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.
Collaboration
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
One + One = Three
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
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
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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