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Digital Workplace, Intranets

Having always been a popular Intranet platform, in recent years SharePoint has become ubiquitous. In part thanks to Viva Connections, a new set of features that improve employee engagement. Through Microsoft App Source, organizations find...

Updates

With SharePoint and Viva Connections driving a new wave of improving the employee's intranet experience, we've been hard at work to further improve the Adenin platform integration with those two products.Introducing App Connections for Viva...

Comparisons, Digital Workplace

Viva Connections' dashboard is a fresh, new take on an intranet dashboard. Available both on SharePoint and Microsoft Teams, in a recent overhaul the dashboard has become even more central on the Viva homepage. ...

AI Chatbot, Intranets, Digital Workplace

Doing your kids' history homework, writing marketing plans and killing off Google – ChatGPT seems to single-handedly do it all. And it came almost out of nowhere. In this article we'll inspect whether Microsoft, having...

Updates

With the year drawing to a close, we're signing off for the festive season with a special update for SharePoint users. SharePoint drives upwards of 60% of all Intranets, and Viva's introduction has (finally) put...

Digital Workplace

Zapier is the most popular business automation platform. It's main goal is to bridge gaps between applications by letting you push data from any of it's 5000 apps to another one. Once you setup such...

Digital Workplace

Viva Connections is the new gateway to other Viva services within Microsoft's new suite of employee experience tools and resources. The Dashboard, specifically, shows users little summaries of other Viva services as a way conveniently...

Updates

If you want Ooky Spooky: we've got so many updates this month, they'll definitely haunt you! 👻New Microsoft Viva Connections dashboard add in­If you're using Viva dashboard, you now have an easy new way to...

Digital Workplace

With tools that help you learn, share knowledge, maintain wellbeing, and more, Viva is the name for Microsoft's push into the employee experience space. Viva Connections, specifically, aims to be a gateway to all the...

Updates

Pumpkin spice season isn't far away, so to end the summer we decided to go out with a bang… of apps.New SharePoint Adaptive Card web part ­­With our new Adaptive Card web part you...

Digital Workplace

We're working a lot with Adaptive Cards at Digital Assistant, and we're frequently find new features that even Microsoft isn't reporting about in their blog. So we've had an internal wiki page that lists all...

Updates

Digital Assistant has hit the gym and is looking ready for the summer. So trim and sleek, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a completely new product. 😉✨ Updated feature: New sidebarsWe've consolidated different administration...

Updates

Wow, what a Fourth! The party continues with all the new things we have packed into Digital Assistant this month...🚀 New feature: App Directory pickerWe've now made it easier to add apps from our App...

Digital Workplace

Adaptive Cards have become the pre-eminent way to make Cards. They're simple enough to build, yet interactive enough to be useful for almost any use case. You can read a full insider's guide about what...

For this month, the team is proud to announce a new integration partnership with Zapier. With thousands of apps in its roster, Zapier is the premier provider of business workflows that span multiple applications and...

In the first quarter we've done a lot of under-the-hood upgrades to our new React stack, which meant there weren't all that many new features we could've written about.But that's changing now, so fasten your...

Digital Workplace, Intranets

Just like you can see the weather by looking out the window for .3 seconds, most of us have the wish to get a complete view of our data 'situation' with just a glance at...

Digital Workplace

It's easy to switch off and lose focus during tedious, lengthy and repetitive tasks. Roles that require employees to perform tasks like this often report a reduction in workplace satisfaction, but also put your business...

Updates

Each month, we like to highlight some of the changes and features we’re adding to Digital Assistant to make it more powerful, functional and accessible. This December is no exception—and we've been working hard to bring...

Digital Workplace, Updates

We've been working hard on a new version of the Assistant webapp, especially designed for enhanced customizability.🚀 New SPA frontendWe've got a new front-end based on React, that is open-source and 100% brandable by the...

Digital Workplace

A simple Adaptive Card for your business takes less than 10 minutes to make. But as you start to make more sophisticated layouts you will usually run into common issues where the data you want...

