Articles
Microsoft has a long history of providing on-premises and desktop-based project management software. With the advent of Office 365, Microsoft progressively moved more and more of the project capabilities to the cloud with new additions announced regularly, such as the recent announcement of Office 365 Planner.
Continue reading...
Companies — from small operations to large enterprises — struggle with building and maintaining a well-defined and executed external collaboration strategy. But the ability to engage with customers, partners and other external parties sets businesses apart from the competition, and offers a strategic advantage.
Continue reading...
We are no longer tethered to an office — high speed Internet and cloud capabilities took care of that. With mobile devices that can connect to the internet and the cloud, and digital workplace tools that allow collaboration from anywhere, there’s just no point in being stuck in a cubicle.
Continue reading...
Microsoft’s Office 365 is gaining a dominant position in the small to midsized businesses (SMB) market. The ability to have enterprise-class email, collaboration and social platforms that integrate seamlessly with the Office platform has transformed the way these companies can collaborate using the cloud.
Continue reading...
The last few years we've seen customer service evolve as social business continues its advance into mainstream business. Online customer communities have changed the days of a customer calling a 1-800 number to get help or fumbling through a website searching for documentation.
Continue reading...
Our workday world has changed dramatically with the advent of always on internet access and the explosion of mobile devices in the enterprise. Employees are no longer tethered to their desks in office buildings but are in the field working face to face with clients and customers.
Continue reading...
Bill Ryan's belief in the power of social at work can be seen in his work, in his Twitter feed where he tweets about social extensively and in his writing. He strives to help people reach that "eureka" moment when they see where social fits in their business processes.
Continue reading...
We see this theory in action every day within most corporate environments as businesses try to apply the latest technology without understanding how to integrate it into their daily business processes.
Continue reading...
With the advent of SharePoint 2013 and Yammer integration, companies have struggled to monitor and manage the integration, adoption and usage of the collaboration platforms deployed across the enterprise. SharePoint Administrators are having a difficult time gathering meaningful metrics on SharePoint and Yammer usage and adoption.
Continue reading...
When Satya Nadella announced Microsoft’s new Mobile-First, Cloud-First strategy, he drew a line in the sand with Microsoft employees and set the company on a new course.
Continue reading...
The social adoption and ROI discussions are getting louder as more and more enterprises implement social collaboration solutions and struggle to find success. Adoption and ROI are difficult areas to define, measure and implement. The Altimeter Group released a report on The Evolution of Social Business detailing how organizations that
Continue reading...
In March of this year Jared Spataro, general manager of Enterprise Social at Microsoft, introduced Office Graph and challenged us to “work like a network.” Office Graph -- which derived from Yammer’s Enterprise Graph concept -- analyzes user metadata from the Office 365 environment (Yammer, SharePoint Online, Lync
Continue reading...
Organizations looking to implement social solutions face common barriers to success : lack of defined purpose, absence of executive support, unsupportive work culture, poor implementation planning.
Continue reading...
In early 2013 Gartner published a report indicating 80 percent of Social Business efforts will not achieve their intended benefits through 2015. That is a staggering number and a bold prediction to say the least. Gartner can back up from the data unearthed during its extensive research into social business.
Continue reading...
Displaying 1-14 of 16