We are currently working with one of the large consulting firms on the topic of cloud adoption strategies. Unlike the technology suppliers, the consulting firms can afford to take a more objective view of the whole thing, and some interesting findings are coming out of this work. Perhaps the most important idea is the notion [...]
I’ve known Glovia for quite some time and it stands out as one of the best suppliers of ERP solutions in the market. I should add that the focus is primarily on manufacturing, but the company does supply its solutions to other industries too. What really drew my attention to them was the fact that [...]
Cloud computing isn’t really a big deal. Instead of deploying computing resources within your organisation you use resources that are hosted somewhere on the internet. By resources I mean processor power, storage, systems software and applications. You decide what is local and what is remote (in the cloud).
Salesforce has recently launched its Chatter collaboration and social networking platform. This is an extraordinarily powerful platform for messaging throughout the organisation and unlike many other collaboration platforms it integrates out-of-the-box with core business functions – Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (Oracle and SAP) and other applications via an API. Obvious functionality such as [...]
Presenting someone with gigabytes of tabulated data is not a kind thing to do. While we think that converting data to information is a deductive process taking place inside our heads, the reality is somewhat different. When the same gigabytes are presented using visual, and specifically graphical representations we tend to see (literally) much more [...]
All manias are characterised by irrational exuberance followed by a very bad hangover – and social media is no exception. We are currently in the irrational exuberance phase and I suspect that disillusionment is just around the corner – maybe a year to two years away. Millions of people are spending a good deal of [...]
Rating: Very exciting, market leading, integrated collaboration and social networking technology. Advisory: This is a high end enterprise solution to collaboration and social networking needs. Features such as rules-based policy management, fully integrated video and document management integration put this offering ahead of the market. Even voice mail can be accessed from the Quad environment. [...]
Organisations can build an Enterprise Social Network for free using Clearvale from Broadvision. It’s very easy to do and for those unfamiliar with ESN it will very quickly demonstrate what is possible. For medium sized organisations or departments within a larger organisation Clearvale may provide a perfectly adequate social networking environment. It is implemented through [...]
Examples of Social Network Governance show that concerns vary considerably from one organisation to another. The BBC for example is very concerned with maintaining its reputation for impartiality. Social media policies at the BBC are primarily concerned with ensuring that employees or those on contract do not compromise this in any way. For example the [...]
Rating: There are better social networking platforms. Advisory: Organisations with a heavy commitment to Microsoft platforms will undoubtedly use SharePoint, but as a stand-alone platform for social networking it compares poorly with many other products (Telligent and Blogtronix for example). This deficit can be alleviated through the use of add-ons. Strengths: Highly scalable platform with [...]
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