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Frankly, Malcolm Frank… Part 2

Frankly, Malcolm Frank… Part 2

By Phil Fersht on August 19, 2013

When vendors, particularly hardware and software vendors, were running around and talking about ‘Cloud this and Cloud that’, and ‘Big Data this and Big Data that’, we felt they were missing the point, because they weren’t driving conversion. Whereas the SMAC Stack, when it is integrated, it does start to drive business solutions. – Malcolm Frank, Cognizant, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, cognizant, Current Affairs, Enterprise Irregulars, enterprise social networking, HfS, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, Industry-specific Outsourcing, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, malcolm frank, Outsourcing and Politics, Outsourcing and Technology, Outsourcing Heros, Outsourcing Vendors, PaaS, Phil Fersht, SaaS, SMAC and Big Data, social networking, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing, The Internet of Things

It’s time to de-social our lives

It’s time to de-social our lives

By Phil Fersht on July 22, 2013

I would argue that it’s actually time to “de-social” our behavior to regain the effectiveness and quality of our interactions and relationships.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Absolutely Meaningless Comedy, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Confusing Outsourcing Information, Current Affairs, Enterprise Irregulars, enterprise social networking, HfS Surveys: State of the Outsourcing 2013, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing and Politics, Outsourcing Research, PaaS, SaaS, social networking, Talent in Sourcing | 1 Response

Social’s Tussle with Email

Social’s Tussle with Email

By Sameer Patel on January 13, 2013

The Kill Email meme never really dies. Ever since the dawn of enterprise social computing circa 2006, the value proposition has been waffling between being a process killer to a portal killer and my favorite, an email killer. Stare Email in the face all you want. She’s looking back and laughing at you. Then I […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Collaborative Organizations, email, enterprise social networking, Facebook, linkedin, Social network | 3 Responses

Are YOU ready for dreamSource?

Are YOU ready for dreamSource?

By Phil Fersht on November 16, 2012

Today, we’re proud to announce the unveiling of what promises to be the ultimate sourcing showdown of leading enterprise buyers and providers… in Westchester County, New York, next Spring

Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, dreamsource, enterprise social networking, Finance & Accounting BPO, Global Business Services, Healthcare and Outsourcing, HfS, HfS Research Company News, Industry-specific Outsourcing, innovation, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing, Outsourcing Events, social networking, Sourcing, Sourcing Change Management, talent, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing

Why the social enterprise matters… Yarmis brings his thoughts back from Dreamforce

Why the social enterprise matters… Yarmis brings his thoughts back from Dreamforce

By Phil Fersht on September 24, 2012

We can’t understate the importance of social media on the enterprise.  Hey – we bet our whole business model on it!  And that’s why we hired one of the best thinkers in the social sphere to help us understand how social will impact business processes and how enterprises will operate in this new social world […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Absolutely Meaningless Comedy, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, df12, Dreamforce, Enterprise Irregulars, enterprise social networking, Facebook, Global Business Services, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IaaS and BPaaS, Innovation in Outsourcing, Outsourcing Events, PaaS, SaaS, Social, social business, Social Enterprise, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, The Future of Outsourcing, yarmis

Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Social Business – David Sacks, Yammer

Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Social Business – David Sacks, Yammer

By R "Ray" Wang on August 23, 2011

Welcome to an on-going series of interviews with the people behind the technologies in Social Business.  The interviews  provide insightful points of view from a customer, industry, and vendor perspective.  A full list of interviewees can be found here. David Sacks, Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board Yammer Inc. Biography David is the Founder […]

Posted in Business | Tagged collaboration, collaboration software, David Sacks, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, e2conf, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise social networking, Executive Profiles, Forbes, gamification, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SCRM, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Thursday's Tech Showcase, Thursday’s Tech Showcase, yammer

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