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Michael Sampson

News Updates (September 8, 2009)

cBrain Knowledge Worker Desktop … cBrain announced an upcoming product line, the Knowledge Worker Desktop. “The knowledge worker is today using a number of stand-alone/best-of-breed IT tools, like Office Automation, email, CRM, Intranet, Information services, Business Intelligence and Document Management Systems. By integrating these tools into a single […]

News Updates (September 4, 2009)

EtherPad History … EtherPad, a collaborative document authoring service, added a document history visualization capability, for looking back and how a document changed over time. “EtherPad keeps track of all your typing in realtime. At any time during the course of typing a document on EtherPad, you can […]

News Updates (September 3, 2009)

Collaboration at 3M … BusinessWeek looks at how 3M forged a culture of collaboration. Key points: – 3M created the organizational systems and culture to encourage and support collaboration. – 3M has a database of technical reports, that can be used to demonstrate expertise and connect people. – […]

News Updates (September 2, 2009)

Silence in Virtual Teams … Phil comments on the destructive influence of silence on virtual teams, and what to do about it. “While the old adage says “Silence is golden” it could be eroding trust in your business or on your team. When working with others remotely – […]

News Updates (September 1, 2009)

Zoho and VMWare … Zoho partnered with VMWare, for easier behind the firewall deployment of Zoho’s software. “You probably know Zoho as a SaaS company with enterprise collaboration and productivity tools. What you might not know is that they also offer on-premise deployments for companies with more than […]

News Updates (August 31, 2009)

I’m back … although it will take some time to catchup. Three interesting things caught my attention as I prepared News today. Experiment … Tom reminds us of the need to explore, to experiment, to “play” … so as to push the boundaries and see what we can […]

A 7th Son

10 days ago, on August 14th, Joseph Luke was born. He weighed in at 11 lbs 2 … the same as Tim had been (boy #5). The labour was quick–2.5 hours–but we made it to the hospital with 45 minutes to spare. Katrina and Joseph were in the […]

Lynn Warneke on SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration

Lynn Warneke shares her reaction to my book, SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration: “Those of us working in the change management slipstream behind large scale technology implementations understand that ‘doing SharePoint’ is not, in itself, all that likely to result in successful outcomes. As compared with setting out to […]

Feedback on SharePoint Roadmap: Lynn Warneke

Lynn Warneke from Australia has just posted her review of SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration: SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration, Michael Sampson’s latest publication, offers clear and succinct advice to ensure you avoid these all-too-common pitfalls and deliver a SharePoint implementation that is a real success, in real business terms. […]