CIO’s: How Will You Avoid Social Silos?
I’m a firm believer that maximizing the ROI of your Social efforts in the Enterprise requires deeply integrating your Social Platforms with your Enterprise Software Platforms. The major Enterprise Software players are well aware of the importance of Social Software as well as the advantages of deep integration for ROI. This is why we have [...]
Social Means Business
I just read Kate’s post on today’s announcement about Dachis Group acquiring Powered. I had to chuckle, because those of us in that “alternate universe, E20″ used to think the same about the social media space. In fact, I joked to Peter Kim this year at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara, “How does it feel not [...]
Donate to the Salvation Army
Every year the Salvation Army helps countless individuals and families by providing shelter, food, clothing, and all with a caring smile. This year the economy and weather and creating need that far surpasses years past and this year I have once again established an online Red Kettle and a goal of raising $1,000 for the [...]
Smallcompanyitis: Death by a Thousand Committees
I realized something recently that in all my years had thus far escaped my attention and it is direct commentary on the distinction between large and small company culture. A common belief is that small companies (startups in the Valley vernacular) are nimble because they can’t afford to waste time. This is quite true but [...]
SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 2)
Last week, Lavante raised a new $8 million funding round in an effort led by SAP Ventures (as background on Lavante and the funding round, please read our initial coverage of the news). We think the SAP Ventures connection is intr…
