New Horizons for Social Business
Social business has been gaining ground in the midmarket for at least the last 12 months. The enterprise is moving beyond ad hoc use of social media platforms toward a more integrated and structured approach to inward- and outward-facing social engagement. The symbiosis between social business and the exploding mobile It’s…
Dachis Group’s Advocate Insight Finds A Brand’s Most Valuable Fans
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Customs looks to ease FOI pain
To get a better handle on the increasing amount of Freedom of Information requests, Australian Customs and Border protection has signed up Objective to provide content management for the agency over the next three years in a deal worth $5 million. Tony Wallis(Credit: Objective) The three-year agreement that has the…
Microsoft Lync Provides Unified Communications Momentum
There’s a war on for control over the future of unified communications. On one side there is the telecommunications community that tends to view unified communications as an extension of the PBX. Then we have Web-based entities that tend to view unified communications as a variation of a Web 2.0 None…
Genband Channel Push Targets Large Enterprise Customers
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Managed metadata cleans up information chaos
The arrival of managed metadata in SharePoint 2010 is providing a lifeline to organisations drowning in unclassified data, according to James Milne, Chief Technology Officer of Brisbane-based Myriad Technologies, who addressed the topic at the 3rd Australia SharePoint technology conference in Melbourne. Myriad Technologies has deployed SharePoint 2010 at a range Managed…
How American Express Grows Its Massive Social Media Presence
The Social Brands Series is supported by Spredfast, a social media management platform provider helping organizations unlock social business potential. Discover best practices & proven tactics for using social in the enterprise with the 7 Whiteboard Sessions for every Social Strategist. Credit card company American Express seemed to come out of…
New Venture Competition showcases future of Michigan business
The New Venture Competition brought 30 teams of Central Michigan University and Michigan Technological University students together to compete with the entrepreneurial business plans for a prize of $30,000. Michigan State Rep. Kevin Cotter, R-Mount Pleasant, said he was impressed by the presentations and the progress of the competition, which started last…
Top-Events der Branche: Huemer iT-Solution, Great Place to Work und Imtech
HUEMER IT-SOLUTION ERHAeLT VON IBM DIE AUSZEICHNUNG "TOP PERFORMER 2011"Bereits in den vergangenen Jahren wurde Huemer iT-Solution regelmaessig ausgezeichnet, heuer aber gelang die Platzierung gleich in 3 Kategorien, naemlich Kundenzufriedenheit, Know-how und Implementierungs-Qualitaet sowie Wachstum. Zum Event OeSTERREICHS BESTE ARBEITGEBER 2012 IN DER IKT-BRANCHEIm Rahmen einer Gala im Palladion XXI. in LOTUSPHERE…
Nokia bets big on enterprise segment with ‘Lumia’
New Delhi: Betting big on its ‘Lumia’ series, Finnish handset maker Nokia is targeting sectors like manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, banking and insurance to capture a major share of India’s enterprise smartphone market. Many companies are now allowing employees to use their personally owned devices for official use and that Nokia feels…