17 May 2013

It’s here! iWorkplace Records Manager 3!

Information Leadership is proud to announce that iWorkplace Records Manager 3 (RM3) available now!

RM3 is a unique content management tool that does so much more than just retention and disposal. Features include:

• Manage content – tidy-up and manage content from file shares, legacy EDRMS and feral SharePoint sites
• Set up views – see in seconds how content is organised and identify any metadata discrepancies
• Find content by file size and number of versions – so that you can manage your storage costs
• User adoption – see in seconds what documents, photos, and emails teams and individuals are adding to SharePoint
• Group, filter and sort content across the entire server - enjoy full server-wide visibility
• Flexible and powerful R & D tools - full reporting and appraisal tools, transaction logs and deleted item metadata list

Affordable – RM3 is licensed by the number of records in your system, so your costs start low and stay linked to the scale of your implementation. We have already started installs for organisations who want to move to RM3 – this includes both users of RM2 and new users of recordkeeping tools in SharePoint.

For more information, a demonstration or to attend a New Release Workshop please contact Kaye on 0800 001 800

15 April 2013

Microsoft Certified IT Professionals at Information Leadership now = 4

Phil Harfield from our Wellington office is the latest Information Leadership staff member to attain the MCITP certification. We now have 4 of our team to have this level of certification and the experience to deliver all things SharePoint:

• Jos Auker-Woor
• Phil Harfield
• Ian Morrish
• Brendon Pilott

2 April 2013

SharePoint Deployment Planning Service

Customers with Microsoft Software Assurance Benefits can use Information Leadership to deliver SharePoint Deployment Planning Service (SDPS) which will be paid (or partially paid) by Microsoft.

This is perfect if you want to:

• Expand the functionality of an existing SharePoint deployment
• Upgrade from 2010 to 2013
• Deployment SharePoint 2013 for the first time

SharePoint Deployment Planning Service can include the following:

• A comprehensive introduction to SharePoint 2013
• Thorough understanding of upgrade process as it relates to your deployment
• High level logical and physical architecture design
• Awareness of the upgrade “costs” and benefits
• A customized migration plan for deployed workloads

Customers may have one or three days of SA Benefits which can be applied to an SDPS engagement. Contact Kaye if you would like to find out more.

20 March 2013

ShareThePoint
5th Annual New Zealand Conference
16 & 17 April 2013, at the Langham Auckland

Come and ShareThePoint with Information Leadership. We have secured a $50 discount for our contacts, just mention our name (ILC) when registering. We have a high profile at this event with the following presentations:

Sarah Heal and Ian Morrish from IL
Tuesday 16th April 11.30am - 12.30am

The DNA of Document and Records Management Success with SharePoint

David Seel (IL) and Chris Walmsley (RGPG)
Tuesday 16th April 4.15pm – 5.15pm

Using SharePoint to Create Smart Solutions for NZ Healthcare Providers

Jos Auker-Woor (IL) and Greg Jack (Antarctica NZ)
Wednesday 17th April 10.30am – 11.30am

E.M.P.E.R.O.R Project

Also at the vendor track sessions, hear Sarah speak about iWorkplace Records Manager 3: Pragmatic PRA and Beyond.

Come and say hi to the team from IL at our big and bright stand first to the right in the Great Hall.

18 March 2013

SharePoint Triple Roadshows an overwhelming success!

Early this month we ran free sessions around NZ and we were overwhelmed with the number of attendees at all sessions. There were many “WOW” moments that had people sitting forward in their seats! Some short highlights on the 3 sessions:

SP 2013

• Fantastic improvements in search capabilities and management of images/videos
• Ability to move 2010 content and features to 2013 platform with no visible changes to users

Reining in the chaos

• The Nike™ (“just do it”) approach to implementing SharePoint does not work!
• Real need for a roadmap and structured approach.
• Information architecture – need to avoid the pitfalls of the Soduku like proposition of deciding which SharePoint assets to use and how through:
  • Focussing on what the audiences of the content needs and evaluating the various approaches to find the best fit
  • Separating the content from the design of the site by create design patterns that can be re-used.

