Rock Candy Media Launches Social Business Arm
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwire – Feb 7, 2013) – Austin-based marketing and design firm Rock Candy Media is launching a formal Social Business division to fully leverage every press release, marketing, and advertising effort with the social network most effective for their clients’ respective industries. The new division offers clients customized programs "The…
Don’t Be a Social Business Statistic
Gartner issued a prediction last week that until 2015, "80 percent of social business efforts will not achieve the intended benefits due to inadequate leadership and an overemphasis on technology." Some thought leaders have also said that because organizations have tried and failed, we have now entered into the "Trough We can…
Ricoh Canada Inc. wins four awards at the Laserfiche Winner’s Circle Event, 2013
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 7, 2013 /CNW/ – Ricoh Canada Inc. received four awards at the 2013 Laserfiche Winner’s Circle event for the second consecutive year. This year’s Laserfiche Winner’s Circle conference, hosted in Huntington Beach, California, recognized top Value Added Resellers (VARs) for their efforts in selling and promoting Laserfiche Ricoh Canada Inc….
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s Uses International Business Machines …
The US technology and consulting corporation, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) in its latest release said that McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s South Africa division is now using its social business software. IBM said that they signed up with McDonald’s South Africa as a customer for its business-focused social-networking…
Virtual meetings add up for stats bureau
The ABS found a way to recruit and keep workers away from Canberra. Faced with government budget cuts and a growing decentralised workforce, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has introduced desktop videoconferencing software for all employees. Officially rolled out across the organisation last week, the project is expected to save…
foresee Introduces SOCIAL COLLABORATION ROOM At IBM Connect
ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today’s work environments profit from new means of getting things done. Collaboration and social communication are key to successful business. German company foresee, First Finalist for Best of Show of IBM Connect 2013, has introduced its SOCIAL COLLABORATION ROOM at IBM Connect in Orlando. With this ground breaking…
Viewpoint Construction Software Acquires Project and BIM Collaboration Leader …
Viewpoint Construction Software announced today the acquisition of project and BIM (Building Information Modeling) collaboration software provider, 4Projects. The UK-based company has 61 employees who will join the Viewpoint team and over 40,000 unique monthly users employing its award-winning software. 4Project’s product portfolio will become available in Viewpoint’s existing markets Contemporary construction…
The Impact of Social, Mobile and Cloud
Rarely do you see forces at work in the software market that are truly disruptive. The introduction of the Internet was one. It pretty much changed how all applications are designed while introducing entire classes of new applications to the market. Even rarer is to find three disruptive forces at…
Be more effective: Archive mail for a clean inbox
Topics: business, debbie mayo-smith, finance Debbie Mayo-Smith 7th Feb 2013 6:00 AM Do you have a limit on the size of your email inbox at work? Glenn Taylor Do you have a limit on the size of your email inbox at work? Are you sick to death of seeing the "mailbox full"…
IBM Heralds The Mainstreaming of (Not Social) Business in Orlando
I was at IBM Connect 2013 last week in Orlando. A wonderful experience where IBM brought together partners, customers, suppliers (also known as consultants and system integrator and analysts. It was a good event from many perspectives, but I want to highlight three things I noticed in the time I was…