SharePoint Conference Summarized in Three Words: Yammer, Upgrade, Store

SharePoint

By Jim Lundy Microsoft held its annual SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas on October 13-18, 2012 and it was memorable in a number of ways, not the least of which was the intensity of the participants. We will be discussing SharePoint 2013 in more detail in separate posts and First Cuts, this Blog is about [...]

Microsoft Revamps Office For the Cloud and Tablet Era

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author:  Jim Lundy Topic: Content Management, Mobile and Tablets Issues: What are the best practices for managing content across the enterprise? How will enterprises leverage mobile ecosystems to gain a competitive advantage? Summary: On July 16th, 2012, Microsoft announced the preview of Office 2013, Office 365 and all of its flagship Office division products. Event: At a press [...]

When You Work At Home, Productivity Takes Planning

By Mike Anderson Our research at Aragon centers on work, how it’s changing, and as a result, how dramatically the way work gets done is also changing. One of the top issues directly affecting people, me included, is where you work to get things done. The concept of workplace is redefined, and for many the question [...]

BYOD: My Journey From Windows To Mac

By Mike Anderson Last year as we were forming Aragon I was a steadfast Windows user. Although we had made the decision early that we would allow user freedom of choice for computing, Jim was all Mac in his home office. Keeping integration simple by choosing the same platform made sense as a startup, but I [...]

Nokia and Microsoft: Partnership Bears First Fruit in Mobile Ecosystem Battle

  To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Mike Anderson Topics: Mobile Issue: What are the trends impacting mobile computing? Summary: On October 26th at its Nokia World 2011 event in London, Nokia announced the Lumia 800 and 710, its first smartphones based on Windows Phone 7. Event: Nokia announced the Lumia [...]