Book Description
Build groupware capabilities into your intranet without expensive commercial groupware products
Intranet technology is an inexpensive and easier-to-use alternative to groupware products like Lotus Notes and Groupwise. But simply installing an intranet doesn't automatically endow an organization with collaborative computing. In Intranet as Groupware, intranet pioneer Mellanie Hills shows you how to take that crucial next step. With the experiences of 13 leading companies, including JC Penney, AT&T, Bell Atlantic, EDS, Texas Instruments, and Turner Broadcasting, she:
* Shows you what you can do with groupware on an intranet
* Examines intranet groupware products as well as Web-enabled proprietary groupware
* Provides step-by-step guidelines and checklists for planning and implementing intranet groupware
* Discusses how to overcome the people and change issues that make groupware difficult to implement
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The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Groupware Enables companies to more easily share and modify information throughout an organization. Also known as Collaborative Computing For more and more companies, intranet technology is being looked at as an inexpensive and easier-to-use alternative to groupware products like Lotus Notes and Groupwise. But simply installing an intranet doesn't automatically give you groupware. This book shows how to take an intranet to this next step. It discusses the plusses and minuses of using an intranet for groupware vs. commercial products, and offers checklists for planning, budgeting and implementing an intranet groupware project. Author Mellanie Hills also shares intranet experiences from over twenty companies, using case studies and including actual intranet interfaces in the book.
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Build groupware capabilities into your intranet without expensive commercial groupware products
Intranet technology is an inexpensive and easier-to-use alternative to groupware products like Lotus Notes and Groupwise. But simply installing an intranet doesn't automatically endow an organization with collaborative computing. In Intranet as Groupware, intranet pioneer Mellanie Hills shows you how to take that crucial next step. With the experiences of 13 leading companies, including JC Penney, AT&T, Bell Atlantic, EDS, Texas Instruments, and Turner Broadcasting, she: Shows you what you can do with groupware on an intranet Examines intranet groupware products as well as Web-enabled proprietary groupware Provides step-by-step guidelines and checklists for planning and implementing intranet groupware Discusses how to overcome the people and change issues that make groupware difficult to implement
Visit our Web site at: http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/
About the Author
MELLANIE HILLS is the founder of Knowledgies, a consulting firm specializing in helping Fortune 500 companies develop knowledge strategies with intranet and groupware technologies. With more than 20 years of experience in business and IT, she led JC Penney's Internet and intranet project and is the author of Intranet Business Strategies (Wiley).
Intranet as Groupware FROM THE PUBLISHER
Groupware Enables companies to more easily share and modify information throughout an organization. Also known as Collaborative Computing[For more and more companies, intranet technology is being looked at as an inexpensive and easier-to-use alternative to groupware products like Lotus Notes and Groupwise. But simply installing an intranet doesn't automatically give you groupware. This book shows how to take an intranet to this next step. It discusses the plusses and minuses of using an intranet for groupware vs. commercial products, and offers checklists for planning, budgeting and implementing an intranet groupware project. Author Mellanie Hills also shares intranet experiences from over twenty companies, using case studies and including actual intranet interfaces in the book.
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