Collaboration tools

SharePoint migration and management When used properly, SharePoint can be an incredibly useful tool, but unplanned SharePoint implementations can be easily derailed if CIOs are not aware of the particular drivers, requirements and challenges that can be barriers to success. The launch of SharePoint 2010 has meant that businesses ... read more..

24 November 2011, Networking Seminar Download the presentation slides Michael Dean Dr. Ian Woodgate Most organisations have installed SharePoint, at the very least to investigate its powerful feature set. Many organisations have found SharePoint to be a capable tool that ... read more..

According to Nobby Akiha, senior vice president at business intelligence (BI) specialist Actuate, for business users to be fully productive they need answers now. And in a world powered by sophisticated analytics tools, theres no excuse for waiting for monthly management reports If there is one theme that sums up ... read more..

09 November 2011, Networking Seminar Download the presentation slides Michael Dean Dr. Ian Woodgate Most organisations have installed SharePoint, at the very least to investigate its powerful feature set. Many organisations have found SharePoint to be a capable tool that ... read more..

SharePoint The Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise and the Web, according to Microsoft - has enjoyed many years of steady growth. Its low cost, ease of use and almost endless applications make it an attractive proposition to IT departments, CEOs and project teams alike. Wikipedia lists some of SharePoints ... read more..

Just90.tv offer us an example of one of their Just90 Procedure Bursts and along the way provide a strong message for all our businesses and staff on the principles and policies to adopt in respect of our use of social media in the workplace. NCC's Quarterly Members Conference ... read more..

Ian Woodgate , MD Point Beyond, NCC Associate Consultant SharePoint seems to be everywhere these days, but how are organisations using it successfully and how can SharePoint projects get derailed? In this session Dr Ian Woodgate, who has over 10 years enterprise SharePoint implementation experience, will be taking a look ... read more..

From NCC's Quarterly Members Conference: Delivering business value from Social Media and Collaboration Tools,27th September 2011, The Trades Union Congress, London Bob Pike, COO, SiteForum An insight from the most recent research from Gallup on how social tools have made it easier for employees to communicate with others to build ... read more..

Download the presentations from the NCC Autumn Conference here.Companies such as Virgin, Dell, Amazon, and the BBC, to mention just a few are all known as successes in harnessing the power of social media for business. However, they all sell or deliver directly to consumers. How about businesses ... read more..

Chatter challenges the new world of social mediaSalesforce.com has unveiled its new Chatter Servicethis allows enterprises to integrate and use publicly available information about their customers via social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook with their CRM.Chatter Service is intended to improve the customers experience because enterprises have ... read more..

enterprise social media A recent special report by Gallup exploring employee engagement in the workplace found that engaged employees are more involved in, and enthusiastic about, their work and are 50% less likely to have had three or more sick days in the past month. But how can businesses ... read more..

13 September 2011 Networking Seminar Download the presentations Ian Woodgate Michael Dean Theres a buzz about SharePoint. Described by Microsoft as the Business collaboration platform for the enterprise and the web. SharePoint is a feature-rich product and its application is ... read more..

NCC's Autumn Conference 27 September 11. Ian Jones, NCC's Head of Research Content, talks about our upcoming Members Conference. ... read more..

12 July 2011 Download the presentation Theres a buzz about SharePoint. Described by Microsoft as the Business collaboration platform for the enterprise and the web. SharePoint is a feature-rich product and its application is almost endless. So just how easy is it to build line of business applications with SharePoint? What are ... read more..

ApplicationsEnterprise collaboration tools can foster better communication and elicit transparency from business units. Here's how Random House implemented an enterprise collaboration suite, encouraged adoption and is measuring its success.Follow this link ... read more..

Results of NCC Member's Question: Issued 15 June 2011 NCC Members can ask relevant questions to the wider NCC membership, moderated by NCC. We collate the responses, where appropriate anonymise them and publish the results on the website for the benefit of the wider membership. Are members aware of any ... read more..

Results of NCC Member's Question: Issued 15 June 2011 NCC Members can ask relevant questions to the wider NCC membership, moderated by NCC. We collate the responses, where appropriate anonymise them and publish the results on the website for the benefit of the wider membership. Have you implemented an organisational ... read more..

Linking social, mobile, and cloud July 2011 Catalyst Driven by changing business needs and global economic factors, organizations are starting to do things differently. Speed, agility, mobility, reuse, and innovation are the transformative factors forcing organizations to push aside old technologies and communication models to make way ... read more..

NCC Members can ask relevant questions to the wider NCC membership, moderated by NCC. We collate the responses, where appropriate anonymise them, then publish the results on the website for the benefit of the wider Membership. Can you help? Are members aware of any single CBT training tool that encompasses ... read more..

NCC Members can ask relevant questions to the wider NCC membership, moderated by NCC. We collate the responses, where appropriate anonymise them, then publish the results on the website for the benefit of the wider Membership. Can you help? Have you implemented an organisational Corporate File Plan and what approach ... read more..

mobile security Smartphones are spreading throughout the business world. Their use is growing, not just with top executives, but with employees at all levels. Ian Kilpatrick exposes the security concerns According to Gartner, smartphone sales to end users accounted for 19% of worldwide mobile device sales in the second quarter ... read more..

managing consumer technologies As smartphones and tablets find their way into the workplace, IT departments have become increasingly concerned about the potential dangers of allowing personal devices onto the corporate network. Gareth Maclachlan, COO and founder of AdaptiveMobile, argues that CIOs should embrace their employees mobile devices, yet remain mindful ... read more..

financial data management It used to be the case that companies would have a different software package for each key function within their business. This inevitably led to a spread of information, a lot of rekeying, and due to the time it takes to gather information and compile reports, the ... read more..

Webinar on June 9 To truly embrace the vision of customer focus is a major undertaking. Many organisations have deployed CRM systems but often with mixed results. So far the approach has been on relationship management but smart organisations are now embracing applications and processes to help customers derive real ... read more..

Is there a market for another enterprise search product? US/German company Q-Sensei is starting to actively promote its enterprise search platform. This product, like many others, is aiming to give organizations a single combined interface for all of their information and social media feeds. However, in Q-Sensei's case, it aims ... read more..

Product lifecycle management vendor PTC acquires MKS Just as Ovum launches its latest Software Lifecycle Management report that predicts, among other things, that a product lifecycle management (PLM) firm will acquire a software lifecycle management (SLM) firm, that is exactly what happened with PTCs announcement of its intent to buy ... read more..

NCC Members can ask relevant questions to the wider NCC membership, moderated by NCC. We collate the responses, where appropriate anonymise them, then publish the results on the website for the benefit of the wider Membership. Can you help? We still run Lotus Notes but are looking to decommission and ... read more..

Secure application development delivers a good return on investment Microsoft has published a case study showing how MidAmerican Energy adopted its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) framework and delivered rapid and dramatic improvements in its IT systems. This included an estimated 20% improvement in project productivity resulting from the reduced ... read more..

01 March 2011 Networking Seminar Download the presentations: Steve Rastall - igroup Michael Dean - NCC Microsofts SharePoint collaboration tool can bring significant benefits to business and is described by Microsoft as the Business ... read more..

HP buys Vertica, joins Big Data party Less than a month after stopping support of its ill-fated NeoView data warehousing range, HP has acquired Vertica Systems to fill the gap for Big Data warehousing and analytics. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011. This is ... read more..