What’s Keeping Business Leaders Awake at Night?
All businesses, irrespective of size, industry or IT budget, will experience some form of disruption one way or another. Every CIO or IT Manager will have their list of priority issues that have the...
Category: Useful Tips & Tricks
Upgrade or Change
Weekly I help organisations tackle this question. It’s a big question and one with many considerations. The typical scenario is it is time to upgrade a critical business system. The ‘cost’ of the upgrade...
SharePoint branding for adoption
From business cards and marketing collateral through to the public-facing website, any organisation worth its salt brands itself with a consistent look and feel.
How to manage documents with OneDrive for Business
Many businesses are using SharePoint. What is less widely recognised is the ability of OneDrive for Business, which comes with SharePoint 2013, to improve the way you organise your documents and collaborate with colleagues.
Create interactive online PowerPoint presentations with Office 365
A couple of decades ago Microsoft PowerPoint arrived and gave us the tools to for eye catching, information-rich slide presentations. Now, Office Mix is a free PowerPoint add-in (from Microsoft) that converts PowerPoint slides into interactive online presentations.
Document collaboration in SharePoint 2013
Done the traditional way, working on a business document with other people is a chore. Content gets drafted then the document gets emailed as an attachment to others for their input. And backwards and forwards it goes until a final version is eventually produced.
Using search in SharePoint
One of the more common grievances I hear when presenting SharePoint workshops is the difficulty of using SharePoint Search to find content. SharePoint 2013 has everything you need, however there are a few ways to make SharePoint Search work even better for you.
On Your Way to Becoming an Intelligent Organisation
Consider this scenario: You are about to start an implementation of business intelligence program. You want your project to be a success. You want the program to meet your current needs, provide a solid...
How to obtain better project outcomes – know thyself
We can get so much valuable information from clients if we only just ask. Frequently we will be asked to implement a new system because the old one is broken. The starting point tends...
The Rise of the Machine; what happens to the people?
Job Notice Boards, Recruitment Management Systems and Job Multiposting Software In the early days of Job Notice Boards, or Job Boards as they are more commonly known these days, recruitment consultancies in the IT...
