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Apple’s garden wall is cracking
By Phil Wainewright on September 30, 2011
At next week’s iPhone 5 launch, we’ll marvel at Apple’s leadership of the mobile Web. But early adoption of HTML5 and the lesson of history tells us iOS will soon be in decline.
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged android, AOL, apple, iPad, iPhone, slideshare, walled garden

Product Review: Google+, Consumerization of IT, and Crossing The Chasm For Enterprise Social Business
By R "Ray" Wang on July 3, 2011
Timing of Google+ Bodes Well For Enterprise Users And Google Lately, one could say Google’s been a bit absent from the social business party. The premature launch of Google Wave exposed a canvas looking for a masterpiece painting. Failing fast and learning from the Google Wave lesson, Google’s latest offering, Google+ shows promise in bringing […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged android, apple, Apps Strategy, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, CoIT, collaboration, collaboration software, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Facebook, Flickr, google, Google Apps Engine, Google Wave, GooglePlus, iPhone, linkedin, MySpace, News Analysis, next gen, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next gen IT leaders, Next generation apps, Okrut, Ooovoo, PIcassa, Product Review, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, skype, slideshare, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social technologies, vendor strategy, Yahoo | 4 Responses

Where Next for Web Meetings?
By Phil Wainewright on March 1, 2011
I know I’m not alone in my dissatisfaction with web meetings, because I frequently hear the same sentiments expressed by colleagues and associates. We’re all fed up with dialing in to online meetings, waiting for clunky client software to load…
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Cisco, Citrix Online, collaboration, GoToMeeting, PowerPoint, slideshare, Social, webconferencing, WebEx, zipcast

SlideShare Zipcasts for Real Time Collaboration
By Ross Mayfield on February 16, 2011
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 […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged slideshare, socialsoftware

A Letter from the Chairman
By Ross Mayfield on February 3, 2011
I co-founded Socialtext in 2002, and through eight-years of hard work pioneered the hottest category of Enterprise software. An old Estonian saying says “the work will show you the way.” And what has kept me going through this journey is great people and a continual source of new opportunities. As I’ve written before, startups always […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Enterprise 2.0, Entrepreneurship, OpenSocial, slideshare, socialtext, startups

Not Social
By Ross Mayfield on July 29, 2010
When Pfizer launched the first social media channel on SlideShare for a regulated industry, it was met with industry applause, but also some controversy. Case in point, and article Pharma News: Pfizer Channel criticized as ‘not social.’ Various criticisms have been raised against the channel, however, including the fact that it does not allow comments […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Facebook, FDA, Pfizer, Pharmaceutical industry, slideshare, Social Media, socialsoftware, Twitter
Barcamp Channel on SlideShare
By Ross Mayfield on June 1, 2010
I had the dubious honor of hosting the first Barcamp in Palo Alto, with a Socialtext wiki and office, of course. Since then, Barcamp has been a worldwide phenomenon that has turned events on its head. The Open Space methodology…
Posted in Business | Tagged barcamp, slideshare, socialtext, Wiki | 1 Response
Business Video on SlideShare
By Ross Mayfield on May 5, 2010
SlideShare launched support for business video today: video on slideshare View more videos from Jonathan Boutelle. We already posted some videos into the Socialtext Channel. You can see others by PARC, Eric Ries, the Sustainable Brands events and more. Web2expo,…
Posted in Business | Tagged slideshare, Video

Promoted Tweets and the Next Ad Recovery
By Ross Mayfield on April 13, 2010
A lifetime ago I worked on an Eastern European telecom group’s IPO and one of my favorite slides in my deck was borrowed from Goldman Sachs to paint the picture of a Multimedia Cycle. Yes, I said multimedia, but right…
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged advertising, Business Model, Facebook, google, influence, marketing, media, slideshare, Social network, Twitter

Channels for Business Content on SlideShare
By Ross Mayfield on February 3, 2010
As an advisor to SlideShare, I’ve been proud to watch it grow into the world’s largest professional sharing community. Traffic grew 400% last year to 25 million unique monthly visitors, the majority of which are business decision makers. And guess what, its mostly people (and increasingly companies) pitching each other. So over the past couple […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged collaboration, presentations, SaaS, slides, slideshare, Web Applications