4/27/2012
The Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010 and Groove Server 2010 technologies are designed to address a common business problem: the need for offline work capability and for offline collaboration. This article first explores the differences between offline work and offline collaboration and then explains how the technologies can be used to solve the issue.
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Tags: Collaboration, Portals, SharePoint
3/29/2012
Let’s consider two kinds of portals: one is a place where stuff is, the other is a place where people exist. Most portals start out as the former, and they tend to stay that way. If you are creating a portal that is a place where people exist, then you need to lead with identity...
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Tags: Collaboration, Portals, Social
3/23/2012
This is the last post in a four part series on the key factors that shape user adoption of the SharePoint platform. Part 1 outlined the affecting factors, while Parts 2 and 3 examined these factors in detail. The final post will examine the remaining key factors that influence user adoption of the SharePoint platform.
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Tags: Collaboration, SharePoint
3/16/2012
In this post we will continue to examine the key factors that influence user adoption of the SharePoint platform. These factors include planning for growth from the start, establishing a user support plan, and continuously adding fresh, dynamic content.
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Tags: Collaboration, SharePoint
3/9/2012
Over the next three posts we will examine each of the key factors that influence user adoption of the SharePoint platform as outlined in Part 1 of this series. It is important to understand which of these factors will have the greatest influence on user adoption within your organization in order to prioritize the efforts necessary to execute your user adoption strategy.
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Tags: Collaboration, SharePoint
3/2/2012
As a consultancy, we place strong emphasis on driving user adoption of the collaboration solutions we develop and deliver for our clients. As an application and collaboration platform, SharePoint can be leveraged for many different purposes. Over the course of this four part blog series we’ll examine the key factors that influence user adoption of these solutions built upon the SharePoint platform.
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Tags: Collaboration, SharePoint
2/3/2012
In the current economy, companies are up against very challenging conditions. At the same time, the proliferation of technology and the consumerization of IT allow everyone to connect and share information and knowledge. The emergence of new technology creates opportunities as well as possible threats for late adapters.
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Tags: Collaboration, General, Social
1/13/2012
The entire concept of collaboration for the enterprise is in the middle of a massive transformational shift. Forward-thinking businesses now view collaboration as a strategic initiative with meaningful implications to both revenue and profitability. Northridge is focused on driving measurable business performance gain by enabling rich collaboration between enterprises and all key constituent groups.
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Tags: Collaboration, General
1/10/2012
A large French company is banning internal emails and switching to a community based collaboration tool and instant messaging. Good for them and I hope more companies plan to follow their lead.
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Tags: Collaboration, Portals
9/20/2011
Now that social media has redefined our social lives and the way in which we communicate with each other, it’s time for us to recognize that social business is the next realm of global change.
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Tags: Collaboration, Social
8/9/2011
Just as it’s important to know what consumers want and tailor your products to their desires, it’s also important to ensure that every form of interaction they have with your brand is driven from their perspective and shaped to appeal to them.
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Tags: Collaboration, UX, Websites
7/24/2011
Social CRM is about improving engagement with an audience and gaining a deeper understanding of that audience's makeup, opinions, and desires, all of which are critical to maintaining good student, alumni, and donor relations. The tools that are available today can provide incredible value and streamline your institution's communications engine.
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Tags: Collaboration, Social
6/20/2011
Recently, I’ve focused on the business-to-customer (B2C) aspects of online social engagement through social CRM. Today I want to talk about how great benefits can be achieved by applying these processes in the business-to-business (B2B) realm and or even to the internal business environment.
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Tags: Collaboration, Social
3/16/2011
Consumer interaction is shifting towards a more self-sufficient state as the social networking sphere continues to develop and trends towards digital application. The new digital interface has really thrived within social media channels and is positioning itself as a key marketing, branding and communication tool.
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Tags: Collaboration, Social
2/7/2011
Internet use has so greatly taken over our everyday lives and business it may be hard to even remember what running a business took without the speed and ease of the online world. These are the top 4 internet related or integrated technologies and tools that are necessary for business success in 2011.
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Tags: Collaboration, Social, Websites
8/6/2010
SharePoint has an ideal combination of features and tools designed to streamline the work process and remove daily issues with necessary business practices. Here are five daily business process issues that SharePoint successfully removes through simple organization and innovative technology applications.
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Tags: Business Intelligence, Collaboration, SharePoint
6/7/2010
I get a LOT of emails from a variety of industry sites that I opted into, but I admit that many go unopened. Well, this morning from Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, I received one with the title "Does SharePoint Destroy Intranet Design?"
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Tags: Collaboration, Portals, SharePoint, UX
11/13/2009
As Northridge has developed various SharePoint-based business solutions for clients, and assisted clients in a consulting capacity with SharePoint strategy and governance, we have developed a model that we call the SharePoint Site Governance Lifecycle.
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Tags: Collaboration, Portals, SharePoint, UX
7/8/2009
When organizations adopt the Microsoft SharePoint platform, there are often at least a few people in the group who are very excited about the prospect of using the SharePoint wiki feature.
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Tags: Collaboration, Portals, SharePoint
7/18/2008
Historically, SharePoint has been a strong collaboration tool used heavily for corporate intranets, but with the new version it has become much more of a community building tool with robust content management features added.
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Tags: Collaboration, Portals, SharePoint