Updates

Do you rely on Zoho's suite of cloud apps to keep your business' wheels turning? We're committed to helping you bring all of your business data - that's why this month, we've released four new...

AI Chatbot, Comparisons, Digital Workplace

1. Cloud storage + collaborationMany organizations still send attachments through emails instead of consistently using OneDrive or similar tools. However, with working from home, the pressure to innovate has had some incredible results where cloud...

Digital Workplace, Updates

You may have heard, but we're releasing exciting new features every month and May is no exception. Let's get straight into what's new. 🙌🚀 New app: ZendeskOne of the world's foremost helpdesk applications, Zendesk, is...

Digital Workplace, AI Chatbot, Intranets

We're very passionate about creating a digital workplace that delights users. Unsurprisingly for a software company, our websites are laden with features and technical specifics; such as APIs, AI chatbots or Adaptive Cards.But, at a...

Digital Workplace

We all know that feeling with certain workplace apps. The despair of too many clicks, everything loading so slowly... as if this app was actively designed to make your life harder. 🤨😩Even for modern apps...

Updates

Another month, another great update for Digital Assistant users. Let us get straight to the facts:New app: KeapThe e-mail marketing and CRM platform Keap has joined the App Directory as a new Connector for your...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

Modern marketers need to coordinate content and campaigns between a bewildering number of tools. Here are the most challenging obstacles and how a smart assistant for marketing can help:Challenge 1: Overwhelming report dataDigital marketing success...

AI Chatbot, Updates

In this months' updates we've made a number of great UI improvements to the Adaptive Card designer and added 2 apps to the App Directory. Check it out!New app: SalesforceWe've refreshed our Salesforce app, and...

Intranets, Updates

Today we're releasing IntelliEnterprise Release 15 – the best release we've ever made. Find a brief overview over all the new features, and how to upgrade, in this blog post. For a detailed view, please...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

I bet you didn't know that SharePoint is used by over 200 million people worldwide, which gives its search engine a similar size to Google's US business. Given this size, it's surprising how many people...

AI Chatbot, Comparisons, Digital Workplace

We recently documented our own experiment to build an IBM Watson Assistant chatbot with Atlassian. If you're thinking about doing the same, you could benefit from the lessons we learned. 😉1. Docs can work against...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

Obviously most chatbots exist within a consumer context, say for customer service purposes; however for an enterprise chatbot the use for internal customers (i.e. your team) is top of mind.Put simply, an enterprise chatbot is...

Digital Workplace, Comparisons

A couple of years ago a bunch of acronyms seem to have defined the conversation, among them combinations like MEAP, MADP or MBaaS. What ever happened to these? Let's find out...MADP – The summary termShort...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

So you found that your SaaS app has API documentation, and now you wonder what you can do with it? In this article we clear up what APIs are, and show you useful next steps...

Digital Workplace, Updates

For our first update of the year we have rolled out some improvements to the Digital Assistant web app and Microsoft 365 integration.1. Web app improvementWe've redesigned the top header in Digital Assistant so it...

Digital Workplace

Since Gartner sees most AI trends are just about reaching the "plateau of disappointment" this year, I thought it would be a good opportunity to give you an overview over what the different genres of...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

Although first incepted in the 1990s, ambient intelligence has seen a recent resurgence in popularity thanks to a widespread adoption of IoT features in devices.In a nutshell, people speak of ambient computing when they mean...

Digital Workplace

Most applications, be it Facebook or a business app, make at least some of their data available for other applications to consume. The type of API architecture a service provides has a big impact on...

Digital Workplace, Intranets

Adaptive Cards are a standardized UX for business use cases, such as displaying Adaptive Cards in SharePoint, or to build a chatbot with Adaptive Cards. With the wide range of input types and the flexible...

Updates

In one of the larger updates of the year, we're excited to release features around Webhook integration and release a new Alexa Skill.1. Create Cards and Notifications via WebhookView of a Flow with a Webhook...

