MIT Traced Twitter’s Rise Through Conventional Social Nets
Researchers at MIT have concluded from a research study that the spread of Twitter occurred through traditional social channels. That might not seem earth shaking because, well, how else would a new social technology spread? As the report notes, “MIT researchers who studied the growth of the newly hatched Twitter from 2006 to 2009 say [...]
I, For One, Welcome our New Social Data Overlords
Historically, the trouble I’ve always had with social media was the precision deficit surrounding the interpretation of its influence. It always seemed to me that if you could get, say, Chris Brogan to talk about anything, you were successful with social media. Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration, and social media has really never been my [...]
New Research: Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) and Consortia — What You Need to Know
I’ll admit, for quite a long time, I found the philosophical concept of typical group purchasing organizations or consortia to be somewhat flawed. After all, any entity or intermediary that makes its revenue from suppliers tied to the …
News Flash: Social in the Enterprise is not for Amateurs
In the early days of experimentation with 2.0 in the Enterprise, anyone could really fire up a wiki or blog, port some RSS feeds, and call an impromptu meeting in the cafeteria to recruit a renegade team to collaborate and share. A lot of the enthusiasm and passion that surrounded these tools stemmed from these [...]
Is Social the Future of Knowledge? Help Me Find Out
There has been a lot of discussion lately about the role of Knowledge and Knowledge Management in the age of Social. I am not going to offer links here, sorry, since I consider most of the entries out there to be hype-full and wrong. Yes, I am entitled to my opinion. I have not seen [...]
Announcing HfSResearch.com!
We’ve created an entirely new website for our research content, HfSResearch.com
New Compass Research: The Future of Spend Visibility and Analytics — Three Scenarios For Adoption
In my first real job out of graduate school, I spent much of my day analyzing structured and unstructured information to come up with potential scenarios for companies, industries and markets. The firm I worked for specialized in …
The Industry Speaks about Cloud, Part II: business execs fear its impact on work culture, IT execs doubt their ability to drive competitive advantage
The Cloud Business Services study we just conducted, in conjunction with the Outsourcing Unit at the London School of Economics, has served up some contrasting concerns that business executives are having versus their IT counterparts: its impact on wo…
Blast Off To Constellation!
First Things First. Thank You Altimeter Group. The rumors are true. I’ve left, but on good terms. I remain a unit member and investor of Altimeter. I wish my former colleagues the best. In fact, Altimeter’s been doing great work. The firm has grown from 10 to 135 clients in 13 months. The team is [...]
Are Analysts the New Media?
Technology media was further disrupted this morning when a seemingly minor announcement rocked the media world. The minor part is this – a new analyst firm was launched today. The disruptive part is that the assemblage of key influencers into one organization that is not advertiser driven. The new firm…
