Collaboration tools

Thank you for attending the NCC SharePoint Seminar Download the presentations: Introduction (890 KB pdf) Michael Dean, NCC Project Management Using SharePoint 2010 (350 KB pdf) Andrew Webster, ... read more..

CRM platforms contain only some of the information pertaining to business contacts and customers prospects, and so those tasked with business development spend an inordinate amount of time searching for information that will give them the big picture. Can social search and analytics come to the rescue? We believe it ... read more..

NCC Guidelines for IT ManagementNumber 336 Every business now collects and stores volumes of information that were unimaginable even a decade ago. Managed well, this data can be used to unlock new sources of economic value and provide fresh insight for marketing. But how many organisations can truly claim ... read more..

Find out what's hot on the IT agenda at IT Decisions 2010, including the latest developments ... read more..

There is no doubt that technology will provide a major boost for businesses across the country as they begin to emerge from the recession during 2010. Research shows that firms that have harnessed the power of technology have coped much better with the downturn. In the year ahead, as ... read more..

John Lovelock, Chief Executive of FAST IiS (the Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software), discusses possible threats to the digital economy. The digital economy has received much publicity over the last year, and especially the last few weeks. The Governments Digital Britain Report has led to the Digital ... read more..

Thursday, 25 March 2010 at the Trafford Centre - Management Suite Morning Workshop: 9.15am to 12.30pm Afternoon Workshop: 1.45pm to 5.00pm 'If you are drowning in a sea of emails, this course will supply a lifejacket, life-raft and even a paddle to get you to calmer waters'. Toni Bright, City of London ... read more..

Business Process Management has been around for some time but interest has significantly increased over the last few years as organisations seek greater agility in turbulent times. What was once the preserve of larger organisations is now becoming mainstream. Butler have researched the experiences learned from BPM adopters and have ... read more..

Interest and deployment of SharePoint keeps on growing this trend will continue with the recent announcement of SharePoint 2010. The latest version of this versatile collaboration tool delivers a more robust and feature rich solution set, but is SharePoint 2010 right for you? We are running a series of ... read more..

We are operating in a relentlessly changing business environment, with uncertainty fast becoming one of the only constants on which senior management can rely. Globalisation, market consolidation, ongoing technological advancements and heightened customer expectations, as well as increased regulation exacerbated by the fall out of the financial crisis, are all ... read more..

Relationships built on trust breed success in the marketplace. Trust emerges when companies understand the benefit of meeting the needs of both the customer and the company. Unfortunately, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools today often ignore the core driver of customer management success. Instead of engaging in relationships, current ... read more..

Interest and deployment of SharePoint keeps on growing this trend will continue with the recent announcement of SharePoint 2010. The latest version of this versatile collaboration tool delivers a more robust and feature rich solution set, but is SharePoint 2010 right for you? We are running a series of ... read more..

Interest and deployment of SharePoint keeps on growing this trend will continue with the recent announcement of SharePoint 2010. The latest version of this versatile collaboration tool delivers a more robust and feature rich solution set, but is SharePoint 2010 right for you? We are running a series of ... read more..

Keith Mitchell of Replify Ltd looks at how optimisation can create the platform for greater efficiency and productivityInfrastructures in businessTodays technology can affect businesses in many different ways. Deployed properly it can propel a company to greater productivity and profitability with far fewer resources than were required just a few ... read more..

To be successful, todays business needs to strike a balance between cost-efficiencies, keeping a productive workforce motivated and ensuring that they are mindful of corporate and legislative compliance. However, the way that organisations interact, work and do business has taken on a collaborative nature which has to fit in with ... read more..

In November Microsoft released a beta version of SharePoint 2010. This is the fourth version of SharePoint, and the product is showing its maturity with a lot of improvements from the 2007 version. Indeed, whether or not you currently have SharePoint, 2010 is worth a serious look, and in this ... read more..

According to Rob Bamforth, lead analyst from Quocirca, It is essential that enterprises adopt a mobile strategy that includes plans for the evolution and continuous improvement of a mobile project.A continuous improvement approach in a mobile project is the key to maximising profitability from your investment in mobility. Continuous improvement ... read more..

Avanade believe that collaboration is an organizational capability that will become increasingly vital to business success and, further, that digital collaboration - the use of technologies to enable efficient and valuable connections among people and information - represents the area of IT with the greatest potential for improving business performance ... read more..

Creating a team far greater than the sum of its individual parts. Effective collaboration and communication is one of the leading routes to business success. Research shows that, over the first years of this century, companies with the most effective communications attained a 30 percent increase in results compared to ... read more..

Brian Green, director of end user computing at Novell, explains how the consumerisation of IT is turning out new tools for organisations to navigate the Web 2.0 workplace The increase in digital clutter has lead to the emergence of collaborative technologies that promise to minimise information overkill and help ... read more..

SharePoint is a powerful product but a careful and considered approach is needed for a successful implementation. Ian Woodgate from PointBeyond shares his top 10 tips to help your organisation avoid some of the pitfalls commonly seen. Choosing to implement SharePoint is a ... read more..

How and why should local authorities be planning to exploit the collaborative features of Web 2.0 technologies? Stephen Dale investigates. What is Web 2.0? The term 'Web 2.0' has been attributed to Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media, which he used to describe the applications and software that facilitate interaction and the sharing ... read more..

Technology and software play an important part in improving supply chain processes. However, making effective improvements can also involve substantial changes to existing processes and culture inside and outside the business. Collaboration As a first step talk with both your suppliers and your customers to prepare for greater openness. Be aware that ... read more..

Alison Booth predicts that during 2006 we should expect to see much more of the word service as the focus turns from products and licenses to services: 'software as a service', 'information as a service', ...with many of these services being delivered over the internet.Web 2.0 - the internet is ... read more..

Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, we remain some way from being able to implement a HAL or Orac: nevertheless there are applications that are feasible today, and some of these can yield dramatic cost savings when applied to the right tasks. This ... read more..