The Terror of the Internet in the Middle East
As we watch the most incredible of events unfold in the Middle East, we certainly don’t know how they will conclude and it may take longer to understand them. Social Media, nay, the Internet, didn’t cause the revolution in Egypt. They underlying cause is more likely ineffective and unjust totalitarian rule. We can dismiss how [...]
Shhhh… PKI Wiki Is Up
I’ve been a bit quiet on the Process Knowledge Initiative front lately due to other commitments, and lack of much public-facing progress in spite of the progress that we’d been making internally. That’s about to change, because we have a public wiki up and running for the draft Body of Knowledge, and will officially be [...]
Thought Leader Interview: Jamie Grenney
Jamie Grenney is the VP of Video and Social Media at salesforce.com. He has been with the company since 2002 serving in a variety of roles including product marketing, product management, and now corporate marketing. In this job he has been instrumental in rolling out Salesforce’s very successful video strategy. We spoke with Grenney shortly [...]
The Developer Landgrab – Another Way to Look at Dev/Ops
After ejecting every function except writing code, development teams have been bringing those roles back to the core team, starting with QA, then product management, and now operations. The goal is deliver Frequent Functionality (features released more frequently rather than in big 12-18 month releases) and increase the value of the software by getting better [...]
1100-person company goes bust: IT failure or mismanagement?
The UK’s second largest auto glass replacement company, Auto Windscreens, ceased operations, blaming IT failure and lower revenue. However, the role of IT failure is unclear.
SlideShare Zipcasts for Real Time Collaboration
A long time ago Tim Oren scribbled this on a napkin to help explain a little of what he learned about collaboration. We put wikis in the top left, email in the bottom left and IM in the bottom right. He described that at the top right is a collaboration sweet spot, but a place [...]
Sage Charts a New Future with Continuity, SaaS, Conected Services
Sage took a major step in clarifying its position in the market when it hosted an analyst day in Boston last week. The company has been around for a long time and has been one of the higher revenue generators for many years thanks to an assortment of products that span the front and back [...]
As collaboration goes social, where will it thrive?
Social business is starting to get serious attention as an industry, like social media recently has in the investment community. I take a close look at where the action has been when it comes to the places Enterprise 2.0 is most likely to thrive.
The secret to following lots of people on Twitter
Twitter is a fantastic tool for disseminating information, and the obvious corollary of that is that Twitter is a superb app for consuming information as well – depending on how you use it. What is the best way to make sure you get the most information out of Twitter? Follow lots of relevant, interesting people! [...]
