jayjayem

http://fireflysolutions.co.uk/Templates/FF2010/images/logo-firefly.png Our software powers learning platforms, intranets and websites for dozens of the top schools in the UK. We're looking for someone to join our support team. What you'd be doing You'd be responsible for relationships with our clients, investigating their problems and making sure they can take advantage of all that our software has to offer. You'd also get involved in organising and running training sessions, conferences and other events. Your salary would depend on your skills and experience. One of the reasons we are posting here is that experience working with or in schools would be helpful. We're committed to your professional development, so we also offer a flexible training budget for you to spend on attending conferences or other events. More about us We're a small but dedicated team, which we means we can stay close to our clients and develop and improve our products very quickly to meet their needs. It also means you'll get great exposure to all of the things that go on in a fast growing business. More info and applying For more info, please check out Join our team - Firefly Solutions and to apply just e-mail [email protected]. Extra points for mentioning EduGeek in your covering letter!

It's actually a great question people are still getting to grips with as the web continues to develop at lightning pace... what do I want my intranet to do and why? I understand advertising is frowned upon here so I won't mention my product but will declare an interest (and say that it's not free). Our focus is on editing web pages easily - exactly where you are coming from mentioning html etc because we think that web pages are a great way of people sharing content and a school wiki can grow incredibly quickly IF it is easy enough to use with your eyes closed. Unlike many CMSs out there (but like Sharepoint) we do integrate fully with the AD so you don't have to manage separate users/groups. I realise there are a lot of people on here who have got a lot out of Sharepoint installations, I would just like to raise a few things you should be aware of with it which I think are reasonably uncontroversial - it is free for many schools under Schools Agreement but be aware of the hidden costs - extra training, possible use of consultants to make the most of it and also it is not always the easiest product for end users so extra support for you on the IT side. Sharepoint is also really built as a portal/document workflow manager out of the box rather than a collaborative web tool (I realise there are various addons etc but these aren't really the core of Sharepoint, and the good solutions many people have to these on here may well add cost and/or complexity).

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