Cloud Collaboration With Google Docs

Cloud supports collaboration

By Mike Anderson Google docs has been in the stable of my workplace tools for about a year. Having been one of the hundreds of millions of Microsoft Office users, my startup was characterized by a few fits and starts. While it is simple enough to get basic things like creating a new file done, limitations [...]

BYOD, Mobile & Cloud – An Afternoon With UT Dallas

By Mike Anderson Yesterday was Friday the 13th, and I had the good fortune to spend the afternoon with Dr. Michael Savoie of UT Dallas. Michael is Director of the Center for Information Technology and Management in the School of Management. The “An Afternoon With …” program provides a two-hour forum to address prominent IT topics. [...]

BYOD is not a threat: It is your future workplace

BYOD

By Mike Anderson   The issue of BYOD (bring-your-own-device) is on the radar of nearly every enterprise. IT was historically the leader in identifying, selecting and deploying the best technology for the business, but that time has passed. Today users are tech-savvy, and they are the ones getting the newest technologies first. There is no stopping [...]

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 [...]

Aragon Research’s Workplace Scenario Steals The Show With Dallas CIOs

By Mike Anderson Two weeks ago in Dallas, I presented our Workplace Scenario to more than 100 CIOs who were at a SIM dinner event the night of the BCS football championship. I had the opportunity to meet many of the CIOs during the reception. All of them were facing our hottest workplace issues. Mobile devices are [...]