Information UpdateSearch Tools

May 2011

Inbar Yasur www.hipusit.info

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What has been happening on the Cloud?

• Using the Cloud

• Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

• Document synchronization in the Cloud

• Storing information on the Cloud

• Presentation databases

 

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Cloud Computingענן מחשוב / מחשוב בענן /

פיתוח המאפשר להשתמש בכוח עיבוד ומחשוב דרך רשת האינטרנט.

הביטוי "ענן" הוא דימוי לרשת האינטרנט המבוסס על הצורה הגרפית בה מתארים את

הרשת בתרשימי זרימה.

בענן המחשוב נמצאים הנתונים והלוגיקה העסקית של מערכות המחשוב בשרתים ובמרכזי

מחשבים והם מופעלים מיחידות קצה מרוחקות.

המשתמשים אינם צריכים לרכוש ולנהל משאבי ומערכות מחשוב ובמקום זאת שוכרים

אותה כשירות מספקים שמעמידים כוח מחשוב שהגישה אליו תהיה מרחוק דרך

האינטרנט.

 Using the Cloud

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Cloud Computingענן מחשוב / מחשוב בענן /

מאפיין זה מאפשר להימנע מהוצאות גדולות על רכישת ציוד

ותוכנות תשתית ומהצורך לנהל אותן.

המשתמש בענני מחשוב עשוי להיות ארגון גדול, ארגון בינוני או קטן או אדם בודד. הספק

הוא בדרך כלל חברה גדולה, שפיתחה תשתיות מתאימות ומספקת שירותים למספר גדול

של משתמשים.

המשתמש משתמש בשירותי הספק באמצעות האינטרנט מבלי צורך לדעת על הסביבה

הטכנולוגית בה ממומשים שירותים אלה.

 Using the Cloud

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Intranet / Virtual Information Center

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Google sites

sites.google.com

• Create – Rich web pages easily

• Collect – All your info in one place

• Control – Who can view and edit

• Free up to 100MB

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Google sites

sites.google.com

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Google sites – Templates

sites.google.com

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Google sites – See what others are doing

sites.google.com

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Google sites – See what others are doing

sites.google.com

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Google sites – See what others are doing

sites.google.com

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Google sites – See what others are doing

sites.google.com

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Google sites – See what others are doing

sites.google.com

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Google sites – Advantages

sites.google.com

• Keep company info. secure – Set sharing permissions across all company sites. • Make useful info. accessible - Create an intranet to capture and share knowledge.

• Unify content from many sources - Display Google Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, YouTube videos, Picasa slideshows and gadgets without any programming skills.

• Find info. instantly - Google search technology is built-in, so you can find useful company information as easily as searching the Internet.

• Let employees contribute - No coding or system expertise is required to update pages or create new internal sites, so anyone can add to shared knowledge

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Google sites – Pricing

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/features.html

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Papyrs - The painless way to organize your business information

http://papyrs.com/

• a web app developed by Stunf  that lets you build your own intranet pages

featuring items such as attachments, images, checklists, discussions and

more using a simple drag & drop interface.

• Pages can be shared within teams, through email or made public with ease.

• Papyrs requires very little technical knowledge for users to get pages up and

running quickly and easily

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Papyrs - The painless way to organize your business information

http://papyrs.com/

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Papyrs - The painless way to organize your business information

Papyrs is currently in private beta, but the developers have provided The Next

Web with access to the first 200 of its readers. Just sign up for Papyrs using the

beta code TNW and you and your team can get started using it right away.

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Papyrs - Price

Pricing models will be released after Papyrs comes out of beta, but Stunf has

indicated that there will be a free version available.

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Backpack - Better Organize Your Business

http://backpackit.com/

• Share information with your team.

• Keep your documents, discussions, and schedules in one place all the time.

• Web-based, secure, and backed-up daily

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Backpack - Better Organize Your Business

http://backpackit.com/

Intranets and Virtual Information Centers

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Document synchronization on the Cloud

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Agilewords: Collaborating on Word Documents Made Easy

http://www.agilewords.com/

Agilewords is a free online tool that simplifies and streamlines the whole document

editing and review process. It lets multiple people work on a document in a single

place online and automatically keeps track of all the feedback and changes in the

document

Document synchronization on the Cloud

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SyncDocs – Sync Your Desktop With The Cloud

http://www.syncdocs.com/

• Syncdocs lets you “Go Google” by migrating all your files to Google’s cloud.

• Simply select a folder on your PC, like “My Documents”, and Syncdocs copies it

online and across all your computers, automatically. This folder is then kept in sync.

• Syncdocs integrates right into your desktop opening your files in Google Docs.

Document synchronization on the Cloud

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SyncDocs – Sync Your Desktop With The Cloud

http://www.syncdocs.com/

Document synchronization on the Cloud

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Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office

Link

Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office brings collaborative multi-person editing to the

familiar Microsoft Office experience.

• Share, backup, and simultaneously edit:

• Microsoft Word

• PowerPoint

• Excel documents

• The software works with Microsoft Office 2003, Office 2007 and Office 2010.

 

Document synchronization on the Cloud

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Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office

Link

 

Document synchronization on the Cloud

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Dropbox

http://www.dropbox.com/features

Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to your computers, phones, and the Dropbox

website

• 2GB of Dropbox for free, with subscriptions up to 100GB available.

• Your files are always available from the secure Dropbox website.

• Dropbox works with Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.

• Works even when offline. You always have your files, whether or not you have a connection.

• Dropbox transfers just the parts of a file that change (not the whole thing).

 

Document synchronization on the Cloud

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Storing information on the Cloud

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Crocodoc

http://crocodoc.com/

Crocodoc is your “my documents” page. – you can manage the list of uploaded files

You can share a set of documents by moving them into a folder and sharing that folder.

More Tools like this

http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/txtbear-share-document-file-type-virtual-text-reader/

 

Storing information on the Cloud

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Storrd.Com – Online Data Storage Service

https://storrd.com/

• Storrd is self-defined as a personal information cloud that people can use for keeping all

their valuable data online.

• Data can be saved and accessed from just anywhere a web-enable device is available,

and managed using an intuitive interface.

• Data can actually be shared with others in just a couple of clicks.

• This service is as suitable for the backup of data as it is for online collaboration

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Storing information on the Cloud

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More Tools like this

Storing information on the Cloud

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Presentation Databases

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SlideShare

http://www.slideshare.net

 The world’s largest online community for sharing presentations with more than

50 million monthly visitors, helping to make it rank amongst the 250 most visited

websites in the world.

Presentation databases

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SlideShare

http://www.slideshare.net

 Slideshare is more than just a presentation sharing portal, with a number of additional

features including:

• video hosting

• virtual meeting software.

• premium channels available to users / organizations,

Example:  Dell Enterprise , Karen Blakeman, My own

Presentation databases

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Embed SlideShare

http://www.slideshare.net

 

…Coming Soon – in My new website

Presentation databases

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Authorstream

http://www.authorstream.com/

• Share them with the world

Share your PowerPoint presentations on the Web as a unique link (URL) to send via e-mail,

or embed them in your blogs or websites.

• Download as Video

Download your presentations as video, and share them on YouTube or watch them on your

DVD player.

 Presentation databases

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Authorstream

http://www.authorstream.com/

• Present and Discuss Live

Present your slides live over the Internet without any hassle of software downloads.

• Create your Channel to showcase your work

Add videos in PowerPoint slides as a file or insert YouTube videos to create compelling

multimedia presentations and showcase your work in your own personalized presentation

channels.

 Presentation databases

Thank you!