Comments on: The Heart of the Problem: Data Disarray http://dotorganize.net/report/data_disarray/ Sat, 17 May 2008 09:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Dan Thomas http://dotorganize.net/report/data_disarray/#comment-121 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:11:12 +0000 http://dotorganize.net/report/data_disarray/#comment-121 I don't know how the survey was conducted, but lumping Outlook with "slips of paper" above does not distinguish between Outlook as a personal contact manager, and Outlook as groupware with an Exchange Server backend. While not the best tool for list management, Outlook in front of Exchange does offer tight integration with other MS Office applications, public folders for shared rolodexes, and add-ons that extend its functionality. In this context it may be a reasonable way to manage organizational data, in contrast to those pesky slips of paper. I don’t know how the survey was conducted, but lumping Outlook with “slips of paper” above does not distinguish between Outlook as a personal contact manager, and Outlook as groupware with an Exchange Server backend.

While not the best tool for list management, Outlook in front of Exchange does offer tight integration with other MS Office applications, public folders for shared rolodexes, and add-ons that extend its functionality. In this context it may be a reasonable way to manage organizational data, in contrast to those pesky slips of paper.

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