Updates

We've been busy making some great improvements to Digital Assistant this October! Here's a quick overview of what to keep an eye out for in your Assistant.1. Build RSS Feed Cards in secondsEarlier this year...

Digital Workplace, Intranets

Adaptive Cards are a standardized "recipe" for writing a Card in Microsoft Teams or other Microsoft products. However, oddly SharePoint does not directly let you embed Adaptive Cards from within their UI.In this tutorial, I...

Intranets, Updates

At adenin, we've been committed to creating an engaging, unified employee experience for over 20 years. Whilst workplaces have evolved and transformed digitally, intranets are still at the heart of a digital workplace - so...

Updates

We've been working hard to add the features you've been asking for to your Assistants. Here's a quick rundown of the product updates coming your way this September.1. Adaptive Card DesignerWe've added a new way...

Updates

We have listened to user feedback and redesigned our selection of apps and Cards. Apps are now center stage to the Assistant experience and we've made it easier than ever before to find and add...

Updates

We've improved the way you can manage your Cards in Digital Assistant. Now all types of Cards (Custom, Adaptive, From App Directory, QnA) are collected under one roof: Your Card Hub.The Card Hub is the...

Updates

For June we have released a few minor tweaks aimed to enhance the Digital Assistant experience.1. Social LoginsWe've now added convenient sign ups to Digital Assistant which is supported by Microsoft products, Google or Github...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace, Intranets

Offices around the globe are slowing reopening following weeks of uncertainty. As colleagues are returning to work, they may feel stressed or anxious over how their workplace has changed.So as an internal comms rep you...

Updates

You can now rapidly create Cards with your own API data using Postman as the foundation.Postman is a universal API development tool that is used to create developer-friendly APIs as well as used to consume...

AI Chatbot

IBM Watson is one of the heavyweights in the chatbot business. Packed with AI and NLP technology, and armed with its Jeopardy contestant credentials, it's certainly a very lofty product; but one that is aimed...

Digital Workplace

Digital transformation is uniquely affecting every facet of HR operations, be it recruiting digital natives, offering digital services to employees or ensuring an engaged workforce and digital culture. What challenges do HR ops face in...

Digital Workplace

Microsoft Teams is bound to dominate as this analysis showsNearly every organization today is somewhere along the path to transitioning to Office 365 and Microsoft Teams. SharePoint was already powering 70% of all Intranets before,...

Digital Workplace

It's tough times for internal comms folks. More and more tools have gone into the Cloud, making it harder to get through to the user with a single, consistent voice. Tool hopping has been rampant...

Updates

We've overhauled our SharePoint Embed channel to be just one easy to install package for Office365.In this new version you get:Assistant results on Search pagesA more convenient sidebar for editing the settings of the Cards...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

If you're interested in creating a chatbot solution for your workplace, you will often find yourself considering primarily customer-facing platforms. In this guide we help you find evaluation criteria that help you decide which solution...

Updates

New Digital Assistant Chrome extensionToday we have released a new version of our Chrome extension! With this new version you get:A new design that's centered around the Notifications dropdown in Digital AssistantEasy access to Ask...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

It's easy to find AI chatbot ideas for consumer or customer-facing applications, like shopping assistants, customer service or flight booking bots – almost any service can be reincarnated as a chatbot.But if you're looking to...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

Botpress is an unusual offering in the landscape of AI chatbots; it's free, and it's open-source, which immediately puts it at the top of the list for many people. Not only that, but it can...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

Just like the Alexa in your kitchen, smart office devices exist to make your day-to-day job easier. Gartner predicts that 25% of workers will use digital assistants every day by 2021, and it's no surprise...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

Even though most chatbot projects are customer-facing, it is estimated that up to 26% of chatbots are operations focused. Google's Dialogflow is a popular platform for building and deploying chatbots as it's easy to setup...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

Building a chatbot has become relatively easy with many dedicated tools, but to make an internal chatbot for work can be a tall order. Of course it needs to be 'smart' and personalized, but crucially...

