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Interview With an AWS Cloud Champion

Interview With an AWS Cloud Champion

By Ofir Nachmani on May 1, 2015

Allow me to introduce a good friend, Peter Sankauskas, who I met through the AWS cloud community. Our level of cloud experience evolved with the expansion of the cloud, Amazon in particular, and we have both become prominent members of the AWS community. Having learned more about open source and development, I’d like to focus on the […]

Posted in Platforms | Tagged .NET Framework, Agile software development, Airbnb, amazon AWS cloud, architecture, aws, blog, Bloomberg L.P., devops, Groupon, home, Netflix, Ruby on Rails, trends, Udemy, Web application | 1 Response

Blogging for the Hell of It, Not Blogging to Stay Relevant

Blogging for the Hell of It, Not Blogging to Stay Relevant

By Mark Suster on January 19, 2015

I used to love blogging. For me it was always a creative outlet. I love sitting down – often in “one take*” like a classic film – and capturing what was on my mind at the moment. What I loved about it was that my thoughts were instantly in the ether, I would get quick […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged blog, blogging, Entrepreneurship, No Category, startups, vc funding, venture capital

Why Titles Matter a Lot if You’re a Blogger

Why Titles Matter a Lot if You’re a Blogger

By Mark Suster on September 9, 2013

Gabe Rivera wrote a post on why TechMeme is now using its editors to curate titles that appear on its site. Gabe’s post appears first on TechMeme’s website, which must mean Gabe has paid off some TechMeme editors to get his story to rise to the top. I never saw it go out with a […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged blog, blogging, BuzzFeed, Fred Wilson, Gabe Rivera, social media, techmeme, titles, twitter

TechCrunch Wrote a Post, Oracle got Pissy. Sigh

TechCrunch Wrote a Post, Oracle got Pissy. Sigh

By Ben Kepes on August 13, 2012

So Alex Williams (a great guy, good friend and awesome cloud pundit) wrote a post a week or two ago entitled “Why The Open Cloud Wins And Oracle Loses When IT Gets Virtualized.” (subtle huh?) Oracle wasn’t overly happy at Alex’s comments and counter posted saying that “TechCrunch is Clueless about Oracle Cloud.” So… some […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged blog, databases, dell, Florian Müller, google, java, netsuite, Oracle, Oracle Corporation, techcrunch | 1 Response

B2B Startup Marketing | Blog Your Way to Leads

B2B Startup Marketing | Blog Your Way to Leads

By Joel York on February 29, 2012

B2B startup marketing is tough. It used to be that you could polish off a high level message and a slide deck and let the salesperson handle it from there. Today, online marketing is the primary driver of revenue at the typical B2B startup. The new breed of B2B buyer expects your online content to […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts, Marketing | Tagged b2b, b2b blog, B2B Marketing, b2b startup, blog, chaotic flow, Marketing Blogs, startup, startup marketing

Innovation Culture Eats R&D for Breakfast

Innovation Culture Eats R&D for Breakfast

By Hutch Carpenter on October 27, 2011

Research and development is a mainstay of the innovation strategy for companies. And with good reason. R&D can invent new products and technologies that redefine markets. Think electricity, telephones, airplanes, semiconductors, the Internet. R&D can pave the way for whole new industries. Exciting, for sure! But there’s a problem. Too many companies treat R&D as […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged amazon, Apple, blog, booz, culture, customers, jeff bezos, R&D, steve jobs, Y Combinator | 4 Responses

Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2011: Idea Management Enlightenment

Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2011: Idea Management Enlightenment

By Hutch Carpenter on August 12, 2011

We’re movin’ on up…. Last year, Gartner released its Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2010. Idea Management, included in the analysis, was placed at the latter part of the Trough of Disillusionment. Tough name, although not as dire as it sounds. Rather, a transitional stage in the market evolution of a technology. Still, that part […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged blog, gartner, hype cycle, idea management

