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5 Ways to Ensure Secure File Collaboration in a Post-WikiLeaks World

Alastair — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:49:13 +0000

With data growing exponentially and individuals within organizations using personal endpoint devices for business use it makes sense that file security is now one of the top priorities for IT admins. For organizations that enable file collaboration with sensitive documents — especially large governmental organizations that are still reeling from the sting of WikiLeaks — [...]

Taking on SharePoint with a marching band – behind the scenes

Ashleigh — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:03:15 +0000

Monday 3 October 2011, 7:45 am: More than 130 people scramble into position, horns blowing, drums rolling, cheerleaders chanting, but all I can hear is the sound of my heart beating. This is it, the moment Huddle has been preparing for and I’ve been coordinating for more than nine months: Huddle is about to take [...]

Huddle: Breaking down the barriers to cloud collaboration

Alastair — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:02:01 +0000

At Huddle, we’re big believers in the fact that collaboration isn’t just about working with the people sitting at the desk next to you, or even teams in other departments, it is about sharing information with your entire business community – internal teams, customers, partners, suppliers and contractors. One of the challenges faced by organizations [...]

GovCamp 2012 review

Pauline — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:02:26 +0000

I spent Friday and Saturday at GovCamp 2012, along with 250 others, comprising of civil servants and other stakeholders with an interest in using technology to make public services better. Huddle has been a supporter of GovCamp for a number of years and it’s great to get together with old friends, customers and meet new [...]

GovCamp 2012 preview

Pauline — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:21:55 +0000

It’s that time of year again! GovCamp takes place every January and brings together people with a common interest, in the way technology is being used to improve and deliver public sector services. Huddle has been a proud sponsor of GovCamp for the past few years and we’ll be supporting the event once again this [...]

The run up to working from home during the Olympics

Pauline — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:45:39 +0000

Many of the London-based public sector organisations I work with are about to embark on home-working dry-runs. Before the Olympic celebrations kick off in London in July, public sector staff are testing how they can ensure that it’s business as usual when it comes to getting their jobs done. At Huddle, we run our entire [...]

Working on a pan-government project? Learn how Huddle can help…

Pauline — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:32:57 +0000

We’re seeing an increase in the use of Huddle across government where multiple government departments are working together. If you’re involved in a pan-government project or programme, join our free hour-long webinar on Wednesday 11 January at 10am to learn how you can use Huddle to collaborate and share information across government. We’ll talk about [...]

Product update: Reply by email, improved notifications

James Pipe — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:28:50 +0000

Over the last few weeks, Huddle’s product team has been working hard to ensure that our users can now interact directly with Huddle via email. The team has also improved the user experience of Huddle’s email notifications. Reply by email At Huddle, we recognise that a lot of information continues to be distributed within and [...]

Huddle unlocks the knowledge in your inbox and integrates with VMware Zimbra

Alastair — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:00:44 +0000

At Huddle, we’ve always insisted that, while email is a great communication tool, it is a terrible collaboration tool. If you’ve ever tried to get feedback on a document or presentation from teams across your entire organization, you’ll be familiar with the pain of emails going back and forth, clogging up your inbox! For enterprises [...]

Project Management – techniques and methodologies

Alastair — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:38:15 +0000

In its simplest form project management is the co-ordination of a company’s business into smaller, bite-sized chunks – ‘projects’ – which involve communication and cooperation across different parts of an organization. But since the advent of project management in the early 60s, it has been an area of business that has seen a number of [...]