All posts by Sharon O'Dea



Revealed: the ROI of Workplace by Facebook

This week Facebook released a detailed study into the value their enterprise product, Workplace, delivers for those organisations who have rolled it out. Conducted by heavyweight research firm Forrester, it uses a combination of surveys and qualitative interviews with customers to quantify the difference Workplace [read more]

Should you buy or build your intranet?

In 1993 I had a custom-built computer. And it was great. I could choose the 386 processor and 16MB RAM to meet my expectations and budget. And it suited me perfectly. As I watched photos load a line of pixels at a time and it [read more]

Dear NHS Digital, We Need To Talk About Intranets

The government has a new policy paper about its vision for digital services in the NHS and It’s well worth reading The future of healthcare: our vision for digital, data and technology in health and care, published in October, is a positive and ambitious starting [read more]


What does the Cambridge Analytica scandal mean for Workplace?

The recent allegations about Cambridge Analytica using data obtained via Facebook to influence elections have made a serious dent in Facebook’s reputation. Its share price fell by 7%and MPs have summoned CEO Mark Zuckerberg to give evidence over the “catastrophic failure of process”. Inevitably, this [read more]


Shock Jive sale shakes up ESN market – again

This week saw another twist in the tale of Enterprise Social Network (ESN) vendor Jive, with the sale of their external communities product, Jive-x, to social media management vendor Lithium. This comes just three months after Jive were acquired by Aurea, the customer-centric software house [read more]