Ben on Cool Tools writes about his use of Huddle, and positions it against SharePoint due to Huddle’s cloud strategy: “Huddle is a great alternative to SharePoint, as we were not on the same network, intranet, or VPN. Being cloud-based, it was also easy to access from home, […]
In the third-to-last slot at IBM Connect 2013, the Ask the Product Managers session is kicking off. Each product manager is introducing themselves: – Ed Brill – he will be moving to a new role in IBM in the mobility area. – Eric Otchet – Notes Traveler, Symphony. […]
Jean Balbo from Prudential Financial is talking about enterprise social governance. Jean is the Director of Process Management. Some notes: 1. Prudential is 137 years old, has $1 trillion in assets under management. 50000 employees, in 35 countries. 22000 employees are in the United States. 2. Been a […]
A couple of people from Actiance are presenting on governance, compliance, and eDiscovery for IBM Connections. Due to a couple of other meetings, I arrived late … but here’s some notes: 1. A social platform like IBM Connections does not fall outside of governance and compliance mandates. By […]
In one of the first sessions on the morning of day 3 at IBM Connect, Sean Brown, John Medicke, and Zi Ying Li, is talking about what’s new in IBM Docs. Some notes: 1. IBM Docs is available today via SmartCloud, and also for on-premises deployment with IBM […]
Sasja Beerendonk and Marion Vrielink are facilitating a BOF session on Using Activities to Manage Meetings. Some notes on the discussion: 1. Meetings often drag, people ramble, people come unprepared, we have the wrong people, and there’s no insight to what’s done at the meeting. Meetings can be […]
Luis Suarez (LS), Louis Richardson (LR), and Luis Benitez (LB) are presenting Pardon the Interruption – Social Business Hot Topics. Some notes: 1. There are 18 topics they are going to cover. Will give the topic, and then each person will have 60 seconds to give an answer. […]
Sasja Beerendonk, a collaboration consultant at e-office, is talking about the role of gamification in achieving user adoption. It’s a very popular session – the room is about 80% full; easily 300 people in the room. Some notes: 1. Focus is on how to use gamification to drive […]
In the first session after lunch on Tuesday, the talk is about enabling the Smarter Workforce. Speakers from Colgate Palmolive and David Jones are sharing their stories. Maree Foti, HR Manager, David Jones (Australia) – “Transforming an Australian Icon.” – David Jones is a retail operation in Australia. […]
In one of the sessions before lunch on Tuesday, Wim de Gier (LeasePlan), Teca Fields (Pensco Trust), and Kramer Reeves (IBM) are talking about fostering a collaborative culture for social business success. Some notes: 1. Kramer opened with some comments about the wider trends: – The consumerization of […]
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