This week’s launch of harmon.ie 4.0 was a smash success. The pent-up need for secure mobile access to documents and colleagues from iPads and other mobile devices is apparent from the outpouring of interest in harmon.ie 4.0.  And the new harmon.ie for BlackBerry 10 app is ‘on fire’ - the buzz around harmon.ie at this week’s BlackBerry Live event in Orlando was ‘off the charts.’

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The prayers of millions of mobile workers have been answered. harmon.ie 4.0 delivers native Office app experience to iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices.

The rumors mills have been working overtime concerning Microsoft’s intention to release Office apps for the iPad.  But none other than Bill Gates himself put the kibosh on that one in a recent CNBC interview where Gates said:

Announcing #SPJam on 5/21:  The Future of SharePoint, Yammer and Mobile in the Social Enterprise

With Microsoft’s recent announcement of the Yammer integration roadmap, several questions remain as to how to best move forward with your social enterprise strategy.  Many community members applaud the integration while others believe it's a mistake. Which solution will your business choose for enterprise social and how will you prepare? 

Social SharePoint Tweet Jam (#SPJam)

Last Tuesday, Michael Miller, Asst. Information Systems Director at the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) took the stage at the Gartner Portal, Content, and Collaboration Summit in San Diego. Attendees packed the large conference hall to hear Miller describe MoDOT’s five-year journey to adapt and thrive in these tough economic times, using SharePoint. This journey was not an easy one, considering that Missouri is the 7th largest highway system in the nation, and that MoDOT is responsible for over 33,000 miles of highway, as well as the state’s bridges and railways. 

Blackberry has just released the new BlackBerry Q10 – you know, the one with a keyboard. Personally, I have the Z10 and just love the sleek keyboard-less interface. But there are a lot of existing BlackBerry users who won’t be able to live without that QWERTY keyboard as part of their device experience.  So, for them, this release is a godsend.  

Expectations have been building up since Microsoft acquired Yammer last summer for a stunning $1.2B. For many harmon.ie customers, the combination of Office 365 and Yammer sounds like a smooth and safe move to a Microsoft-powered social cloud. That’s why at harmon.ie we have been focused on bringing Office 365 and Yammer to iOS and BlackBerry 10 devices. Also we have worked with Microsoft to bring Yammer and SharePoint 2013 to the Outlook 2013 interface both for the Web Application and the rich client. 

The way Microsoft uses the word “SkyDrive” these days, it’s not impossible to have up to 7 or more things in your life with that label spread across multiple services and devices! You’d certainly be forgiven for getting mixed up about what’s what, so let’s briefly try to clarify each one.

Dubbed "Facebook for the Enterprise"and "a corporate version of Twitter" there's no doubt that Yammer has been a tremendous hit in the enterprise social arena, making it a perfect partner for SharePoint’s strong collaboration capabilities. Whereas Yammer provides a far more natural and inclusive approach to social, SharePoint provides a far stronger base for managing content, controls and the security around which conversations in the enterprise are typically focused – the combination of the two is what makes Microsoft’s acquisition of Yammer in mid-2012 so exciting.

Last week, Greg Clark, Principal  at C3 Associates  and our own David Lavenda teamed up to deliver the AIIM webinar – “How to Use SharePoint Well – And When To Recognize You Need a Bit More.” The webinar looked at when SharePoint provides a good standalone solution and when you need to look to third-party vendors to provide the key missing pieces.