The benefits of Social Business 2/2
This post is the second in a series of six that deals with Social Business and Social Enterprise. The goal of the series: to explore the pros and cons of Social Business and Social Enterprise, given the current odds, and fast-forwarding to business opportunities now and in the near future This post is about the [...]
The benefits of Social Business 1/2
This post is the first in a series of six that deals with Social Business and Social Enterprise. The goal of the series: to explore the pros and cons of Social Business and Social Enterprise, given the current odds, and fast-forwarding to business opportunities now and in the near future This post is about the [...]
Where will the social developers code? And what?
Dion Hinchcliffe wrote a very interesting piece, and I missed it. But thanks to John Rymer I picked it up. John shared an interesting question indeed: Client gives up on enterprise PaaS deal with #Salesforce.com, asks me for options. Focus is “systems of engagement.” Interesting question. — John Rymer (@johnrrymer) February 16, 2012 We [...]
Wanted dead or alive: any Facebook user, $ 125 reward
With the upcoming IPO of Facebook this week, I got a little worried. I told a few people “Mark my words, this IPO is going to blow the Social Media bubble once and for all” and even “Wouldn’t be surprised if FB’s IPO is going to start the final leg of this crisis and finish [...]
The Law of the Handicap of a Headstart
In discussions about SAP’s new stealth weapon, HANA, I have come to become a wee weary. At SAP Inside Track NL we joked about it: @jonerp @dahowlett @ragtag @applebyj like we said at #sitNL “When lost for words, just end your sentence with HANA and you’ll be fine” What is HANA? In short, it uses [...]
Migration 101 – follow the white rabbit
It seems that not every migration is welcomed by applause these days, reasons for which can usually be attributed to a definite lack of success. So, here’s a checklist that will help you achieve success. Of course the list is condensed and a lot of detail is left out, as it’s just a lot of [...]
Telotecture – architecture’s complement
Architecture – as I took 4 years of Greek it’s always meant the same word to me: that what stands at the beginning of construction, “ἀρχι-τέκτων”. Tekton is a builder / carpenter, and I was sure there was a verb tektein, but after looking for hours I’m afraid that this is it. At least arche [...]
Public chats on Twitter – invading your timeline?
After a conversation with Alan Berkson, I wondered about the public chats on Twitter. They’re conducted by following / naming a hashtag, which usually happens at conferences, but there are also various chats going on such as #lrnchat, #influencechat How do you chat on Twitter? That is the question. And it is a difficult one, [...]
Open Source and Cloud, Mobile, Data: what goes where?
After an interesting question from Matt Asay I gave a few answers, then decided that Twitter’s not always suited for long conversations (ahem) I’m working on the theme for OSBC2012. I want to highlight the connection btwn cloud/mobile/data. Can someone help me express that? My first reaction was that these words are big, and could [...]
The myth of standardisation
After reading the ERP paradox by Kailash Awati, I had that “Oh yes” feeling of recognition: someone was hitting the nail right on the head here. Standardisation is a myth, especially when you go global. There are two simple reasons for that: customer demand and business supply Ask a CEO what makes his business so [...]
Social silos adding to enterprise silos? Not with proper Integration
Laurie Buzcek called out for Integration as a solution for the failure of Enterprise 2.0 and Social Business – which she equates to each other – and I couldn’t help but think of Tibbr when reading her post Dion Hinchcliffe responded with a post in which he also stresses the integration of social media with [...]
Problem prevention knows no funding
A major topic on Twitter for me this week was that of problem prevention. We all know error handling, error solving, creating workarounds or solutions for them, but “A stitch in time saves nine” is a debatable issue in ICT Or is it? It all started with a tweet from Jamie Oswald: IT’s biggest problem [...]
How @mezmerrett became a Twelebrity overnight
On the 24th of May 2011, Mez Merrett sent out a brilliant tweet: If you prefer TWITTER over FB then please retweet, i’m trying to show @Jessmayporter how far one tweet can actually go, Thanks for helping Mez has a hot avatar and bio, so does Jessika. The tweet is hot too: it’s got the [...]
Perfect business cases for Social Business
Thanks to Oscar Berg for writing his No business case for Social Business It’s a good post and all true, although very few social media fans agreed with it – probably because it doesn’t give them what they want. As darks is the opposite of light, bad the opposite of good, and so on, I [...]
The packages – customisation MQ
I got Rt’ed today on the #ITF11 hashtag: RT @MartijnLinssen: @johnrrymer @TomGrantForr There is no one-size-fits-all. Pure packages is wrong, as is pure customisation #ITF11 >YES and that’s basically all I have to say about it – not. There is a human tendency to do either-or. Black or white, good or bad, pretty or ugly [...]
