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Take a letter, Miss Pelling

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:04:37 +0100

A friend who has physical difficulty in typing had reported success with using Dragon NaturallySpeaking dictation software. I have no problem typing but liked the idea of the promised increase in... [Read More...]

Software for group working

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:43:24 +0100

One for one and none for all? Work in an organization is mainly a group activity. Despite this, much computer software treats human work as though each member of the organization acts individually... [Read More...]

New version of Microsoft's OCS on the way

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:00:00 +0100

Microsoft Unveils Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 14 October 2008 Today, Microsoft Corp. debuted Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 (R2), an update to the... [Read More...]

A new irritant

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:07:47 +0100

...New to me, anyhow. . I was browsing this news item (picture above) when a rash of pop-ups appeared. They were advertisements, put there using software from a company called Vibrant. Whenever... [Read More...]

Virtual worlds still a dream?

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:34:47 +0100

Irving Wladawsky-Berger: An Update on Virtual Worlds 1 September 2008 For the last three years I have been quite intrigued by virtual worlds and all the various capabilities we group under this... [Read More...]

Poised on the mounting block

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:59:19 +0100

I'm getting myself back in the industry-watching saddle after my sabbatical. No doubt for the next few days I'll have the mental equivalent of aching thighs and a sore tochas. (Stop... [Read More...]

It's gone quiet here (2007)

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:27:56 +0100

...and the reason is that I'm no longer on active industry-watching duty. I am taking a sabbatical for a year or so, with the result that I shall have little time, if any, to keep this blog... [Read More...]

It's gone quiet here

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:25:16 +0100

If you really have nothing else to do with your time...

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Thu, 17 May 2007 06:00:00 +0100

In yesterday's item, on social networking, I linked to some curmudgeonly mutterings on the subject from Patrick Barkham. They included these sentiments: If you're single, every second... [Read More...]

Social networking for the non-technical

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:00:00 +0100

Guardian Unlimited Technology - Are you connected? 16 May 2007 This week came the news that William Wales had joined the social networking site Facebook. Yesterday there was much... [Read More...]

All of a twitter

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Tue, 08 May 2007 13:10:00 +0100

ThomasPurves.com - Where are we? Mobile Geolocation and Social Presence 7 May 2007 Someone at a party the other night was trying to explain what you could do with geolocation on your phone. The... [Read More...]

Still more on Enterprise x.0

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100

Yet Another Software Blog: What's the big deal about Enterprise 2.0? What's the big deal about Enterprise 2.0? Entire blogs are dedicated to covering the topic, and we can't forget... [Read More...]

Adding RFID data to the deluge

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:00:00 +0100

IBM Press room - IBM Launches RFID Technology to Extract Business Insight and Drive Value From Mounting RFID Data 27 Mar 2007 Today, at the RFID World Conference, IBM will unveil Radio... [Read More...]

MRD applies

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Chuck's Blog - Who Owns Corporate Information? Much of modern management discussion revolves around the concept of ownership. Yes, we all work in a matrixed world, but... [Read More...]

Cisco is serious about this human networking stuff

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire WebEx 15 March 2007 Acquisition Furthers Cisco's Vision for Enabling Collaboration in the SMB Market Cisco and WebEx today announced a definitive agreement... [Read More...]

Cisco to offer social networking substrate?

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:00:00 +0100

ITNews.com.au -- Will Cisco social media deals impact enterprise?Andrew Conry-Murray -- 9 March 2007 Cisco Systems sealed a deal this week to purchase software assets from, and acquire employees of, ... [Read More...]

Microsoft Live Search struggling

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:15:00 +0100

SeattlePI.com -- Microsoft falls further behind in Web searchTodd Bishop -- 5 March 2007 In early 2005, Microsoft Corp. launched its internally developed Internet search engine with great fanfare, ... [Read More...]

Data's busting out all over

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:30:00 +0100

Guardian Unlimited Business -- How one year's digital output would fill 161bn iPodsRichard Wray -- 6 March 2007 Last year enough digital information - from emails and blogs to mobile phone calls, ... [Read More...]

Dick wins spam case, possibly

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0100

OUT-LAW.COM -- Sheriff awards damages of �750 for single spam email5 March 2007 An individual has won a spam case in the UK for just the second time. Gordon Dick has won a damages award of �750 plus ... [Read More...]

Yapbrowser: Directing you to Illegal Content in One Click or Fewer

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00:00 +0100

Office Memo 26 -- Yapbrowser: Directing you to Illegal Content in One Click or Fewer5 March 2007 Web browsers. They're all around you, on just about every PC on the planet, yet you probably don't ... [Read More...]

Oh, so that's Enterprise 1.0

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:00:00 +0100

Enterprise 2.0 2007 - What is Enterprise 2.0?Enterprise 2.0 is the term for the technologies and business practices that liberate the workforce from the constraints of legacy communication and ... [Read More...]

So what was Enterprise 1.0?

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:00:00 +0100

InformationWeek -- Most Business Tech Pros Wary About Web 2.0 Tools In BusinessJ. Nicholas Hoover -- 24 February 2007 For all the mind-numbing buzz about Web. 2.0, most business collaboration and ... [Read More...]

The lakes are alive, with the sound of disc drives

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0100

Finextra -- Credit Suisse to shift Swiss IT jobs offshore - report 26 February 2007 Investment bank Credit Suisse is looking to outsource over half of the 5000 IT jobs at its operations in ... [Read More...]

Google Office leaps on to the corporate desktop

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:00:00 +0100

ZDNet.co.uk -- Google Apps Go ProNicholas Carlson -- 22 February 2007 Google took its Web-based applications to the big leagues today with Google Apps Premier Edition, a suite of hosted ... [Read More...]

Data protection queries and small orgs - Don't Panic!

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:00:00 +0100

Outllaw.com -- Small companies given data protection guidance15 February 2007 Small companies should try to answer data protection queries in the normal course of business rather than treat them as ... [Read More...]

Will the real BI please stand up?

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:30:00 +0100

18 February 2007 Like a celebrity whose star is fading, business intelligence (BI) keeps trying to reinvent itself. And, like any human performer, it is unable to change its underlying ... [Read More...]

Living in the virtual organization

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:00:00 +0100

Collaboration Loop -- Integrating Virtual Employees into the Fold: Defining the ProblemMelanie Turek -- 6 February 2007 As someone who recently joined a very large, global organization, I know ... [Read More...]

US ecommerce continues to grow, but for how long?

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:00:00 +0100

eMarketer.com -- Is E-Commerce About to Plateau?5 February 2007 According to comScore Networks, 2006 online retail spending reached a record $102 billion, a 24% increase over 2005. [Snip] However, ... [Read More...]

How to be topp! BI favrit with IT beaks

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:55:00 +0100

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Skype aims at the corporate market

Roger Whitehead, Office Futures — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:00:00 +0100

Telecommunications Online -- E-Bay's Skype Ups Its Game, Goes After Business MarketStephen Heiser -- 26 January 2007 Skype, the telecommunications service owned by E-Bay, has announced that it ... [Read More...]