Over the last few weeks, there has been growing debate and discussion about why social business/social collaboration/Enterprise 2.0 – pick your term – has as yet failed to gain mainstream adoption in the business workplace. Various blogs and comment streams express frustration that five years on from Andrew McAfee’s MIT Sloan Management Review paper, in [...]
Posted on Friday, September 2, 2011 by Angela AshendenAre you thinking of moving your email to the cloud? Or perhaps you have already made the switch? Whatever your position on cloud email – positive, negative or just interested – we’d like to invite you to take part in our Email in the Cloud web survey. The survey aims to find out organisations’ priorities [...]
Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2011 by Angela AshendenYesterday saw the long-anticipated launch of Microsoft Office 365, the company’s first true software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, and the replacement for its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). The product, which has been in public beta since April (and in private beta since November), includes SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Lync Online and Office Web Apps, as well [...]
Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 by Angela AshendenMicrosoft tries well worn 'tax' argument vs. Google Apps: Here's the real deal | ZDNet Nice article from ZDNet which points out that for many large organisations it's never going to be an either/or decision when it comes to cloud vs. on-premise, and that there is a risk of lock-in whichever route you take. I [...]
Posted on Saturday, May 7, 2011 by Angela AshendenFor most organisations, email remains the primary tool for enabling online collaboration, to the extent where we use it not just for messaging, but also for group discussions, document collaboration and managing tasks, among other things. However, despite our dependence on email, there is a growing sense that we are spending too much on managing [...]
Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 by Angela AshendenJive strengthens board – IPO approaching? Interesting news from Jive Software about four new execs that have joined the board, presumably as part of the strategy to achieve the promised IPO this year. Can't help thinking though that all the news about Jive recently has been about top level company strategy, with little talk about [...]
Posted on Friday, April 1, 2011 by Angela AshendenSince the launch of Google Apps Premium Edition (now called Google Apps for Business) in 2007, Google has been blazing a trail in the SaaS-based enterprise collaboration market focusing on making small, regular software updates, in place of the more traditional 12 month+ release cycles which we are used to with on-premise software. However, for many large organisations, this approach is simply too “realtime”, and doesn’t give them the opportunity they need to manage and prepare for the introduction of such new features, particularly when they are released on a weekly basis…
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Angela AshendenIGLOO Software Achieves Record Growth in 2010 – IGLOO Software – Social Software for Business Some encouraging news from Igloo which escaped my attention last month, highlighting 120% revenue growth over the last year. While it is one of the many small vendors targeting the online communities market, Igloo is clearly starting to build some [...]
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 by Angela AshendenLast week I visited the rather warmer climes of Orlando, Florida, for IBM Lotus’ annual customer and partner event, Lotusphere. After two and a half days of sessions and 1-to-1′s, when pulling together my thoughts about the key messages from the event (both those actively presented and those implicitly received), my overriding impression was that [...]
Posted on Monday, February 7, 2011 by Angela AshendenOn Monday, with the official launch of Tibbr, enterprise integration specialist TIBCO joined the crowded market for enterprise social software tools. Although at first sight the launch of a social software platform by a vendor previously seen primarily as an IT infrastructure technology company might seem like an odd move: but as was pointed out [...]
Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Angela Ashenden
