It was announced today that OnePlaceMail and partner RecordPoint won the tender for Information and Records Management at Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department. The RecordPoint platform will be deployed for over 1700 A-G staff in Canberra along with an email integration solution from Scinaptic OnePlaceMail. Quote from Image & Data Manager (http://idm.net.au/article/008883-recordpoint-wins-attorney-generals) It’s always great to... Continue Reading →
Countdown to the Australian SharePoint Conference
We are now just a month away from the 3rd annual Australian SharePoint Conference. This year the the venue has changed and 2012 will see Melbourne hosting the event. The keynote speakers at the event will be Mike Fitzmaurice (VP of Product Technology for Nintex) and Chris Johnson (GM, Provoke Solutions). OnePlaceMail continues it’s sponsorship... Continue Reading →
How to encode a string for use in xml
The Problem When you are constructing xml using the classes from the System.Xml namespace you really don’t need to worry about encoding characters, you simply set the value of an XmlAttribute and the rest is taken care of for you. There are some instances however where you find yourself constructing a string representation of xml.... Continue Reading →
Microsoft’s Office 15 Now in Technical Preview
Microsoft’s next version of Office has reached its technical preview stage. The platform is being distributed to a select group of testers which for the first time includes customers; a public beta is due mid 2012. With Office 15 Microsoft is updating the whole suite at once. “For the first time ever, we will simultaneously update... Continue Reading →
One Way To Fix SharePoint’s Outlook Problem
These quotes are taken from an article by Michael Sampson (@collabguy) talking about Outlook, SharePoint, and OnePlaceMail. It's great to see that some of our guiding principles are shining through into the user experience. Microsoft's Outlook-SharePoint integration is terrible OnePlaceMail stands against the overwhelming complexity of SharePoint, helping users adopt those features most relevant to them... Continue Reading →
Goodbye Yahoo! Site Explorer for inbound link analysis
I've used Yahoo Site Explorer for a long time for inbound link analysis on any domain. Today I found this is no more. The replacement is Bing Webmaster tools but it seems you have to be the verified site owner before you can get the stats 😦 http://www.ysearchblog.com/2011/09/14/site-explorer-transition-to-bing-webmaster-tools
Five out-of-the-box ways to get Email into SharePoint
One question I’ve been asked countless times is the native integration options of Outlook/Exchange and SharePoint in order to save or transfer email and have it stored in SharePoint. Before I jump into the different integration options available it is important to consider that once you’ve got the email in SharePoint how easy is it... Continue Reading →
Free download of pre-built General Business Taxonomy for SharePoint 2010
Microsoft has teamed up with WAND to provide pre-built foundational taxonomies in a variety of fields and expertise. This provides a great strating point for your organisation if you are looking at putting a taxonomy structure together yourself in SharePoint 2010. The free General Business Taxonomy download consists of common functional areas that exist in... Continue Reading →
Golder Associates (7,800 employees) has turned to OnePlaceMail to encourage adoption of its SharePoint project workspace
Golder Associates, a global company providing consulting, design, and construction services from 160 offices worldwide and with nearly 7800 employees, has turned to OnePlaceMail to encourage adoption of its SharePoint project workspace. “When we trialled OnePlaceMail it was an immediate fit, as the drag and drop features embedded directly into Outlook and provides staff with... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Office coming to iPad soon?
With Microsoft already having it's Office suite running on Mac speculation is rife that having Office running on iOS isn't far off. Industry watchers are already predicting Office on the iPad in 2012. http://www.simonblog.com/2011/12/03/microsoft-office-coming-to-ipad-in-2012/
Cameron Dwyer 