by Toby Ward | Feb 24, 2017
Tags: intranet governance, intranet governance white paper, sharepoint intranet governance, sharepoint white paper
Intranet governance details the ownership model (who owns and manages it), and the rules for creating pages and content (roles and responsibilities, and policies); SharePoint intranet governance is really no different than the standard intranet governance model, though it does require some special attention with respect to site creation. SharePoint is appreciated for its simplicity of use […]
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by Toby Ward | Feb 15, 2017
Tags: digital workplace, IBM, intranet news, layoffs, remote workers
According to various reports, IBM is eliminating remote workers in marketing, engineering, and other roles. The Register details some of IBM’s plans in Big blues: IBM’s remote-worker crackdown is company-wide, including its engineers. In the US, those that don’t report to one of six main offices, will be eliminated, according to The Register. The same edict will […]
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by Toby Ward | Jan 23, 2017
Tags: intranet content management, intranet technology solutions, M&A, OpenText
Seismic changes are afoot in the intranet content management space. The intranet technology platform solutions industry has been consolidating furiously in recent years. One of the biggest acquisitions was just announced. Enterprise content management technology leader OpenText has taken another step towards consolidating it’s leadership in the ECM quadrant, with the massive acquisition of Documentum […]
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by Toby Ward | Jan 18, 2017
Tags: best intranets, intanet webinar, intranet case studies, intranet conference, INTRANET CONSULTANT
The best intranets are all different: they look different, they run on different technology stacks, and they have different content, people and processes. However, there are some common ingredients that are common in each. In November, we hosted a very well-attended webinar (more than 100 corporations participated) on “The best intranets,” highlighting the best intranets […]
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by Toby Ward | Dec 21, 2016
Tags: IBM, IBM Radio, intranet radio, intranet webinar
Despite its technology prowess, IBM has added an old medium to its impressive employee digital workplace to engage employees: radio. Can radio enhance intranet design? IBM Community Radio is the new intranet radio station for IBMers worldwide, broadcast from Austin, Texas. The brainchild of a designer with the relatively new IBM Design group, up to […]
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by Toby Ward | Sep 28, 2016
Finally, after years of waiting on what will become of their billion dollar purchase of Yammer, Microsoft finally provided a short-term vision of Yammer. First off, Yammer Enterprise is being killed. But it will be integrated into Office 365. Yammer Enterprise service tier will be going away on January 1, 2017. That’s in three months. […]
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