Posts Tagged ‘Collaboration’

As part of the release of the SharePoint 2013 Preview, Microsoft has provided a series of diagrams covering a variety of infrastructure areas.  One of the more interesting can be regarded a synopsis of farm topology best practices.  Even though this diagram can be rendered on a single page (click here to review an interactive version), it is filled with a […]

Elizabeth Dias just posted on social banking and where it could be heading.  She has a start on the subject although there’s a lot to talk about in that area.  I’ll be posting here and on the financial services blog about a variety topics related to social banking.  Feel free to check out the post. […]

Summer, as defined by school schedules, has generally come to an end and that means we kick start our IBM Connection Bootcamp series.  This fall we will be continuing on our trusty format of delivering business-focused bootcamps to help business and IT leaders build use cases, define ROI scenarios and have a little fun while […]

The term “collaboration” in its simplest form refers to two or more people working together to achieve a goal through enhanced communication, knowledge sharing, and learning. People collaborate every day with friends, family, coworkers, vendors, etc. At Perficient, we are focused on collaboration for the business enterprise and we focus specifically on driving productivity, efficiency, […]

This is the last in a four part series on the key factors that shape user adoption of the SharePoint platform. Part 1 outlined the affecting factors, while Parts 2 and 3 examined these factors in detail. In this final post we will examine the remaining key factors that influence user adoption of the SharePoint […]

Let’s consider two kinds of portals: one is a place where stuff is, the other is a place where people exist. Most portals start out as the former, and they tend to stay that way. In most organizations, the portal is a place where stuff is. You go there when you need some stuff, or […]

Reading this L.A. Times article about a recent study performed by researchers from Harvard’s Department of Psychology entitled “Disclosing Information about the Self is Intrinsically Rewarding” made me think not so much about the consumer implications and explanations for the popularity of social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram, and Pinterest, but rather […]

The SharePoint Workspace 2010 and Groove Server 2010 technologies from Microsoft are designed to address this common business scenario: An organization has documents, lists, and other assets stored in SharePoint 2010, but the organization also has a good number of users who are often working in a situation where they are not maintaining an active […]

As a business technology leader, you’ve probably been scratching your head over how to use Twitter for quite some time now, and perhaps you’ve already taken the dive into it and launched a corporate-named profile, connected with some customers and fans and begun sharing relevant content. But if you’re expecting Twitter to become useful for […]

A friend of mine started a business providing a uniquely customizable, cloud-based EMR solution. His business is growing quickly and enables small physician practices to create a “practicized” EMR that minimizes retraining, lowers overall time to deploy, and is ridiculously inexpensive compared to traditional EMR solutions. His solution offers these benefits because it is cloud […]

Andrew Wright posted at story at ragan.com titled Are intranets a waste of time or valuable? Survey says … where he looks at data concerning the usage of an intranet vs perceived value. We have been called into many companies to help them improve their intranet because of a variety of reasons.  A lot of the time, […]

Myself and Mark Polly will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday at Noon CST on How to fast-track your social business capabilities.  Obviously past the ‘build it and they will come’ phase has passed, companies need to build a culture and provide tools that help employees work better, happier and more productive.  But with that […]