Acando harmonizes Portals and Enterprise Social Software

Acando harmonizes Portals and Enterprise Social Software

Event in Frankfurt: Strategies for Introduction and Market Comparison

With the event “Gate to communications” on September 29 in Frankfurt the
business consultancy Acando demonstrates approaches for strategically
setting up portals and social collaboration platforms. To this end, the
technology-neutral consulting company uses the combination of
process-driven management consulting and proven standard solutions.

The consultants at Acando will demonstrate how they facilitate and
improve in-house communications and cooperation specifically by
strategically setting up employee portals and their connection to
enterprise social software. Here, the consultants place importance on
management actively participating in the process. “We often notice that
decisions are made about technology without first developing a medium to
long-term strategy. In practice, solutions then fail due to the users'
lack of acceptance,” reports Dr. Manfred Mucha, Vice Business Area
Manager and specialist for portal solutions at Acando. “In contrast, we
were able to achieve sustainable successes for many customers with our
method,” Mucha continued.

In the projects at medium-sized and large companies, business
consultants work closely with technology experts to fine-tune the
concept to the implementation. Initially they use a methodical
procedure; later on Acando supports its customers in selecting
technologies by conducting product-neutral research.

White Paper: Market comparison Enterprise Social Software

A white paper was specifically created for the enterprise social
software area. “Online collaboration has long since become a part of
day-to-day business. In practice, the approaches are as different as the
infrastructures we find. In order to help our customers make informed
decisions, we compared customary solutions for networked,
enterprise-ready social software in our studies,” explained Michael
Kaiser, author of the market comparison Enterprise Social Software and
expert for integration and process management at Acando.

He will present the results of his market comparison at the “Gate to
Communications” event in Frankfurt on September 29.

Further information is available from:
Guido Ahle, Managing Director, Acando GmbH

+49 40 822259-150

Nicole Segerer, Marketing Manager, Acando GmbH

nicole.segerer@acando.de, +49 40 822259-205