Saturday, November 15, 2008

W2.0 Project Solutions

Web 2.0 offers amazing tools to collect and analyze flow of data. One of the interesting technologies is GroupMail. In our company’s business it could be utilized in multiple ways. First of all, it could serve as a great tool for the newsletters. For example, if I was to send an important announcement, e.g. policies and procedures update, I would be able to track who opened the email and what links they clicked on. That information could be used for the audit purposes. It also allows creating, sending and tracking surveys. The surveys can be customized with the company’s logo and color scheme. The received data can be exported for the analysis. Also, it could serve as a great marketing tool: it can collect subscribers to the web-site, automate subscribe/unsubscribe services, etc.

Security is one the main factors to consider in choosing a browser-based and a document-management platform for creating Intranet. SharePoint looks like an interesting product to me. It can be used to access shared documents, workspace, contact, surveys, etc. Google Docs is very attractive since it is an open source, but its’ “openness” is also a major factor of concern when it comes to HR applications.

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