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Windows 8 – Metro vs Desktop
March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Recently I was sent this YouTube video about an old bloke thrown in to using the new Windows 8:
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/mar/14/windows-8-user-interface-confusion)
My reaction to this type of ‘journalism’ is fairly scathing. My measured response is that the example in the video is neither a fair test since the unsuspecting suspect was given no guidance at all on what to expect, nor is it exactly a statistical sample. There was not even a baseline of sitting other equally ‘ordinary’ user in front of Windows XP, 7, OS X, Android, iOS etc.
The accusation, of course, is that Windows 8 isn’t intuitive and that it’s different to the previous version. As they say on the other side of the pond “Well, Duh!”
Of course it’s different – that’s the point, it now includes touch elements and a new interface.
Of course it isn’t intuitive – no man-machine interface is.
Why SharePoint is like Lego
March 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A light hearted, but insightful view on SharePoint as a big box of lego – with no instructions.
To view the presentation, simply let it load then click the arrow at the bottom to step through each point.
Clicking the More button gives you the option to run it full screen and to auto-advance through the points.
Elements of Office 365
March 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A quick series of points on what Office 365 offers (and how Hadron 365 brings more).
To view the presentation, simply let it load then click the arrow at the bottom to step through each point.
Clicking the More button gives you the option to run it full screen and to auto-advance through the points.
Hadron 365 launched
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Our award winning SharePoint Solution Accelerator, Hadron, in Office 365/SharePoint online form.
A full enterprise intranet, based on the leading Hadron SA solution, developed for Office 365/SharePoint Online.
Hadron 365 provides a rich, information architecture driven intranet, supporting departmental, team and project collaboration; full document creation, publication and management; Business Intelligence; Enterprise Search and more.
Hadron 365 provides support for geographically diverse organisations, mobile and flexible working, stakeholder and partner extranet scenarios and more.
Hadron includes full SharePoint features for document management, collaboration, approvals, content creation and publication.
It includes many embedded applications, templates and ‘widgets’ to ensure the immediate needs of an organisation are met for day to day administration, content storage and sharing, business processes etc. It also allows new applications to be rapidly built as new business needs are identified.
Hadron 365 is extremely quick to deploy and go live, letting organsations establish their intranet in weeks rather than months.
Further services can be obtained or internal teams used to extend the initial configuration.
On premise vs hosted SharePoint
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A view for NHS trusts
We often get asked about appropriate server infrastructure for SharePoint (a 3 tier solution comprising web front end, application server and SQL server, doubled up if you want resiliency – thanks for asking) and this sometimes leads on to whether it can be hosted or even whether a cloud solution can be used.
Here are some considerations: [Read more...]