New tools and thinking

• Use of mobile based apps to save the documents and photos created on your mobile device directly into SharePoint.
• Records Manager 3 – more than a retention & disposal tool now includes:
  • Easy to configure library and content monitoring and analysis tool
  • Ability to carry out actions to content and carry out global workflow

18 March 2013

Ian Morrish’s Gold Mine of SharePoint Information: http://www.wssdemo.com/

One decent browse of this personal site of Ian's and it is clear that all things SharePoint are a passion for him. This site has been going for many years and now attracts 2,000 users per day from around the world! New products, uses of SharePoint, traps, and examples of these – it’s all here. It’s the depth and breadth of Ian’s knowledge that makes him ideal for server and solution “health checks”, and scoping out some of the more unusual requests we regularly receive.

18 March 2013

Knowledge is Strength, but Well-organised Knowledge is Better

Helen Twose from the New Zealand Herald caught up with Sarah Heal, Director of Information Leadership. Helen's article provides insight into who Sarah Heal is and why Information Leadership is helping clients up and down the country win control of information. The article is conversational in style and provides a clear understanding of the Information Leadership philosophy.

8 March 2013

SharePointTraining for 2013

Do not miss the opportunity to register for our most popular courses Strategy & Roadmap for SharePoint, SharePoint Discovery and SharePoint for Power Users along with the other great courses we offer. Enquiries are already coming in to hold places so do not miss out. Click here to view courses and dates or contact kaye@informationleadership.com to register your interest now.

1 March 2013

iPad mini – Winner Announced

Recently we sent out our last hard copy newsletter, training brochures, reviews and articles. As part of that mail out we asked people if they wanted to be on our email distribution list and all returned cards went into a draw to win an iPad mini.

We are very pleased to announce that the winner is Donald Harman of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu.

Thanks to all who took the time and trouble to send back a card. We are updating our records accordingly. If you did not send back a card but wish to receive our updates electronically please contact Kaye or call 0800 001 800.

10 February 2013

Triple SharePoint Roadshow coming
to eight centres in February/March

Information Leadership will be running free sessions in eight cities over February/March 2013. Sessions will cover:

• SP 2013: what you need to know
  
  
• Getting your IM/SP strategies and tactics right this year and governance – getting and staying in control
  
  
• New tools and thinking for record keeping, managing content and case files; mobile

Numbers are strictly limited. Get more information here or contact Kaye to register

1 Feb 2013

Information Leadership in the Press

NZLG Magazine: Read how IL have assisted over 50 organisations with their electronic and records management systems using our iWorkplace™ methodologies.

The Dominion Post: Article on Information Leadership, the Wellington office expansion and how the Directors Sarah Heal and Grant Margison manage business with pleasure.

NZ Business Magazine: Article by Ian Morrish of Information Leadership offering advice on managing the vast amount of information created and received by businesses.

Case Study: New Zealand Walking Access Commission (NZWAC)

Information Leadership was engaged by NZWAC to assist them in overcoming the challenge of moving their SharePoint deployment to the cloud while remaining in step with the tough legislative guidelines of the NZ Public Records Act.

4 Dec 2012

Microsoft GOLD partnership status

We are pleased to announce that we have achieved the Microsoft Gold Collaboration and Content competency.

Attaining GOLD status in the Collaboration and Content competency puts Information Leadership amongst the top 5% of Microsoft partners worldwide.

Information Leadership has on the team five Microsoft Certified Professionals based in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland. This means we can offer you a comprehensive range of support for SharePoint and offer solutions that connect teams, improve access to information and increase your productivity.

3 Dec 2012

SharePoint Training for 2013

We are currently putting together our schedule of training for the first half of 2013. The courses and dates will be posted on our website early in January.

Do not miss the opportunity to register for our most popular courses Strategy & Roadmap for SharePoint, SharePoint Discovery and SharePoint for Power Users along with the other great courses we offer. Enquiries are already coming in to hold places so do not miss out.

