HP talked more about its upcoming HP Slate. – HP produced a comparison chart between the Slate and Apple iPad. – HP leads in some areas, Apple in others (Wired has details) Nokia released three lower-priced smartphones. – Aim is to re-capture share lost to Apple and Research […]
On May 19, I’m presenting on the business value of collaboration at a Datasouth Understand seminar, here in Christchurch (New Zealand). “Michael … will be sharing his experiences on the business value of effective collaboration. Michael will breakdown many of the misconceptions about collaboration and present a thought […]
Today I installed MindManager for SharePoint on my Lenovo W500 running Windows 7 Professional. There were a couple of pre-requisites that weren’t there already, and after prompting me for them and getting me okay, downloaded and installed them with no problem. So far so good. Testing the Task […]
Mindjet released a new product a while back, and I’ve been taking a look this week. It’s called MindManager for SharePoint, and combines the visual mapping power of MindManager with the collaboration capabilities of SharePoint. A couple of specifics up front: – It’s a different product from MindManager […]
A recent article on BA Business Life looked at the growth of business travel, and pondered the reasons why. – Perhaps remote meeting technology isn’t good enough (video conferencing), or sufficiently spread (telepresence). – Perhaps remote meetings are hype, or applicable to only a few work styles. – […]
SAP recently shifted 12sprints (which I reviewed in February), its collaborative decision-making service, out of beta and into production. It has a new name: SAP StreamWork. From the features page: “SAP STREAMWORK IS RESULTS-DRIVEN Give structure to discussions and create a collective view with business methods: When maneuvering […]
In a white paper from 2008, Oracle pins the contribution of technology to success at a maximum of 20%. Very cool to see a major vendor say this in its materials. “Nearly 80 percent of the issues that can affect your deployment and overall solution adoption involve factors […]
Just been reading a white paper on user adoption, and saw a great chart from John McKean’s 1999 book, Information Masters: Secrets of the Customer Race. The success contribution of technology is only 10%, in John’s view. It used to be higher, but here’s how he sees the […]
On April 27, I’m presenting on user adoption within SharePoint at the next Christchurch SharePoint User Group meeting. “What’s the number one complaint from people charged with the implementation of new collaboration tools? They do the work, and then no one uses them! The very people whom the […]
I talked about the survey results from my recent User Adoption Strategies survey all over Europe earlier this month, and now those same results are available in written form for everyone. To set the context, this is one of about 10 reports that will make up the SharePoint […]
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