Introducing new media to the intranet cheap, fast and powerful

High risk of accident Running a ten years old static intranet in an international enterprise is like entering a formula 1 race in a soap box

Running a ten years old static intranet in an international enterprise is like entering a formula 1 race in a soap box

Where do we need change? content centered change better search easier editing versioning worflow support requires flexibility in content management user centered change personalisation messaging collaboration, tagging, social media requires usermanagent right now, we can’t handle any of these

content centered change

better search

easier editing

versioning

worflow support

requires flexibility in content management

user centered change

personalisation

messaging

collaboration, tagging, social media

requires usermanagent

No money, no support, no future?

No rules?

Start smart introduce new technology gain experience, further ideas cultivate employees new media literacy start small, but scalable – everything must be reusable later on start a wiki start blogs start microblogging

introduce new technology

gain experience, further ideas

cultivate employees new media literacy

start small, but scalable – everything must be reusable later on

start a wiki

start blogs

start microblogging

Investment one server/webspace in a groupwide available environment open source freeware: Wordpress, xWiki, Laconica, mySql, php managing access to that server costs: setup: < 10 k € annual operation: < 5 k €

one server/webspace in a groupwide available environment

open source freeware: Wordpress, xWiki, Laconica, mySql, php

managing access to that server

costs:

setup: < 10 k €

annual operation: < 5 k €

Benefit: wiki for collaboration introduce the first enterprise Wiki to… publish country information (local banks, focus points, responsibilities) - grow it to expandable company information including department - or even employee-pages

introduce the first enterprise Wiki to…

publish country information (local banks, focus points, responsibilities) - grow it to expandable company information including department - or even employee-pages

Benefit: wikis as groupwide platforms Wikis can be used as groupwide platform additionally, spaces for closed usergroups can be created – the connection is seamless; users will just be asked for a password

Wikis can be used as groupwide platform

additionally, spaces for closed usergroups can be created – the connection is seamless; users will just be asked for a password

Benefit: wikis as closed usergroups open access or closed room – just as you need it

open access or closed room – just as you need it

Wikis Condensed continue the groupwide process deliver something new, get people used to involvement use it as a tool to introduce state of the art media

continue the groupwide process

deliver something new, get people used to involvement

use it as a tool to introduce state of the art media

Blogs as online media transform the online magazine in to a modern online media speed up publication: don't always wait for a complete issue, think in minor and major releases

transform the online magazine in to a modern online media

speed up publication: don't always wait for a complete issue, think in minor and major releases

Blogs as a TV platform easy integration of videos, easy categorization, creation of channels it also works without a tv station – single videos can always be addressed from the intranets

easy integration of videos, easy categorization, creation of channels

it also works without a tv station – single videos can always be addressed from the intranets

Blogs Condensed Blogs are the perfect tool to publish and store frequent information Categories and Tags are perfect for creating archives and special views on topics a blog should/could also be used to replace the current newspages

Blogs are the perfect tool to publish and store frequent information

Categories and Tags are perfect for creating archives and special views on topics

a blog should/could also be used to replace the current newspages

Weaknesses: What will be missing Usermanagement: no SSO , users who want to actively participate have to register for every service (support, resetting passwords etc. will be done by the applications) Personalisation: Users will not be automatically recognized; closed usergroups are possible using passwords Workflows: each application will have it's own workflows; sharing content and users can be done via rss or copy&paste Rollout: all services are additional, they don't replace anything and they need the support of local intranet managers (contribute, link from local intranets)

Usermanagement: no SSO , users who want to actively participate have to register for every service (support, resetting passwords etc. will be done by the applications)

Personalisation: Users will not be automatically recognized; closed usergroups are possible using passwords

Workflows: each application will have it's own workflows; sharing content and users can be done via rss or copy&paste

Rollout: all services are additional, they don't replace anything and they need the support of local intranet managers (contribute, link from local intranets)

How does it relate to the future Intranet We use open source enterprise solutions only : export-, import- and integration-features for content and users are built in and can be used later on (LDAP, xml Standards, rss etc.) Most services will stay in place – they are add ons to a group intranet future of the intranet is unknown - testing the use of a wiki as main intranet (with Andrew Mc Afee, MIT)

We use open source enterprise solutions only : export-, import- and integration-features for content and users are built in and can be used later on (LDAP, xml Standards, rss etc.)

Most services will stay in place – they are add ons to a group intranet

future of the intranet is unknown - testing the use of a wiki as main intranet (with Andrew Mc Afee, MIT)

Advanced features: Microblogging short enough, even for CEOs Businessweek has a list of CEOs using twitter.com microblogging means giving short statusupdates in less then 140 characters, posts can be done via web, mail or sms at first glance, it isn't good for anything – but pretty soon, it becomes the perfect tool to show what mood we are in and how it changes

Businessweek has a list of CEOs using twitter.com

microblogging means giving short statusupdates in less then 140 characters, posts can be done via web, mail or sms

at first glance, it isn't good for anything – but pretty soon, it becomes the perfect tool to show what mood we are in and how it changes

Summary, Trends Start wikis as an easy tool for collecting and publishing groupwide information start blogs to introduce a faster, easier more flexible and more entertaining way to handle news social media not only deliver information, they also express networks and moods we need the internal testdrive before we start any web2.0/social media-activities on the internet (customers are already asking for it) … it's cheap!

Start wikis as an easy tool for collecting and publishing groupwide information

start blogs to introduce a faster, easier more flexible and more entertaining way to handle news

social media not only deliver information, they also express networks and moods

we need the internal testdrive before we start any web2.0/social media-activities on the internet (customers are already asking for it)

… it's cheap!

Michael Hafner http://www.kbex.eu michael.hafner (at) a1.net Xing Facebook

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