Webcast and presentation exploring the four degrees of social capital – how different technologies can benefit communications and cooperation between people
Business Value
Should intranets be beautiful?
Making something beautiful doesn’t necessarily make it enjoyable or even useful. Particularly if the format chosen is inappropriate for the interaction.
The Business Value of Platforms
To create business value using a platform such as SharePoint requires knowing when to apply it and when not to. Content management platforms can do many things but that doesn’t mean they do everything well
Creating a collaborative environment
Too many offices are designed for an era of work that no longer exists. Knowledge work benefits from creating a collaborative environment with the emphasis on connecting people, not hiding behind screens
Boston switches from Exchange to Gmail
Boston is replacing its on-premise Exchange messaging platform with Gmail, part of Google Apps, for over 20,000 city employees and with some ambitious targets…
Collaboration is not the same as social
Whilst the words are often used interchangeably, there are fundamental differences between collaborative team work and participation in a social network
Reducing the cost of printing
Whilst there’s plenty of excitement around emerging trends disrupting traditional business models, sometimes it’s easy to overlook simple improvements that technology can enable
Digital trends compressing processes
Four real-world examples to demonstrate how digital technologies are compressing processes, speeding up the ‘gather intelligence – decide – act’ cycle across industries
Toyota transitioning to cloud-based IT
Toyota is transitioning all standard IT services to cloud-based solutions and focusing internal IT on R&D to support the business strategy
Microsoft Cloud Economics Tool
Microsoft has created a TCO Analysis Tool for evaluating the cost of running a modern data centre using virtualisation technologies