December 2005 | Managing the Knowledge Workforce
Jonathan Spira's inspiring new book provides a fresh view of the challenges facing today's knowledge worker and practical strategies to outfit them with tools they need. One case study covers the story of a competitive intelligence group in a Fortune 500 company. They deployed Traction® TeamPage enterprise blog software to effectively put "CI in context for decision making" and "provide easy access to information across the business." The system supports collaboration between 25 people involved in the intelligence process and over 100 decision makers. (Page 141-144)
14 December 2005 | Traction Customer IJIS Named one of Business Week's WebSmart 50
The deployment of Traction® TeamPage by IJIS, a membership organization representing information technology companies with the mission of improving information sharing in the Justice community, was recgonized as one of the 50 innovative uses of internet technology in business. Traction was deployed for the IJIS website, partner extranet and staff intranet. Paul Wormelli, Executive Director, said ". "Traction’s solution enabled us to meet all of our collaboration requirements by providing an easy, faster way to notify members, access information and save time working together." » Full Release
US Department of Defense - Rapid Acquisition Incentive-Net Centricity
The DoD CIO CIO office selected the "Liberty Project" as one of four out of 120 program proposals for RAI-NC funding. The program aimed to determine how best to deploy Traction® Software's Enterprise Blog platform in a net-centric environment with the goal of accelerating Test & Evaluation programs. The "Liberty Project" tested night vision technology and achieved significant improvements in communication effictiveness, tighter reporting cycles, improved information availability, and lower cost to the network.
Rice University - Carbon Nanotechnology Lab
The Carbon Nanotechnology Lab at Rice University deployed Traction® TeamPage to support information exchange throughout a research program team. The deadlines were very tight and reporting cycles to the sponsor, DARPA, occurred weekly. Traction enabled the program team to coordinate activities and allowed the program manager, Howard Schmidt, to both manage the team effectively and be accountable to his sponsor. The solution brought hard returns to execution time and quality.
December 2005 | Analysis: A "Green" Utility Chooses Blogging for Business
by Doug Henschen. The company [Enel North America] initially took advantage of the [Traction® TeamPage] software to deliver basic intranet-type information, including HR policies and benefits, company news and even a monthly company update from the CEO... Work is now underway on a collaborative application for some 30 employees in the business development group who handle due diligence on potential acquisitions. » Read More
November 2005 | Business Week names Traction Customer IJIS to Web Smart 50
This year's Web Smart 50 Named Traction® Software customer Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute (www.ijis.org) as a pacesetter in Collaboration. IJIS uses Traction® TeamPage for their website, partner extranet, and staff intranet. BusinessWeek Reports: The Project: This consortium of tech companies, which supports the Justice Dept., set up a series of blogs to share information among its 16 commitees. The Payoff: About 400 people working on 37 projects now collaborate virtually. One committee cut by half the number of phone and in-person meetings it holds. » Read More (go to Slide 9)
US Department of Justice - Western States Information Network (WSIN)
The Western States Information Network is a member of the Department of Justice's Regional Information Sharing Service (RISS) Network. WSIN deployed Traction® TeamPage in the winter of 2003 for analyst groups, the watch center, and executive communications.
August 2005 | IT Execs Face Need to Link Dispersed Developers
Microsoft Delays Team Tool as Users Look to Collaborate - Some users, meanwhile, are ramping up other tools to better manage development teams. TextWise LLC, a builder of text-processing tools in Rochester, N.Y., began using an enterprise blogging tool in April from Traction® Software Inc. to replace e-mail threads for collaboration.The Traction® TeamPage blog software allows the company's development teams in Rochester, Baltimore, Boston and Syracuse, N.Y., to post design notes and status reports, said Rob Rubin, TextWise's chief technology officer. To date, the company has had 1,200 blog postings, and this month it was able to avoid a 30-day setback to the development cycle because one group noticed a planned testing duplication on the blog, Rubin added. » Read More
1 August 2005 | Order from Chaos Via RSS
The Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute, whose members are IT companies that support law-enforcement and Justice Department operations, uses RSS and Atom feeds that came built into its blogging software from Traction® Software Inc. to keep committee members up to date on recent developments. 'Some of our more technical committees that had some familiarity with RSS saw immediately how they could use that inside their workspace to provide a publish-and-subscribe capability so they don't have to rely on going hunting to see if there's something new in their committee work,' executive director Paul Wormelli says. » Read More
18 July 2005 | IJIS Institute Gets Traction - Collaboration and Information Sharing-the Next Frontier
The Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute (www.ijis.org) deployed Traction® TeamPage for their website, working committee extranet, and staff intranet. IJIS Executive Director, Paul Wormelli wrote: There are powerful features of enterprise class blogging software tools that go beyond Machrone's observations and begin to build the basic collaboration and information sharing capability that members of any particular community of interest seek. At the IJIS Institute, we adopted a secure enterprise blogging software package made by Traction® Software which we use for multiple important purposes. » Read More
13 June 2005 | Dark Blogs Case Study #1 - A European Pharmaceutical Group
From Suw Charman, writer of the Strange Attractor blog on Corante: I'm pleased to announce the arrival of the first Dark Blogs Case Study (pdf), examining the use of Traction® Software's TeamPage enterprise weblog software for a competitive intelligence project within a large European pharmaceutical group. The case study examines the reasons why blogs where chosen, project planning, implementation, integration with other business systems, editorial process, launch and promotion, training and adoption.
