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Michael Sampson

News Updates (August 13, 2009)

Ad Hoc Collaboration … John comments on the need for a post-email way of creating ad hoc collaboration spaces on the fly. “A wall we are hitting at work is the need for ad-hoc group spaces to work on something rather than using email. Lots of people belong […]

News Updates (August 11, 2009)

Exchange 2010 Review … Paul reviews some of the changes coming up in Exchange 2010. “With this release Microsoft is going to take Exchange, a stalwart of messaging in both large enterprises and small business, to both cheap hard drive storage and to the cloud. The former is […]

News Updates (August 10, 2009)

SharePoint in Recession … SharePoint continues to sell well, according to Microsoft, even in recessionary times. “Think of SharePoint as the jack-of-all-trades in the business software realm. Companies use it to create Web sites and then manage content for those sites. It can help workers collaborate on projects […]

Feedback on SharePoint Roadmap: Jed Cawthorne

Jed Cawthorne from Canada has just posted his review of SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration: “Yesterday I received my copy of ‘SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration: Using SharePoint to Enhance Business Collaboration’ from the author Michael Sampson, all the way on the other side of the planet in New Zealand. […]

News Updates (August 7, 2009)

Voice Workflow at Law Firm … A Minnesota law firm has implemented a voice workflow system to help improve productivity. “Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., a Minnesota-based law firm, has announced it has realized considerable efficiency gains and cost savings from implementing BigHand voice productivity software. The software has […]

The International Food Shortage

David, my 13 year old son, forwarded this to me yesterday. It obviously tickled his fancy! Recently, a worldwide survey was conducted and the only question asked was: “Would you please give your honest opinion about the solution to the food shortage in the rest of the world?” […]

News Updates (August 4, 2009)

SharePoint is Core Infrastructure … Joel’s in Africa, and reports that SharePoint is seen as core enterprise infrastructure now. “I had to put in a short blurb about one of the greatest achievements a product can make. Today here at Teched Africa I was talking to a guy […]

News Updates (August 3, 2009)

Facilitating Distributed Meetings … Rachel has pointers about facilitation of distributed meetings, from an Agile perspective. “Gary is a project manager who is being asked to use an Agile approach and at the same time work with a team with members dispersed between different countries. He can see […]