Digital Workplace, Intranets

Let an admin dream 💭Like many SharePoint admins you can probably clearly picture a modern, digital workplace. One that gets you everything you need, lets you breeze through tasks in just a few clicks, all...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace, Intranets

When SharePoint Online first started all the way back in 2013, there wasn't much of an ecosystem around add-ons. But over the years this has changed as the default SharePoint option is now seen to...

Digital Workplace, Updates

Unless you're fortunate enough to be a remote worker, commuting is an unfortunate but necessary part of the daily grind. And the odds are that you probably drive to work, on your own, for almost...

Comparisons, Digital Workplace

So you're thinking about starting a project with Oracle's Digital Assistant, but came across this site for adenin Digital Assistant. In this article we have compared them both, and found similarities and differences that could...

Digital Workplace, Intranets

Intranet innovativeness is stagnating. With the ubiquity (and market share) of intranet software like SharePoint, it feels as though intranets have reached their 'end game' - the same old features, the same-look-but-a-different-colour-feel, and the bad...

AI Chatbot, Comparisons, Digital Workplace

There are two types of opportunities for smart speakers to create a better digital workplace:Create a smart office where employees can use voice commands for certain actionsSupport working from home setups for you or your...

Digital Workplace, Intranets

Does your organization employ a knowledge management strategy? If not, you could be in for a shock: read our infographic to learn how poor knowledge management can impact your company, and how you can turn...

Updates

adenin is excited to announce a long-awaited rebranding of some of its brands.A new adenin logoAfter now 20 years the current rectangular logo is finally ready for retirement. Farewell, old pal. 👋As our new logo...

Digital Workplace

What is Adaptive Cards?Adaptive Cards is a universal Card UI framework released by Microsoft in 2017 which aims to standardize the layouting of Cards independent of the host platform.The goal is to define a Card...

Intranets

We recently wrote about all the reasons why modern intranet and enterprise portal projects can fail based on mistakes or misjudgments made throughout the design process. Today we’re taking a look at what internal communications and intranet...

Digital Workplace

With working from home becoming more widespread in 2020, there is an increased requirement for organizations to deliver on strong digital workplaces. Whilst requirements differ from company to company, we start to see some patterns...

Updates

We’re excited to announce that Digital Assistant, our digital assistant for the modern enterprise, has received two awards from B2B software reviews website FinancesOnline for being a ‘Rising Star’ and for delivering a ‘Great User...

AI Chatbot, Digital Workplace

Did you know that speech recognition tools have been around for six decades? In 1952 Bell Labs built AUDREY, the world’s first speech recognition tool - a six-foot high relay rack capable of recognizing digitals with 97-99%...

Updates

We’re excited to announce that Digital Assistant for Cisco Webex is here – our latest integration with the popular collaboration app for enterprises of all sizes. With the enterprise chatbot platform Digital Assistant, you can...

Updates

At the recent Digital Workplace Experience 2018 conference, hosted in Chicago by CMSWire and Digital Workplace Group, our valued client Cisco was a runner up for the 2018 Digital Workplace of the Year award. Celebrating organizations...

Updates

Microsoft Teams is rapidly picking up market share in the enterprise chat market, with over 200,000 organizations worldwide utilising teams as their chat collaboration tool of choice. But if you're already using Teams, or considering transitioning towards it, you might...

Digital Workplace

Being in charge of a corporate digital employee initiative is no picnic. The experience for the users should be fun and intuitive, which means for IT it's everything but that.A lot of APIs, authentication methods...

Updates

Digital Assistant for Workplace by Facebook is on its way and coming to a Workplace near you! Supercharge your digital employee experience with direct access to your smart assistant from anywhere in your Workplace.The Digital Assistant...

Intranets

Some of you may still remember the days of the enterprise portal. In the late nineties and early noughties, the enterprise portal reigned king in businesses worldwide. Its main objective? To provide a single point of...

Intranets, Digital Workplace

With the year coming to an end, we've seen some hard-to-spot developments of interest to the smarter intranet manager in 2023. Let's look at four up and coming trends for intranet software and digital employee...