25 May 2005 | Courier turns to blog tools to speed package-tracking
eCourier used the tools to coordinate work among developers in different countries. 'At a cost of roughly $1,000 for a five-person license, the blogging tools from Traction® Software more than paid for themselves in travel savings alone,' said Bregman. 'And instead of playing a massive game of telephone [tag] between these [developers], this gave us a source of record between what was being done,' he said. » Read More
20 May 2005 | Enterprise Weblogging: Using Weblogs for Communication and Information Management
Slides from Michael Angeles of Lucent / Bell Labs talk at the American Society for Information Science and Technology New Jersey Chapter Meeting. The case study example starting at slide 17 features use of Traction® TeamPage to support world-wide rollout of a major IT initiative. Angeles says (in PowerPoint slide notes): "[Traction] is one of the most full-featured blog systems you’ll find. My client is hoping to convince employees of the effectiveness of this tool compared to the current set of systems with the goal of expanding its use so that communities will start recording and sharing information using blogs." Read More
March-April 2005 | [Traction TeamPage] Weblog Technology for Acquisition Program Management
In today’s acquisition environment, rapid sharing of formal project documents and project-related material is necessary, but the bulk of the project life cycle communication currently relies on nothing more than e-mail, corporate or capital knowledge of the project, and an exceptional memory of the progressive information shared at any given time period...
May 2004 | Weblogs Weave a New Communication Hub: U.S. Defense Department tests Web technology for program management tasks
Kowalczyk compares the weblog to the introduction of e-mail. “E-mail crossed all venues and is now an integral part of program management,” he says. But the weblog may be a better tool, he adds. “The weblog is a systematic, time-ordered way to look at information from e-mail and from Web sites, with a particular focus on what you are trying to do as an individual. I think it has a lot of power.”
April 2004 | Looking Beyond Windows
Given corporate Canada’s growing reliance on Windows-based server technology, many people are concerned with the rising cost of their office communications infrastructure, particularly as licence fees continue to increase... Linux can also be used to build a heavy duty team-based knowledge management tool. For that purpose, I’ve settled on Traction® TeamPage... It has become one of my most important tools, helping me master the vast volumes of information that are the core of my professional skills base. By Jim Carroll. » Read More
30 December 2003 | Blogging for Business
Crime fighters are turning to weblogs to keep a closer eye on illegal activity - from narcotics to national security....Within a few months, the system [Traction® TeamPage] was installed and proving its value. "Instead of e-mailing separate individuals," says Aumond, "we simply publish the information, whether it's drug arrest news or new Drug Enforcement Administration bulletins, in a single, searchable location." » Read More
3 December 2003 | Keeping Up!
Someone admitted to me in e-mail today that they "have finally begun to feel like I might not be able to keep up!"... I've been working with Traction® TeamPage for just a few weeks, but the more I use it, the more I discover it to be an extremely powerful knowledge tool. » Read More
4 November 2003 | Traction to Provide Defense Logs
The Defense Department selected the Traction® TeamPage software as part of an initiative to accelerate communication within the DOD Test and Evaluation programs...This particular project will be led by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, with additional participation from the Office of Naval Research, Marine Corps, Army Night Vision Lab, Defense Acquisition University, Ford Motor Company, Epsilon Systems and the New York City police. » Read More
3 November 2003 | Navy team evaluates weblogs
Long popular with Internet surfers, weblogs are getting a review by Defense Department users for project management... the Rapid Acquisition Incentive-Net Centricity initiative has chosen the pilot as a basis for a business case for a project to evaluate the usefulness of blogs throughout DoD. The initiative evaluates IT that can significantly help in procurement and program management. » Read More
13 October 2003 | Better Blogging
The Western States Information Network uses Weblog technology to foster information sharing. » Read More
4 August 2003 | Notiva uses Traction Enterprise Weblog as Portal for Internal Company Communication
Traction® TeamPage was a clear success within two months as team members began to browse it for support information before bothering with externally published information. Eight months after initial deployment, Traction has spread throughout the organization. Use cases range from product management to human resources. » Read More
21 July 2003 | Multistate network adds blogging app
Web logging technology has gained a foothold of respectability in the government sector... The Western States Information Network in Sacramento, an agency of the Justice Department-funded Regional Information Sharing System, has adopted an upgraded Web logging system from Traction® Software Inc. of Providence, R.I., as a knowledge management tool to promote information sharing. » Read More
21 July 2003 | Tech Success: Weblogs help Justice take a bite out of crime
Weblogs are now used in multiple places around the network, Karen Aumond [Of the US Department of Justice's Western States Information Network] said. Analysts post reports, research and other materials for law enforcement officials to read. Justice Department personnel respond to inquiries posted by outside law enforcement agencies. In-house system personnel use a Weblog to create polices and procedures for their programs. » article taken off line as of January 2009, see PDF version attached.
12 May 2003 | Blogs play a role in homeland security
Criminal-intelligence analysts are using Traction® TeamPage to create access-controlled weblogs, or blogs, as repositories for research data collected for further analysis. The WSIN watch center in Sacramento, Calif., uses them to share user tips, training schedules and articles that are of interest to law-enforcement task forces. » Read More
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