Quips: The Slide Some Vendors Won’t Let Me Show On Social Media Tools
Social Media Explained In 140 Characters (More or Less) Some time back a tweet went out describing what all the tools were (Figure 1). I modified this a bit and now use it in alot of presentations to audiences around the world. More than 80% of the conference organizers usually are fine with this slide. […]
Microsoft to file antitrust charges against Google, LOL!
What a difference a decade makes. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Microsoft will file antitrust charges against Google in Brussels today. Just about a decade ago circumstances were reversed as Microsoft was the 800-pound gorilla in the operating system world. Today Google is the monster of search and all things related to […]
Social Media and Procurement: Get Ready for a Serious Shake Up (Part 2)
Click here for the first post in this series.
I previously shared a few observations from Alex Ranson, our trusty social media correspondent on Spend Matters UK/Europe, about why social media matters for procurement. Alex, who …
The Future of Advertising the Salesforce Way
Many good things were spawned by Salesforce’s Super Bowl ads. The ads themselves left us curious and wanting to know more, and that was their job. Salesforce placed some compelling videos on YouTube, one at five minutes and another at two. Find them here. For me, the longer video, “Chatter.com: The Making of Do Impossible Things […]
Special Research Project
Is video becoming a part of your sales, marketing or service outreach? Many companies have begun producing interesting and entertaining video to communicate with their customers and prospects. If your company is already participating in this growing trend we’d like to see what you’ve been up to. We’re looking for the best examples of front […]
The 8 Flavors of Social
1. Social built on email and message board traffic. Perhaps Notes started this frolic, or was it IRC? Both still soldier on quietly in their corners while forums won the day. Xobni and others want to go back to the future. 2. Social built on documents. Wikis, in other words. Blogs also get a run […]
Research Report: How The Five Pillars Of Consumer Tech Influence Enterprise Innovation
Most Enterprise Software Vendors Fail To Deliver Innovation Despite hundreds of billions wasted on failed research and development projects, most market influencers would agree that enterprise software vendors have produced a dearth of innovation over the past decade. Vendors often cite UI re-skins, major functionality additions, integration of acquisitions, technology re-platforms, and weak attempts at […]
The Strangest Enterprise Software Ad I’ve Ever Seen
I’ve seen some strange ads before, but this one by Enterprise SaaS provider SuccesFactors is beyond imagination – not the ad itself, but where it is placed:
Can corporate social responsibility affect your company’s bottom line?
Your company’s share price can be negatively affected if you fail to behave responsibly in your business practices. I have written here a couple of times about environmental risks companies could potentially face. This first time I wrote about this it was in reference to FaceBook’s decision to source the power for their new data […]
Bring On The Inquisition! Judge Should Not Let Google Evil-doers Get Away!
<rant> Italian Judge Oscar Magi (photo @ TechCrunch , but I am not showing it for fear he might slap me with a privacy-invasion charge) has no idea what he’s dealing with. He’s just allowed evil witches get away with only 6 months suspended jail sentence. (C’mon, why would their employer insist on covering up […]
