Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-10-02 Thread Stephen Wolff
Ralph Corderoy wrote: Agreed, which is another reason that we are only considering a blog / forum. Take a look at http://www.discourse.org/ That looks v. good Ralph... might just try it myself (for a client) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-10-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC,

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-10-02 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, Agreed, which is another reason that we are only considering a blog / forum. Take a look at http://www.discourse.org/ That looks v. good Ralph... might just try it myself (for a client) One more thing; consider how easy it will be to move your data on in a couple of years

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-10-01 Thread James Blake
At my last company, where I was the CISO, we used Yammer which had exactly the functionality you're looking for and easy to maintain. Several of our large customers use it now as well but it scales well to businesses of all sizes. It's commercially licenced. James -- James Blake PhD CISSP CISM

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-10-01 Thread James Blake
We used Zimbra. At least four years ago it was difficult to maintain and the support was appalling, our CIO lost a lot of hair over it. On 30 September 2014 15:50, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: On 30 September 2014 at 15:30 Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-10-01 Thread James Blake
In my subjective experience Confluence's suitability would depend on what you're trying to use it for. Our practice's knowledgebase is accessed on a Confluence instance and nobody can find anything, we've had to employ a full-time curator who has had to adapt our way of working to fit the tool

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-10-01 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, (Any chance you could alter your From address to the list to include your name? Not change the email address, just add a real name. I search for emails from Terry. :-) That's part of the problem; they're not really sure. I think it might function as a newsletter in some

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-10-01 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 01 Oct 2014 14:55:57 Ralph Corderoy wrote: (Any chance you could alter your From address to the list to include your name? Not change the email address, just add a real name. I search for emails from Terry. :-) The only time I post using just my email address is when I use my

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-10-01 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 01 Oct 2014 17:36:17 Peter Merchant wrote: On 01/10/14 17:07, Terry Coles wrote: Agreed, which is another reason that we are only considering a blog / forum. We are all interested in hearing the outcome. You have had plenty of food for thought. Don't let it disappear into

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-10-01 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, Agreed, which is another reason that we are only considering a blog / forum. Take a look at http://www.discourse.org/ Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-10-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-09-30 Thread TimA
Hi Terry On 30/09/14 14:05, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: Hi, Our company has a presence in several European countries and our collective bosses would like to set up a Corporate Social Network based on Linux servers and Clients running on Windows hardware. The system would have to be private

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-09-30 Thread Stephen Wolff
Hi Terry, I believe that the management are not really sure what they want in terms of functionality so are looking for suggestions. We have discussed this locally What's the nature of the information you want to share? Considered blog posts? One-line QA? A curated resource of

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-09-30 Thread Adrian Warman
Atlassian Confuence https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence? You can get a 'starter' licence for between $10 and $30, that will support up to 10 users. Sufficient to try out its capabilities. Adrian On 30 September 2014 14:40, Stephen Wolff step...@maxgatedigital.com wrote: Hi Terry,

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-09-30 Thread d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk
On 30 September 2014 at 14:33 Ralph Corderoy ra...@inputplus.co.uk wrote: Hi Terry, I believe that the management are not really sure what they want in terms of functionality so are looking for suggestions. We have discussed this locally What's the nature of the information you

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-09-30 Thread Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell
If they already use Microsoft Office (and especially if they already subscribe to Office 365) then Yammer is a service that is specifically designed to be a corporate social network at the Office 365 Mid-Size Business tier. I've never used it though and naturally it's a service, not something you

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-09-30 Thread d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk
On 30 September 2014 at 15:30 Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell darkliq...@darkliquid.co.uk wrote: If they already use Microsoft Office (and especially if they already subscribe to Office 365) then Yammer is a service that is specifically designed to be a corporate social network at the Office 365

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-09-30 Thread Martin Hepworth
Hi We've used Socialcast and Salesforce's Chatter, both are externally hosts (ie cloud) but both work quite well. Depends on how deep your pockets are and if you're already using Salesforce or not. -- Martin Hepworth, CISSP Oxford, UK On 30 September 2014 15:50, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

2014-09-30 Thread Peter Merchant
On 30/09/14 15:12, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: On 30 September 2014 at 14:33 Ralph Corderoy ra...@inputplus.co.uk wrote: Hi Terry, I believe that the management are not really sure what they want in terms of functionality so are looking for suggestions. We have discussed this locally