The future of intranets

If we way-back-when-ed our intranets, how much have they changed in five years? What about five years ahead? Will we be solving the same problems or will we laugh at the immaturity of our current mindset?

The future of collaboration

Collaboration. In SharePoint circles this is known as the un-word. The one word that promises the world and delivers none of it. Today I want to not only challenge that platitude but paint a picture of a future which is not so far away. A future which is today.

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 preview – call a web service ...

Yes it may be a little early on in the piece to start talking about product features when it is still in preview, but the excitement has gotten the better of me. Looking at the title of this post, you may be curious as to what a web service is. Basically, it is a provider of data and...

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 preview – loops

It could possibly be one of the most welcomed features of Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 and the Windows Azure Workflow (WAW) framework. There has been many an occasion where the ability to iterate or loop through a set of tasks was highly desired yet, to the dismay of most of us...

What? You’re still not paperless?

I’m still surprised by the number of organisations that remain heavily reliant on paper and laborious processes to complete even the simplest of tasks. Each have their own reasons for this behaviour, which more often than not includes the paper-based approach being the accepted and familiar solution, technology...

Rescuing SharePoint Projects

Let’s be honest, SharePoint implementations typically aren’t cheap investments, especially when you factor in the licensing and overheads. Committing to a SharePoint implementation carries with it the responsibility to make sure you get it right. You want to make sure your provider...