Wake Up! You’re Missing the Social Media Train
If you have ever been late to the dance, as they say, you probably missed out on a good time. Well, the same holds true as it pertains to your business and social media. If you’re not much of a social business owner, you’re more than likely missing out on…
Nerd Girls take on ‘sexist’ industry
Consultant and developer Kathy Brown, a member of Nerd Girls. Photo: Supplied Just an hour into the opening session of IBM Connect in Florida and Kathy Brown let out a sigh. Company executives and Hollywood actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt were singing the praises of social media in the workplace but, for…
Businesses connect on day one of Unified Communications Expo
London, 5 March 2013: Day one of Unified Communications Expo has seen a number of high profile product launches and a strong turnout for the event’s seminar series. There was standing-room only for the day’s two keynotes, by Microsoft’s Chief Envisioning Officer, Dave Coplin, and INSEAD eLab Associate Director Dr. In "Business…
Business Engagement Manager
As a Business Engagement Manager you will play a key role in realizing the next generation of unified communications services. You will be responsible for matching product capability to client needs, overseeing deployments and maximizing the value of the client engagement. This is a hybrid role, and where product customization…
wind2share, the Social Business Network “Making a Wealth of Referrals,” Soon …
The now Silicon-Valley-Based Social Business Network will soon be launching a new version focused on enhancing the user experience and also giving users the possibility to login or signup using their Facebook and Google+ accounts. wind2share is a social business network specially designed for people to make referrals to leading…
Yamaha Motor Revs Up Website Performance with Progress® DataDirect®
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global software company that simplifies and enables the development and deployment of business applications, today announced that Yamaha Motor Europe has chosen the Progress DataDirect SQL Server for JDBC driver to dramatically increase page load speeds for its dealer website and improve overall database…
Report sees lack of social media-business alignment
Six months ago, your company charged into social media with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts, eager to cash in on the bounty of word-of-mouth goodness that happens when employees and customers sing your praises. But things haven’t turned out as planned. Facebook "likes" plateaued early, and your head of sales…
Telerik acquires Danish cross-platform app analytics software maker EQATEC
Telerik, a US-based provider of tools for project management, collaboration, software development and testing, has acquired Copenhagen, Denmark-based EQATEC. The acquisition, announced earlier today by EQATEC, is meant to enable Telerik to boost its application development lifecycle solution stack with a software analytics suite. Financial terms of the deal were…
eCommerce Software Provider Shopping Cart Elite Integrates Microsoft …
After weeks of beta testing, the developers have finally announced of Shopping Cart Elite’s integration of two new CRM software Microsoft SharePoint and Highrise. "We always wanted to make our eCommere platform as flexible as possible for our clients," comments CEO of Shopping Cart Elite, Igor Soshkin. "Offering such a…
Middleware and SOA appliance adoption on the upswing
Adoption of middleware and SOA appliances is on the rise, experts say. The trend is part of agrowing interest in application infrastructure and middleware, a market that analyst group GartnerInc. predicts will reach $20 billion in 2013 — an increase of $5 billion in just five years. Middleware and SOA appliances are hardware-…