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May 2009

18
May

Defining (and writing about) Personal Knowledge Management

Personal Knowledge Management can be broadly defined as an evolving set of knowledge-related skills and abilities that allows an individual to survive, and prosper, through turbulent, complex and changing organisational and social environments. It’s something we all do, even if we’re not consciously aware of it. Some of us are really structured and focused, identifying exactly what we need and planning how to get it. Others amass knowledge in a less structured way, acquiring and storing seemingly disparate and sometimes totally random nuggets that, at some future opportunity, we pull together to make sense of a situation at hand. ... read full post

Posted by:  Sally Jansen van Vuuren,  Principal Management Consultant |  18 May 2009
Tags: Knowledge Management
19
May

Elasticity is the key for Cloud early adopters

I’ve been spending a bunch of time of late thinking, working and talking about Cloud Computing platforms. There’s plenty of smoke and even a little fire too. If you’ve been listening to the IT media for the past 12 months, Cloud Computing means many things to many different people, but I tend to list three key attributes of most Cloud Platforms: ... read full post

Posted by:  Chris Auld,  Director of Strategy and Innovation |  19 May 2009
Tags: SaaS, Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Platform
21
May

From wish lists to whiteboards to wireframes

Intergen’s Web Redevelopment Project Part 2 (Previously entitled: How long is a piece of string?) We’re getting somewhere. We laid out the homepage wireframes which Michelle, our designer, has been working on and things started making sense. After weeks of numerous workshops and whiteboard sessions and a sometimes dizzying freeflow of ideas and suggestions, there’s nothing like seeing things laid out right in front of you and starting to become concrete. ... read full post

Posted by:  Katy Sweetman,  Communications Manager |  21 May 2009
Tags: website redevelopment
01
May

Imagine Cup 2009 from the judges’ corner

Imagine Cup is a Microsoft-inspired worldwide competition open to students aged 16 upwards. It is split into eight categories, including Robotics and Algorithm, Photography, Film and Software Design, all of which share the common 2009 theme: "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems facing us today.” ... read full post

Posted by:  Hamish Hill,  Business Analyst |  01 May 2009
Tags: Microsoft Imagine Cup
11
May

Clearing out the cupboard

Intergen’s Web Redevelopment Project Part 1 All my Christmases have come at once - Intergen is getting a new website. As a company whose stock and trade is making browsers browsable and creating ‘intelligent business’ online, it made sense for us to do for ourselves what we do for our clients: make one hell of a great web experience. ... read full post

Posted by:  Katy Sweetman,  Communications Manager |  11 May 2009
Tags: website redevelopment