Join facebook to connect with serena serena and others you may know. Nearly everyone in the company, headquartered in redwood city, calif. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Instead, the whole concept of an intranet kind of faded away, replaced by a collection. Mar 05, 2010 and if you are afraid to make the move towards facebook as an intranet, keep in mind that serena software already did it a long time ago, with the introduction of facebook fridays. Serena software is breaking out of the corporate mould by announcing today that its 800 employees around the globe will participate. Each friday, employees are granted one hour of personal time to spend on their facebook profiles and connect with coworkers, customers, family and friends. Brightcove for our proprietary marketing tool, mashuptv. Andrew mcafee from harvard business school and bill ives are both blogging about how serena software has made the leap to adopting facebook as its intranet. Does that means hp can ditch its intranet and use fb instead. Planon is a global software provider that helps organisations to streamline business. Serenas core purpose is to advance the business value of it. I was somewhat skeptical when i first heard this but the.
Personally, i quite like the idea, although im a bit of an anarchist when it comes to corporate organizations. Dec 19, 2007 one company, serena software, is already doing this, although they appear to be using the naked facebook platform, so likely arent putting any sensitive information on there, even in invitationonly groups. Six years later, facebook at work is still a nonstarter. Discover workplace, an online team collaboration tool using facebook features for work. Monitor installation management of oracle software, sap, material control, lawson, ms dynamics, open erp, sage, opera, siebel, and some other erplike applications. To connect with serena williams, join facebook today. The average age of its 800 employees is 46considerably higher than most fresh faces on facebook.
Jan 03, 2008 serena software is really replacing its existing intranet with facebook as a front end linked to a lowcost content management system behind the firewall. Create that facebook group for your company and let your colleagues join. Micro focus serving the community and driving change through new social responsibility program micro focus inspire learn more. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates. Serena officials considered adopting commercial social networking software launched on its intranet, but they decided this would make the effort too formal. From our very first product comparex performing highspeed comparisons between mainframe data sources to our latest release management and deployment automation coordinating advanced enterprise devops teams to ensure that systems are delivered safely to production. Super happy to be part of the 7th largest pure play software company in the world and super excited.
Employees speak with one another and with customers more openly, and customers know where to find. The firm is just over 800 employees but is still globally based operations in 18 countries with 35% of their employees working virtually. As reported by forbes, serena software, a firm with approximately 800 employees, uses facebook to govern much of the communitybuilding and communication functions an intranet would provide. Serena s core purpose is to advance the business value of it. Mar 20, 2009 serena software has been in business for 27 years coding mainframe software. Serena solutions offer a process orchestration approach and span the areas of development, devops and it management. Serena covers all areas of digital content vfx, cgi, motion, color grading, sound, production. We are currently constructing an intranetextranet network for a client, besides doing their actual website. Serena officials made facebook the new corporate intranet, resulting in improved communications. Serena has 900 techy staff in silicon valley and probably saw a good pr story they are not hp. The companys 800 employees in 18 countries were encouraged to spend one hour each friday on their facebook. A mistitled article found via bill ives on the fastforward blog serena software adopts facebook as corporate intranet. Facebook view on facebook linkedin view on linkedin. Serena software made a splash by encouraging employees to use facebook see serena software adopts facebook as corporate intranet and even designating one hour per week on facebook fridays to encourage use of facebook.
Companies warm up to social networks by humphries, stephen. Facebook and academic institutions content or context. Serena software has been in business for 27 years coding mainframe software. Serena software is one of the largest global application lifecycle management alm solution providers with more than 2,500 enterprise customers. Illegal string offset id in homeu7290898wpcontentpluginselementorpromodulesdynamictagsacftagsacfimage. Wouldnt it be cool to have facebook as your intranet.
One company, serena software, is already doing this, although they appear to be using the naked facebook platform, so likely arent putting any sensitive information on there, even in invitationonly groups. Communicate within your company through a familiar interface with. Employees speak with each other and with customers more openly customers know where to find. Dec 08, 2007 serena software adopts facebook as intranet business week the new corporate intranet, web 2. However, i was still surprised when i woke this morning to find that serena has adopted facebook as their intranet. No facebook as the intranet, about serena software s employing facebook as its intranet portal. Serena recently began encouraging its employees to use facebook as a kind of alternative intranet for team building, and it has done so despite concerns over enterprise security. Fb allows connection and communication in a user friendly. Well, sort of the headline in the sda asia magazine reads serena software adopts facebook as corporate intranet, but serena is instead formally encouraging and scheduling time for employees to use facebook at work. Serena helps the highly regulated large enterprise move fast without breaking things increasing velocity of the software development lifecycle while enhancing security, compliance, and performance. This is an exciting project, and facebook has quite good facilities for this idea. No facebook as the intranet, about serena softwares employing facebook as its intranet portal.
