Joining Dots http://www.joiningdots.com from atoms to bits and back again Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:01:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Extranet Decisions Security concerns with online services/cloud computing are a mute point for extranets. The same as they are the minute you send emails to recipients outside your organisation. There are three main criteria when evaluating on-premise vs online for extranets

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Some slides based on various presentations and templates I have used with customers to help guide their designs for intranets, extranets and collaborative web sites...

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In October I presented at a Records Management event in London for Unicom. The title was SharePoint and Records Management: The Good, Bad and Ugly...

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Every few years, Microsoft releases a 'vision for the future' video showing concepts of future technologies. The emphasis of the latest one is on productivity enabled by interactive screens everywhere with easy real-time updates enabled by cloud computing.

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Good design means the appearance of an object is created with consideration to, or in conjunction with, function and purpose. The goal should be more than being admired for looks...

]]> http://www.joiningdots.com/blog/2011/10/why-design-means-compromise/ The Clearing and the Cloud Clearing through the clouds

There's a long road to travel before cloud computing becomes pervasive, just as mainframes didn't disappear overnight when the PC arrived in the workplace.  But...

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