E-Reach Collaborative Points of View Dr John McCarthy Director Oxford Integrated Systems

Contents Collaboration – Silo mentality – The rewards of collaboration Negotiation and projects – Discreet – private Security and data – A word about our competitors……

Collaboration

Collaborative Points of View

Silo Mentality What Does Silo Mentality Mean? An attitude found in some organizations that occurs when several departments or groups do not want to share information or knowledge with other individuals in the same company. A silo mentality reduces efficiency and can be a contributing factor to a failing corporate culture.

How do you change a silo mentality? In the today’s increasingly demanding business environment, to achieve a competitive edge individuals are required to balance their own personal agenda with the requirements of the team.

One + One = Three Aristotle described the benefits of collaboration. For example where one or two people, groups or organizations work together and create a greater affect than they would if they worked individually. ‘The sum being greater than the parts' Aristotle Collaboration

It’s only when we allow the free flow of information and ideas that we get the greatest benefit

Metcalfe's law The more people who use something, the more valuable it becomes Facebook and Linkedin are prime examples

Negotiations and Projects

Private – You may not want your staff to know about it Discreet – Does not interfere with your windows domain (and your IT staff do not need to know!) Secure – Data is secure and back up daily Accessible – Via home or office PC or smart phone

Negotiations and Projects A limited or fixed period of time – E-reach has no fixed contracts With changing parties or individuals – Easily add or remove users Milestones – Keep track of important milestones

Negotiations and Projects Wiki – To create and manage documents and agreements Intranet – If you wish to publish developments Knowledge base – With predetermined access A threaded audit trail of who said what and when

Security and Data Protection

Google Docs and SharePoint are Cool! Why not use SharePoint? Why not use Google Docs? – They both allow the sharing of information – SharePoint is a feature of windows servers – Google Docs is very cheap

SharePoint is Cool! SharePoint works best inside a windows domain Allowing outsiders access to your windows domain may not be wanted E-reach is implemented with https as standard ensuring your data traffic is encrypted E-reach backs up your data on a daily basis as part of the package

Google Docs are the best! Google docs has privacy issues The ads you get in Google docs are based on the content in your documents E-reach has much stronger privacy and security E-reach provides a wider range of tools and services and works naturally with open office.

E-reach Safe Secure and Simple Conforms to European data protection laws Hosted within the EU Backed up daily Data is encrypted Accessible anywhere No fixed term contracts

Questions? Dr John McCarthy Director Oxford Integrated Systems