Digital workplace technology can aid the safety, productivity and governance of power distribution utility maintenance crews. Our readers in the energy utility space will be intimately familiar with the integration of information technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT)–often dubbed “IT/OT convergence.”  In a recent article in Oil & Gas Australia Simon Vardy, Accenture Strategy Utilities Lead for …

Our team has been busy attending and speaking at recent SharePoint Saturdays in Calgary (April 1st) and Vancouver (April 8th). As we wait for the April showers to clear, we wanted to share a few takeaways: User adoption remains the biggest barrier to successful SharePoint projects. During a lunchtime presentation in Vancouver, we ran a …

Demand for mobile apps in the enterprise is growing, reports Gartner. “The mobile app should make work faster, and better, for the employee, as well as less expensive,” advises Van Baker, Research Vice President. But not all enterprise mobility apps are made equal. Having to look for the right information can drastically hamper efficiency. IDC …

As anyone who recently boarded a plane – or is a parent to a teenager – can attest to, people everywhere are fixated on their mobile devices. There is no doubt that our personal lifestyles are fundamentally changing in this era of rapidly increasing mobility. But what does this mean for your business? In a recent …

There are less than 2 weeks to go until ESPC16 kicks off on the 14th of November! Get a head start next Tuesday, by attending the FREE ESPC webinar – New Imperatives for Mobility, Content & Governance – featuring 451 enterprise mobility expert Chris Marsh and Colligo EMEA Director Loic Triger. Mobile technologies are empowering …

Mobile content management (MCM) is here, now. IT departments are working hard to aggressively mobilize enterprise content by rolling out more and more apps. In a recent report, Good confirmed major app growth: 70% of organizations use 2 or more mobile apps; Among those that have deployed apps beyond email, organizations deployed 3.21 apps on …

As organizations continue investigating better ways to mobilize information workers, it’s important to consider mobile content management (MCM). Let’s take a look at the MCM market and how it might fit into your organization’s mobile strategy. MCM is actually the intersection of two large, rapidly growing mobile markets: The first is Enterprise Content Management or …

Mobility is definitely at or near the top of IT department agendas for 2016. In our recent webinar “Enterprise Mobility: Awakening the SharePoint Force” 451 Research mobility expert Chris Marsh and I discussed mobile content management trends and how MCM is gaining rapid market traction to empower information workers to be productive anywhere, while enabling …

As mobile content management gains rapid momentum, so grows the IT headaches. IT pros must find the right, delicate balance between productivity, security and governance. Imbalance can become very costly, while finding the right balance can accelerate enterprise success. The good news? If you already have SharePoint deployed in your organization for enterprise content management, …