If enterprise forecasters such as Hutch Carpenter of Spigit are correct, location-based technologies will enter the business place as part of enterprise social media tools in 2012. Alex Williams discusses the issue in a ReadWriteWeb post back in 2010, crediting Carpenter for recognizing the two-year lapse in adoption by businesses...
Read moreAs an honorary director of the Intranet Benchmarking Forum, I am fortunate to be able to attend IBF’s members-only meetings and am often asked, “what actually happens at these meetings?” Below is my post from their most recent meeting. In a word, these meetings are communication, collaboration and intranet-nerd nirvana....
Read moreNext Tuesday, May 17th, I will be co-hosting the Los Angeles segment of IBF24, a 24-hour global online conference for lovers of all things enterprise collaboration. The event rolls virtually around the world, starting in London, and then moving to broadcast centers in New York, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Venlo, and...
Read moreAs part of my trip to Los Angeles last week for IBF’s Intranet Breakfast with Disney/ABC and Toyota, I caught up with good friend, and Oracle Corporation Global Client Advisor, Joe Jorczak. In his role at Oracle, Joe consults with their top customers about business and technology trends and developments. We enjoyed a leisurely...
Read moreSocial Business is not new, but it has recently been moved to the top of many agendas. Why, and more importantly, why now? During his address to the 2011 Social Business Summit audience in Austin, Texas, JP Rangaswami, Salesforce Chief Scientist, eloquently explained that the reason that social business is now at...
Read moreThis post was inspired by Michael Idinopulos and his writing on why Companies Aren’t Communities. Why Enterprise Social Collaboration Efforts Fail. I’ve researched many failed enterprise social efforts. The formula is quite simple and almost always the same. If the focus is on the tools being used, the effort generally...
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