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PerformancePoint – A brief history
A few years ago, I published an infographic showing the history of SharePoint, to help decypher the different twists, turns and acquisitions that influenced what went into (and out of) SharePoint. (May...
View ArticleInformation is still sticky
Just over four years ago, I wrote a post called Sticky Information. It’s a topic I rarely see discussed but it can have a big influence on our decisions and actions. If we ‘like’ a piece of...
View ArticleDefining Intranets
I find intranets often get a bad press. If you ask people what they think about their company intranet, it’s a rare day when someone has anything positive to say. The challenge for many is that they...
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When security leaks matter
There’s lots of news about the latest release of classified documents on Wikileaks. If you want to have a peek, The Guardian has a great visualisation to get started. I had a mooch. Everything I...
View ArticleSharePoint and Records Management
In October I presented at a Records Management event in London for Unicom. The title of my presentation was SharePoint and Records Management: The Good, Bad and Ugly. The slides are embedded below....
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Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
The Economist has an article ‘Don’t lie to me Argentina‘ explaining why they are removing a figure from their indicators page: Since 2007 Argentina’s government has published inflation figures that...
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Who gets to own or access the data?
Short version: It’s easier to comprehend why Facebook bought Instagram for crazy money if you ignore the social networking and instead focus on the value in automatic location updates via...
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Loyalty, control and terms of service
If you want to protect your intellectual property, worry less about online security controls and more about loyalty. If your employees care, they are less likely to share with outsiders. In the past...
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The risk in eliminating risk
Heard on the radio this morning and currently one of the headlines on the BBC News web site: New driver restrictions would save lives: Newly qualified young drivers should be banned from night-time...
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Extranet Decisions
A question came through via email and I thought I’d post/expand my reply here. The question was along the lines of reasons for deploying an extranet. Whilst the question was targeting SharePoint, the...
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Do you need a portal?
Back in April, I presented some sessions at the International SharePoint Conference held in London. One of the sessions was titled ‘We need a portal’. It was part of the business track, exploring how...
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Defining Intranets, Defining Systems
When assisting an organisation planning to upgrade or introduce social systems like intranets, the first question I ask is ‘What do you mean by intranet?’ Define the system. It sounds obvious but I so...
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