Go to http://www.iworkplace.com/calendar.html to view courses, dates and centers or contact kaye@informationleadership.com to register your interest now.

See the latest courses running prior to Xmas and dates

5 Sept 2012

Article on Airways and iWorkplace in
Image & Data Manager magazine

Upcoming event: April 2013

SharePoint User Group conference 2013
(now renamed “ShareThePoint”)

This event is to be held in Auckland 16-17 April 2013 and again Information Leadership is proud to be a GOLD sponsor of this popular conference. We are always heavily involved in this conference with consistently great feedback on our presentations so watch this space on what will be our focus at this event

Upcoming event: November 2012

SharePoint 2013 Las Vegas

We are sending our Senior Technical Consultants to the Microsoft SharePoint global 4 day conference in November specifically to get up to speed with new 2013 version and to assist Information Leadership to define a strategy for our iWorkplace features in support of the new version. Roadshows to follow. Stay tuned...

Upcoming event: November 2012

ALGIM Annual Conference

Information Leadership will once again be exhibiting and presenting at this event. We are pleased to be sponsoring the 2012 ALGIM Collaboration Award and will be presenting a paper called

“A seamless EDRMS and Intranet?  Yeah right!”
Come and say hi to Kaye at out stand in the exhibitors area, get an update on what Information Leadership have been doing this year and how we may be able to help your organisation.

Upcoming event: October 2012

30th Tertiary ICT Conference
Christchurch 3-5 October

With Information Leadership having a growing number of clients in the education sector we are excited to be a GOLD sponsor of this event.
Sarah Heal our Director will be presenting a paper on how getting an ECM working across an organisation is notoriously difficult. Sarah will be drawing on cases studies from our own experiences on over 40 iWorkplace implementations within the education and other sectors.

August 2012

Working in Collaborative Environments conference (Auckland)

Our Director Sarah Heal was a guest speaker at this event and we have received great feedback on her presentation about the efficient use of SharePoint and how it is a common vehicle for collaboration, yet many organisations struggle to capitalise on its use.
If you are interested in the slides from the presentation please contact kaye@informationleadership.com

May 2012

Wellington IL office grows by 3
Now 7 people

Phil Harfield - Consultant - Phil has been in the IT industry for over 10 years and has experience in business analysis, infrastructure design, technical implementation and support. Phil began working with SharePoint in 2007 and has successfully completed SharePoint implementations of Intranets, an iWorkplace EDRMS solution and external facing websites. Other SharePoint projects have included implementing technology solutions that include Microsoft CRM and SharePoint integration, SharePoint 2010 upgrades and InfoPath Form Services.

Brendon Pilott - Technical Consultant - Brendon has a passion for solving real business problems with efficient IT systems, particularly systems built on SharePoint and Infopath. He is experienced with Microsoft Hyper-v, Exchange and SQL and with Lotus Notes to Exchange migration. Prior to getting involved in SharePoint Brendon has worked as Server Systems Engineer and Systems Engineer. He holds a BSc in Software Engineering and the Microsoft Certifications: MCITP Enterprise Administrator, MCTS Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Configuring, MCP Designing, Deploying and Managing a Network.

Paddy Plunket - IM Consulting and Project Manager - Over 10 years experience in IM and holds a Masters of Information Management in Information Systems - with Distinction - as well as project management certifications

Information Leadership were invite by ALGIM to speak at this year's Web Symposium. Sarah Heal delivered the presentation to an appreciative audience on:

"Intranet: Time for high usefulness?"

Building a transforming strategy and knowing where you need to target your efforts and influence to get change. Many intranets are the play toys of the Marketing, Executive and Communication groups or have gone wild west. Most of the money goes on "look and feel", leaving staff floundering on the lack of usefulness of it. This paper gives you a strategy for positioning how you spend your time, money and influence to get a "high usefulness" platform that gets used and loved.

It covered five key battlegrounds to focus your efforts and get the maximum value from your limited budget including:

May 2012

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