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This borrows from an article by Simon Mackie of GigaOm. The question raised is - is email finally on its way out? Now, one may react by saying that it is a question perpetually raised by nay sayers, while email persists in spite of their ill wishes. However, it is a question that should be asked often, give that there are many new, and better, technologies out there. Although not quite near the end, it is also undoubtedly clear that email's stature has diminished over the years. This is why Simon, who is generally skeptical about the announcement of email's death, raises the question himself. It has widely been reported that social networking is a lot more popular than email amongst teens, and GigaOm conducted a survey to find current attitudes of business workers. A survey of 1000 decision makers by GigaOm yielded the following: 
It is evident from the results that business email (and office landlines) may remain important in organizations, but they show a distinct downward trend. Two communication technologies which show a substantial upward trend is video conferencing and mobile phones. Part of the reason for email's reduced importance is the availability of document collaboration tools, shared calendar software, or task collaboration software - which perform the same functions that people used email for. Readers may want to read this article - from email bankruptcy to business productivity - on how using collaboration software for many of the tasks they use email for, may reduce their email overload.  Â
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