As the largest independent application lifecycle management alm vendor on the market, serena software serves over 3,000 active enterprise customers. More information will be available from serena in the coming weeks about saasbased business mashups and agile alm software tools. Serena software provides orchestrated it solutions to the global 2000. Serena business manager is a fast growing cloudbased professional services automation software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. Businesspeople asleep at the wheel on the value of social. Serena history and product links micro focus serena software. Knowing what has changed in a software environment is as critical today as it was in 1980 when serena began.
One of major flaws of existing intranets, even when they work to find stuff, is the lack of social context. I was somewhat skeptical when i first heard this but the companys svp rene bonvanie assured me when we. But serena software got some press last month when it declared facebook fridays. Serena software adopts facebook as intranet business week the new corporate intranet, web 2. Dec 02, 2007 bill describes how serena software, a vendor of enterprise change management software, is replacing its existing traditional intranet with facebook as a front end linked to a lowcost content. Personally, i quite like the idea, although im a bit of. As the largest independent application lifecycle management alm vendor on the market, serena. Enterprise intranet predictions for 2008 intranet design. Facebook as corporate intranet its starting to happen. Dec 18, 2007 but now that developer serena software has created an intranet site for its 800 employees using facebook, and that avenue a razorfish has adopted an opensource wiki platform as its intranet. When the company aimed to restructure its intranet, it asked employees for some feedback regarding what they felt an intranet would need to become appealing. Serena software to provide three solutions via saas.
Serena software is really replacing its existing intranet with facebook as a front end linked to a lowcost content management system behind the firewall. Our 4,000 active enterprise customers, encompassing one million users worldwide, have made serena the largest independent alm vendor and the only one that orchestrates devops, the processes that bring together application development and operations. At serena software, watercooler talk has been replaced by facebook chatter. Bill describes how serena software, a vendor of enterprise change management software, is replacing its existing traditional intranet with facebook as a front end linked to a lowcost content. Micro focus transforms your digital business with enterprise application software across devops, hybrid it management, security and predictive analytics. Facebook will not cut it as your intranet digital workplace. Nov 03, 2007 a mistitled article found via bill ives on the fastforward blog serena software adopts facebook as corporate intranet.
Serena software is dedicated to helping organizations better manage application development, it, and business processes. Jun 19, 2008 serena officials made facebook the new corporate intranet, resulting in improved communications. Mba programs may overlook the intranet, but it could be. The company has been a subsidiary of the british software and. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. The company provides processbased solutions for managing and automating application development, devops and it operations. The real focus of the article is how serena software has adopted a practice called facebook fridays. Serena software adopts facebook as corporate intranet. Its 4,000 active customers, encompassing almost 1million users worldwide, have made serena the largest independent alm vendor.
Serena software offers solutions that orchestrate application delivery. Each friday, employees are granted one hour of personal time to spend on their facebook profiles and connect with co. The company has been a subsidiary of the british software and information company micro focus since 2016. The intranet blogosphere got very animated a few month ago when serena software decided to use fb as its intranet. I was somewhat skeptical when i first heard this but the companys svp rene bonvanie assured me when we met a few. Join facebook to connect with serena my and others you may know. And if you are afraid to make the move towards facebook as an intranet, keep in mind that serena software already did it a long time ago, with the introduction of facebook fridays. Facebook as the intranet neil mcintyre, cpa, ca, cia. Since it functions solely as an enterprise social network, youll need separate intranet software for your static. Serenas mission is to help agencies and enterprises orchestrate their it operations for tremendous competitive advantage. Connect with friends, family and other people you know. Most famously, serena software, which last year adopted facebook as its intranet. Chief technology solutions just launched the digital workplace buyers guide and we are featured in it.
The best possible employee experience in a digital. But now that developer serena software has created an intranet site for its 800 employees using facebook, and that avenue a razorfish has adopted an opensource wiki platform as its intranet. With operations in 11 countries, serena software inc. Why facebook and not sharepoint 2010 could become your. Apr 11, 2008 most famously, serena software, which last year adopted facebook as its intranet. Monitor installation management of oracle software, sap, material control, lawson, ms dynamics, open erp, sage, opera, siebel, and. With the popularity of blackberry devices and social networks, he said, kicking people off email is so 2004.
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