Workspace

Workspace refers to small premises provided, often by local authorities or economic development agencies, to help new businesses to establish themselves.

[1] Often these files and resources represent the complete state of an integrated development environment (IDE) at a given time, a snapshot.

In either case, workspace acts as an environment where a programmer can work, isolated from the outside world, for the task duration.

In the context of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) a shared workspace is a place of collaboration that enables group awareness.

[citation needed] Such applications have several advantages over traditional FTP clients or virtual folder offerings, including:[citation needed] Beyond organizing and sharing files, these applications can often also be used as a business communication tool for assigning tasks, scheduling meetings, and maintaining contact information.

A mobile or unified workspace allows enterprise IT to have a trusted space on any device where IT can deliver business applications and data.

Federica Troni[5] and Mark Margevicius[6] introduced the concept of Workspace Aggregator[7] to solve the problem of BYOD.

According to Gartner, a workspace aggregator unifies five capabilities: (1) Application Delivery: The ability to orchestrate provisioning and de-provisioning of mobile, PC and Web applications (2) Data: The secure delivery of corporate data (3) Management: Management of application life cycle, metering, and monitoring features (4) Security: Provision of context-aware security (5) User Experience: A superior user experience through the delivery of a unified workspace