Allyis Gives Back
Earlier I wrote about Allyis’ Community Impact that’s achieved through a variety of programs focusing on local charitable agencies in the Pacific Northwest that support families, community health and welfare, and the environment. This time of year can be particularly difficult for families in need and since 2003 we’ve been working with Childhaven to sponsor [...]
Best Practices for Building an Intranet in SharePoint 2010
President of Allyis, Ethan Yarbrough and Jeremy Syme, Director of Project Services, presented on the topic of “Best Practices for Building an Intranet in SharePoint 2010″ at the SharePoint Intelligence Conference. In this session Yarbrough and Syme walked through both publishing and collaboration based intranets. A well-designed intranet can be transformational for a business. To help businesses [...]
Greener Pastures: 5 Considerations Before You Jump the Fence
If you’re reading this blog chances are you’re thinking about making a career move. But before you do, seriously consider whether it’s worth it. There are so many things that go into making a job good or bad, many of which don’t have much to do with the actual job duties. Don’t be blinded by [...]
A Performance Review that Doesn’t Suck
When I joined Allyis in 2003, one of the things I had the opportunity to influence was our annual performance review process. I wanted to make sure it was an open, two-way dialogue, where the employee received valuable feedback on his/her performance and the manager took the time to articulate what the employee was doing [...]
Beyond Document Management – Top 5 Uses within SharePoint
Allyis has completed dozens of SharePoint 2010 projects since the beta product launched in 2009. While each project presents its own challenges and innovations, there are a few uses of SharePoint that seem to appear time and time again. Collaboration I know. You navigated all the way to this blog, just to hear that SharePoint [...]


