Category Archives: Back2Basics

November 7, 2010 Posted in Back2Basics, change management, Collaboration, Strategies, technology Leave a comment

Tools for the real world

By Ben Kepes

Remember once upon a time when software, and technology in general, was held up as the panacea for all ills? It would bring us the paperless office, vastly reduced working hours, a longer life expectancy, and a better standard of living. I don’t think we’ve gotten here yet - stress related diseases run rife, workers toil [...]

November 1, 2010 Posted in Back2Basics, Sharepoint, Solutions, time savers 1 Comment

What a Difference a Minute Makes

By Ben Kepes

OK, so the song talks about a day and we’re talking about a minute, but allow me some creative license here. The recent SharePoint challenge demonstrates how real life users can save about a minute each time they use the harmon.ie sidebar to access sharepoint, to upload an email to SharePoint or upload a document and attach A link [...]

Tagged email, productivity |

October 8, 2010 Posted in Back2Basics, Challenges, collaboration 2.0, enterprise challenge, enterprise software, productivity tools, Strategies, technology Leave a comment

Enterprise Software Doesn’t Have to Suck

By Ben Kepes

This blog is aimed at people, working inside the enterprise space, some of whom spend their days wrestling with unfriendly and difficult-to-use software. Software that is inflexible, semi unfit-for-purpose, and forces people to work in a particular way. Enterprise software doesn’t need to be this way. With this blog, I’m aiming to distract traditional enterprise IT away [...]

Tagged enterprise 2.0 |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.