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Edelman is the world's largest independent public relations firm, with 3,200 employees in 51 offices worldwide. With Edelman's existing corporate intranet, users often required help from IT to update individual webpages and couldn't personalize their information or intranet pages. Edelman wanted to revamp its intranet, making it easier to use and more engaging for employees.
Social media has opened the floodgates of content, yet one wonders if most of this content is knowledge. While some might be thought silly or even offensive, someof it is interesting, informative, and even inspirational. The immense amount of content flowing through these channels is baffling, and there is no doubt that there is a lot of knowledge created within this realm.
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It was no surprise that when the economy tanked, technology took a hit. Though things appear to be picking up, many predictors indicate IT budgets will be flat and organizations will focus on getting more out of existing investments rather than embarking on new initiatives.
As the early American settlers set out on their journey of migration to the west in the early 1820s, they first had to cope with the Appalachian Mountains. Then the next 1,000 miles or so were fairly easy in terrain terms-though still immensely challenging and dangerous. You can imagine their disappointment as the Rocky Mountains appeared on the horizon. Over the last few years, this process has been reenacted in most organizations as the work begins to migrate content from one CMS to another.
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Search User Interfaces, Global Intranet Trends for 2010
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