What’s the future for the ESN market?
This week news broke that leading enterprise social network Jive is searching for a buyer. It follows in the footsteps of Yammer and Socialcast in moving from successful enterprise social startup to...
View ArticleShould you move your Intranet to the cloud?
If you’re not there already, I’d hazard a guess that someone in your organisation (probably from IT) has already asked the question “Should we move to the cloud?”. There’s a lot of information already...
View ArticleSocial Amplification: The Digital Workplace tool you’re missing
Much hot air, waffle and expert thought-leadership has been shared on the topic of Digital Workplaces. Despite a multitude of definitions, including my own, there are some common themes: it’s the tools...
View ArticleWorkplace by Facebook: The Basics
In October Facebook launched their long-anticipated enterprise offering, Workplace. Regular readers of this blog will know we’ve been super excited about this since it was first rumoured in 2014. With...
View ArticleWorkplace by Facebook: Apps, Bots and Integrations
In the third and final part of our Workplace by Facebook series we’re looking at apps, bots and Workplace’s ability to integrate with other systems. As Workplace is still in its infancy, the ability to...
View ArticleShould I replace the intranet with an Enterprise Social Network?
With the arrival of Facebook Workplace and the merger of Microsoft and LinkedIn enterprise social just got sexy, and many companies are asking if they still need a traditional intranet. Comparing the...
View ArticleA cautionary story about cake
In my office, the company gives you cake. It’s a perfunctory cake but served up daily, it keeps employees reasonably happy and productive. Even though employees get cake every day, they barely notice...
View ArticleShock Jive sale shakes up ESN market – again
This week saw another twist in the tale of Enterprise Social Network (ESN) vendor Jive, with the sale of their external communities product, Jive-x, to social media management vendor Lithium. This...
View ArticleHow AI will transform the Digital Workplace (and how it already is)
Talk of Artificial Intelligence – or AI – is everywhere. The rapid development of AI promises a future where bots will run routine tasks better and cheaper than humans. This, in turn, will transform...
View ArticleMessaging war hots up as Slack snaps up HipChat
Last week, less than a year after Atlassian launched its workplace chat app Stride, came the surprise announcement they’re pulling the plug in an agreement with competitor Slack. This marks the latest...
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