When building applications that integrate data from multiple systems, Kapow Software offers an alternative to manual coding or relying on poorly-implemented APIs: “In my books and workshops on collaboration, I talk about the technology being “at most 10% of the equation” when it comes to success. That 10% […]
Over on The Smarter Office blog, I posted Why Collaborate? An (Almost) A to Z. But, I’m missing six of the letters. Do you have any ideas for completing the A to Z? Bonus Points If you live in Western Europe, there are three Plantronics Savi W740 headsets […]
I recently spoke with iRise, a developer of simulation software for software development, about its approach to improving software development. The resulting article has just been published on The BrainYard: “Although I’d been through a classical IT education–discover the requirements, write a functional spec, get the software built, […]
Yesterday I spoke with Bruce Elgort and Julian Robichaux for Episode 146 of the Taking Notes podcast: “On this episode we spoke with Michael Sampson about his new book “Collaboration Roadmap – You’ve got the technology now what?” We talked about: – Why do companies need to develop […]
The insightful Nicholas Bate gives (one of many) parting shots for the end of 2011: “There’s an almost delicious fatigue which comes with appropriate physical activity. Five-a-side football after work, chopping wood for the wood-burner high in the Pyrenees, carrying your three-year old high on your shoulders through […]
I published a blog post on the Plantronics Smarter Office blog yesterday, called What is Collaboration? “Let’s start at the very beginning: what is collaboration? The root word is composed of two parts: “co” and “labor.” “Co” means “together,” and we all know that labour means work! So […]
My first post on The Smarter Office blog with Plantronics is now published: “Over the coming months here on The Smarter Office, I’m going to be blogging about effective collaboration. Given where I’ve come from, and the journey I’ve had the privilege of walking in my consulting, Plantronics […]
Mark shares an example of how not to demonstrate new technology to people who have not seen it before: The vendor had created a SharePoint site, and on it were more than 10 web parts. In two columns. Each showing objects from the Document Management System in various […]
Last month at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in California, two people from Genentech talked about their approach to making collaboration work. Thomas captured some of the key ideas for InformationWeek: – Key message: “social without a goal is just a whole lot of noise.” – There’s no roadmap […]
Polycom released the Polycom UC Board, a Polycom-branded version of the eBeam whiteboard add-on: “Polycom, Inc., the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today unveiled an innovative whiteboard solution, the Polycom UC Board, which improves communication and collaboration in video conferences by allowing meeting participants to leverage […]
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