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Many organizations fail to adequately budget for their collaboration implementations, leading to cost and time overruns. This tool will help you budget for initial platform deployment and ongoing collaboration solution design.

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Initial collaboration platform deployment consists of a number of discrete steps, from creating the front-end, support model, and back-end to designing and executing pilot projects. This tool will help serve as the basis for platform deployment...

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To successfully implement a collaboration platform, put the right people behind the implementation. If the budget allows, hire a dedicated resource to execute the implementation to increase user uptake. The Collaboration Business Analyst plays a...

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Building a library of collaboration solutions for ad-hoc and persistent teams is essential for enabling effective collaboration. This tool assists IT architects and business analysts conducting collaboration pattern matching (pairing the...

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Info-Tech's Annual Audit Template will help you conduct an annual assessment of the existing collaboration environment. It will consider a variety of different factors to construct a strategy for the ongoing operation of the collaboration system.

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Successfully implementing a collaboration platform is essential for realizing business value. The implementation should be split into two distinct phases: initial platform deployment and ongoing solution design. IT managers are familiar with the...

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Successfully implementing a collaboration platform is essential for realizing business value. The implementation should be split into two distinct phases: initial platform deployment and ongoing solution design.

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Documenting social collaboration and E2E interaction strategy into a business plan is a crucial step in planning a social tool implementation. This template builds on the results from the Social Collaboration Maturity and Readiness Assessment...

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Social collaboration tools are invaluable for enhancing employee-to-employee collaboration, but some organizations are better positioned to immediately take advantage of social tools than others. Use this tool to determine, based on your answers...

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Social tools are now being offered by a number of collaboration vendors. Many organizations are unsure of how to integrate social tools with existing team workflows. Managers must embrace, rather than hinder, integration of social collaboration...

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Social tools are now being offered by a number of collaboration vendors. Many organizations are unsure of how to integrate social tools with existing team workflows. It's important for managers to embrace, rather than hinder, integration of...

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There is no requirement that states that Microsoft should be visible or on the surface of your solutions. Many businesses that qualify, never take advantage because they mistakenly think they are not eligible. With this tool, a potential...

(18-Jan-09) EBay announced on Nov. 19 that it had finally completed the sale of a majority stake in Skype Technologies to a group of investors, including the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. While the sale was a struggle — Skype's founders...

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Growing small and mid-sized enterprises often develop a need for time reporting capabilities. Use this shortlist preparation worksheet to evaluate enterprise Time Reporting Solution (TRS) requirements and develop a listing of suitable vendors.

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On-demand or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) time reporting solutions are a relatively commoditized market. However, distinctive differences still exist between products. Small and mid-sized enterprises must look beyond the standard time reporting...