The Day Outlook Became My Secretary

I feel that I’ve been tricked. Okay, maybe “tricked” is a harsh word, but let’s put it this way: I’ve seen a bit of the future, I like it, and I’m not sure if and when it’s coming back.

SharePoint Responsive Promoted Links

Okay, let’s make this the shortest blog post in history, well.. not the shortest, but I’ll keep the fluff to a minimum. I wrote a blog post fairly recently for creating responsive tiles that link to your content in SharePoint. That blog post can be found here:

Multipliers and Success with SharePoint (or any new technology)

I’m reading a book right now called Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (by Liz Wiseman). It’s about accessing the intelligence and potential of people in organizations. I ask you not to stop here, as this is not a book review. In fact, I’m still in the first chapter, but it has me thinking a lot about my personal impact on my own organization and even more so, about all of my IT contacts at their individual businesses that I consult with. I want to start this article with some information from the beginning of the book, because I hear this issue surface constantly and it sets the stage so perfectly for what I want to talk about.

5 Signs you need to deploy SharePoint Online

Many organizations are struggling to understand how to help their users become more efficient. It's likely that you are considering the deployment of some combination of a new intranet portal, collaboration tools, and social tools. You probably have a number of questions about which tools to use, whether or not the cloud is secure, and whether or not the users will even adopt these tools if you make them available. If you don't know where to begin, here are a few signs that indicate you need to deploy to SharePoint Online!

A Tale of Two Keyboards – A lesson for clients and consultants

I was looking at my backlog of work this morning, trying to figure out which task to tackle first. Which email do I respond to? Should I finally finish my December expenses? Prep for one of the many meetings I have scheduled for today??

6 Reasons Why You Should Hire a Consultant

When businesses decide that it’s time to invest in a new technology, they often have to decide whether or not to invest in a consultant to go along with it. This is a hard decision to make (and don’t get me started on how to pick the right consultant.) PAIT Group is a consulting firm, and we decided to compose a list of the top reasons that you should hire a consultant for your next business transformation.