new service to include an office visitor management system and file-sharing technologies that save employees trouble when sending files and documents to each other.
The number of government agencies that use DingTalk more than doubled in the first half, according to founder and chief executive officer Chen Hang, with organizations from a wide range of industries embracing the digitalization trend. The communication tool aims to help lay the foundation for the development of enterprise services.
International Data Corporation said in a recent report that China's digital economy is expected to reach US$8.5 trillion by 2021, thanks to the expansion of information and communication technology.
DingTalk’s platform now works with as many as 100,000 office software developers and will help train digitalization management specialists to help Chinese companies shift towards the digital economy age.
CEO Chen Hang said DingTalk’s corporate solution aims to connect employees, financial affairs, meetings and a company's fixed assets into an integrated digitalized network to allow smooth management and effective oversight.
The workplace software provides functions for companies to keep better track of employees' whereabouts and their work progress, as well as a feature that requires employees to check in the time they go to and leave work.
DingTalk also competes with Tencent's WeChat which offers an enterprise version that provides internal communication channels besides the WeChat social networking platform, with both targeting the booming office software market.