Shock result in podcast poll suggests The Buggles were wrong and Queen were right!
Way back in 1979, before YouTube’s three founders could either walk or talk, The Buggles claimed that “Video Killed the Radio Star.” Queen countered in 1984 with Radio Ga Ga, in which Freddie Mercury sang (of radio); We watch the shows, we watch the stars On videos for hours and hours We hardly need to use our [...]
Cloud Computing Globalization and the American IT Worker
There are many postings this morning about the influence that cloud computing and globalization will have on the American IT Worker. From my viewpoint Cloud Computing is a benefit to an organization requiring an entirely new mindset and skill set for any IT Worker. Globalization is the same; it requires a different view of the [...]
Hutch Carpenter on the Innovation X Factor
An idea can create cities, billion dollar companies and new futures. But most great ideas never get off the ground because the right talent and resources are not assembled to act on them. Despite the common wisdom, most of the truly great ideas I have seen in the past 20 years have not come out [...]
Will Zoho Conquer the SMB 2.0 Market?
(See the Editor’s note at the bottom)Online presentations, spreadsheets, word processing, CRM, project management, recruiting, invoicing, human resource tools — WOW! Zoho has it all. Naturally then I wanted to discuss the future of Zoho with Raju Vegesna (Chief Evangelist) as it relates to Enterprise 2.0. It turns out not much – but not for [...]
Larry Hawes and the Challenges of Implementing Enterprise 2.0 in Today’s Corporations
Many of our readers have asked us confidentially about strategies to gain Enterprise 2.0 acceptance in the corporation. While every company is different (refer to Moore’s Crossing the Chasm), there are some that more difficult than others. I asked Larry Hawes of Gilbane to help us respond to the requests by answering a few of [...]