Getting Innovation Results from Our Cognitive Surplus

Getting Innovation Results from Our Cognitive Surplus

By Hutch Carpenter on June 28, 2011

What is an organization’s most underused, most under-appreciated asset? Its brand? No, that’s well-utilized and appreciated. Its customers’ loyalty. Some would argue for that one, but it’s not a pervasive issue. Its distribution network? Not really. Its cash? No, CFOs take care of that. It’s their employees’ cognitive surplus. The stuff between their ears that […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged blog, Cognition, cognitive diversity, innovation management, knowledge, wikipedia

The Death of the Feed

The Death of the Feed

By Chris Yeh on April 12, 2011

I remember in 2001 when I first heard about RSS. Back then, we still called them weblogs, and there were so few blogs that it was news when a new one started. For example, I distinctly remember reading excitedly about a promising new VC blogger named Jeff Nolan from SAP Ventures. At first, I just […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged atom, blog, bloglines, facebook, feed reader, google reader, information, rss, rss feed, Summify, twitter, xml

Innovation Thrives between the Lines of Chaos and Control

Innovation Thrives between the Lines of Chaos and Control

By Hutch Carpenter on February 28, 2011

Innovation killer #4: Create an obstacle course for ideas. Guaranteed way to kill the innovative spirit? Model your processes on Kafka’s The Trial or your typical parking clerk’s office. CIO Magazine, July 24, 2007 On the heels of the SpigitFusion release, I’ve had the opportunity to hear from a number of people on the topic […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged blog, chaos, control, CPG, CPGs, facebook, innovation, Innovation and Idea Management, innovation management, knowledge management, organization, Organizational culture, process, SpigitFusion | 1 Response

Have any companies successfully deployed game mechanics in enterprise situations?

Have any companies successfully deployed game mechanics in enterprise situations?

By Hutch Carpenter on December 9, 2010

Game mechanics are a popular subject these days. With good reason, as they have an important role in the future of participation and work. Which was covered here previously in Reputation and Game Mechanics Are the Future of Social Software. Seeing the uptick of game mechanics in leading edge consumer apps, curiosity not surprisingly turns […]

Posted in Misc | Tagged blog, game mechanics, idea trading, incentives, Quora, reputation, virtual currency

Model for Employee Innovation: Amazon Prime Case Study

Model for Employee Innovation: Amazon Prime Case Study

By Hutch Carpenter on December 2, 2010

As more organizations expand the innovation mandate throughout their workforce, creating and maintaining an ongoing employee innovation program is critical. Sustainable innovation requires a process, not a haphazard, random luck approach. To that end, a useful model to follow is: The different activities address important aspects of innovation, from eliciting tacit ideas inside people’s heads… Read More

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged amazon, blog, crowdsourcing, employees, innovation management, roi

Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back

Innovation Mullet: Simple in the Front, Complex in the Back

By Hutch Carpenter on November 15, 2010

On a LinkedIn discussion, someone asked: “Structured or un-structured innovation. Which works better?” There are a number of ways that could be answered. I look at it this way: What’s the simplest structure you can live with? I’m focusing on the application of simplicity as much possible in the innovation process. But I’m also a […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged blog, ideas, innovation, innovation management, linkedin, process

Central Desktop Rolls Out Big Changes to their UI

Central Desktop Rolls Out Big Changes to their UI

By Ben Kepes on February 22, 2010

Central Desktop (more on them here)  is today unveiling version 2.0 of its offering that is delivering an entire new user interface for it’s customers. A quick update on the past year for Central Desktop: 44% year-over-year growth in revenue (gross bookings) Employee growth from 20 to 30 employees Hundreds of new Enterprise Edition customers […]

Posted in Design, Product reviews | Tagged blog, central desktop, collaboration, forum, wiki

Would You Manage CRM with a Wiki?

Would You Manage CRM with a Wiki?

By Hutch Carpenter on October 19, 2009

Or human resources with a blog? How about project management with forums? Funny questions to ask, no doubt. Of course it’s not possible to effectively address many of the critical business functions using basic Enterprise 2.0 tools. Yet when it comes to social software, it often seems that the only game in town is to […]

Posted in Design | Tagged activity-specific, blog, CRM, dachis, e20, enterprise 2.0, forums, gartner, Helpstream, microblogging, rollstream, social business design, social software, spigit, wiki | 4 Responses

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